• Desdemona
  • Desdemona
  • Desdemona
  • Desdemona
  • Desdemona
  • Desdemona
  • Desdemona
Best For Fragrance
  • Desdemona
  • Desdemona
  • Desdemona
  • Desdemona
  • Desdemona
  • Desdemona
  • Desdemona

Desdemona

(Auskindling)(PBR) English Shrub Rose Bred By David Austin

Best For Flowering

Best For Fragrance

Colour: White
Flowering: Repeat Flowering
Fragrance: Strong, Old Rose
Size: Medium Shrub 1m - 1.5m 1m - 1.5m
Bloom Size: Medium

Peachy pink buds open to beautiful, white, chalice-shaped blooms, with a pinkish hue. The incurved petals create an arresting interplay of light and shadow. The strong Old Rose fragrance has hints of almond blossom, cucumber and lemon zest. Read more

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Description

Peachy pink buds open to beautiful, white, chalice-shaped blooms, with a pinkish hue. The incurved petals create an arresting interplay of light and shadow. The strong Old Rose fragrance has hints of almond blossom, cucumber and lemon zest. It forms a most attractive neat, rounded, bushy shrub. Named after the tragic heroine of Shakespeare’s Othello.. David Austin, 2015.

Characteristics

Colour: White BLOOM COLOUR Colour may vary depending on growing conditions. Colour fade is a characteristic of some varieties.
Flowering: Repeat Flowering REPEAT or ONCE FLOWERING? REPEAT FLOWERING roses flower in flushes from late spring through to early winter. ONCE FLOWERING roses only produce a single flush of blooms lasting 3 to 4 weeks in mid summer
Fragrance: Strong, Old Rose
Bloom Size: Medium BLOOM SIZE GUIDE Bloom size varies over the life cycle of each bloom. Measurements refer to the average diameter of a bloom at its prime. LARGE BLOOM: 3.5-5" MEDIUM BLOOM: 2-3.5" SMALL BLOOM 1-2"
Family: English Shrub Rose
Size: Medium Shrub SIZE GUIDE All measurements are approximate 'height x width' and refer to a 3 year old established rose, pruned once annually, measured during the first flush of flowers in June. 1m - 1.5m 1m - 1.5m
Breeder: David Austin
Year of Introduction: 2015

Ideal For

Growing Conditions

East, North, West Facing
All soil types
Full Sunlight

Origin of Name

Desdemona is the tragic heroine of William Shakespeare’s Othello.