Best For Health
Emily Brontë
(Ausearnshaw)
English Shrub Rose Bred By David Austin
PAT. PP31400
Best For Health
Best For Fragrance
Color: Soft Pink Apricot Fading To Cream
Flowering: Repeat Flowering
Fragrance: Strong, Tea/Old Rose
Size: Medium Shrub
4ft
3 1/2ft
Bloom Size: Medium
An exceptionally beautiful rose with distinctive neat, flat blooms. Each bloom is a lovely soft pink, the smaller central petals deepening to rich apricot and surrounding deep-set stamens. Read more
Description
An exceptionally beautiful rose with distinctive neat, flat blooms. Each bloom is a lovely soft pink, the smaller central petals deepening to rich apricot and surrounding deep-set stamens. The strong Tea scent becomes more Old Rose, with delicious hints of lemon and grapefruit. It forms a bushy shrub with strong, healthy, upright growth. Named for the Brontë Society to celebrate the bicentenary of the novelist’s birth.
Characteristics
Color: Soft Pink Apricot Fading To Cream
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, Tea/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
4ft
3 1/2ft
Breeder: David Austin
Year of Introduction: 2018
Suitable for zones: Zones 5-11
Petal Count: 106 petals
Growing Conditions




Origin of Name
The Brontë Society asked us to name this rose to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of the novelist, Emily Brontë.Her much-loved novel, Wuthering Heights, was published in 1847, a year before her untimely death at the age of 30.It is a dark tale of passion and revenge, centered around the relationship between Cathy Earnshaw and Heathcliff.