Rosa 'Gertrude Jekyll' – Quintessential Pink English Rose

Rosa 'Gertrude Jekyll' (English Rose / Austin Rose)

Family

Rosaceae

Genus

Rosa

Cultivar

Gertrude Jekyll

Additional Names

PP7220, AUSbord

Hybridizer

David Austin

Introduced

1986

Named for the legendary garden designer, 'Gertrude Jekyll' (1986) is often cited as the quintessential English rose. It bears large, deeply cupped, fully double flowers of a rich, glowing pink, with a quintessential, powerful old rose fragrance that is widely considered among the best of all roses. This vigorous, upright shrub reaches 4–5 feet (can be trained as a short climber) with healthy, matt green foliage. It repeats magnificently. Its perfect form, unsurpassed scent, and reliable performance have made it a global favorite and a standard by which other pink roses are judged.