Rosa 'Penelope' – Hybrid Musk Shrub Rose

Rosa 'Penelope' (Hybrid Musk / Shrub Rose)

Family

Rosaceae

Genus

Rosa

Cultivar

Penelope

Hybridizer

Pemberton

Introduced

1924

A classic Hybrid Musk from the great breeder Reverend Joseph Pemberton (1924). 'Penelope' produces large, open trusses of small, semi-double, shell pink flowers that fade to white, with a powerful, sweet musk fragrance. The plant forms a large, graceful, arching shrub 5–6 feet tall and wide, with distinctive, fern-like, light green foliage. It blooms in flushes throughout the season. Its elegance, fragrance, and shrubby habit make it a superb specimen for the mixed border or as a flowering hedge.