Gruss an Aachen

Salut d'Aix la Chapelle




Clusters of medium-sized, very double, sweetly scented flowers that open in blush-pink, with peachy-apricot highlights and later fade to pearl-white. Bushy and low growth. Almost continuously flowering classic 'Old Rose'. The famous English rose breeder David Austin classifies 'Gruss an Aachen' as an 'English Rose'.

Fragrance
scented
Colour
apricot
Height
70-90 cm
Group:  Polyantha
Year of introduction: 1909
Winner: P. Geduldig
Flowering-period:  May-October
Flowering frequency:  blooms in flushes throughout the season
Flowering intensity:  abundant
Flowershape:  medium-sized , very double
Fragrance:  fragrant sweet
Width in cm:  80 to 90
Growth:  bushy