Bathsheba  


Variety name: Auschimbley




The large, very double, shallowly cupped, rosette-shaped, apricot flowers bloom in small clusters and spread a lovely strong myrrh fragrance with hints of honey and tea. Vigorous growth. Lovely, abundant- and continuously flowering English climber. The name was inspired by the heroine of Thomas Hardy’s ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’.

Fragrance
scented
Colour
apricot
Height
250-300 cm
Group:  Climbing Rose , English Rose , Davis Austin Rose / English Rose
Year of introduction: 2016
Winner: David Austin
Flowering-period:  June-October
Flowering frequency:  blooms in flushes throughout the season
Flowering intensity:  abundant
Flowers per stem: in small clusters
Flowershape:  large , very double , cupped , flat , rosette shape
Fragrance:  strong/intensiv fragrance ,
Growth:  vigorous , upright
Use:  as climber , trellis