Rosa Port Sunlight ®
£33.00
notes
An outstanding English shrub rose from David Austin, Rosa Port Sunlight (Auslofty), is a wonderfully hardy variety with masses of foliage, which is attractively bronze-tinted when young. The abundant rose buds open into medium sized, quartered rosettes of rich apricot.
Please note, our roses are available to purchase all year round, so depending on the time of year your rose may either arrive in bloom or have been pruned or deadheaded appropriately for the season.
Add additional options
Rootgrow Mycorrhizal Fungi 150g
+
£6.00
After Plant, Rose Liquid Feed
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£8.50
Dimensions
- Pot size: 6L (9in 7.5in)
- Height and Spread: 150cm (4ft 11in) x 150cm (4ft 11in) over 2 - 5 years
Features
notes
An outstanding English shrub rose from David Austin, Rosa Port Sunlight (Auslofty), is a wonderfully hardy variety with masses of foliage, which is attractively bronze-tinted when young. The abundant rose buds open into medium sized, quartered rosettes of rich apricot.
Please note, our roses are available to purchase all year round, so depending on the time of year your rose may either arrive in bloom or have been pruned or deadheaded appropriately for the season.
Insights
This wonderfully sunny rose is named after Port Sunlight, the model village set up in 1881 in the Wirral by the Lever family. The idealistic village also included a rose garden, filled now, we hope, with this special rose.
Details
- English shrub rose grown for flowers and scent
- Flowering period: repeat, from late spring to first frost
- Fully hardy
Planting
- Classic plant for mixed border or container
- Enriched, well-drained soil
- All aspects
- Full sun or partial sunlight
Care
Dig a hole larger than the root ball and loosen surrounding soil, sprinkle with Mycorrhizal Fungi to promote root growth, position rose, infill and water well. Deadhead spent blooms to promote new buds. Please see our Rose pruning guide.
Scent
Light/Medium, tea fragrance
Glossary
David Austin Roses
Rose Garden
