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'Emily Brontë' rose Reviews & Comments
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Available from - David Austin
https://www.davidaustinroses.com/products/emily-bronte
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Available from - Grace Rose Farm
https://rosebushes.gracerosefarm.com/products/emily-bronte
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my 1yo plant is not very strongly scented, the good thing - the blooms LAST. Even in a vase. I don't like it's color, it looks messy as it ages. My plant gave me lots of buds but dropped most of them which only hints that this rose is capable of more than it shows me now, once established. I wouldn't say this rose is a must and i'd only recommend if you have plenty of space to accommodate yet another button eye austin.
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A few of these roses in a vase will add fragrance to the entire room, its very powerful!
Update: This rose grows like a giant! The tallest cane is approaching 6ft, even after heavy winter pruning. Luckily it grows very upright and doesn't carry the flaw of flopping canes that many older DA roses have.
Update 2: Never seen so many buds on this rose for it's first flush. Seems to respond REALLY well to winter hacking and slashing down to 1-2ft
I think this is one of those roses that would benefit from summer pruning, which I'll try next summer. What seems to happen if left unpruned is that after the first flush, a few disproportionately long, almost naked canes will shoot to the sky, and a bloom or two will eventually spawn on the end. Doesn't exactly make for a pretty shrub but one look at the flowers and I can't imagine being without it.
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#1 of 7 posted
23 MAR 22 by
OGRfairy
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I wonder if you’ve tried pinning those long canes with garden staples? Looping them down and pinning them will force those canes to be covered in blooms instead of just at the tip. My Wollerton Old Hall behaves in much the same manner.
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Might this be a seedling of 'Evelyn'? The photos and description of scent and growth habit all remind me of 'Evelyn'.
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#3 of 7 posted
27 MAR 22 by
OGRfairy
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I was thinking the same. Or perhaps Eglantyne?
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#4 of 7 posted
28 MAR 22 by
 Magnus95
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It's possible! The latest introduction from DA "Elizabeth" appears to have very similar foliage and flowers and seems to come from this breeding line too. Also thanks for the advice!
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#6 of 7 posted
1 JUN 22 by
OGRfairy
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Of course! I’d be so interested to see how she responds to any pegging if you do decide to do that. After looking at your photos of her blooms I may have to try to add her to my collection next year. For some reason I had had it in my mind that she would resemble The Albrighton Rambler, and her blooms would be small and would bleach. The shading you captured in your photos is so lovely and complex with that beautiful hint of mauve.
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#5 of 7 posted
1 JUN 22 by
jac123
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per the US patent:
"The maternal and paternal parents of ‘AUSearnshaw’ are two unnamed seedlings. The new rose may be distinguished from its maternal parent, by the following combination of characteristics: the maternal parent is a shorter bush and has uniformly deep pink flowers compared to the soft pink, apricot-centered blooms of ‘AUSearnshaw’. The new rose may be distinguished from its pollen parent, by the following combination of characteristics: the paternal parent has a larger growth and its blooms are more cupped with fewer petals than ‘AUSearnshaw’."
according to this, Evelyn should not be a direct parent, but it could be in the lineage further back. Again, they could state whatever they want in the patent and nobody is going to check, so I guess we can not be sure that what they stated is the real lineage
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#7 of 7 posted
1 JUN 22 by
OGRfairy
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This is so interesting; thank you! Recently DAR posted a photo of a rose on Twitter that they have developed specifically for breeding. It was the loveliest form and pale lavender color. I wish they would sell some of their breeding stock, because they are gorgeous in their own right!
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