Heritage
Location
Rose Garden
Rosa ‘Heritage’
- Common Name: Heritage Rose (other common names: English Rose, Austin Rose ‘Heritage’, ‘AUSblush’, and ‘Roberta’)
- Scientific Name: Rosa ‘Heritage’
- Family Name: Roseaceae
- Origin: United States
- Height: 4’ – 6’
- Width: 2’ – 4’
- Growth: unknown
- Zone: 5A – 10B
- Light Needs: Full sun
- Salt Tolerance: unknown
- Soil/PH/Texture: Tolerates a wide variety of humus enriched, well-drained soils from sandy loam to clay loam; roses live best in a pH range of 6.0-7.2 with 6.5 being the ideal for optimum growth and flowering. (pH outside of this range causes loss of nutrients which has a detrimental effect of roses.)
- Soil Moisture: average water needs, moist but well drained soils
- Drought Tolerance: low – none
- Pests/Diseases: roses are bug and disease resistant with a moderate amount of care.
- Growing Conditions: easy to grow, low maintenance
- Characteristics: The stems of this rose bush are almost thorn-less, the leaves are a glossy gray-green color, the fragrant flowers are light pink (white with pink centers), clustered, doubled, quartered and cupped, 4” – 5”, 26-40 petals, appear in spring – fall and bloom repeatedly.
- Propagation: by cuttings (stem and tip), grafting and budding
- Wildlife: attracts bees
- Facts: Hybridized and introduced in 1984 by David Austin. Parentage – Seedling x (Iceberg x Wife of Bath) and 5 child plants.
- Designer Considerations: train on arbors, pergolas, trellises or use as a border, hedge, screen, along walls or fences or in a container on your patio. Also makes a great bouquet, cut or dried.
