Planting with Pink

FEATURED ROSE Olivia Rose Austin® (Ausmixture)

English Shrub Rose 3½ft (110cm) 3½ft (110cm) A very healthy, well-balanced shrub with beautiful cupped rosettes of mid pink colouring. Ideal for a hedge or mixed border, she is the ultimate easy care rose.

BEST FOR FLOWERING BEST FOR HEALTH Bare Root Rose £21.50 Potted Rose £30.00 Private Gardens, Frome, Somerset

ROSES

Pink is the master of adaptability. Simply by planting with different combinations of pink roses you can create a myriad of styles. Create soft sugary pathways flanked by delicate blossom pinks, plant a fun, fruity border with fuchsia and orange, or take a more regal approach to pink by combining rich magentas and red-pink jewel tones. Classic and forever a firm favourite, pink is the colour that comes in every shade imaginable.

HERITAGE GREEN

The contrast and variation of green foliage is the secret to why pink roses work well, without being overly fussy. Touches of grounding green and glimpses of bold red growth add a toughness to a classic pink rose bed. The green of the leaves, symbolising nature and heritage, coupled with petals of vintage pink is a palette worthy of any country home interior. Just as you would select a colour palette when designing a room, browse our website or the back of this handbook and select your perfect shade of petals.

BEST FOR FLOWERING BEST FOR FRAGRANCE

Pictured above left: Gentle Hermione (Ausrumba) English Shrub Rose has large and perfectly formed, shallowly cupped blooms of pure light pink, paling to soft blush on the outer petals. Her gentle petals are offset by her foliage which starts out red at first, later turning green. She has a strong, warm myrrh fragrance and forms quite a broad shrub with arching stems. Hermione is the faithful wife of Leontes, the King of Sicily, in Shakespeare’s ‘The Winter’s Tale’. Pictured above right: Harlow Carr (Aushouse) is an exceptional performer. Her medium-sized, perfectly formed blooms are the purest mid pink and very shallowly cupped. She has a strong, pure Old Rose fragrance and an excellent bushy habit, flowering almost to the ground. Bare Root Rose £21.50 Potted Rose £30.00