Personal growing review review of Rose “spirit of freedom” from

Welcome to my personal review of Rose “Spirit of freedom”-(Ausbite) from david Austin roses introduced in 2002
This is quite honestly an astonishingly beautiful rose not many now after doing this so long stop me in my tracks but this has all the romance fragrance and poise of an old rose rolled into a modern cultivar
Creating a shrub around 4 1/2 to 5 feet tall and around 4 1/2 to 5 feet wide depending on your geographical location and the length of your summers you could also try growing this as a short climber on a pillar post obelisk or simply fan train it against a wall where you can Expect it to reach around 8 to 10 feet
Producing enormous blooms measuring around 4 inches across they open from raspberry pink buds to the most exquisite light violet pink, and are set off against mid grey green foliage
Flowering from mid June through to the end of September each flower packing and astonishing 200 petals per flower! making it incredibly heavy in the first few years I would advise giving this as a shrub a little bit of support in the form of either a peony hoop or some pea sticks to lean on
this is the kind of rose that you are going to want to cut and bring into the house where it will last around 3 to 4 days in a vase, I would certainly recommend rescuing the blooms from any inclement whether we may experience as the huge petal count often means this rose suffers badly with balling if the flowers get wet just as they open
Fragrance wise, it’s packed full of old rose fragrance mixed with a small amount of myrrh, finished with beautiful notes of fresh Clementine and grapefruit. It’s clean and sweet all at the same time.
Hardy and zones 5-11, Close attention must be paid to your mulching and your watering regime as flowers produced at this size take a huge amount of energy from the plant
Fragrance rating 6⭐️s
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[@bloombaag]

Absolutely stunning rose. I find it very hardy rose hold its ground well in 45 degrees Celsius temperature here in India. Pleasant old rose and fruity fragrance. Great review as always.

[@gardenluv9807]

Wow Ben , finally . I always wondered why you never talked about this gorgeous rose with high petal count , beautiful color and shape It was very hard for me to find this in US have been looking for it pasr 2 years . Finally planted one last fall even as a your Bareroot it flowered a lot and had gorgeous blooms this spring . I have it growing on the Arch as you mentioned .

[@Alfakkin]

Beautiful 🩷

[@acasburn1460]

Beautiful…a true cabbage rose.
I have to look for it here in Australia.

[@country_boy_zone6b]

Im glad you said about sunlight. I was going to plant it next to Lady of Shalott in about 4 hours of sun. THANKS MATE!!!❤❤❤❤❤

[@the_gardenerben]

Personally, I feel it would do much better getting a little more light than the lady of shallot

[@country_boy_zone6b]

@@the_gardenerben I have a more sunny spot to put her. Have a fantastic weekend!!!

[@gardenluv9807]

Wow finally I wondered why you never mentioned her . Love this rose very beautiful. Very hard to get in US . I had to finally hunt her down had her planted
Last year had lot of blooms last fall and this spring . Very beautiful color and shape .

[@amypetersen]

I've been trying to get my hands on this Rose for a year now in the US. thanks for this review, I won't give up hope. Someday I'm going to have her!

[@the_gardenerben]

Are you on the email mailing list?

[@lotus....]

I live in Florida and Spirit of Freedom does great here. Over 200+ petals and doesnt ball in our humidity. It gets over 15ft here. I have 5 of them. It grows well in difficult spots. One is against a south facing block wall.

[@the_gardenerben]

Wow !

[@irisjanemay1903]

I want this rose, but I never seem to be able to find it. A lady in Houston has it growing on her pergola and it's so beautiful. Good review.

[@the_gardenerben]

It’s available from DA.com as far as I’m aware

[@teslaandhumanity7383]

Mines getting so tall in UK 🇬🇧

[@cathedralImages]

Best spray for Sawfly larve ? thank you

[@the_gardenerben]

I’m afraid I don’t spray any products in my garden whatsoever. My garden is a delicate natural balance all things are welcome if sawfly calls you a huge issue. My suggestion is to remove the section of plants which the caterpillars have hatched onto and relocate it to something less important hedge row, ragwort and dock plants make good hosts