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Fred Loads - Discontinued

We no longer sell Fred Loads however, our rose experts have hand-picked an alternative rose that has many similar characteristics. If you would prefer to speak to us please use our Live Chat button or visit our Contact Us page.

Fred Loads
Shrub Rose
Like a very strong Floribunda, with masses of fragrant, semidouble, orange-vermilion flowers. Plentiful foliage. Useful for providing a splash of colour among the soft shades of most shrub roses. Holmes, 1968.
  • Colour: Orange-vermillion
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Medium,Musk
  • Bloom Size: Medium
  • Family: Shrub Rose
  • Size: Very Large Shrub
  • Height: 6ft (180cm)
  • Width: 4ft (125cm)
  • Breeder: Holmes
  • Year of Introduction: 1968
  • Mixed Border
  • East, South, West Facing
  • Full Sunlight
  • All soil types
Fred Loads
Our rose expert’s reccomendation
Summer Song
Shrub Rose
Vibrant blooms of an unusual orange-red colour. They open to full, medium-large cups, with many inner petals arranged rather informally within a perfect ring of outer petals. There is a lovely mixed scent with hints of chrysanthemum leaves, ripe bananas and Tea. It forms a bushy, upright shrub. David Austin, 2005.
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Summer Song
Description
Like a very strong Floribunda, with masses of fragrant, semidouble, orange-vermilion flowers. Plentiful foliage. Useful for providing a splash of colour among the soft shades of most shrub roses. Holmes, 1968.
Characteristics
  • Colour: Orange-vermillion
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Medium,Musk
  • Bloom Size: Medium
  • Family: Shrub Rose
  • Size: Very Large Shrub
  • Height: 6ft (180cm)
  • Width: 4ft (125cm)
  • Breeder: Holmes
  • Year of Introduction: 1968
Location
  • Mixed Border
Growing conditions
  • East, South, West Facing
  • Full Sunlight
  • Roses Suitable for All Soil TypesAll soil types
How to plant a shrub rose
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