Hugh Dickson
Old Rose
Colour: Scarlet crimson
Flowering: Repeat Flowering
Fragrance: Medium, Old Rose/fruity
Size: Very Large Shrub
7ft (2.25cm)
3ft (90cm)
Bloom Size: Large
Breeder: Dickson
Year of Introduction: 1865
A once extremely popular rose. It bears large, globular flowers of scarlet-crimson, although they are rather lacking in character. There is a strong fragrance and it repeats well. With its tall, lanky growth it is perhaps better grown as a climber.
