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Rosa 'Mortimer Sackler' (Shrub rose 'Mortimer Sackler')

Other names: Rose 'Mortimer Sackler', English rose 'Mortimer Sackler', David Austin rose 'Mortimer Sackler', Rosa 'Ausorts', Climbing rose 'Mortimer Sackler', Rosa 'Mary Delany', Rosa 'Mary Delaney'

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Variety or Cultivar
'Mortimer Sackler' is an upright, bushy to climbing, deciduous shrub with nearly thornless stems bearing pinnate leaves divided into ovate, toothed, dark-green leaflets. Clusters of strongly fragrant, double, cup-shaped light pink flowers in summer and autumn.
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Flower

Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Flower

Foliage

Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Foliage
Height and spread

Height and spread

Size Max height Max spread To maturity
4 m 1 m 2-5 years
13 ft 3 ft 2-5 years

Where to grow

Soil type
  • Chalky
  • Clay
  • Loamy
  • Sandy
Soil drainage
  • Moist but well-drained
  • Well-drained
Soil pH
  • Acid
  • Alkaline
  • Neutral
Sunlight
  • Full Sun
Aspect
  • East
  • West
  • South
Exposure
  • Sheltered

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Cultivation

Grow in fertile, moist but well-drained soil in sun. Feed and mulch in late winter or early spring. Feed again in early summer. Good disease resistance. Do not plant where roses grew before.

Suggested uses

Flower Arranging, Beds and borders, Cottage/Informal, City, Hedging/Screens

UK hardiness

H7

USDA zones

Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9

Sunset zone

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

WUCOLS

North-Central Coastal = Unknown
Central Valley = Unknown
South Coastal = Unknown
South Inland = Unknown
High and Intermediate Desert = Unknown
Low Desert = Unknown

Foliage

Deciduous

Habit

Upright, Bushy, Climbing

Native to

Garden origin

Drought tolerant

No

Flood tolerant

No

Fragrance

Sweet fragrance.

Toxicity

Not toxic

Plant care

Pruning

Suitable for use as a shrub or trained as a short climber. Mature height as a shrub is 1.5 metres.

Propagation methods

Hardwood cuttings, Budding

Pests

Glasshouse red spider mite

Rabbits

Rose leaf-rolling sawfly

Scale insects

Aphids

Caterpillars

Leafhoppers

Deer

Diseases

Remains relatively disease resistant if in full sun.

Prune climbing roses during first two year after planting

Prune climbing roses after second year of growth

Prune species, shrub, minature bush and rugosa roses

Deadhead roses

Take hardwood cuttings in autumn and winter

Propagate by budding in late summer

Plant rootstocks for summer budding

Feed roses

Plant container grown plants in a sunny postion

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