William Shakespeare Roses (2000)

Developed in 2000, without doubt, this is the best crimson English Rose to date. It is a truly superb variety with exquisite blooms of the richest velvety crimson, gradually changing to an equally rich purple. Deeply cupped at first, the flower soon opens out to a shallow quartered cup. The growth is neat and upright, with each stem bearing a number of flowers. 

This rose has the strong, warm Old Rose fragrance that we expect, but do not always find, in deep red roses. This roses is extremely disease resistant.

Here is a bouquet of these lovely roses I picked tonight, a gift of late Summer here in the Pacific Northwest.