Ausreef – pale pink English rose – pharmaROSA® NEONATAL rooted cutting
Romantic own-root Ausreef propagation material gives professional producers a stable base for premium container programmes, aligning with UK nursery networks that serve collection and show gardens in climates where winter hardiness and wind exposure are significant factors. With a bushy, upright habit suited to 5–7 L premium containers and an abundant remontant flush, it delivers repeat saleable flushes through the season while maintaining consistent shrub structure. Very full, rosette blooms with fragrant sweet, fruity, myrrh-like notes and pale-pink to cream colouring support high-value, exclusive finished product positioning in retail and reseller channels. Own-root production underpins longevity and regeneration, giving durable stock for nursery beds, private-label ranges and cultivar collections, typically building roots in year one, framework and shoots in year two, and full ornamental value from year three. Moderate maintenance and disease resistance remain manageable within professional protection programmes, helping you maintain quality standards at scale.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- Premium 5–7 L English shrub – Own-root, bush-trained Ausreef in 5–7 L pots, selected for balanced height and canopy, positioned as an exclusive English shrub rose with strong fragrance and pale-pink rosette blooms – specialist retail / garden-centre premium benches.
- Romantic pastel collection line – Ausreef grouped with complementary pale and cream cultivars as a coordinated Romantic rose range, using uniform 5–7 L premium containers and consistent labelling – branded assortments for reseller chains.
- Fragrance highlight feature SKU – Individually branded, story-led SKU focused on Ausreef’s strong sweet, fruity, myrrh-like scent and flower form, grown as a well-structured bush with 3–5 framework canes – fragrance-focused displays in destination nurseries.
- Large specimen patio container – Selected plants stepped up into 40–50 L containers for entrances and terraces, using Ausreef’s bushy habit and remontant flowering to offer long-season ornamental value – landscape and high-end independent retail channels.
- Collection and show-garden stock – Own-root Ausreef batches reserved as genetically stable stock for thematic and show gardens, with bush-trained shrubs delivered in 5–7 L containers for immediate landscape integration – public-realm and institutional project suppliers.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Registered as AUSreef, marketed as Ausreef English Rose AUSreef, with ARS exhibition name Sharifa Asma; classified within the English Rose Collection as a shrub in the Romantic rose commercial group. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by David Charles Henshaw Austin (David Austin Roses Ltd., United Kingdom) from ‘Mary Rose’ × ‘Admired Miranda’, introduced and registered in 1989, with initial distribution handled by David Austin Roses Ltd. |
| Awards and recognition |
not provided |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Bushy, upright shrub reaching approximately 80–120 cm in height with 70–100 cm spread, moderately dense, mid-green, slightly glossy foliage and densely thorned stems, producing a compact yet substantial plant form. |
| Flower morphology |
Very full, rosette-shaped solitary blooms with more than 40 petals, large flower size in the 2.75–3.95 inch range, flowering repeatedly with a notably abundant second flush under suitable cultivation. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Pale-pink flowers (ARS lp) with RHS 155D outer and 65C inner tones, opening from pastel pink buds and gradually fading to off-white and cream, outer petals becoming almost white as colour retention is relatively weak. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Produces a strong and clearly perceptible fragrance described as sweet, fruity and myrrh-like, primarily ornamental in use, with very double blooms that limit access to stamens and thus offer lower pollinator appeal. |
| Hip characteristics |
Rosehip formation is limited by the very double flowers, but occasional small, ovoid orange-red hips, approximately 10–14 mm in diameter, can develop where pollination and fruit set occur successfully. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Moderate overall disease resistance with good black spot resistance but moderate susceptibility to powdery mildew and rust; winter hardy to about −26 to −23 °C, corresponding to RHS H7, Swedish zone 4 and USDA zone 5b. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Recommended for flower beds, edging, containers, cut flower and specimen use; medium maintenance requirement with occasional plant protection; typically grown bush-trained with 3–5 framework canes for premium container production. |
Ausreef combines remontant, fragrant pale-pink rosette blooms with a bushy, upright habit and robust hardiness on a long-lived own-root base, supporting predictable premium container programmes; please contact us to discuss volumes and scheduling.
