Rosa 'Cornelia'
(Rose 'Cornelia')

Family - Rosaceae
Category - Rose
Origin - Raised in Britain
Discovered By - Bred by Pemberton Roses
Year of Introduction - 1925
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H6
Height - 1.5m
Width - 1.5m
Location - The Wedding Ring Border

Description: Hybrid Musk rose

A medium-sized Shrub with a bushy, upright habit. Mid to dark green, pinnate leaves have ovate to Elliptic leaflets with finely toothed margins. Reddish-pink buds open to soft apricot-pink rosette flowers with a lovely scent. The flowers are small, but held in large clusters. The Blooms are produced repeatedly (with good deadheading) from early summer into mid-autumn. Attractive to pollinators an excellent for use as cut flowers.

Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Flower:

Reddish-pink buds open to small, apricot-pink, double rosette flowers. The blooms are held in large clusters, and produced repeatedly from June into October, perhaps becoming more floriferous in autumn. Good scent.

Flower colour: Pink

Flower shape: Rosette rose flowers held in clusters

Flowering time: June, July, August, September, October

Foliage:

Mid to dark green, pinnate leaves have ovate to Elliptic leaflets with serrate margins. The leaves are Alternately arranged on upright, prickly stems.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Pinnate with ovate to elliptic leaflets

Propagation:

Cuttings, grafting.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.