Stanwell Perpetual

June 2000

Its first season in our patio garden.

Stanwell Perpetual

Breeder: Lee

Parentage: Unknown

Introduced: England, 1838

Class: Hybrid Spinosissima

Color: Pale Pink

Scent: Strong, sweet

Size: 4 to 6 feet tall x
4 to 8 feet wide

Zone: Hardy

I first saw this lovely pink rose at Midland's Dow Gardens in May of 1998. It was spreading its sparsely foliaged canes across a white farm fence. It was in early bloom, covered with creamy pink blossoms of the loveliest form. The scent was heady-- the sweet, rosy, soapy kind that keeps making you bend your head for just one more whiff. I decided then and there that Stanwell Perpetual was a rose I would add to my garden. It is planted next to the bench in the patio garden.
The incurving petals surround a yellow eye. Canes are rather lax. Lloyd Brace of The Roseraie recommends tying canes together with a twist of jute for the first two or three winters to encourage upright growth and to prevent the shrub from being weighed down by snow.

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