Rosa Windrush 'AUSrush'
Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- RO-zuh
- Description
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Windrush is a hybrid deciduous shrub in the rose family (Rosaceae) bred by David Austin in1984. Parentage is unnamed Seedling x (Canterbury x Golden Wings).
Windrush is a strong bushy shrub that will grow 5-6 feet tall and 3-4 feet wide. Grow in full sun in moist fertile well drained soil. Prune in late winter to remove dead or diseased canes and to 1/3-1/2 its size.
The soft yellow fragrant semi-double flowers appear in clusters in early summer and bloom in flushes through fall. The glossy green leaves are on canes with prickles.
Use windrush as a specimen or in the border of am English, cottage or cutting garden.
Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Disease resistant. See pests of roses to the left. Deer will browse roses.
VIDEO Created by Elizabeth Meyer for "Trees, Shrubs and Conifers" a plant identification course offered in partnership with Longwood Gardens.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Rosa
- Family:
- Rosaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Woody
- Recommended Propagation Strategy:
- Stem Cutting
- Wildlife Value:
- Attracts bees
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
- Rose
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Habit/Form:
- Erect
- Growth Rate:
- Medium
- Maintenance:
- Medium
- Appendage:
- Prickles
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Soil Texture:
- Clay
- High Organic Matter
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Soil pH:
- Acid (<6.0)
- Neutral (6.0-8.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Moist
- Available Space To Plant:
- 3 feet-6 feet
- NC Region:
- Coastal
- Mountains
- Piedmont
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Red/Burgundy
- Fruit Value To Gardener:
- Showy
- Display/Harvest Time:
- Fall
- Summer
- Fruit Type:
- Pome
- Fruit Length:
- < 1 inch
- Fruit Width:
- < 1 inch
- Fruit Description:
- Rose hips will develop if the flowers are not pruned off
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Gold/Yellow
- White
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Fragrant
- Long Bloom Season
- Showy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Fall
- Summer
- Flower Shape:
- Cup
- Flower Petals:
- 7 - 20 petals/rays
- Flower Size:
- 1-3 inches
- Flower Description:
- 2-3 inch very fragrant cupped semi-double blooms with 9-16 petals are light yellow that fade to white with prominent dark golden stamens, Repeat blooms summer through fall.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Feel:
- Glossy
- Leaf Type:
- Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Alternate
- Leaf Margin:
- Serrate
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- glossy mid-green compound foliage with 5 leaflets
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Theme:
- Cottage Garden
- Cutting Garden
- English Garden
- Pollinator Garden
- Design Feature:
- Border
- Specimen
- Attracts:
- Bees
