
Plants
Rose 'Golden Wings' / Rosa Golden Wings
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Breeder: Shepherd, 1956.
Blossom: Repeat flowering.
Flower diameter: 6 cm.
Fragrance: Medium.
Adult dimensions: Height up to 1.50 m.
Foliage: Deciduous.
Type of soil: Rich and free draining, avoid chalky soils.
Climate: Very hardy.
Site: Full sun.
Planting spacing: Approximately every 1 m.
Properties and uses:
The Rose 'Golden Wings' bears superb, luminous yellow, wild rose type flowers with orangey-ochre stamens, from June right through to the first frosts. They have a soft, peppery fragrance. This healthy Rose bush with its upright shape is ideal planted in flowering beds or in hedges.
Awards:
Golden certificate, 1958
Prize of the best Shrub Rose in 1972 (Royal National Rose Society) -