Rose - Shirleys Rose

Common Name:
Shirley’s Rose

Description:
The Shirley’s Rose (Rosa ‘Shirley’s Rose’) is an elegant hybrid tea rose, admired for its soft blush pink to creamy white blooms with a delicate fragrance. This repeat-flowering variety produces large, fully double flowers from spring through autumn, making it a standout in garden beds, borders, and pots. With a strong, upright growth habit and glossy green foliage, Shirley’s Rose thrives in Melbourne’s climate, preferring full sun and well-drained soil. It is disease-resistant and benefits from regular feeding, watering, and deadheading to promote continuous flowering. Its romantic colour and refined form make it perfect for cut flower arrangements and classic garden designs.

Form:

• Shrub - Medium

Mature Size:

• Height: 1–1.2 m
• Width: 80 cm – 1 m

Aspect:

• Full Sun

Flowering:

• Flowers in Spring
• Flowers in Summer
• Flowers in Autumn

Flower Colour:

• Soft Blush Pink to Creamy White

Key Attributes:

• Suitable for Pots
• Disease Resistant
• Lightly Scented Flowers
• Bee Attracting
• Perennial
• Long Flowering
• Suitable for Cut Flowers

Toxicity:

• Non-toxic to humans and pets

Companion Plants:

• Lavender
• Salvia
• Nepeta (Catmint)
• Alliums
• Boxwood (Buxus)