Gertrude Jekyll Rose

I know this is the David Austin rose Gertrude Jekyll by her sweetly scented pink flowers and the picture on the label. In my garden these roses don't grow well if they are crowded with other plants, and I've had to move them several times.

One of my Gertrude Jekyll roses now reaches up into a smallish apple tree, and has air and sun. I grow another in the open spaces of the Willow Tree Garden by the water race. She's a tall, elegant grower and can look rather spindly, though in my garden she makes up for this by the huge numbers of blooms.

English Lady Gardener

Gertrude Jekyll, of course, was a very famous English lady gardener and writer. She has many claims to fame, including the 'white garden' at Sissinghurst, and her plans of English herbaceous perennial borders.

Obviously it's right that such a famous English gardener should have a rose named for her by such a famous English rose breeder. I've often wondered about a Moosey Rose... David Austin probably wouldn't be interested, unless my writing and gardening became as famous as Miss Jekyll's.

I'd like it to be a pink rose, though... Tall and elegant would be nice...