Group/Class:  Shrub Rose

Brand:  David Austin Roses

Description:

A lovely old-fashioned variety with loosely doubled peachy-pink flowers with yellow centers; delightful sweet and spicy fragrance; all roses need full sun and well-drained soil; an excellent choice for garden beds, walking paths and cut flower displays

Ornamental Features

Belle Story Rose is covered in stunning lightly-scented double peach flowers with pink overtones and yellow eyes at the ends of the branches from late spring to late summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has forest green deciduous foliage. The textured oval compound leaves turn an outstanding orange in the fall. The fruits are showy tomato-orange hips displayed from early to late fall.

Landscape Attributes

Belle Story Rose is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

This is a high maintenance shrub that will require regular care and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It is a good choice for attracting bees to your yard. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

• Disease
• Spiny

Belle Story Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Accent
• Mass Planting
• Hedges/Screening
• General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Belle Story Rose will grow to be about 3 feet tall at maturity extending to 4 feet tall with the flowers, with a spread of 3 feet. It tends to be a little leggy, with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.

This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It may require supplemental watering during periods of drought or extended heat. To help this plant achive its best flowering performance, periodically apply a flower-boosting fertilizer from early spring through into the active growing season. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.