Rose 'William Shakespeare 2000'

English roses are normally pruned lightly in the dormant season. Remove dead, diseased, or crossing growth, and them reduce the rest by about a third to a half, cutting back to a healthy, outward facing shoot. Feed the rose with blood fish and bone, scraping the earth under the bush carefully so as not to damage the surface roots.
Can be used for cut flower or garden. Very disease resistant. Dead-head to encourage re-bloom.
After the first flush of flowers feed the rose with blood fish and bone to promote new growth and more flowers into the late summer

Resistant to black spot, mildew and rust.

Plant in a location that enjoys partial sun and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that William Shakespeare 2000 is thought of as hardy, so this plant will survive close to or on freezing temperatures. Ensure your soil is loamy and has a ph of between 5.5 and 6.5 as Rose is a weakly acidic soil loving plant.

Hybrid. Will not reliably grow true to type from seed.
Roses are produced by grafting onto rootstock in a commercial situation but can also be rooted from cuttings taken in the late autumn. Set in a trench in a shady art of the garden, rooting takes about a year and at this time they can be potted individually, planting out the following season

Roses enjoy a sunny spot.
Bare rooted roses are planted in the dormant season. Dig a hole large enough to take the roots without bending and deep enough so the graft is covered by about 4cm. back fill adding blood fish and bone, firm and water.
Container grown roses can be planted at any time of year, undo some of the tangled roots that have grown around in the pot. Dig a hole about twice a s wide as the pot and deep enough to cove the graft area when planted. Add blood fish and bone to the back fill and water well during the first growing season as the roots will take longer to establish with a container grown rose

Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as William Shakespeare 2000 is a hardy plant.

Useful as a cut flower, opening to a dark purple red

This variety tends to be ready for harvesting by mid summer.

William Shakespeare the poet and playwright from Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, England
Bred by David Austin (UK) 2000. Registration name AUSromeo.

English rose, shrub rose, Austin rose