According to the David Austin Site:

This is a particularly robust and healthy rose, producing long arching branches that flower very freely. The flower buds are blush pink at first, later opening to reveal flowers of blush touched with apricot. The outer petals are almost white with a hint of blush – the light reflecting among the petals to enhance the whole effect. The blooms have a perfect rosette shape and are distinctly quartered. They have a lovely, fresh, medium-strong fragrance. The foliage is quite small for an English Rose, very clean looking and remarkably free from disease.

Named after the character in Thomas Hardy’s The Return of the Native.

Taken with a Sony A77II and Minolta Maxxum AF 50mm f2.8 Macro.

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