Rose 'Rosemary Harkness' - Hybrid Tea Rose (Also known as 'Harrowbond')
A magnificent award-winning hybrid tea rose producing masses of spectacular large fragrant blooms in warm blends of orange, pink, and apricot with yellow reverse, complemented by dark green foliage with red-tinted young leaves, vigorous bushy growth, and excellent repeat flowering, making it perfect for cutting gardens, formal borders, and fragrant garden displays.
Headlines
- Plant Type: Hardy deciduous hybrid tea rose
- Eventual Height: 90cm
- Eventual Spread: 80cm
- Flowering Period: June to September
- Flower Colour: Orange, pink, apricot, and yellow blends
- Hardiness: Hardy in the UK down to temperatures of -20 to -15 degrees Celcius (RHS hardiness rating H6)
- Growth Habit: Vigorous and bushy
- Flower Type: Large shapely, fully double blooms measuring 12cm across
- Fragrance: Very fragrant with citrus fragrance
Overview
Rose 'Rosemary Harkness' stands as a magnificent award-winning hybrid tea rose, bred by Jack Harkness and registered as 'Harrowbond', representing the finest achievements in modern rose breeding. This exceptional variety produces masses of spectacular large blooms featuring warm blends of orange, pink, apricot, and yellow that create ever-changing colour combinations throughout the extended flowering season. The striking warm-toned colouring maintains its vibrancy and sophisticated appeal from summer through autumn, creating consistent colour variation that symbolises warmth, elegance, and garden sophistication. The shapely, fully double blooms measure an impressive 12cm across and are produced in clusters, creating substantial visual impact. The very fragrant nature with pronounced citrus fragrance enhances the spectacular visual display, creating memorable garden experiences that enhance both cutting garden themes and traditional garden enjoyment.
Key Features
The outstanding appeal of 'Rosemary Harkness' lies in its masses of spectacular, large shapely blooms that showcase perfect hybrid tea form with exceptional colour blends and substantial presence. Each flower displays classic fully double formation with warm tones of orange, pink, apricot, and yellow creating ever-changing colour combinations that shift throughout the day and season, measuring an impressive 12cm across and creating blooms of remarkable visual impact and sophisticated garden appeal. The unique warm colour blending provides fascinating displays that maintain their intensity throughout the flowering season, creating consistent colour variation that symbolises artistic beauty and refined garden design. The flowers are produced in attractive clusters with reliable repeat flowering from summer through autumn, creating continuous displays that maintain their spectacular appeal throughout the growing season. The very fragrant nature with pronounced citrus fragrance complements the spectacular visual impact, creating memorable garden experiences that enhance both award-winning garden themes and everyday garden appreciation.
Growth Characteristics
The strong stems provide excellent support for the abundant large flower displays produced in clusters, making this variety particularly valuable for cutting and formal garden applications where stem strength and flower presentation are crucial. The dark green foliage with distinctive red-tinted young leaves is produced abundantly, creating an attractive healthy backdrop that perfectly complements the warm-toned blooms whilst maintaining excellent appearance throughout the growing season. The vigorous bushy growth ensures reliable flowering whilst creating substantial garden impact that fits well into diverse garden settings from formal borders to cutting gardens, with the medium size making it suitable for various garden applications whilst providing impressive presence.
Flowering Performance
From summer through to autumn, 'Rosemary Harkness' delivers exceptional flowering displays with excellent repeat blooming that continues consistently throughout the extended growing season. The plant produces masses of spectacular large fragrant flowers continuously in attractive clusters, creating substantial visual impact with reliable performance that ensures ongoing garden celebration. The individual blooms develop with classic hybrid tea form, allowing gardeners to appreciate the perfect shapely formation and remarkable warm colour blends, whilst the elegant fully double shape ensures each flower maintains its sophisticated appearance for extended periods. The excellent repeat flowering nature ensures spectacular displays throughout the season, with the continuous warm-toned blooms providing ongoing focal points that brighten garden spaces with their award-winning colour and pronounced citrus fragrance.
Growing Conditions
'Rosemary Harkness' thrives in full sun with fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil, requiring good drainage whilst maintaining consistent moisture for optimal performance. The rose adapts well to various well-drained soils and responds excellently to bright, open aspects where the warm colour blends can be fully appreciated. For best results, plant in sunny positions with good air circulation, incorporating well-rotted organic matter to support the vigorous flowering and healthy foliage development. The variety benefits from regular feeding with rose or shrub fertiliser in early spring and early summer, responding well to standard rose care practices whilst the manageable size makes it suitable for diverse garden situations from beds and borders to cutting gardens.
Hardiness and Disease Resistance
'Rosemary Harkness' demonstrates excellent garden hardiness with RHS hardiness rating H6, supporting reliable growth throughout the season. The variety shows vigorous, free-blooming characteristics with its naturally robust constitution, making it particularly dependable for gardeners seeking consistent fragrant rose performance. The dark green foliage with distinctive red-tinted young growth remains attractive and vigorous with proper care, making it an excellent choice for gardeners who appreciate award-winning plantings with reasonable maintenance requirements. The hardy nature ensures consistent performance across different growing conditions and seasonal variations.
Care and Maintenance
'Rosemary Harkness' requires standard hybrid tea rose maintenance to achieve optimal flowering performance and colour intensity. Apply balanced rose or shrub fertiliser in early spring and again in early summer, with regular deep watering during dry periods to support the vigorous growth and abundant cluster flower production. Mulch with well-rotted organic matter in late winter or early spring to support healthy growth and flowering. The vigorous, free-blooming nature means this variety responds well to standard care practices, making it suitable for gardeners seeking reliable award-winning plantings. Regular deadheading encourages continued flowering and maintains the spectacular display throughout the season, whilst annual pruning following RHS Pruning Group 15 guidelines maintains the vigorous bushy shape and promotes strong new growth for optimal flowering performance.
Garden Applications
'Rosemary Harkness' excels in cutting gardens and formal borders where its award-winning significance and spectacular performance can be fully appreciated. The magnificent fragrant blooms make it ideal for sophisticated gardens, cottage gardens, and formal displays where warm colour blends and exceptional fragrance are essential. Perfect for flower borders and beds, this rose provides outstanding cut flowers with strong stems and excellent vase life that enhance floral arrangements for special occasions and fragrant displays. The vigorous growth and excellent repeat flowering make it particularly suitable for creating impressive displays in city and courtyard gardens, whilst the medium size ensures it fits well into diverse garden settings from traditional borders to contemporary fragrant landscapes.
Container Growing
The manageable size and vigorous growth make 'Rosemary Harkness' well-suited to container cultivation for patios, courtyards, and fragrant displays. The rose thrives in large containers where its warm-toned blooms can create spectacular focal points and sophisticated displays, making it perfect for terraces and formal presentations where award-winning colour and fragrance enhance the garden experience. Choose containers at least 50cm wide and deep with excellent drainage, using high-quality multipurpose compost enriched with slow-release fertiliser. Container-grown specimens require more frequent watering and feeding than ground-planted roses, but the spectacular fragrant displays and award-winning significance make this worthwhile for special plantings and elegant garden celebrations.
Seasonal Interest
Throughout the growing season, 'Rosemary Harkness' provides exceptional seasonal interest with continuous colour and reliable performance. Spring brings the emergence of distinctive red-tinted young leaves that mature to dark green, building anticipation for the main flowering display. The spectacular warm-toned blooms from summer through autumn provide months of award-winning colour that maintains vibrancy throughout the season, creating consistent sophisticated impact. The attractive foliage with its distinctive seasonal colour changes remains healthy throughout the season with proper care, providing perfect backdrop for the spectacular flower displays, whilst the vigorous bushy branching structure provides attractive architectural interest during dormant periods.
Fragrance Profile
'Rosemary Harkness' features very pronounced citrus fragrance that becomes strongly pronounced in wet weather, complementing the spectacular visual display and enhancing the sophisticated garden experience. The powerful citrus scent adds exceptional aromatic appeal to outdoor spaces whilst making this rose particularly valuable for cutting gardens where both visual beauty and intense aromatic interest are desired for fragrant arrangements. The magnificent perfume enhances garden atmosphere and makes this variety suitable for areas where fragrance contributes to the award-winning garden experience, particularly during evening garden enjoyment when the citrus scent creates lasting impressions and memorable garden moments.
Companion Planting
The warm colour blends of 'Rosemary Harkness' provide excellent opportunities for companion planting with complementary garden plants and sophisticated colour schemes. The orange, pink, apricot, and yellow tones work beautifully with cream and white flowers for elegant contrast that highlights both the award-winning significance and garden beauty, whilst purple and blue flowers create harmonious colour combinations. Silver and grey foliage plants complement the warm tones whilst deeper orange and peach flowers provide tonal displays. The vigorous growth makes it suitable for planting with perennials and herbs that enhance the garden's fragrant atmosphere throughout the growing season.
Heritage and Recognition
'Rosemary Harkness' represents exceptional hybrid tea breeding achievement by the renowned Jack Harkness, registered as 'Harrowbond' and recognised for its outstanding garden performance and award-winning qualities. The variety demonstrates innovative breeding that successfully integrated sophisticated colour blending with exceptional fragrance and reliable garden performance, creating a rose that satisfies both exhibition purposes and practical gardening requirements. This award-winning achievement brings together exceptional flowering abundance, vigorous growth, and meaningful warm colour combinations that make this variety particularly valuable for sophisticated plantings and fragrant gardens, with proven performance and recognition in the rose world.
Award-Winning Significance
One of the most valued features of 'Rosemary Harkness' is its recognition as an exceptional modern hybrid tea rose, making it uniquely meaningful for award-winning garden displays and cutting gardens. The magnificent warm colour blends symbolise sophistication, warmth, and horticultural excellence, whilst the excellent repeat flowering represents the finest achievements in contemporary rose breeding. This award-winning significance, combined with outstanding garden performance, makes it particularly appealing to gardeners seeking roses with both recognised merit and exceptional practical performance.
Cut Flower Excellence
The excellent cut flower qualities make 'Rosemary Harkness' particularly valuable for gardeners who wish to bring award-winning beauty indoors for special occasions and fragrant arrangements. The strong stems, abundant large shapely blooms measuring 12cm across, and magnificent citrus fragrance create outstanding floral displays that provide lasting indoor enjoyment whilst maintaining the sophisticated significance of the warm colour blends. The excellent repeat flowering ensures plenty of blooms for cutting whilst maintaining impressive garden displays, making it ideal for both garden beauty and exceptional fragrant arrangements that bring the garden's sophisticated appeal indoors.
Why Choose 'Rosemary Harkness'?
Rose 'Rosemary Harkness' represents the perfect combination of award-winning excellence, exceptional performance, and sophisticated beauty. The masses of spectacular large shapely blooms in warm blends of orange, pink, apricot, and yellow with their magnificent citrus fragrance provide outstanding displays from summer through autumn, whilst the vigorous growth and excellent hardiness ensure reliable performance with standard maintenance. Whether grown for cutting gardens, formal borders, fragrant displays, or simply for its exceptional beauty and sophisticated colour combinations, this outstanding hybrid tea rose offers proven value that combines meaningful award-winning significance with reliable garden excellence, creating lasting memories and enduring beauty that celebrates the finest traditions of sophisticated rose gardening with exceptional fragrance and warm colour appeal in any garden setting.
Reasons to Buy Roses from Jacksons Nurseries
(1) ‘Excellent’ on Trustpilot
Buy with confidence from the only online rose grower rated ‘Excellent’ 4.9* on Trustpilot. We have been a trusted supplier of roses for 3 generations. We take pride in growing our own roses in the field before potting them up, allowing for meticulous quality control to sale.
(2) Best Prices Guaranteed – Direct from the Grower
Save £££s by buying direct from a grower you can trust. We’ve already price checked all of our roses against competitors so you don’t have to. We are so confident we offer the best value, if you find a rose of the same type and grade elsewhere, we’ll beat it by 10%.
(3) 12 Month Plants Guarantee
We offer a 12 month guarantee on every plant that you buy from us that we have classified as Fully Hardy. If a plant you've bought from us fails in the first year, we will either replace it or refund you. See our satisfaction guarantee page for more details and conditions.
(4) Third generation family-owned nursery specialising in roses
Jackson’s Nurseries is a 3rd generation family owned business which has been growing roses for over 60 years. Roses have always been our specialty, as you can see from the colourful array of blooms in the background to the old family photo below. Today, we offer over 200 different varieties of floribundas, hybrid teas, patio, shrub and David Austin roses. Our roses are initially grown in the field before being potted up for website dispatch.
(5) Grown at altitude to produce strong, healthy plants
Our North Staffordshire nursery is situated at 250 metres above sea level, producing strong, hardy plants that will thrive in your garden. Our nursery sits on clay, so you can be sure our roses can handle heavy soil too.
(6) Help & Advice and Aftercare
We are help to help you with any help and advice you need in choosing, planting and growing your roses before, during and after your purchase from us. The help and advice section of our website has extensive information, see below some examples of articles you may find useful:
- Different types of roses and what they each mean
- Guide to climbing roses
- Guide to floribunda roses
- Guide to hybrid tea roses
- How to plant a climbing rose
- How to grow hybrid tea roses
How our roses are supplied through the seasons
All our roses are cultivated in an open field and are carefully dug up when the weather is optimal, typically in October or November. While other nurseries supply roses bare root, once our field-grown roses have been potted up we supply them freshly potted. This better protects the roots and helps keep them moist in transit, ensuring your roses arrive as healthy as when they left our nursery. So don’t be alarmed if the compost comes away from the roots when you remove them from the pot.
The roses can remain in their pots over the winter, as long as they are properly watered and fed, but it's best to plant them out as soon as possible. If you do plant them straight away make sure the planting mix is prepared first, hold the root close to the top of the hole as you tip the pot upside down and try to keep as much compost as possible from falling away. They will already be pruned, so no additional pruning is needed except for trimming any dead tips. Regular pruning can start in late winter, the year after planting.
Rose Types
Hybrid Tea Roses (HT)
Hybrid Tea roses are probably the most popular group of roses, available in both bush and standard form they have long flower stems and shapely blooms. Blooms are typically medium to large in size, with many petals which form a distinct central cone.
Floribunda Roses (FL)
Floribunda roses bears its flowers in clusters or trusses, with several blooms open at time in each truss. A popular choice the Floribunda rose group is unrivalled for colour, reliability and longevity as a bedding display however the flower form in generally inferior to the Hybrid Tea.
Patio Roses (PATIO)
Patio roses were introduced in the 1980’s and the group now contains several popular varieties. Generally low-growing roses that were once grouped with the Floribuna group but have now been put in their own group of compact versions. Usually growing about 50cm high they make excellent plants for patio containers or at the front of borders.
Climbing Roses (CLM)
Climbing roses as the name suggests are the perfect choice for covering a wall or screen. Often grouped together with Ramblers, Climbers tend to have stiffer stems, larger flowers but smaller trusses than Ramblers.
Rambling Roses (RAM)
Rambling roses are often grouped with Climbing Roses but the ramblers tend to have a more pliable stems that can be used to run along the soil to use as groundcover or can be used to make weeping standards.
Miniature Roses (MINI)
Miniature roses have increased in popularity in recent years due to their versatility, even grown indoors as temporary pot plants that grow to a maximum height of 40cm. An ideal choice for planting in tubs, edging beds and rockeries.
English Roses (ENG)
Often referred to as Austin or David Austin Roses, English roses are hybrids of old English roses and more modern varieties bread by David Austin to provide the best of both, mixing old rose shapes and scents with more modern colour range, compact habits and repeat flowering.
Planting Advice
Roses like a generous root space, so dig a deep hole approximately twice as wide as the current root system, preferably adding composted organic matter to the soil. Never plant into frozen soil – in winter, await a frost-free period. Carefully remove the pot and gently tease the roots apart to spread them around the hole. Position the plant so that the ‘bud point’ (the place where the shoots emerge from, where the cultivated rose was grafted onto the rootstock) is at soil level. Replace the soil, firming it down gently, then water copiously. Ideally, a general purpose fertiliser should be applied to the surrounding soil as a top dressing. We also highly recommend the use of Rose Rootgrow, which provides a friendly fungus that prevents ‘rose replant syndrome’.
Buying our Roses
Pot Size
Most of our roses are supplied in a 4 litre pot although this may vary slightly depending on rose variety. If the size of pot differes significatly from 4 litres then we will make this clear somewhere on the product page.
Seasonality
Our roses are grown outdoors and as such are subject to seasonal changes. As we sell potted stock throughout the year your rose may not arrive and look like you expect it to. If you are uncertain how your rose will arrive (especially if buying for a gift) then we suggest you contact us prior to making a purchase.
Freshly Potted
Each year a new batch of roses is potted up ready for the following season. Once potted (usually November/December time) they go on sale as 'Freshly Potted'. If you purchase a freshly potted rose and plant it soon after you will find that when removing the rose from the pot there will be a lot of loose soil as the roots will not have had time to grow and bind the compost.
Pruned/Cut Back
In autumn the majority of our roses have finished flowering and begin to look untidy, at this point we prune them quite hard in preparation for the following season. We continue to sell roses throughout the year, when a rose has been pruned in such a way we will identify it has being so. If you are not sure what to expect then please ask prior to making a purchase. Some garden centres/supermarkets sell stock that has been grown abroad or in poly-tunnels so they look 'picture perfect' out of season, while this is ideal for a gift they are short lived once planted.
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