Jude the Obscure Rose

Jude the Obscure is an English shrub rose of utter elegance and the sweetest charms, first introduced by David Austin in 1995, and still popular today for its fabulously fruity scent and joyously long flowering season. The flowers are a classic goblet shape, the tight new buds plumping out in a delicious shade of cantaloupe melon and opening to satiny inward-curving chalices, pale yellow on the outer petals and deep peach inside. The scent is phenomenal: all fruity and rich, with notes of wine and guava. A far cry from its namesake, the grey, long-suffering character of Thomas Hardy's last completed novel. It's a bushy shrub with light green leaves, a popular addition to our range of English shrub roses.

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As well as being a great performer in beds, borders and containers (it's known for its excellent disease resistance), Jude the Obscure makes a good cut flower, lasting well in vases and arrangements, so plant plenty and you'll be able to enjoy its sweet scent indoors and out with very little toil. It's great for smaller gardens as it's a fairly compact shrub rose, and given a decent sized container and a little attention in terms of food and water, it will grow well in a pot. It can also be grown as a compact climber if you train it in the direction you want it to go. Plant with other yellow or apricot shrub roses, such as Buff Beauty or a pink one with yellow stamens such as Scepter'd Isle . It also looks wonderful against a backdrop of Choisya ternata, its small white starry flowers providing a pretty contrast in size and colour.

Features of Jude the Obscure

Height: to 1.2m
Width: up to 2m
Colour: pale yellow, apricot, peach
Shape of flower: chalice
Size of flower: large
Scent: highly scented
Flowering: repeat through summer
Group: English shrub rose
Award-winning scent

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Quite why David Austin named this rose after the tragic character in his final novel is unclear. Perhaps he wanted to give Jude a happier ending? A life of hard toil, unhappy relationships and constant struggle against the odds certainly isn't one we'd wish on any of our roses… In any case, this is a feted rose, having won the Corona Regina Teodelinda Perfume Award in Monza, Italy.

How to plant ..... roses

If planting against a wall leave about 45cms (18") between plant and wall. Dig a hole deep enough to allow the graft to finish at soil level when planted and with plenty of room for the roots. Improve the soil from the hole by removing large stones, weeds, roots and other rubbish and mixing in about 25% by volume of well rotted compost or manure. Wet the roots and sprinkle with Rootgrow so it stays in contact with the roots. If planting a pot grown plant gently loosen some of the roots before planting.

Position your rose so the roots are spread out and it is set at approximately the same level in the soil as it was before being transplanted. The union should be level with the soil when you have finished planting. Backfill the hole with the planting mix, firming it down as you go. Water in thoroughly. Water again a day or two later and then keep watering in dry spells.

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Delivery: The basic delivery charge for orders of bareroot plants is £6.50 + vat, which increases to £12.55 + vat if you add any pot-grown plants, standard trees or fruit trees to the order.
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Guarantee: If any plants die within a year, we will replace them. We only ask that you follow our planting & growing instructions and sent us clear photographs of the dead plants in situ, so we can help to make sure that the replacement plants succeed. You only pay for the delivery of the replacements.

Please note that our guarantee is void if there is a hosepipe ban in your area: your newly planted hedging must be watered in dry weather while it is establishing. The best way to water is very thoroughly every few days: at least once a week if there is no heavy rain.

Our nursery has been supplying container grown and bareroot hedging plants to gardeners, farmers and town planners since 1949. Our website started in 2003, so we do understand the concerns that you may have about buying hedging plants online. If any of your plants are damaged when they arrive or if you are otherwise not satisfied with your order after you inspect it, please repackage it and contact us. We will give you a refund or send replacements and send a courier to come and collect the unwanted plants.

Misc	Shrub, Wildlife Value
Area	Frost Pockets, Scotland & The North
Colour	Yellow/Gold
Type	David Austin
Also Good	Fragrant, Repeat Flowering
Flowering	Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct

	NUMBER OF ROSES
SIZES	1-2	3+
BAREROOT ROSE	SOLD OUT FOR THE SEASON £13.95	SOLD OUT FOR THE SEASON £12.95

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Features of Jude the Obscure

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How to plant ..... roses