(Northern Hardy) Maybe the best crimson rose from David Austin to this point, this selection possesses outstanding disease and dense, manageable form that will endear it to you without even seeing a bloom. The bloom will certainly make you a believer, starting in May and reblooming through the summer as its opens deeply cupped then matures to a wide shallow cup of neatly quartered petals starting a velvety deep crimson-red and maturing deep purple.