English rose / Modern Hybrid
Parentage: Unknown
Young Lycidas has really big, baroque flowers. They are very full, deep pink to magenta and mauve. They spread a very strong fragrance.
The saucer like blooms stand on rather short, arching stems and often the flowers are so heavy (especially after rain) they bend down to the ground giving a sloppy impression. A medium high obelisk would be very welcome. Height is 100X80 cm or 3X3 feet. Despite their size and petal count the blooms are rain resistant and semi shade is tolerated.
The very best way to grow this rose is in a spacious pot with a small obelisk covering it. Soon you will have a fabulous display of big fragrant flowers bending over gracefully but without touching the ground.
Young Lycidas was named to celebrate the 400 birthday of John Milton, the famous English poet
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