Buxom Beauty Hybrid Tea Roses

Buxom Beauty Hybrid Tea Rose

Buxom Beauty roses are, as the name suggests, a stunning variety. Deep pink in colour with large flowers that have up to 50 petals, they also give off a strong, fruity scent, making them a veritable feast for the senses. Members of the Hybrid Tea group they have been cultivated to be hardier than the classic tea rose, but just as beautiful. Buxom Beauty roses grow to between 3 and 4 feet tall, making them perfect for adding colour to your garden and shrubbery. Hailed as the most fragrant of all the roses these stunning plants make perfect cut flowers and look beautiful on the mantle piece. Take a look at the hundreds of other rose varieties we sell, or see our full range of hybrid tea roses.

Great for your garden

These stunning roses are happiest planted in a large bed or container and really stand out as part of a mixed border. They prefer full sun and well drained soil with plenty of organic content, but they are relatively unfussy. Buxom Beauty roses are not just attractive to us; bees find them irresistible, their bright colour and heady perfume keeps wildlife happy too. On an upright and quite thorny framework, the voluminous blooms look naturally at home in a cottage-style garden. The complementary dark green foliage really makes the blooms pop when they are out. Which they are most of the time between the last spring frosts and the onset of winter.

Buxom Beauty facts

Type: Hybrid Tea
Colour: Deep pink
Flower shape: Large, full
Fragrance strength: Strong
Final Height and spread: 3-4 ft x 2 ft
Approximate flowering months or season: Late spring until frost
Repeat flowering: Yes, good
Disease resistance: High

Look out for

Buxom Beauty can look after itself and stands up well against pests and diseases, although it can suffer from mildew in bad summers.

Plant bare root plants anytime from late autumn to spring. Just avoid planting when the ground is covered in snow or frozen.
Plant in a sunny spot with any aspect other than northerly.
Buxom Beauty likes moist but free draining soils.
The large, vibrant flowers are in bloom from late spring until late autumn and remain the same deep pink throughout.
Prune in late February, feed in March and dead head regularly from June to encourage re-bloom.
This ample rose was launched in 2001 in conjunction with Charnos, the British lingerie manufacturers. At the time it was described by the grower as bprobably the most fragrant of all rosesb It is certainly in the premier league for scent and over the last decade Buxom Beauty roses have won multiple awards for their heady perfume.