''Rosa'' 'Lichfield Angel (aka AUSrelate) is a white blend shrub rose, bred by British rose breeder, David C. H. Austin before 2005. It was introduced into the UK by David Austin Roses Limited (UK) in 2006. The rose is part of the David Austin English Rose Collection. It was awarded the

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in 2012.

Description

'Lichfield Angel' is a medium-sized, vigorous bushy shrub rose, in height, with a spread. It has large flowers with an average in diameter, with up to 110 petals on each bloom. Light pink-peach buds open to a large domed, rosette-shaped bloom form. The flowers are cream in colour or varying shades of white and have a moderate, clove fragrance. 'Lichfield Angel' blooms repeatedly throughout the season. The plant is nearly thornless and has medium, semi-glossy, dark green foliage.

History

David Austin roses

David C. H. Austin (1926 – 2018) was an award-winning rose breeder, nursery owner and writer from

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. He began breeding roses in the 1950s with the goal of creating new shrub rose varieties that would possess the best qualities of old-fashioned roses while incorporating the long flowering characteristics of

hybrid tea rose Hybrid tea is an informal horticultural classification for a group of garden roses. The first hybrid tea roses were created in France in the mid-1800s, by cross-breeding the large, floriferous Garden roses#Hybrid perpetual, hybrid perpetuals with ...

s and floribundas. His first commercially successful rose cultivar was 'Constance Spry', which he introduced in 1961. He created a new, informal class of roses in the 1960s, which he named "English Roses". Austin's roses are generally known today as "David Austin Roses". Austin attained international commercial success with his new rose varieties. Some of his most popular roses include 'Wife of Bath' (1969), 'Graham Thomas' (1983), and 'Abraham Darby' (1985)

'Lichfield Angel'

'Lichfield Angel' was bred by Austin before 2005 and introduced in the UK by David Austin Roses Limited (UK) in 2006. The cultivar was developed from a cross between two unnamed, unpatented parents. 'Lichfield Angel' is part of the David Austin English Rose Collection. It was awarded the

in 2012. 'Lichfield Angel' was named after the

Lichfield Angel The Lichfield Angel is a late 8th-century Anglo-Saxon stone carving discovered at Lichfield Cathedral in Staffordshire, England, in 2003. It depicts the archangel Gabriel, likely as the left-hand portion of a larger plaque showing the Annunciatio ...

, an eighth century limestone sculptured panel of the

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, discovered in 2003 in

Lichfield Cathedral Lichfield Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary and Saint Chad in Lichfield, is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Lichfield, England. It is the seat of the bishop of Lichfield and the principal church of the diocese ...

in the UK.

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2006 introductions