A wonderfully characterful rose that truly earns its name, with flowers that continually shift in colour - ‘mutable’ quite literally meaning prone to change.
Each single bloom opens soft yellow, then gradually shifts through apricot and coppery pink before finally deepening to rich rose tones, so the plant appears to carry several colours at once. Lightly fragrant and exceptionally floriferous, it flowers almost continuously from early summer until autumn.
With its loose, airy habit and glossy foliage, Rosa odorata ‘Mutabilis’ works beautifully as a shrub rose in borders, trained lightly as a climber against a warm wall, or grown as a specimen where its shifting colours can be fully appreciated. It has a natural, informal elegance rather than a rigid structure, making it ideal for cottage and mixed plantings. In sheltered Scottish gardens, it performs best with a little warmth and protection from cold winds.
Sold currently as bare root
Height & Spread: 1.5–2 m x 1.5–2 m
Position: Full sun, sheltered
Soil: Fertile, humus-rich, well-drained
Flowering Time: June–October
Height: 150
A wonderfully characterful rose that truly earns its name, with flowers that continually shift in colour - ‘mutable’ quite literally meaning prone to change.
Each single bloom opens soft yellow, then gradually shifts through apricot and coppery pink before finally deepening to rich rose tones, so the plant appears to carry several colours at once. Lightly fragrant and exceptionally floriferous, it flowers almost continuously from early summer until autumn.
With its loose, airy habit and glossy foliage, Rosa odorata ‘Mutabilis’ works beautifully as a shrub rose in borders, trained lightly as a climber against a warm wall, or grown as a specimen where its shifting colours can be fully appreciated. It has a natural, informal elegance rather than a rigid structure, making it ideal for cottage and mixed plantings. In sheltered Scottish gardens, it performs best with a little warmth and protection from cold winds.
Sold currently as bare root
Height & Spread: 1.5–2 m x 1.5–2 m
Position: Full sun, sheltered
Soil: Fertile, humus-rich, well-drained
Flowering Time: June–October
Height: 150
