My Lovely Dad (Bush)
My Lovely Dad (Bush)
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My Lovely Dad – Father's Day & Birthday Rose Gift
A deeply meaningful rose for a deeply loved dad – My Lovely Dad is a classic Hybrid Tea producing large, high-centred lilac blooms with a rich, beautiful fragrance. A name that speaks of love and gratitude makes this a profoundly personal Father's Day, birthday, or memorial gift.
My Lovely Dad produces large, high-centred lilac blooms with a distinctively beautiful fragrance on strong, healthy stems. The unusual lilac colour is elegant and distinguished – perfectly suited to a dad who deserves something a little different and special.
🌸 Plant Specifications
| Colour | Lilac-purple – distinctive, elegant, and deeply coloured |
|---|---|
| Fragrance | Good fragrance – rich and beautiful |
| Flower size | 10 cm (4") – large, fully double, high-centred |
| Petal count / form | Fully double, high-centred Hybrid Tea form |
| Height × Spread | 90 cm × 60 cm (3 ft × 2 ft) |
| Flowering season | Repeat flowering – June through autumn |
| Sunlight | Full sun; at least 4 hours daily |
| Disease resistance | Good disease resistance |
| Thorns | Thorns present on growth |
| Bee friendly | Not primarily bee-friendly |
🎁 Perfect As A Gift For
- Father's Day gift for a much-loved Dad
- A birthday rose for Dad with a deeply personal name
- A living memorial for a beloved father or grandfather
- A heartfelt tribute gift for any dad who loves roses
- A fragrant, lasting gift in his garden for years to come
✂️ Pruning Guide
Prune in late February. For a compact, bushy plant, hard prune all main stems back to around 15 cm (6 inches) above the bud union – this produces strong new growth and the best flower size. For a larger, more established plant with greater spread, prune back by approximately half instead, removing any dead, diseased, or crossing stems. Either way, always cut to an outward-facing bud to maintain an open shape. Deadhead spent flowers through summer to encourage continuous repeat-flowering into autumn.
🌱 Planting & Care
Plant in well-prepared soil enriched with organic matter, or in a quality compost-filled container (minimum 25 litres for patio varieties). We recommend adding Empathy Rootgrow mycorrhizal fungi at planting. Water regularly during the first growing season and feed with a specialist rose fertiliser in spring and after the first flush.
📦 Buying Options
- Potted (5.5 ltr) – £23.49: Ready to plant and present as a gift immediately – arrives established and growing.
- Bare Root – £19.99: Available November to March. Excellent value; establishes just as well as potted.
🏆 Why Buy From Henry Street Nursery?
- Family-run rose growers established in 1890 – over 130 years of expertise
- 5× Hampton Court Gold Medal winners
- Rated 4.8 / 5 from over 2,600 verified reviews on Judge.me
- 2-year growing guarantee on all our roses
- Fast UK delivery – dispatched in 2–3 working days
- Flat-rate delivery just £3.49 per order
Grown with care by Henry Street Nursery, family rose growers since 1890.
FAQ
Free Gift Message
If your rose is for a gift, please write your message on the "Cart" page and we'll hand write it to send with each rose. If you can't find where to enter the message, don't worry just email us at roses@henrystreet.co.uk and we'll include it with your order.
Henry Street 2 year Guarantee
Having grown roses as a family for over 100 years, we are confident that any rose you buy from us will thrive in your garden.
Henry Street Nursery offer a 2 year guarantee with any roses bought from this website or through our garden centre. If you experience any issues with the establishment of roses purchased from us within the first 2 years of planting please send pictures to roses@henrystreet.co.uk or call our team on 0118 9761223 to speak to a member of our team.
Henry street reserve the right to offer a direct replacement, alternative rose, additional care advice to give the existing plant more time to grow or a full refund for any roses covered by the rose guarantee. A picture of the rose will be required for any guarantee requests alongside a picture of the colour plant label supplied with each rose.
Shipping & Returns
Delivery cost £3.49 per order. Delivery 2-3 working days.
We use DPD for all our Bush rose deliveries & DX Freight for all standard roses, upon dispatch you will receive an email confirming your rose has been shipped and providing you updates through delivery confirming estimated time of arrival.
Unfortunately due to updated plant health requirements following Brexit we are only able to ship to Mainland (including Isle of White) UK excluding Northern Ireland.
Our standard delivery is 1 - 3 days from point of order although may be extended in busy periods. We do not post roses on Fridays. As our roses are live plants we sometimes delay sending in extreme cold or heat to avoid them perishing due to extended delivery times.
Bare root roses on pre-order will be dispatched in the Autumn / Winter, any orders placed not on pre-order will be dispatched on a Tuesday.
How will my rose arrive
We have specially designed boxes to ensure any roses bought from us will travel safely to your home.
Bare root roses are dispatched between October and February each year. We do allow pre-orders of bare root roses and will send them out once the stock is ready. It may be the case that some orders are fulfilled earlier than others depending on which varieties were on order.
Our new crop of potted roses are dispatched from October and will arrive as newly potted bare root plants. These are ok to be planted out straight away or you can wait till the rose has started rooting in and plant in the spring. Sending out these potted roses ensures you receive the best product as the rose remains well in moist compost through the journey and when planting you have a pot of our special blend of compost to get your rose off to the best of start.
In spring our roses will still be very small to look at but will have rooted into the pot and will be showing strong young growth.
May - September we will do our best to send out roses in flower or in bud but this will depend on the growing season as we may have to cut back the plant to keep them healthy with fresh growth.
How to care for Roses
All our roses arrive with our helpful rose care leaflet.
Our Rose Care pages are also a great place to look for advice on planting, pruning, feeding and caring for your roses.
Can I buy your roses in Store
Our Garden Centre in Reading, Berkshire has our full selection of roses in store for you to choose from. Our expert team are always on hand to advise on choosing the perfect rose for your garden. Coming in store is also the best way to guarantee getting the best price.
We also supply roses to a large number of independent Nurseries and Garden Centres across the south of England. Give us a call today on 0118 9761223 to see where you can see our roses in person.
The Rose bush plant look lovely and healthy, I have yet to see it flower.
The delivery on the other hand is a different story. Evri delivered the plant to a completely different address half a mile away from the address.
From ordering to delivery exceptional quality and service.
Well packaged with care instructions.
I ordered large quantities of roses from here years ago and pleased to say the standard is still good.
I have subsequently ordered more as a result.
Bought as a present for a friend who recently lost her dad. She was so pleased with and looks forward to seeing it flower.
I got this for a recently bereaved lady who is very pleased with it a very healthy plant and the time from order to delivery was very short .arrived at time stated by courier.
I ordered this for a dad who has everything for his 90th Birthday. He was really pleased with it as he has a lovely garden. I thought it would take longer to be delivered so arrived the week before his Birthday so something to bear in mind when placing the order. Would definitely use this company again