Heirloom Roses provides the highest quality rose bushes that are grown on their own roots, resulting in a live rose bush that is far superior to grafted roses. The benefits is a plant that will have more flowers and blooms, have increased hardiness to cold and sickness, and stay true to variety during its long life after being planted in your garden or pot. Named to honor the courageous airmen of both the Royal Air Force and the U.S. Army Air Corps who served in WWII. Irresistibly rose/berry perfumed, many petaled old-fashioned style 4" blooms in deep rich red. Robert Harkness in his catalog gives it a fragrance rating of 9 out of 10. We feel that this continually blooming rose should find a place in every garden not only for the quality of the plant and flowers but for the symbolism of its name. May be grown as a shrub or climbing rose similar to 'Westerland'.