Charles Darwin™ English shrub rose (Rosa 'Auspeet') is a selection of the David Austin English shrub roses which grows to 4 feet in height and features rich, yellow flowers opening to produce a shallow cup of lemon-scented heaven. This cultivar produces some of the largest of the roses in the David Austin series. It is best grown in full sun with room to grow to its full height, and space around it for air circulation to discourage foliar diseases such as black spot and powdery mildew. Like many of the English shrub roses, this cultivar sometimes struggles with the Chicago winters, but well-mulched plants typically come back from buds near the base of the plant. Throughout recorded history, roses have been a component of the floral garden with the earliest records dating from a plant-collecting expedition of Sargon, King of Sumer (2350 – 2300 BC). The Romans grew a large acreage of roses under glass to harvest for flower petals and fragrant oils. The hundred native species of roses are scattered across the Northern hemisphere, with the range of a few species extended to the higher elevations of tropical mountains.