HANDBOOK OF ROSES 2024 EU EDITION

HANDBOOK OF ROSES 2024

LADY OF SHALOTT ™ (Ausnyson)

BEHIND THE COVER ROSE

For the colour loving gardener, there are few roses as spectacular as our cover rose Lady of Shalott™ (Ausnyson). With its big and beautiful chalice-shaped blooms, this vibrant English rose will inject a healthy dose of colour and charm into any garden. Awarded our best for flowering badge, alongside being bee-friendly and suitable to be grown in an array of settings, Lady of Shalott™ (Ausnyson) also boasts a pleasant, warm Tea fragrance, with hints of spiced apple and cloves.

English Shrub Rose

Size: Medium Shrub 125cm 125cm

Colour: Orange

Fragrance: Medium, Tea

Bloom Size: Large

Flowering: Repeat

Bare Root €23,95 Potted €33,00

EU HANDBOOK OF ROSES 2024

CONTENTS

2 A warm welcome

4 The David Austin Story

6 The art of rose breeding

8 Why David Austin roses?

10 New for 2023 and 2024

12 Where to plant

20 Rose recipes with Jo Thompson

40 Our roses, your gardens

42 Colour - A rose petal palette

60 Fragrance notes

66 Rose care

72 BLOOM - Our commitment to the future

74 Visit us - A day amongst the roses

76 Top roses by use

78 Index by colour

82 How to order

Whether you are a seasoned reader or new to David Austin Roses, welcome to our 2024 Handbook.

Always a highlight of the year is the introduction of a new variety. As with the seasons, the breeding programme does not stop. It runs 365 days; year in and year out. To be precise, a 12 year process that starts by selecting different combinations of parent plants for hybridisation.

We start to consider rose naming much later in the breeding life-cycle, once we’ve got to know the rose’s character. As soon as I met the garden designer Danny Clarke I knew the rose we named after him, was the perfect fit. Just like the Dannahue® (Ausa6b15) rose, he is full of character, energy and enthusiasm and I’m delighted that we’ve been able to join Danny’s quest to make gardening more accessible and inclusive. Already we’re doing some great work together supporting the inner-city horticultural charity, Grow to Know.

Only the very best variety will be selected from hundreds of thousands of unique roses.

I was inspired to name our 2nd new variety, Penelope Lively® (Ausb18a15), whilst on holiday reading one of her great novels, Moon Tiger. Meeting Penelope, acclaimed novelist and keen gardener, was a great privilege. This rose is an absolute joy and I feel will go on to become one of the best we’ve introduced.

We will unveil our 2024 new variety at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. It is something a little different and we hope you will be just as excited as we are when you see it.

My thanks go to multi-Chelsea Gold medal garden designer, Jo Thompson, for sharing her creative thoughts on designing with roses. Jo has suggested some great plant combinations that will become the perfect partners for your garden as well as my own!

Fragrance is one of the most important characteristics that we look for when creating our roses. A new section that delves into the complex and fascinating subject of rose fragrance is one I think you are going to enjoy.

Finally, something that we don’t share enough, is our commitment to the environment. Leaf to page 72 to read about the great work we are doing under the banner ‘Bloom’. Here we talk about what we are doing to help look after our planet, our people, our community and gardeners of the future.

A WARM WELCOME

Whether you are a seasoned collector and acquainted with our story as if it were your own, or a newcomer to the world of English roses, our narrative is one that can be told shortly but sweetly. It starts and lives on the Austin family farm...

As our name suggests, it all began with a young and earnest David C. H. Austin, known as, Mr Austin. As a twenty-something in the late 1940s, he developed a passion for plants, but it was roses specifically for which he fell hard. Fast forward to 1961 and Mr Austin released his first rose for public sale – the mid pink, fragrant climber, Constance Spry (Ausfirst).

During his lifetime, Mr Austin bred more than 200 English roses, building a great British business and raising a family on the farm as he went. It was to his son David J. C. Austin that the secateurs were passed, as a new chapter in cultivating the finest English roses began.

Raised on the family farm, David’s relationship with roses flourished early on. At just 14 his initial motivation to work for the business was to fund the motorbike that would grant him greater freedom and independence – necessary when home was seven miles away from the nearest town. This was the early 1970s, when the business was small, and the toil especially tough. He enjoyed the organising and planning of what wood to cut, along with de-leafing and dethorning, which took place in the garage on the yard right next to the house. He also worked with a team in the field budding and patching – one of the most gruelling jobs on the nursery, that he didn’t enjoy at all. All the while it instilled in him the importance of preparation and learning from the ground up.

It wasn’t until 1979 that David joined the business full-time. Motorbiking and university days done, he worked from a secondhand Portakabin while his father remained working in the family

home. These were, after all, still the very early days of David Austin Roses. 1982 proved to be a milestone for more than one reason. We attended our very first RHS Chelsea Flower Show, a turning point and a memory still held dear to this day.

As the years ticked by, the business evolved. Roses had been sold by mail order from the very beginning, but from early 1990 our roses began to appear at carefully chosen garden centres across the length and breadth of Britain. Subsequently, licenses were granted across the world as new territories had the desire to grow and sell our English roses. An incredibly exciting time for all under the David Austin Roses’ roof. And, needless to say, the family home went back to being just that, as it began to burst at the seams with a team prospering as much as the roses they nurtured.

One thing that remains unchanged over the years is the philosophy that has long been rooted in the business. David Austin Roses was born from the desire to cultivate a more beautiful rose. Roses that would be unrivalled in both beauty and health. Roses that would bloom beautifully with colours to captivate and scents you would wish you could bottle up and wear like a treasured cologne. Mr Austin Senior loved Old Roses with their heady fragrances and multi-petalled heads, but they had fallen out of favour because they only flowered once, unlike the more popular Hybrid Teas. Not to be deterred, he cross-bred the two with a view to getting the best characteristics of both. He wanted to create a rose that was beautiful but that would bring everlasting joy to gardeners. It is that desire which drives the business forward with each waking day. The constant quest for classic English roses that enchant and endure. And with hundreds of roses now in our collection and new roses released every year, we very much hope we are continuing the legacy for our customers, both old and new.

During his lifetime, Mr Austin bred more than 200 English roses, building a great British business and raising a family on the farm as he went. It was to his son David J. C. Austin that the secateurs were passed, as a new chapter in cultivating the finest English roses began.

THE ART OF ROSE BREEDING

Alongside our most classic and everlasting roses such as the divinely fragranced Desdemona® (Auskindling) and instantly adored Olivia Rose Austin® (Ausmixture), the desire to keep creating new varieties of English roses is one that we will never try to resist. Planting possibilities are endless. There are new colours to blend, intoxicating fragrances to concoct, and health-bettering prospects to conquer, and so our rose breeding programme is one that will be forever fuelled.

1. Selecting parents:

Each rose begins as a cross between two existing roses, which we call the parents.

2. Hybridisation:

We cross pollinate around 40,000 roses by hand each year, pollen to stamen, with a knife and paintbrush.

3. Seed sowing:

Child seeds are extracted from the hips in winter and refrigerated. Around 350,000 are sown in greenhouses in the new year.

THE SECRETS OF SUCCESS...

BALANCING FUNCTION AND FORM: at the heart of our programme is the desire to create a rose that is beautiful but that has vigour, strength and tolerance. A fragile beauty is to be admired, but one that can withstand disease, drought and the elements whilst looking endlessly elegant is always the goal.

PLAYING THE LONG GAME: breeding roses is not for the impatient. Ours is a 12-year cycle that involves meticulous steps to achieve perfection. After all, good things come to those who wait.

WELCOMING SURPRISES: even our experienced hands are not immune to surprises along the way. Most crosses come out as you would expect, but every now and then you see something unusual. Sometimes it pays to embrace the unexpected.

4. Initial selection:

In spring, germinated seedlings are assessed and around 150,000 are selected for further trialling.

5. Field trials:

Full sized rose bushes are assessed in true garden conditions for around five years, until the best 10 varieties remain.

6. Final selection:

From the final 10 varieties, of which we have around 7,500 plants, we hand-pick just three or four worthy of future introduction.

WHY DAVID AUSTIN ROSES?

What is a garden without roses? We believe that roses belong in every outdoor space, which is why we have dedicated over 60 years to breeding the very best, healthiest, most fragrant roses for the world to enjoy. The promise of a David Austin® rose is many things…

It is a guarantee of unrivalled breeding expertise that retains traditional methods and protects the craftsmanship of hybridising an English rose. It is a promise of plentiful choice, an unmatched collection of roses bred on a family farm that is still at the heart of the business. It is a pledge of sustainability, from recyclable packaging to rain water irrigation systems. And of course, it is the reassurance of a service that you know you can depend on. Our leading aftercare and advice, along with our five-year promise means we have you, our customers, at the core of everything we do.

BARE ROOT VS. POTTED ROSES

Delivered in plastic-free packaging, these roses, just as their name suggests, arrive with no soil or foliage, leaving their roots and stems bare.

Lifted from our fields during their dormant season and delivered from November through to April, these cost effective plants will establish quickly, flourishing in time for summer despite their initial appearance.

Available year round, potted roses are delivered in a 6-litre recycled plastic pot that is made of post-consumer waste and is also fully recyclable. Ideal for planting over the summer months when bare root roses are not available, potted roses generally arrive with foliage and flowers depending on the time of year. A potted rose makes a perfect gift!

5 YEAR GUARANTEE

PLANT WITH PEACE OF MIND

If a rose fails to grow or arrives damaged, we will replace it free of charge. That’s the David Austin ® promise.

2023

After 12 years of meticulous breeding, we were delighted to launch two brandnew English roses in 2023. Say hello to Dannahue® (Ausa6b15) and Penelope Lively® (Ausb18a15)

Dannahue® (Ausa6b15) was launched at the prestigious RHS Chelsea Flower Show in May. Named after The Black Gardener, Danny Clarke, Dannahue® (Ausa6b15) is full of character and happy to thrive in containers, against walls, fences and in shadier areas. This apricot rose is perfect for city dwellers, modern living and cottage gardens alike. £10,000 from proceeds were donated to notfor-profit Grow to Know. Founded by Tayshan Hayden-Smith, in partnership with Director of Gardens Danny Clarke, Grow to Know strives to empower diverse communities through horticulture.

Launched at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival in July, our Penelope Lively® (Ausb18a15) shrub rose is named after British author and winner of the Booker Prize and Carnegie Medal. Penelope’s writing spans novels and short stories enjoyed by adults and children alike.

DANNAHUE ™

(Ausa6b15)

BEST FOR FLOWERING

English Shrub Rose

Size: Medium Shrub 110cm 125cm

Colour: Apricot

Fragrance: Medium, Fruity

Bloom Size: Medium

Flowering: Repeat Bare Root €27,50

PENELOPE LIVELY ™ (Ausb18a15)

BEST FOR FRAGRANCE

BEST FOR FLOWERING

BEST FOR HEALTH

English Shrub Rose

Expect berry-red buds that bloom into a classic and elegant rose with mid-pink, cupped blooms in poised and open sprays. Her flowers will be medium sized with varying shades of pink petals that fade to a lavender hue over time.

Bare Root €27,50

NEW FOR 2024

We are delighted to be introducing a new English rose at RHS Chelsea Flower Show and on our website on Monday 20th May 2024. Look out for this wonderful newcomer making its own special contribution to our diverse collection.

WHERE TO PLANT

English roses have a remarkably versatile offering. Not only does a rose provide a spectrum of colours and an enchanting array of fragrances, but they can also be used in a multitude of landscapes, settings and planting schemes.

Our “ideal for” icons make choosing a rose for your desired spot quick and simple. Look out for these icons in the coming pages.

MIXED BORDER

Ideal for growing amongst other perennial and herbaceous plants

ROSE BORDER

Ideal for growing in a formal border of just roses

ROSE HEDGES

Ideal for growing multiple roses in a line to form a hedge

DOORWAY

Ideal for growing to the side of, or around, a doorway

POTS & CONTAINERS

Ideal for planting in a pot or container

SHADY AREAS

Ideal for planting in a shady area

OBELISK OR PILLAR

Ideal for growing up a 6-8ft obelisk or pillar

ROSE HIPS

Produces hips in the autumn/winter

DESDEMONA ® (Auskindling)

ARCH

Ideal for wooden or metal arches

VERY FEW THORNS

Has very few thorns

ATTRACTING BEES

Particularly good for attracting bees and other insects

FRONT OF HOUSE

Ideal for growing up the front or side of an average sized house

PERGOLA

Ideal for growing up and over the top of a 9ft x 9ft pergola

WALL OR FENCE

Ideal for covering a fence or similar-sized wall

CUTTING & ARRANGEMENTS

Particularly good for cutting and arranging in vases

BOUNTIFUL BORDERS

Roses are the jewel of a mixed border and pairing them with the right plants only makes their beauty shine brighter. Clever combinations mean you can enjoy flowers in bloom all spring and summer long. Remember that you don’t have to restrict yourself to just one type of rose in your border either. Keep similar varieties in groups of three or more so they create impact, but layer in a complementary colour further down so that another rose has a moment to shine bright.

Bare Root €23,95

Potted €33,00

KEW GARDENS (Ausfence)

English Shrub Rose

Size: Medium Shrub 125cm 125cm

Colour: White

Fragrance: Light

Bloom Size: Small

Flowering: Repeat

Small, single flowers held in very large heads, rather like a hydrangea, produced almost continuously from early summer into autumn. Soft apricot buds open to pure white, with a hint of soft lemon behind the stamens. It is extremely healthy and almost thornless.

(Ausegdon)

EUSTACIA VYE

(syn. sts. francis and claire)

English Shrub Rose

BEST FOR FRAGRANCE BEST FOR HEALTH

Size: Medium Shrub 125cm 90cm

Colour: Mid-Pink and Apricot

Fragrance: Strong, Fruity

Bloom Size: Medium

Flowering: Repeat

An exceedingly pretty rose of soft, glowing apricot-pink, each bloom packed with numerous delicately ruffled petals. They have a delicious strong fruity fragrance.

EMILY BRONTË ™ (Ausearnshaw)

BEST FOR HEALTH

BEST FOR FRAGRANCE

English Shrub Rose

Size: Medium Shrub 125cm 110cm

Colour: Soft Pink/Apricot

Fragrance: Strong, Tea/Old Rose

Bloom Size: Large

Flowering: Repeat

An exceptionally beautiful rose with distinctive neat, flat blooms. Each bloom is a lovely soft pink, the smaller central petals deepening to rich apricot and surrounding deep-set stamens.

Bare Root €23,95 Potted €33,00

TRANQUILLITY ™ (Ausnoble)

English Shrub Rose

Size: Medium Shrub 125cm 125cm

Colour: White

Fragrance: Light, Fruity

Bloom Size: Large

Flowering: Repeat

Beautifully rounded flowers, with neatly placed petals making up perfect rosettes.The buds are lightly tinged with yellow but as the flowers open they become pure white.

Bare Root €23,95 Potted €33,00

WOLLERTON

OLD HALL (Ausblanket)

BEST FOR FRAGRANCE

English Climbing Rose

Size: Medium Climber 3.75m

Colour: Pale Apricot

Fragrance: Strong, Myrrh

Bloom Size: Medium

Flowering: Repeat

A wonderfully fragrant climber – its strong, warm myrrh fragrance has intense hints of citrus. The buds open to beautifully rounded, chalice-shaped blooms of pale apricot, eventually paling to cream.

STRAWBERRY

HILL (Ausrimini)

BEST FOR FRAGRANCE

English Climbing Rose

Size: Short Climber 3m

Colour: Mid Pink

Fragrance: Strong, Myrrh

Bloom Size: Large

Flowering: Repeat

Beautiful at all stages, bearing small clusters of mid pink, medium-large, cupped rosettes. They have a strong, delicious myrrh and heather honey fragrance. The arching branches are clothed in glossy, dark foliage.

English Shrub Rose

Size: Medium Shrub 110cm 110cm

Colour: Coral-Pink

Fragrance: Medium-Strong, Myrrh

Bloom Size: Large

Flowering: Repeat Red buds open to beautifully formed, upwardfacing, coralpink rosettes. Small petals of varying shades mingle to provide a most pleasing effect. The myrrh fragrance has delicious hints of hawthorn, elderflower, pear and almond.

Bare Root €23,95

Potted €33,00

ROSE RECIPES WITH award-winning Landscaper and Garden Designer

JO THOMPSON

Roses are invaluable in a mixed border; I love using them in every garden I create. Roses bring height, form, structure, and, most importantly, they bring romance and magic. The sheer beauty and presence of their blooms is so striking that their charm stays in the memory long after their blooms have faded and gone. This is why they work so well within a mixed planting –the different shapes, textures and colours of a carefully selected range of companion plants serve as a complement to the rose’s glory, creating different atmospheres and effects depending on the plants you choose. In these recipes for mixed plantings, the colours and form of the rose are enhanced by a range of companions which have been brought together to suit a range of different purposes.

PLANTS FOR A NORTH-FACING BORDER

Rosa ‘Mary Delany™’, Thalictrum delavayi ‘Hewitt’s Double’, Anthriscus sylvestris ‘Ravenswing’, Valeriana officinalis, Geranium phaeum ‘Samobor’, Astrantia major ‘Claret’, Centaurea ‘Jordy’, Aquilegia vulgaris ‘William Guiness’, Digitalis purpurea ‘Apricot’

Rosa ‘Mary Delany™’ (Ausorts) is one of my go-to best performers for a North-facing position. Partially shaded spots offer a good deal of potential in terms of planting; here, taller plants with architectural stems such as Thalictrum create height and texture by the rose. Its pretty violet shades are enhanced by the rich burgundies of Aquilegia and also by the smartest wine reds of the Centaurea, placed at the front of the planting so as not to be sitting in deep shade. The creamy-white flowers of the tall valerian are echoed by the ornamental cow parsley at a lower level, with the spires of foxgloves adding to the range of textures, forms and height which anchor this stunning rose to its space.

PLANTS FOR A YELLOW MIXED BORDER

Rosa ‘The Poet’s Wife™’, Geranium ‘Kashmir Blue’, Campanula lactiflora, Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Fascination’, Geranium ‘Derrick Cook’, Artemisia ‘Silver Queen’, Perovskia ‘Blue Spire’ , Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Wirral Supreme’, Physostegia virginiana ‘Summer Snow’

The uplifting yellows of Rosa ‘The Poet’s Wife™’ (Auswhirl) conjure up feelings of sunlight and hope, brightening a border and bringing a smile. Becoming paler over time, its blooms need little else in terms of the same colour from their neighbours. A hint of lemon in the centre of the Leucanthemum creates a link to the rose; the rest of this recipe uses silver, white and pale blue-violet with an ever-so-slight touch of the very gentlest of pinks to create a peaceful introduction to early summer. Silvery foliage is a perfect partner to a yellow rose, textural forms bouncing and reflecting light, creating a pretty haze which plays around the base of this planting and then seems to glitter up the spires of taller plants, almost seeming to sparkle as the taller plants move in the breeze.

PLANTS FOR A PINK MIXED BORDER

Rosa ‘Penelope Lively™’, Nepeta ‘Six Hills Giant’, Geranium ‘Rozanne’, Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’, Alchemilla mollis, Eryngium x zabelii ‘Big Blue’, Origanum laevigatum ‘Herrenhausen’, Echinacea pallida, Campanula lactiflora ‘Loddon Anna’

The rich pink tones of Rosa ‘Penelope Lively™’ (Ausb18a15) are a wonderful addition to a mixed border. This recipe is a fusion of both the classic and the contemporary: the time-trusted combination of pink with lilac and blue is familiar to us both in cottage and country house plantings, with hardy geraniums clustering at a lower level, creating satisfying mounds of colour. The effect of the geranium’s violets and blues is extended by the far deeper, jewel-like tones of Salvia ‘Caradonna’, whose sumptuous purple flowers and dark stems bring punctuation to the planting and link perfectly with the wine colours of the Origanum. The rose’s pink is picked up in the Echinacea’s dusty ballerina skirts, whilst the deep brown-orange ‘cone’ of this coneflower also tones perfectly.

DESIRABLE DOORS

Did you know that a climbing rose by a door can often be the first to bloom thanks to the warmth of the wall it rambles up? A delight for your eyes but also for your nose as its heavenly scent greets you as you pass by. Alternatively, a shrub or standard tree rose will make your doorway that little bit more desirable – could there be a lovelier way to come and go from your home?

Bare Root €23,95

MARY DELANY (Ausorts)

™

English Climbing Rose

Size: Medium Climber 3.75m

Colour: Light pink

Fragrance: Light-Medium, Old Rose

Bloom Size: Medium

Flowering: Repeat

A delicately beautiful, rather unusual climber, bearing pretty pointed buds which open to medium-sized, loosely double, light pink flowers. Produced in large open sprays over a very long season, the flowers are held on slender dark stems.

TOTTERING-BYGENTLY (Auscartoon)

BEST FOR HEALTH

English Shrub Rose

Its beauty is found in the simplicity of its single yellow flowers and the spectacular display they create when viewed en masse. They are held in large, open sprays on a rounded, branching shrub.

Bare Root €23,95

Potted €33,00

GERTRUDE JEKYLL ® (Ausbord)

BEST FOR FLOWERING BEST FOR FRAGRANCE

English Climbing Rose

A short climber, it is always one of the first English roses to start flowering, its perfect scrolled buds open to large, rosette-shaped flowers of bright glowing pink.

Bare Root €23,95

Potted €33,00

English Climbing Rose

Size: Medium Climber 3m

Colour: Apricot

Fragrance: Medium-Strong, Myrrh

Bloom Size: Large

Flowering: Repeat

Apricot-yellow buds open to shallowly cupped, many petalled rosettes. They are a beautiful blend of subtle apricot-pink and soft yellow, giving the overall impression of apricot, with creamy outer petals.

Bare Root €23,95

Potted €33,00

CAPTIVATING CONTAINERS

Almost every type of shrub rose will live a happy, healthy life when it has a pot to call home. The key is making sure it is large enough for the rose as it grows – 45cm x 45cm is as small as you should go. By planting in pots, you can bring roses to balconies and terraces, or move them about to encourage constant creativity in a larger garden. Pots in pairs are a lovely feature either side of a bench or garden gate too. Why not try grouping a collection of pots, planting a pretty palette to stand back and admire.

BEST FOR FLOWERING BEST FOR FRAGRANCE

DESDEMONA (Auskindling)

™

Bare Root €23,95

Potted €33,00

English Shrub Rose

Size: Medium Shrub

110cm 110cm

Colour: White

Fragrance: Strong, Old Rose

Bloom Size: Medium

Flowering: Repeat

Peachy pink buds open to beautiful, white, chalice-shaped blooms, with a pinkish hue. The incurved petals create an arresting interplay of light and shadow. The strong Old Rose fragrance has hints of almond blossom, cucumber and lemon zest.

OLIVIA ROSE AUSTIN ™ (Ausmixture)

BEST FOR FLOWERING

BEST FOR HEALTH

English Shrub Rose

Size: Medium Shrub 110cm 110cm

Colour: Mid Pink

Fragrance: Light-Medium, Fruity

Bloom Size: Large

Flowering: Repeat

Pretty buds open to beautiful, cupped rosettes of an even, mid pink colouring. They have a light to medium fruity fragrance. It commences flowering exceptionally early in the season and flowers in flushes until well into the autumn.

Bare Root €23,95

SUSAN WILLIAMSELLIS ™ (Ausquirk)

BEST FOR HEALTH

English Shrub Rose

A delightful, unassuming rose of typical Old Rose beauty. It is a pure white sport of the pink English Rose, ‘The Mayflower’. The mediumstrong fragrance is perfectly Old Rose in character.

Bare Root €23,95

Potted €33,00

PRINCESS ANNE (Auskitchen)

BEST FOR FLOWERING BEST FOR HEALTH

English Shrub Rose

The young flowers are deep pink, fading to pure rich pink. The rather narrow petals are unusually substantial, with a hint of yellow on their undersides. Held in large, fragrant clusters.

Bare Root €23,95

Potted €33,00

HEAD-TURNING HEDGES

Bigger and bolder than a mixed border, rose hedges are becoming more and more popular, for good reason. Grow them as tall as 6ft and counting for something especially statuesque, allowing them to zone your garden as they create clear divisions. Our English roses suitable for hedges will flower profusely so that your garden is filled with fragrant blooms until the very first frosts creep in. Our more thorny varieties will knit together to form a protective barrier to put off intruders.

QUEEN OF SWEDEN (Austiger)

English Shrub Rose

Size: Medium Shrub

125cm 90cm

Colour: Light Pink

Bare Root €23,95

Potted €33,00

Fragrance: Medium, Myrrh

Bloom Size: Medium

Flowering: Repeat

Exquisite little buds open to half-enclosed cups, eventually becoming wide, shallow, upward-facing cups of pleasing formality. The colour begins as soft-apricot pink, gradually changing to pure soft pink over time. There is a lovely myrrh fragrance.

LADY OF SHALOTT ™ (Ausnyson)

BEST FOR FLOWERING

English Shrub Rose

Rich orange-red buds open to chalice-shaped blooms, filled with loosely arranged, orange petals. The surrounding outer petals are salmon-pink with beautifully contrasting golden-yellow undersides.

Bare Root €23,95

Potted € 33,00

KEW GARDENS (Ausfence)

BEST FOR FLOWERING BEST FOR HEALTH

English Shrub Rose

Small, single flowers held in large heads, rather like a hydrangea, produced almost continuously from early summer into autumn. Soft apricot buds open to pure white, with a hint of soft lemon behind the stamens.

Bare Root €23,95

Potted € 33,00

English Shrub Rose

BEST FOR FLOWERING BEST FOR FRAGRANCE

Size: Medium Shrub 90cm 90cm

Colour: Mid Pink

Fragrance: Strong, Old Rose

Bloom Size: Medium

Flowering: Repeat

Bears flowers of the most perfect formation – shallow cups of the purest mid pink. They flower very freely from early summer until well into the autumn and have a strong, pure Old Rose fragrance.

Bare Root €23,95

Potted €33,00

DANNAHUE ™ (Ausa6b15)

PERFECT for POLLINATORS

Contrary to popular belief, it is not only our alluring single or semi-double blooms that offer the perfect pausing place for busy pollinators. Bees, from honey to bumbles, are partial to a number of English rose varieties, like the cupped shaped bloom of Scepter’d Isle™ (Ausland) and our newly released, fruity fragranced Dannahue™ (Ausa6b15).

In return for their scrumptious pollen, our important winged friends will help keep pests at bay and encourage other plants to reproduce, scattering pollen on their merry way.

BEST FOR FLOWERING

DANNAHUE (Ausa6b15)

™

Bare Root €27,50

English Shrub Rose

Size: Medium Shrub

110cm 125cm

Colour: Apricot

Fragrance: Medium, Fruity

Bloom Size: Medium

Compact and shapely growth creates an upright and bushy shrub that flowers with great verve. The medium luscious scent is zesty with notes of lemon, lychees and fresh apricots.

THE LARK ASCENDING

BEST FOR FLOWERING

BEST FOR HEALTH

English Shrub Rose

Size: Very Large Shrub 150cm 150cm

Colour: Apricot

Fragrance: Light, Tea/Myrrh

Bloom Size: Medium

Flowering: Repeat Flowering

Graceful semi-double flowers, of a pleasing apricot, are produced from the ground upwards, and are held in large heads of up to fifteen, nicely spaced blooms. They have a beautiful open-cup shape, loosely filled with about twenty petals, arranged around a cluster of golden stamens.

Bare Root €23,95

Potted €33,00

TOTTERING-BYGENTLY (Auscartoon)

BEST FOR HEALTH

English Shrub Rose

Its beauty is found in the simplicity of its single yellow flowers and the spectacular display they create when viewed en masse. They are held in large, open sprays on a rounded, branching shrub.

Bare Root €23,95

Potted €33,00

SCEPTER’D ISLE ™ (Ausland)

BEST FOR FLOWERING

English Shrub Rose

BEST FOR FRAGRANCE

This pretty rose bears numerous cupped flowers, each with yellow stamens. They are a lovely light pink, becoming paler on the outer petals, and have a powerful myrrh fragrance.

Bare Root €23,95

Potted €33,00

OUR ROSES, YOUR GARDENS

There is something quite spectacularly magical about stepping into someone else’s garden, especially when the abundant blooms of David Austin® roses are present. Like unravelling a new novel, each chapter waiting to be explored, our social media series ‘How does your garden grow’ has allowed us to get blissfully lost in the story of our followers’ outdoor spaces.

FEATURED GARDEN

@THE_LITTLE_END_COTTAGE

UK

‘As a child I always dreamt of having my own cottage and a beautiful garden to go with it. Just over a decade ago my dream came true when we moved into our Yorkshire cottage. The garden was lovely, but it didn’t have the romantic cottage garden feel, and there wasn’t one rose to be seen. How can you have a cottage without roses? It’s like having champagne without the fizz. So, within the first few weeks of moving in, I bought two David Austin® climbing roses for the front of our new home. I quickly introduced more climbers and ramblers to the point that I’ve just about run out of room for any more.’

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‘Our garden was a ‘blank canvas’ after we moved into our new-build house back in 2004. At that time, I had no clue about gardening but wanted a romantic space divided into different areas, with lots of flowers and gorgeous roses. The first David Austin® rose I fell in love with was Constance Spry (Ausfirst), the once flowering, climbing rose with a divine fragrance. In our garden, Constance Spry (Ausfirst) blooms on either side of a pergola next to our summer house.’

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A ROSE PETAL PALETTE

There is so much to love about an English rose, but the presence of their colour has to be one of their greatest garden gifts; ranging from soft pastels to rich vibrant tones, from deep velvety hues to colours delicately coupled in a single petal’s palette. Often changing as they burst from bud to bloom, the quintessential rose offers summer-long colour to delight outdoors. Those who choose to snip stems get to savour the sight indoors too.

COLOUR PINK

The beautiful Elizabeth™ (Ausmajesty) blooms barely there blush pink; Princess Anne (Auskitchen) leans into deep pink with a purple undertone; Gabriel Oak (Auscrowd) is anything but bashful with his magenta petals; while the The Generous Gardener (Ausdrawn) speaks of a shade of pink that’s even softer still. Picking a pink is simply knowing your preference, for there are plenty to choose from.

GABRIEL OAK (Auscrowd)

BEST FOR FLOWERING BEST FOR FRAGRANCE

English Shrub Rose

A magnificent variety, bearing large, many petalled rosette blooms. They are a striking shade of deep pink, the outer petals of each bloom paling slightly over time. The beauty of the blooms is enhanced by a wonderful, strong fruity fragrance.

Bare Root €23,95

Potted €33,00

PRINCESS ALEXANDRA OF KENT ™ (Ausmerchant)

BEST FOR FLOWERING BEST FOR FRAGRANCE

English Shrub Rose

The unusually large, bright pink flowers are full-petalled and deeply cupped. In spite of their size, they are never clumsy, being held nicely poised on a well-rounded shrub. There is a strong and delicious fresh Tea fragrance.

Bare Root €23,95

Potted €33,00

Nature’s way of blushing at its own beauty.

ELIZABETH ™ (Ausmajesty)

BEST FOR FLOWERING

BEST FOR FRAGRANCE

BEST FOR HEALTH

English Shrub Rose

Size: Large Shrub 140cm 140cm

Colour: Pale Pink/Apricot

Fragrance: Strong, Sweet/Old Rose

Bloom Size: Medium

Flowering: Repeat

A majestic rose bearing clusters of large, crisp apple blossom pink rosettes, paling to the gentlest blush white. She has a strong, sweet, fresh fragrance with hints of lemon sherbet and Old Rose.

THE GENEROUS GARDENER (Ausdrawn)

BEST FOR FRAGRANCE

English Climbing Rose

Bears beautifully formed flowers, which nod gracefully on the stem. When the petals open they expose numerous stamens, providing an almost water lily-like effect.

Bare Root €23,95 Potted €33,00

SILAS MARNER (Ausraveloe)

BEST FOR FLOWERING

BEST FOR HEALTH

English Shrub Rose

An unfussy rose of soft mid pink, the petals are pale on the reverse and fade at the edges creating a gentle quality.

Bare Root €23,95 Potted €33,00

COLOUR APRICOT

Creamy, comforting and an ode to peachy skies at dawn, apricot-coloured roses are full of warmth, suiting a quaint cottage garden as much as courtyard space – as encouraged with Roald Dahl™ (Ausowlish) named after the iconic children’s novelist. For something on the more vibrant side, choose a fiery orange flower like the tangerine tones of Dame Judi Dench (Ausquaker).

ROALD DAHL ™ (Ausowlish)

BEST FOR FLOWERING BEST FOR HEALTH

English Shrub Rose

Soft orange-red buds open to medium-sized, cupped rosettes of perfect apricot colouring. They are extremely robust and have a lovely fruity Tea scent. Very healthy; it matures into an attractive, rounded, bushy shrub with few thorns.

Bare Root €23,95

Potted €33,00

PORT SUNLIGHT ™ (Auslofty)

English Shrub Rose

Medium-large, flat, quartered rosettes of rich apricot, paling towards the edges. They have a lovely Tea fragrance. A vigorous, rather upright shrub; the foliage and young stems are a beautiful bronzy-red at first, becoming dark green over time.

Potted €33,00

English Shrub Rose

Size: Medium Shrub 110cm 125cm

Colour: Apricot

Fragrance: Medium, Tea

Bloom Size: Medium

Flowering: Repeat

Lovely pure apricot flowers – darker in the middle, paler towards the edges. They form perfect rosettes with reflexed outer petals and a warm Tea scent. A branching shrub; its growth is broad and arching.

Bare Root €23,95

DAME

JUDI DENCH (Ausquaker)

BEST FOR HEALTH

English Shrub Rose

Size: Medium Shrub 110cm 125cm

Colour: Apricot-Orange

Fragrance: Light-Medium, Tea

Bloom Size: Large

Flowering: Repeat

A beautiful rose; the blooms are a particularly rich shade of apricot-orange, paling prettily towards the edges. The striking, red-tipped buds gradually open to reveal large, informal rosettes, each with ruffled petals and a button eye.

THE LADY GARDENER ™ (Ausbrass)

English Shrub Rose

Size: Medium Shrub 125cm 125cm

Colour: Apricot

Fragrance: Medium, Tea

Bloom Size: Large

Flowering: Repeat

Bears large, quartered rosettes, each about 4” across, packed with loosely arranged petals. They are a beautiful shade of pure apricot, paling towards the edges. There is a lovely Tea fragrance, with hints of cedar wood and vanilla.

COLOUR YELLOW

The soft, buttery blooms of mellow yellow roses create a visual symphony and a mood boosting glow in any garden. The delicate yellow hue of Vanessa Bell (Auseasel) almost glows in the golden hours of dawn and the tranquil pale yellow petals of Nye Bevan™ (Auspital) evoke a summery sense of serenity. Try weaving in delicate blue or lavender companion plants to create soft, pretty schemes.

VANESSA BELL (Auseasel)

BEST FOR FLOWERING

English Shrub Rose

Pink-tinged buds open to medium-sized cups held in large clusters. Pale yellow, paling to white at the edges; each has a rich yellow eye. The fragrance is similar to green tea with aspects of lemon and honey. It forms a bushy, upright shrub.

Bare Root €23,95

Potted €33,00

NYE BEVAN ™ (Auspital)

English Shrub Rose

An uplifting rose bearing unusual open cupped flowers of soft yellow, paling to cream. The scallop-shaped, incurved petals are loosely yet generously assembled around a central boss of golden stamens, creating a soft, airy appearance.

Bare Root €27,50

Unveiling a burst of sunshine, petal by petal.

THE PILGRIM ® (Auswalker)

English Climbing Rose

Size: Medium Climber 3.75m

Colour: Soft Yellow

Fragrance: Medium, Tea/Myrrh

Bloom Size: Large

Flowering: Repeat

This variety has particularly beautiful blooms. The buds open to reveal many petalled cups, which gradually form large, flat rosettes. The colour is a very attractive shade of soft yellow, the petals paling prettily towards the edges.

Bare Root €23,95 Potted €33,00

THE POET’S

WIFE ™ (Auswhirl)

BEST FOR FRAGRANCE

English Shrub Rose

Size: Medium Shrub 110cm 110cm

Colour: Rich yellow

Fragrance: Strong, Fruity

Bloom Size: Large

Flowering: Repeat

Bears rich yellow flowers, which pale over time. Their formation is most pleasing, having a neat outer ring of petals enclosing an informal group of petals within.

Bare Root €23,95 Potted €33,00

CHARLES

DARWIN ™ (Auspeet)

BEST FOR FRAGRANCE

English Shrub Rose

Size: Medium Shrub 110cm 140cm

Colour: Yellow

Fragrance: Strong, Tea

Bloom Size: Large

Flowering: Repeat

The flowers are very full and rounded at first, later opening up to shallow cups. They are yellow in colour, tending almost towards mustard, and have a strong, delicious fragrance, varying between soft floral Tea and pure lemon.

COLOUR WHITE

A white rose, whether pure and brilliant or creamy coloured with apricot and pink tints, symbolises sheer elegance. Plant in abundance and you will create a convincing illusion of a soft white blanket draped atop your garden. From the neatly cupped rosettes of Lichfield Angel™ (Ausrelate) to the full and frothy layers of Susan Williams-Ellis™ (Ausquirk), a white rose is always wonderfully received.

SUSAN WILLIAMS-ELLIS (Ausquirk)

™

BEST FOR HEALTH

Bare

English Shrub Rose

Size: Medium Shrub 110cm 90cm

Colour: White

Fragrance: Medium-Strong, Old Rose

Bloom Size: Medium

Flowering: Repeat

A delightful, unassuming rose of typical Old Rose beauty. It is a pure white sport of the pink English Rose, ‘The Mayflower’. The remarkable thing about these two roses is that, in so far as we are aware, they are completely free from disease.

LICHFIELD

ANGEL ™ (Ausrelate)

English Shrub Rose

Pale peachy pink buds open to form neatly cupped, cream rosettes. Each bloom has a perfect ring of waxy petals enclosing numerous smaller petals. Eventually the petals turn back to form a large, domed flower.

Bare Root €23,95

Potted €33,00

WILLIAM AND CATHERINE (Ausrapper)

BEST FOR FLOWERING

English Shrub Rose

Produces white, shallowly cupped, full petalled blooms with impressive regularity throughout the summer. They have a pure myrrh fragrance. It forms an attractive shrub with bushy, relatively upright growth.

Bare Root €23,95

Potted €33,00

Bare

CLAIRE AUSTIN (Ausprior)

English Climbing Rose

Size: Medium Climber 3.75m

Colour: Creamy White

Fragrance: Strong, Myrrh

Bloom Size: Medium

Flowering: Repeat

This vigorous, upright rose makes a very good climber in both beauty and performance. It bears pleasingly cupped, pale lemon buds which gradually open to large, creamy white flowers, the outer petals perfectly arranged in concentric circles.

MYRRH | OLD ROSE | TEA | FRUITY | MUSK

FRAGRANCE

NOTES

Roses are a sight to behold in their apricot, pink, yellow or ivory glory, and a delight to breathe in too should you choose a variety with a forward fragrance. Without fragrance, the world would be emptier than we might first think.

Scents are processed in the same part of the brain as where memories are safely stored. Scents are emotional and can transport you back to a moment in time. Scents can soothe and make the stresses of a day feel suddenly so insignificant.

So whether it’s a heady musk scent that transports you to someplace special or a traditional tea fragrance that triggers something to make you feel happy and at home, there is a rose filled with notes ready to release. With up to 400 different aromatic components, roses carry one of the most complex scent profiles of all of nature’s blooms. Overleaf, with the help of our fragrance formulation expert Emma, we look at the ingredients within five rose fragrances.

FRAGRANCE MYRRH

Myrrh-scented roses are never really what you would quite expect. It’s hard to not hear myrrh and associate it with heavy, resinous frankincense fragrances that we associate with incense and Christmas-time. But Myrrh in roses is a totally different scent. It comes from the Latin Myrrhis odorata – the name for Sweet Cicely, which is classically light and delicate, full of air and hints of green aniseed. Green banana and fennel fronds can be detected too, along with liquorice root and a touch of star anise. To welcome a Myrrh rose into your garden, be it the frothy petals of Nye Bevan® (Auspital) or the strong scent of The Generous Gardener® (Ausdrawn), is to fill it with herbaceous green notes.

FRAGRANCE OLD ROSE

Rich, complex and incredibly beautiful, Old Rose fragrances are warm and full of depth. Whenever you smell a rose with this scent profile, you feel as though you keep smelling downwards through its many enveloping layers. Citrus peel and cucumber, dried fruits and berry jam, black pepper and carnation flowers, beeswax and patchouli, Old Rose is a profile that just keeps on going. Somehow, the scent feels ancient, as though it’s been around forever. This is the classic smell of course that made roses so desired for centuries and centuries, civilisation after civilisation. A climbing rose such as Gertrude Jekyll® (Ausbord) will drape Old Rose notes around an entryway or over a pergola to create a setting drenched in the most delightful notes.

FRAGRANCE

TEA

Tea fragranced roses carry such an interesting scent, so-named as they smell like dried black tea leaves with other notes woven in. One of the best words to describe this fragrance family is powdery. Think delicate violet and soft orris root –an ingredient favoured in perfume making. Roses Dame Judi Dench® (Ausquaker), Emily Brontë® (Ausearnshaw), Lady of Shalott® (Ausnyson) and Vanessa Bell® (Auseasel) are a sublime showcase of Tea’s soft yet complex nature. Each one smells relaxing yet comforting thanks to its warm base.

FRAGRANCE FRUITY

These roses are some of the most diverse in their fragrance profile, with each rose typically being a mixture of all sorts of fruits. Some are fresher with green Granny Smith apple and pear notes, while others are much deeper like the striking Gabriel Oak® (Auscrowd) which is full of berries and has a jammy character. Many Fruity fragranced roses contain a whole host of fruit notes but in differing intensities; it is not uncommon to detect mango and guava alongside nectarine, cherry, elderflower and blackcurrant leaf. Look to Dannahue® (Ausa6b15) if you would like your garden to smell a little zesty!

FRAGRANCE MUSK

The rose Musk fragrance is produced by the stamen rather than the petals. Musk is the only fragrance created in this way in the world of roses, so be sure to smell deep into the bloom to appreciate it as its richest point. You might describe it as being spicy with notes of clove, cinnamon, cardamom and nutmeg. But Musk is also made up of almond and nougat, sea salt and honeycomb, and a touch of amber resin. A warm summer’s day with the scent of a Musk rose such as Tottering-by-Gently (Auscartoon) or Lichfield Angel (Ausrelate) being carried by the breeze is really quite hard to beat.

ROSE CARE

English roses are easy to grow and remarkably tolerant. With a little extra care and attention, your roses will really flourish. Our rose experts have compiled some general advice to help you plant and care for your roses in the best possible way.

HOW TO PLANT A ROSE

SCAN HERE

to discover more rose care basics

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

Garden fork

Garden spade

Bucket

Watering can Compost, soil improver or well-rotted manure

SELECTING A SPOT

A magnificent garden full of roses is easy to achieve, even if new to gardening or not particularly green-fingered. English roses need at least four hours of sunlight per day and enough space to grow to their mature size. Follow these simple steps to ensure your rose gets off to the best possible start.

METHOD

STEP 1 If you are planting a bare root rose; rehydrate it by soaking it in a bucket of water for a minimum of two hours.

STEP 2 For both bare root and potted roses, prepare the soil where your rose is going to go. Dig it over with a garden fork, removing any weeds or large stones.

STEP 3 Using a spade dig a hole approximately 45cm x 45cm (17.5” x 17.5”) deep.

STEP 4 Add a spadeful of soil improver (we like Carr’s Organic) or well-rotted manure to the soil at the base of the hole.

STEP 5 Remove your rose from its pot or where it is soaking and position so that the base of the stems are about 5cm below the top of the hole.

STEP 6 To finish off, backfill around the roots of the rose using the mix of soil and soil improver and then lightly firm it in with your foot.

STEP 7 Water generously.

HOW TO PRUNE A ROSE

GUIDE TO CUTTING BACK

1

YEAR

after first summer of flowers

SHRUB ROSES

Cut back to a height of 12-18” (30-35cm) from ground level

CLIMBERS Cut back lightly by a few inches

2+YEARS

Cut back by 1/2

Cut back previous season’s growth to about 2-3” (510cm) from the main stem

RAMBLERS Cut back lightly by a few inches Thin out shoots as necessary

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

Secateurs

Gloves or gauntlets

Loppers or pruning saw (for older, particularly thick stems)

WHEN TO PRUNE

We recommend pruning during January or February. However, if you still haven’t pruned by late March, it is still better to do so than not at all.

METHOD

STEP 1 Cut back any disproportionately long stems in line with the rest of the plant.

STEP 2 Cut back stems. How much you cut them back depends on the age and type of your rose. See table below.

STEP 3 Cut out any dead, diseased or damaged stems from their point of origin.

STEP 4 Remove any remaining foliage and dispose of all cuttings in garden waste.

BEFORE AFTER

This diagram shows a 2+ year old shrub before and after pruning, once all stems have been cut back by half.

ROSE CARE CALENDAR

English roses are straightforward to grow, care for and maintain. Let us take you through the basics of rose care throughout the year to help you get the best out of your blooms, ensuring your roses will bring you pleasure for years to come.

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

PRUNE MULCH

For your roses to thrive, annual pruning is essential. January to February is a good time to start pruning. Pruning your roses will create a shapely, attractive shrub with good structure. You can do this by simply removing weak, dead or diseased stems during the non-flowering season.

Mulching is the addition of a protective layer around the base of your roses and ideally should be applied during March. This process helps your roses to retain moisture, suppresses weeds and provides valuable nutrients for your roses as they grow.

APRIL

FEED

Roses use a significant amount of energy to produce such an abundance of blooms and vigorous growth, so replenishing the nutrients with a rose food in April is key.

5 YEAR GUARANTEE

PLANT WITH PEACE OF MIND

If a rose fails to grow or arrives damaged, we will replace it free of charge. That’s the David Austin ® promise.

MAY

JUNE JULY

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

WATER DEADHEAD WATER HIP SEASON

Hydrated roses are happy, healthy roses. We suggest a full watering can per rose, twice a week in the warm, dry weather. In extreme heat, for a newly planted rose, or for roses in pots, we suggest watering more frequently.

Dust off the secateurs, June is the time to deadhead. Taking spent blooms off your repeat flowering roses will reward you with more fabulous flowers and keep your roses looking neat and tidy. Don’t forget to take in the sweet smell of roses while deadheading them.

In the warmer weather, it is a good idea to check if your roses need an extra drink. Warmer temperatures and wind can lead to your roses drying out, particularly those in pots. Don’t forget that darker coloured pots will attract more heat too.

Rose hips are the fruit of a rose plant, they are more typically found on single-flowering roses and provide a beautiful pop of colour come Autumn. If you have a rose that produces hips, now is time to stop deadheading so you, and the garden wildlife, can enjoy them.

BLOOM

IS OUR COMMITMENT TO THE FUTURE

BLOOM is an ambitious socially responsible plan, focussing on bringing everything we do for our people, our planet, the wider community, and gardeners of the future under one umbrella. We know that as growers of natural products we have a duty to care for the environment and we continually work on growing our responsible decision making, using our business as a force for good.

USE OF CHEMICALS

In our horticultural regime, we were early adopters of non-neonicotinoid pesticides in our production beds and now host several beekeepers who have hives around our nursery. We do not spray the roses in our extensive trial programme and it is our intention that the latest generation of David Austin roses should be able to survive well in the garden without the need for continual spraying by our customers. We continue to implement Integrated Pest Management (IPM) outdoors and under protection, to reduce our use of pesticides. We minimise reliance on herbicides by utilising alternative husbandry methods like mechanical weeders, bark toppers, membranes, crop cover and field rotations.

"We know that as growers of natural products we have a duty to care for the environment."

WATER AND ENERGY

A reliable source of water is the lifeblood of our nursery. It is vital that we protect the river which feeds our nursery and consider the ecosystem downstream. It was with this in mind that we invested £0.75m in a water capture and recycling system that means that we capture 60-80% of the rainwater and irrigation water that falls on our nursery, which provides at least 90% of our annual water consumption. Our extended reservoirs have also provided a new habitat for many wildfowl. We have also installed an efficient biomass boiler which provides 100% of the heating for our rose-breeding greenhouses. This has now been running for eight years and has completely removed our reliance on heavy fuel oil to provide this heating. For our production facility, offices and cold stores we have installed electro-voltaic solar panels across a number of our roofs. These panels are generating around 50% of our peak electrical needs, increasing to 80% of our needs in quieter periods.

WASTE AND MATERIALS

We have agreements in place with our waste disposal company to recycle most of our waste products and the company-wide waste policy ensures that waste is sorted into different streams to facilitate this. Our distinctive David Austin Roses 6 litre pot has gradually changed recipe so that it is now formed of post-consumer waste and is fully recyclable at kerbside. The distinctive slot-in label is also fully recyclable, as is our mail order packaging with internal “plastic” bags made from potato starch. We are also pleased to share that our use of black plastics has been reduced to zero.

ROSE GARDENS

Six themed gardens, home to over 700 roses

PLANT CENTRE

Extensive collection of roses and companion plants available to purchase

GIFT SHOP

Beautiful gift shop full of complementary products and a wide selection of homewares and gifts

RESTAURANT & TEA ROOM

Serving locally sourced food, freshly prepared by our chefs

ENGLISH SHRUBS

Boscobel™ (Auscousin)

Bring Me Sunshine (Ausernie)

Dannahue™ (Ausa6b15)

Desdemona™ (Auskindling)

Elizabeth™ (Ausmajesty)

Emily Brontë™ (Ausearnshaw)

Eustacia Vye (Ausegdon)

Gabriel Oak (Auscrowd)

Gertrude Jekyll® (Ausbord)

Harlow Carr (Aushouse)

Kew Gardens (Ausfence)

Lady of Shalott™ (Ausnyson)

Nye Bevan™ (Auspital)

Olivia Rose Austin™ (Ausmixture)

Penelope Lively™ (Ausb18a15)

Princess Alexandra of Kent™ (Ausmerchant)

Princess Anne (Auskitchen)

Roald Dahl™ (Ausowlish)

Scepter’d Isle™ (Ausland)

Silas Marner (Ausraveloe)

Susan Williams-Ellis™ (Ausquirk)

The Lark Ascending (Ausursula)

The Poet’s Wife™ (Auswhirl)

Tottering-by-Gently (Auscartoon)

Vanessa Bell (Auseasel)

CLIMBERS & RAMBLERS

Bathsheba (Auschimbley)

Claire Austin (Ausprior)

Constance Spry (Ausfirst)

Gertrude Jekyll® (Ausbord)

James Galway (Auscrystal)

Mary Delany™ (Ausorts)

Strawberry Hill (Ausrimini)

The Generous Gardener (Ausdrawn)

The Pilgrim® (Auswalker)

Wollerton Old Hall (Ausblanket)

Mixed Border

Pots & Containers

Rose Border

Shady Areas

Attracting Bees

Rose Hedges

Very Few Thorns

Wall or Fence

Large Tree

Arch

Cutting

Repeat Flowering

Obelisk or Pillar

Large Structures

Pergola

BEST FOR FLOWERING

BEST FOR FRAGRANCE

BEST FOR HEALTH

FLOWERING

HEALTH FRAGRANCE

Elizabeth™ (Ausmajesty) English Shrub Rose 140cm 140cm

Strong, Sweet/Old Rose fragrance

FRAGRANCE

The Generous Gardener (Ausdrawn) English Climbing Rose 4.5m

Strong, Old Rose/Musk/Myrrh fragrance

HEALTH

FRAGRANCE

Emily Brontë™ (Ausearnshaw) English Shrub Rose 125cm 110cm

Strong, Tea/Old Rose fragrance

Queen of Sweden™ (Austiger) English Shrub Rose 125cm 90cm

Medium, Myrrh fragrance

Wildeve™ (Ausbonny) English Shrub Rose 125cm 150cm

Light, Fruity fragrance

FRAGRANCE

Strawberry Hill (Ausrimini) English Climbing Rose 3m

Strong, Myrrh fragrance

Wisley 2008™ (Ausbreeze) English Shrub Rose 140cm 140cm

Light, Fruity fragrance

HEALTH

FRAGRANCE

Scarborough Fair (Ausoran) English Shrub Rose 110cm 90cm

Medium, Old Rose fragrance

Gentle Hermione™ (Ausrumba) English Shrub Rose 125cm 140cm

Strong, Myrrh fragrance

HEALTH FLOWERING

Olivia Rose Austin™ (Ausmixture) English Shrub Rose 110cm 110cm

Light-medium, Fruity fragrance

Silas Marner (Ausraveloe) English Shrub Rose 110cm 140cm

Medium-strong, Old Rose fragrance

FRAGRANCE

HEALTH FLOWERING FLOWERING

Scepter’d Isle™

(Ausland) English Shrub Rose 125cm 125cm

Storng, Myrrh fragrance

HEALTH

FRAGRANCE

Eustacia Vye™ (Ausegdon) English Shrub Rose 125cm 90cm

Strong, Fruity fragrance

James Galway (Auscrystal) English Climbing Rose 3.75m

Light-medium, Old Rose fragrance

FLOWERING

FRAGRANCE

HEALTH

Penelope Lively™ (Ausb18a15) English Shrub Rose 110cm 125cm

Medium-strong, Old Rose/Fruity

FRAGRANCE

Constance Spry (Ausfirst) English Climbing Rose 6m

Strong Myrrh, fragrance

FLOWERING

FRAGRANCE

Gertrude Jekyll® (Ausbord) English Climbing Rose 2.5m

Strong, Old Rose fragrance

HEALTH

FLOWERING

Mary Delany™ (Ausorts) English Climbing Rose 3.75m

Light-medium, Old Rose fragrance

FLOWERING

FRAGRANCE

Harlow Carr (Aushouse) English Shrub Rose 90cm 90cm

Strong, Old Rose fragrance

HEALTH

The Mayflower™ (Austilly) English Shrub Rose 110cm 90cm

Medium-strong, Old Rose fragrance

The Ancient Mariner (Ausoutcry) English Shrub Rose 125cm 125cm

Medium-strong, Myrrh fragrance

Royal Jubilee (Auspaddle) English Shrub Rose 140cm 140cm

FRAGRANCE

Princess Alexandra of Kent™ (Ausmerchant) English Shrub Rose 125cm 125cm

Strong, Tea fragrance

FLOWERING

FLOWERING FRAGRANCE

Gertrude Jekyll® (Ausbord) English Shrub Rose 110cm 90cm

Strong, Old Rose fragrance

Boscobel™ (Auscousin) English Shrub Rose 110cm 110cm

Medium-strong, Myrrh fragrance

HEALTH

FLOWERING

Princess Anne (Auskitchen) English Shrub Rose 125cm 125cm

Medium, Tea fragrance

Medium-strong, Fruity fragrance England’s Rose (Auslounge) English Shrub Rose 90cm 110cm

Medium, Old Rose fragrance

FLOWERING

FRAGRANCE

Gabriel Oak (Auscrowd) English Shrub Rose 125cm 125cm

Strong, Fruity fragrance

Thomas à Becket (Auswinston) English Shrub Rose 140cm 140cm

Medium. Old Rose fragrance

Summer Song™

(Austango) English Shrub Rose 125cm 125cm

Strong, Tea fragrance

FLOWERING

Lady of Shalott™ (Ausnyson) English Shrub Rose 125cm 125cm

Medium, Tea fragrance

HEALTH

Dame Judi Dench

(Ausquaker) English Shrub Rose 110cm 125cm

Light-medium, Tea fragrance

Grace™

(Auskeppy) English Shrub Rose 110cm 125cm

Medium, Tea fragrance

FLOWERING HEALTH

Roald Dahl™ (Ausowlish) English Shrub Rose 90cm 110cm

Medium, Tea fragrance

Port Sunlight™ (Auslofty) English Shrub Rose 140cm 140cm

Medium,Tea fragrance

Bathsheba (Auschimbley) English Climbing Rose 3m

Medium-strong, Myrrh fragrance

FLOWERING

FRAGRANCE

Bring Me Sunshine (Ausernie) English Shrub Rose 125cm 110cm

Medium-strong, Myrrh fragrance

FLOWERING

HEALTH

The Lark Ascending (Ausursula) English Shrub Rose 150cm 150cm

Light, Tea/Myrrh fragrance

The Lady Gardener® (Ausbrass) English Shrub Rose 4ft 4ft

Medium, Tea fragrance

FLOWERING

Dannahue® (Ausa6b15) English Shrub Rose 3½ft 4ft

Storng, Myrrh fragrance

Lichfield Angel™ (Ausrelate) English Shrub Rose 140cm 140cm

Light, Musk fragrance

FRAGRANCE

Wollerton Old Hall (Ausblanket) English Climbing Rose 3.75m

Strong, Myrrh fragrance

FRAGRANCE

HEALTH

Claire Austin (Ausprior) English Climbing Rose 3.75m

Strong, Myrrh fragrance

FLOWERING

FRAGRANCE

Desdemona™

(Auskindling) English Shrub Rose 110cm 110cm

Strong, Old Rose fragrance

HEALTH

Susan Williams-Ellis™ (Ausquirk) English Shrub Rose 110cm 90cm

Medium-strong, Old Rose fragrance

FLOWERING

HEALTH

Kew Gardens (Ausfence) English Shrub Rose 125cm 125cm

Light fragrance

FLOWERING

William and Catherine (Ausrapper) English Shrub Rose 125cm 125cm

Medium, Myrrh fragrance

Tranquillity™

(Ausnoble) English Shrub Rose 125cm 125cm

Light, Fruity fragrance

Nye Bevan™ (Auspital) English Shrub Rose 110cm 75cm

Light-medium, Myrrh fragrance

FLOWERING

Vanessa Bell (Auseasel) English Shrub Rose 110cm 90cm

Medium-strong, Tea fragrance

The Pilgrim® (Auswalker) English Climbing Rose 3.75m

Medium, Tea/Myrrh fragrance

FRAGRANCE

Charles Darwin™ (Auspeet) English Shrub Rose 110cm 140cm

Strong, Tea fragrance

HEALTH

Tottering-by-Gently (Auscartoon) English Shrub Rose 125cm 125cm

Light-medium, Musk fragrance

FRAGRANCE

Golden Celebration® (Ausgold) English Shrub Rose 125cm 125cm

Strong, Tea fragrance

FRAGRANCE

The Poet’s Wife™ (Auswhirl) English Shrub Rose 110cm 110cm

Strong, Fruity fragrance

EUROPEAN ENGLISH ROSE COLLECTION INDEX BY COLOUR

Mixed Border

Pots & Containers

Rose Border

Shady Areas

Attracting Bees

Rose Hedges

Very Few Thorns

Wall or Fence

Large Tree

Arch

Cutting

Repeat Flowering

Obelisk or Pillar

Large Structures

Pergola

BEST FOR FLOWERING

BEST FOR FRAGRANCE

BEST FOR HEALTH

DELIVERY INFORMATION

Our roses are packed and delivered to you by courier. The following delivery options and charges are applicable to all products sold by David Austin Roses.

Please see below a list of delivery charges for each EU country. If you do not see your country listed or have a question regarding delivery, please call our customer service team on

0044 1902 376373 or email

EXPORT@DAVIDAUSTINROSES.COM

Please note we are currently unable to ship potted roses to Switzerland. Bare root roses orders are not affected.

France and Germany€6.95

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Italia, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Spain & Sweden€9.95

Bulgaria. Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia€15.95

Greece, Switzerland€24.95