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David Austin® English Roses
Since many years the famous British rose breeder David Austin has successfully crossed old varieties with modern cultivars. In his new roses the qualities of the “Old Roses” such as flower-form, colour and fragrance are successfully united with modern qualities such as health and the ability to repeat flowering. In this way he created a new class of roses, the “English Roses”. Although most varieties can be classified as Modern Shrub Roses, there are also English Floribunda- and Climbing Roses. “English Roses” are used in beds, in groups of three, as solitary bush, in pots or as impenetrable hedge. Planting distance is depending on use and variety and varies in general between 60 and 100 cm. Most varieties are best planted in groups of three (planting-distance ± 45 cm). They will form one bushy, dense shrub that will flower more regularly and abundantly, creating a greater effect in the border.
Boscobel
Medium-sized, very double, cupped and rosette-shaped flowers in a varying salmon pink colour and a delicious myrrh-fragrance. Vigorous, upright growth with dark green, glossy foliage. Excellent health and hardy. Delightful, very free and continuously flowering shrub.
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Charles Darwin
Large, double, yellow flowers, rounded at first, later opening up to shallow cups with a striking green ‘eye’. Very intense fragrance. Spreading, vigorous growth and very disease resistant. Impressive, continuously flowering, healthy English shrub.
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Claire Austin
Large, fully double, cupped-shaped, quartered, cream-white flowers with a lovely and intense fragrance. Vigorous, healthy growth habit with arched overhanging branches; Abundant flowering in flushes throughout the season. Best white Austin rose, which is suitable both as a shrub rose or climbing rose.
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Dame Judi Dench
The large, very double, rosette-shaped, apricot-orange flowers, with button-eye, bloom in small clusters and spread a light tea scent. Healthy, vigorous, arching growth. Rain resistant. Very lovely, abundant- and continuously flowering, healthy English Shrub. Suited for semi-shady conditions.
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Desdemona
Large, double, cupped-shaped, white flowers with light peachy-pink shadings, in small clusters. Strong Old Rose fragrance. Bushy, healthy growth. Very beautiful English Rose that flowers in flushes throughout the season.
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Emily Brontë
Large, very double, cupped-to-flat, rosette-shaped flowers in a soft pink colour with apricot centre, later fading to cream. Strong tea fragrance. Vigorous, upright and healthy growth. Wonderful, healthy English Shrub, that blooms opulent in flushes throughout the season.
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Eustacia Vye
The medium-sized, very double, rosette-shaped, ruffled, apricot-pink flowers bloom in small clusters and spread a delicious, strong, fruity fragrance. Bushy, upright growth; healthy. Lovely, abundantly flowering shrub that blooms in flushes throughout the season. Suitable for semi-shade locations.
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Gabriel Oak
The large, very double, rosette-shaped, deep pink flowers bloom in small clusters and spread a lovely, strong and fruity fragrance. Vigorous, spreading and round growth. Very beautiful, English shrub, that blooms abundantly in flushes throughout the season.
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Gentle Hermione
Large, very double, perfectly shaped, nostalgic, soft pink flowers in small clusters with a delicious strong fragrance. Rainproof. Bushy growth, beautiful healthy foliage. Wonderful, “English Rose” that flowers in flushes throughout the season.
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Gertrude Jekyll
Clusters of large, very double, rosette-shaped flowers of deep pink, with an overwhelming fragrance. Vigorous, upright and healthy growth. Very beautiful English shrub, that repeats its opulent flowering regularly. Also suitable as climber.
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Golden Celebration
The elegant, very large, cupped-shaped flowers have a yellow copper colour and an exquisite scent. The shiny dark green foliage strengthens the copper yellow. Graceful and healthy growth. Flowering in flushes throughout the season. Beautiful English rose.
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Imogen
The medium-sized, double, ruffled, pale yellow flowers, bloom in small clusters and spread a lovely soft fragrance. Vigorous, upright growth with glossy foliage. Very striking, abundantly flowering English shrub, that blooms in flushes throughout the season. Named after the character in Shakespeare’s ‘Cymbeline’.
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James L. Austin
Medium-sized, very double, rosette-shaped, deep pink flowers with a button-eye. Fruity fragrance. Bushy and upright growth. Rain tolerant. Very beautiful, abundantly flowering shrub that blooms in flushes throughout the season.
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Kew Gardens
The small, single, apricot coloured buds open to pure white flowers, bloom in large, hortensia-like clusters and spread a soft fragrance. Upright, bushy growth. Almost thornless. Very lovely, healthy, abundantly flowering English shrub, that blooms in flushes throughout the season.
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Lady of Shalott
Medium-sized, very double, rounded, elegantly-shaped flowers in clusters. The inside of the petals are salmon pink, the reverse copper to golden-yellow. Pleasant warm tea fragrance. Bushy, slightly arching growth; very healthy and hardy. Blooms continuously throughout the season. Very attractive shrub with a remarkable colour, that also can be grown as a climber.
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Olivia Rose Austin
Medium-sized to large, very double, rosette shaped, soft pink flowers in small clusters, with a pleasant fruity fragrance. Vigorous growth, remarkably healthy. Beautiful, free-flowering English Shrub that repeats flowering in flushes throughout the season.
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Port Sunlight
The medium-sized, very double, flat, quartered, apricot flowers bloom in small clusters and spread a lovely fragrance. Vigorous, upright growth. Beautiful, abundantly flowering English Shrub, that blooms in flushes throughout the season. Named after the model village in the Wirral where there is a beautiful garden of English Roses.
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Princess Alexandra of Kent
Very large, very double, cupped, bright pink flowers, with a strong lemon scent, in small clusters. Bushy growth, well rounded shrub, very healthy and hardy. Prolific blooming in flushes throughout the season. Very beautiful shrub.
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Queen of Sweden
Large, very double, cupped flowers, soft pink with apricot highlights, in small clusters, with a mild, myrrh fragrance. Bushy and elegant upright growth. Healthy foliage. Wonderful, “English Rose” that flowers in flushes throughout the season.
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Roald Dahl
The medium-sized, very double, rosette-shaped, apricot flowers bloom in small clusters and spread a delicious, fruity fragrance. Bushy growth, almost thornless and very healthy. Wonderful English shrub that blooms in flushes throughout the season. Suitable for semi-shady locations.
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Scepter d'Isle
The medium-sized, double, cup-shaped, light pink flowers, bloom in small clusters and spread a strong, myrrh fragrance. Upright growth, healthy foliage. Lovely, elegant English shrub, that blooms in flushes throughout the season.
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Summer Song
Large, very full, cup-shaped flowers with a beautiful brown-orange colour. Has an attractive and intense scent. Bushy, upright growth. Beautiful Austin Rose, that’s blooms in flushes throughout the season.
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The Generous Gardener
Beautifully formed, large, double, soft-pink flowers, which nod gracefully, in small clusters. Delicious, strong Old Rose and myrrh fragrance. Bushy, well-branched, tall growth. Glossy, dark green foliage. Beautiful English Rose, that flowers in flushes throughout the season and can be grown as a climber as well as a shrub.
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The Lady Gardener
Small clusters of large, double, rosette-shaped, pure apricot flowers that pale towards the outside of the bloom and spread a lovely tea-fragrance. Bushy growth, hardy and raintolerant. Very beautiful, abundantly flowering shrub that blooms continuously in flushes throughout the season. Suitable for pots, containers and rose hedges.
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The Pilgrim
One of the prettiest yellow "English Roses". The very attractive, elegant, deliciously scented flowers are large, flat, fully double and repeat blooming, throughout summer. Vigorous, upright and healthy growth. Wonderful for cutting, with beautiful flowers for the vase.
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The Poet's Wife
Large, very double, cupped shaped, strong yellow flowers in small clusters. Rich, fruity fragrance. Low, rounded, healthy growth. Excellent, free-flowering English Rose that flowers in flushes throughout the season.
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Thomas à Becket
The large, very double, rosette-shaped, crimson-red flowers spread a lovely, old rose scent. Strong, bushy growth, very hardy. Striking, abundantly flowering English Shrub, that blooms in flushes throughout the season. Very suitable for hedges and borders.
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Vanessa Bell
Medium-sized, double, cup-shaped, pale-yellow flowers paling to white at the edges, with a rich, yellow eye, in large clusters. Medium strong lemon fragrance. Bushy, upright growth. Beautiful, healthy shrub that abundantly blooms in flushes throughout the season.
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Wildeve
Large, very double, rosette-shaped flowers in a blush-pink colour with a hint of apricot and a soft fragrance. Arching, bushy growth, well branched. Lovely English shrub that blooms prolifically in flushes throughout the season.
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William and Catherine
Particularly beautiful, shallow-cupped, medium-sized, fully double flowers with a strong myrrh fragrance and a button eye at the centre. At first the colour is cream which fades to pure white. The petals drop very cleanly. Bushy, upright, healthy growth, hardy. Wonderful shrub that blooms in flushes throughout the season.
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Wollerton Old Hall
Medium-sized, very double, globular-shaped flowers in a soft apricot colour that eventually pale to soft yellow. One of the most fragrant English roses, with a classic myrrh scent. Well branching, almost thornless and very hardy with good climbing habits. Beautiful, continuously flowering English shrub, that also can be grown as a climber.
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Young Lycidas
Large, very double, cupped flowers in small clusters with a mixture of deep pink, magenta and red. Delicious, very strong fragrance. Bushy, arching growth. Attractive English shrub, that flowers prolificly in flushes throughout the season. Can be used for borders, pots and for cutting.
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