DAVID AUSTIN ROSES WILL BE READY FOR PURCHASE ON MARCH 19TH, 2022


David Austin set out to combine the beautiful flower forms and fragrances of old roses with the wider color range and repeat-flowering of modern roses. His English Roses are not like other roses. They quickly form magnificent shrubs and climbers which make a great impact in the garden. As a group, they are versatile, reliable, and healthy, with a vigor which contrasts with the delicate charm and beauty of their many petalled, scented blooms.

All of our 3-gallon shrub roses listed below are $44.95.

SOLD OUT FOR 2021.

Unfortunately, we are unable to ship bare-root roses.

* Images courtesy of David Austin Roses

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BATHSHEBA (AUSCHIMBLEY)


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CHARACTERISTICS

  • Colour: Apricot
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Medium-Strong, Myrrh
  • Family: English Climbing Rose
  • Size: Short Climber, 10ft
  • Breeder: Large
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 5-9
  • Petal Count: 170 petals

DESCRIPTION
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.There is a superb floral myrrh fragrance, with hints of honey and Tea. It forms a short, vigorous climber

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BOSCOBEL (AUSCOUSIN)


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GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: Coral Pink
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance:Medium-Strong, Myrrh
  • Bloom Size: Large
  • Family: English Shrub Rose
  • Size: Medium Shrub, 4ft x 4ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 5-11
  • Petal Count: 78 petals


DESCRIPTION
Red buds open to beautifully formed, upward-facing, coral-pink 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. It forms an upright shrub.

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JUBILEE CELEBRATION (AUSHUNTER)


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GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: Coral-pink
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Strong, fruity
  • Family: English Shrub Rose
  • Size:Large
  • Suitable for zones:Zones 5-11
  • Petal Count: 90 petals

DESCRIPTION
Large, domed, coral-pink flowers are held elegantly above the foliage on graceful, arching growth. There is a strong, delicious fruity fragrance with hints of fresh lemon and raspberry.

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MUNSTEAD WOOD (AUSBERNARD)


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GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: Deep velvety crimson
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Strong, Old Rose/fruity
  • Bloom Size: Medium
  • Family: English Shrub Rose
  • Size:Medium shrub, 3ft x 3 ½ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 5-10
  • Petal Count: 74 petals

DESCRIPTION Light crimson buds gradually open to reveal very deep velvety crimson blooms. The flowers are large cups at first, becoming shallowly cupped with time. There is a strong Old Rose fragrance with warm, fruity notes of blackberry, blueberry and damson. The bushy, spreading growth forms a broad shrub.

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OLIVIA ROSE (AUSMIXTURE)


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GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: Mid pink
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Light-medium, fruity
  • Bloom Size: Large
  • Family: English Shrub Rose
  • Size: : Medium shrub, 4 ½ft x 3 ½ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 4-11
  • Petal Count: 90 petals

DESCRIPTION Bears beautiful, cupped, mid pink rosettes, with a delicate fruity fragrance. It commences flowering exceptionally early in the season and flowers in flushes until well into the fall. It forms a very healthy, well-balanced shrub with dark green foliage, which shows off the flowers to the very best effect.

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THE ALNWICK ROSE (AUSGRAB)


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GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: Soft pink
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Medium-strong, Old Rose
  • Bloom Size: Medium
  • Family: English Shrub Rose
  • Size: : Medium shrub, 4ft x 3ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 4-11
  • Petal Count: 120 petals

DESCRIPTION Pretty, rich pink, cup-shaped buds gradually open to broad, full-petalled, shallow cups. The fully open blooms are soft pink and have an Old Rose scent, with just a hint of raspberry. The growth is bushy and relatively upright.

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CARDING MILL (AUSWEST)


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GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: Apricot-orange
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Medium, Myrrh
  • Bloom Size: Medium
  • Family: English shrub rose
  • Size: Medium shrub, 4ft x 3 ½ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 5-11
  • Petal Count: 80 petals

DESCRIPTION
The blooms are a beautiful blend of pink, apricot and yellow, giving the overall impression of orange. They
have a lovely myrrh fragrance. It forms a bushy, rounded shrub with quite straight stems.

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CHARLES DARWIN (AUSPEET)


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GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: Yellow
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Strong, Tea
  • Bloom Size: Large
  • Family: English Shrub Rose
  • Size: Large shrub, 4ft x 4 ½ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 5-11
  • Petal Count: 140

DESCRIPTION
The flowers are very full and rounded at first, later opening up to shallow cups. They are yellow in color, tending almost towards mustard, and have a strong, delicious fragrance, varying between soft floral Tea and pure lemon. It makes a sturdy shrub with broad, spreading growth.

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CHARLOTTE (AUSPOLY)


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GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: Soft yellow
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Light-medium, Tea
  • Bloom Size: Large
  • Family: English Shrub Rose
  • Size: Medium shrub, 4ft x 3f
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 5-11
  • Petal Count: 100 petals

DESCRIPTION
Bears exquisite yellow flowers. These start off beautifully cupped, later opening out to form rosettes. Each bloom is packed with numerous small petals, arranged around a classic button eye. It has excellent green foliage and a compact, bushy habit with even, upright growth.

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CROWN PRINCESS MARGARETA (AUSWINTER)


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GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: Apricot-orange
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: : Strong, fruity
  • Bloom Size: Large
  • Family: English climbing rose
  • Size: Medium climber, 12ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 4-8
  • Petal Count: 120 petals

DESCRIPTION A vigorous climber, bearing neat, fragrant, apricot-orange rosettes. They are produced with exceptional freedom and regularity.

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DARCEY BUSSELL (AUSDECORUM)


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GENERAL INFO

  • Colour:  Crimson-pink
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Light-medium, fruity
  • Bloom Size: Medium
  • Family: English Shrub Rose
  • Size: Medium shrub, 4ft x 4ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 5-11
  • Petal Count: 70

DESCRIPTIONWhen young, the outer petals of each bloom form a perfect ring around an inner cup, gradually opening out to form a perfect, medium-large rosette. The color is a deep, rich crimson-pink, taking on a tinge of mauve just before the petals drop. There is a light-medium fruity scent. It forms a compact shrub with attractive bushy growth.

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THE GENEROUS GARDENER (AUSDRAWN)


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GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: Pale pink
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Strong, Old Rose/myrrh/musk,
  • Bloom Size: Medium
  • Family: English Climbing Rose
  • Size: Medium climber, 15ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 4-14
  • Petal Count: 55 petals

DESCRIPTION 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. The flowers are a pale glowing pink and have a delicious fragrance with aspects of Old Rose, musk and myrrh.

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GENTLE HERMIONE (AUSRUMBA)


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GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: Light pink
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Strong, Myrrh
  • Bloom Size: Large
  • Family: English shrub rose
  • Size: Medium shrub, 4ft x 3ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 5-11
  • Petal Count: 90 petals

DESCRIPTION The perfectly formed, shallow cups are pure light pink, paling to soft blush on the outer petals. There is a strong, warm myrrh fragrance. It forms an attractive, quite broad shrub, with slightly arching stems. The leaves are tinged red at first, later turning green.

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GOLDEN CELEBRATION (AUSGOLD)


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GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: Rich yellow
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Strong, Tea
  • Bloom Size: Large
  • Family: English Shrub Rose
  • Size: Large shrub, 4 ½ft x 4 ½ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 5-11
  • Petal Count: 75 petals

DESCRIPTION
One of the largest-flowered English Roses, bearing rich yellow blooms in the form of giant cups. They have a strong Tea fragrance, developing wonderfully combined notes of Sauternes wine and strawberry. It forms a rounded shrub, with ample foliage - the flowers held beautifully poised on long, arching branches.

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GRAHAM THOMAS (AUSMAS)


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GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: Rich shade of yellow
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Light, Tea
  • Bloom Size: Large
  • Family: English climbing rose
  • Size:  Medium climber, 12ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 5-8
  • Petal Count: 45 petals

DESCRIPTION
With its vigorous, upright growth, it makes a very good climber, both in beauty and performance. It bears
medium-sized, cupped blooms of an unusually rich, pure shade of yellow. They have a light Tea
fragrance.

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IMOGEN (AUSTRITCH)


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GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: Pale yellow
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: : Light-medium, fruity
  • Bloom Size: Medium
  • Family: English Shrub Rose
  • Size: Large shrub, 5ft x 3ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 5-11
  • Petal Count: 65 petals

DESCRIPTION
Bears pretty, lightly scented, pale yellow blooms, fading almost to cream. The many delicately frilled petals are arranged around a button eye. It forms a sturdy, quite upright shrub with glossy foliage.

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LADY OF SHALOTT (AUSNYSON)


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GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: Orange
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Medium, Tea
  • Bloom Size: Large
  • Family: English Shrub Rose
  • Size: : Large shrub, 5ft x 4ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 4-11
  • Petal Count: 60 petals

DESCRIPTION
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. There is a pleasant, warm Tea fragrance, with hints of spiced apple and cloves. It quickly forms a bushy shrub with
slightly arching stems and mid-green leaves, which have attractive, slightly bronzed tones when young.

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LICHFIELD ANGEL (AUSRELATE)


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GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: Cream
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Light, musk
  • Bloom Size: Large
  • Family: English Shrub Rose
  • Size: : Large shrub, 5ft x 5ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 4-11
  • Petal Count: 100 petals

DESCRIPTION
Pale peachy pink buds gradually 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. It forms a vigorous, rounded, almost thornless shrub, its blooms nodding attractively on the
branch.

MARY ROSE (AUSMARY)


GENERAL INFO

  • Colour:  Mid pink
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Medium-strong, Old Rose
  • Bloom Size: Medium
  • Family: English Shrub Rose
  • Size: : Medium shrub 4ft x 4ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 4-11
  • Petal Count: 60 petals

DESCRIPTION
The mid pink flowers are of an attractive, loose-petalled formation and have an Old Rose scent with delicious hints of honey and almond blossom. It forms a well-shaped, bushy shrub

MOLINEUX (AUSMOL)


GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: Rich Yellow
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Light-medium/Tea/musk
  • Bloom Size: Medium
  • Family: English Shrub Rose
  • Size: : Medium shrub, 4ft x 3ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 5-11
  • Petal Count: 120 petals

DESCRIPTION
Bears medium-sized neat rosette blooms - tinged with orange at first, quickly becoming rich yellow. It has a light-medium musky Tea Rose scent. The growth is compact, even and upright.

THE PILGRIM (AUSWALKER)


GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: Soft yellow
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Medium, Tea/myrrh
  • Bloom Size: Large
  • Family: English climbing rose
  • Size: : Medium climber, 12ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 5-11
  • Petal Count: 140 petals

DESCRIPTION
This variety has particularly beautiful blooms. The buds open to reveal many petalled cups, which gradually form large, flat rosettes. The color is a very attractive shade of soft yellow, the petals paling prettily towards the edges. The flowers have a medium strength fragrance, which is a perfect balance of
Tea and myrrh. It will quickly reach some height and still produce flowers and leaves lower down the plant.

THE POET'S WIFE (AUSWHIRL)


GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: Rich yellow
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Strong, fruity
  • Bloom Size: Large
  • Family: English Shrub Rose
  • Size: : Medium shrub, 4ft x 4ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 4-11
  • Petal Count: 77 petals

DESCRIPTION
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. There is a strong, wonderfully rich fragrance with a hint of lemon, which becomes sweeter and stronger with age. It forms a bushy, nicely rounded shrub with arching branches and rather shiny foliage.

PRINCESS ANNE (AUSKITCHEN)


GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: Rich pink
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Medium, Tea
  • Bloom Size: Large
  • Family: English Shrub Rose
  • Size: : Large shrub, 4ft x 4½ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 4-11
  • Petal Count: 85 petals

DESCRIPTION
The young flowers are deep pink, almost red, 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, they are produced with remarkable freedom. A particularly healthy variety; it forms a bushy, upright shrub with
thick, succulent, highly polished foliage.

QUEEN OF SWEDEN (AUSTIGER)


GENERAL INFO

  • Colour:  Light pink
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Medium, Myrrh/li>
  • Bloom Size: Medium
  • Family: English Shrub Rose
  • Size: : Large shrub, 5ft x 3ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 4-11
  • Petal Count: 140 petals

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

TEASING GEORGIA (AUSBAKER)


GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: Deep yellow
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Medium
  • Bloom Size: Large
  • Family: English climbing rose
  • Size: : Medium climber, 12ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 5-10
  • Petal Count: 110 petals

DESCRIPTION
A particularly free-flowering climber, producing impressive displays of blooms into fall. The refined rosette flowers are rich yellow at the center, fading to palest yellow on the edges.

TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES (AUSMOVE)


GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: Crimson-red
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Medium, Old Rose
  • Bloom Size: Large
  • Family: English climbing rose
  • Size: : Short climber, 8ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 4-11
  • Petal Count: 110 petals

DESCRIPTION
A striking climber bearing large, deeply cupped, bright crimson-red blooms, with a pleasing Old Rose fragrance. It is a relatively compact climber clothed in large, dark green leaves.

TRANQUILLITY (AUSNOBLE)


GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: White
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Light, fruity
  • Bloom Size: Large
  • Family: English Shrub Rose
  • Size: : Medium shrub, 4ft x 4ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 5-11
  • Petal Count: 110 petals

DESCRIPTION
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. A vigorous shrub; its growth is bushy and upright, clothed in light green foliage, curving outwards in a most attractive manner. With its pure
white flowers, this rose lives up to its name.

WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL (AUSCAT)


GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: White
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Medium, Old Rose
  • Bloom Size: Medium
  • Family: English Shrub Rose
  • Size: : Medium shrub, 4ft x 4ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 5-11
  • Petal Count: 60 petals

DESCRIPTION
A white sport of 'Mary Rose', with the occasional touch of pink. It produces a mass of medium-large sized, loose petalled, fragrant rosettes, and continues to bloom at regular intervals throughout the summer. A well-shaped shrub with twiggy, bushy growth and nice foliage.

PRINCESS ALEXANDRA OF KENT (AUSMERCHANT)


GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: Bright pink
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Strong, Tea
  • Bloom Size: Large
  • Family: English shrub rose
  • Size: :Large shrub 5ft x 4ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 4-11
  • Petal Count: 130 petals

DESCRIPTION
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, which changes to lemon, eventually taking on hints of blackcurrants.

THOMAS A BECKET (AUSWINSTON)


GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: Crimson-red
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Medium, Old Rose
  • Bloom Size: Large
  • Family: English Shrub Rose
  • Size: : Large shrub, 5ft x 4ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 5-11
  • Petal Count: 63 petals

DESCRIPTION
A rose of similar character to the Species Roses, with natural, shrubby growth. The informal rosette flowers are a striking crimson-red. Held in medium-large sized heads, they nod attractively on their stems. The Old Rose fragrance has a distinct lemon zest character.

WINDERMERE (AUSHOMER)


GENERAL INFO

  • Colour: White and cream
  • Flowering: Repeat Flowering
  • Fragrance: Medium-strong, fruity
  • Bloom Size: Medium
  • Family: English Shrub Rose
  • Size: : Medium shrub, 4ft x 3ft
  • Suitable for zones: Zones 5-11
  • Petal Count: 80 petals

DESCRIPTION
The blooms start as perfectly rounded buds, opening to full, cupped flowers that are rich creamy yellow at first, fading to almost pure white in the sun. They have a delicious fruity fragrance that has a definite hint of citrus. Very healthy; it forms a neat, compact plant, even in warmer areas.