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Top 10 Austin Rose Varieties
Englishwoman in Russian gardens
Author: Natalya Baskova
David Austin's English roses, discreetly elegant with a sophisticated scent, are known throughout Europe. Many breeder varieties have been awarded high-level awards. Bred in the temperate climate of Great Britain, Austin's roses quickly adapted to Russia and feel great in the Moscow region. And in more favorable conditions of the south of the country, prickly beauties show an increased growth force, climbing walls of houses and gazebos.
Not all Austin varieties are recommended for Russia, but those that are approved for sale show high winter hardiness and endurance. They pass the varietal testing in the US and Scandinavian test sites. We present you the description and photos of the best varieties of Austin roses - according to experienced gardeners.
Austin rose varieties have the following common features:
- versatility and sophistication of aromas from myrrh to complex fruit;
- specific cup-shaped bud;
- the prevalence of peach, pale pink, white and yellowish shades - according to D. Austin, forms with red flowers show less endurance and getting a good strong red hybrid is more difficult;
- repeated or continuous flowering;
- have "star" names and reflect the cultural history of England;
- they are distinguished by unpretentiousness and high viability;
- large and heavy flowers often wilt on thin shoots.
All Austin roses are beautiful. But we have tried to include in our rating those varieties of English roses that (according to gardeners' reviews) showed themselves best of all in difficult domestic climatic conditions.
| A place | Name | Rating | Price |
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| 1 | Lady of Shalott | 9.9 / 10 | 1 700 |
| 2 | Crocus Rose (Crocus Rose, 2000) | 9.8 / 10 | 900 |
| 3 | Manstead Wood (Munstead Wood) | 9.8 / 10 | 500 |
| 4 | Princess Alexandra of Kent | 9.8 / 10 | 300 |
| 5 | Lady Emma Hamilton, 2005 | 9.7 / 10 | 300 |
| 6 | Summer Song (Summer Song) | 9.7 / 10 | 500 |
| 7 | Golden Celebration | 9.7 / 10 | 590 |
| 8 | Graham Thomas | 9.5 / 10 | 890 |
| 9 | Molineux (Molineux) | 9.5 / 10 | 350 |
| 10 | Mayflower | 9.3 / 10 | 1 190 |
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Lady of Shalott
1 700 (a sapling from D. Austin's nursery in a company package)
The best rose of Austin for beginners rose. Variety affects frost resistance, endurance and disease resistance. Unbroken buds have a bright orange color. The flowers are 8-10 cm in diameter, terry, cupped, salmon-colored with a golden glint. On one stem lays from 1 to 3 flowers. The aroma of fruit and tea with notes of apple and cloves, is well pronounced. Constant flowering, without interruption. The rose blooms well even in cold and rainy summer. The flower lasts 5 - 10 days, and by the end of its flowering a new shoot with a bud grows from the axillary bud. With proper planting and good care blooms in the first year. In the first year, the flowers can be single and of smaller diameter, the bush is gaining strength by the 3rd season. The bush is a vigorous, strongly branched, with falling shoots. The size of the bush in height and width is about 1 m, but in the south the bush can grow to 2 m. It is successfully grown in the Moscow region and Western Siberia. Wintering under the shelter of lutrasila. In the heat of experiencing stress, flowers bloom faster. Main advantages:
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 9.9 / 10
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It blooms and grows very actively. The three-year bush amazes with endurance. I love this bit for the nostalgic shape and the original color of the flower. |
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Crocus Rose (Crocus Rose, 2000)
900 (grafted sapling in container)
Good lush bright English rose. The bush is powerful, dense, 1 - 1.2 m high, spreading, with arched drooping shoots. Terry flower, cream in bud, with yellow-peach tones, white in color, rosette-shaped with external petals bent down, 9–12 cm in diameter, with a weak tea aroma. Inflorescences are formed from 3 - 5 flowers. It blooms again, with short breaks. The variety is recommended for zone 5, in zone 4 it winters well under cover. This winter gutter shows good winter hardiness even in Novosibirsk. Resistant to black spot, but affected by powdery mildew. Rain sustains well. Main advantages:
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 9.8 / 10
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Very viable rose shrub. It thickens quickly, but is easily formed. Wintering is always great. Suitable for harsh climate. |
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Manstead Wood (Munstead Wood)
500 (own-rooted seedling in a container)
Split rosebone with velvet flowers. The bush is 0.9 - 1 m high, strongly branched, with strong powerful shoots covered with bronze-green glossy leaves.
A flower in a crimson bud, then a velvet burgundy; with full disclosure rosette, with open stamens; with a diameter of 8 - 10 cm, with a strong berry aroma. Forms brushes of 3 - 5 flowers. Blossoms in several waves with implicit breaks. Resistance to diseases in roses is average, preventive treatments are obligatory. During the rainy season, isolated flowers are affected. In the 4th zone, this Austin rose successfully hibernates and blooms profusely. Main advantages:
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 9.8 / 10
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Very bright flower, blooms constantly. Reveals its virtues with age. |
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Princess Alexandra of Kent
300 (seedling in corrugation, ACS)
A vigorous and unpretentious Austin bush rose. The bush is elegant, 0.9 - 1 m high, slightly sprawling, with thin shoots hanging under large flowers. Looks spectacular in group plantings.
The flower is thick-colored, rich pink, on the outer edge a tone lighter, in the form of a deep bowl, with a diameter of 10 - 12 cm, with a strong refreshing tea aroma. Flowers solitary or clustered in brushes of 3 pieces, hold up to 5 - 6 days. Flowering repeated, the same intensity. Diseases high resistance, rarely affected by powdery mildew. Rain brings excellent. In Moscow, this Austin rose winters under cover without any problems. Main advantages:
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 9.8 / 10
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Large and bright flowers, pleasant stupefying aroma, compact bush and good winter hardiness. In my garden she has no equal. |
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Lady Emma Hamilton, 2005
300 (seedling with ACS)
A relatively young variety of English shrub roses. Forms upright and strongly branchy bush 0.7 - 1 m high, with bronze-green foliage.
The flower in the bud is orange-red, when opening yellow-tangerine, terry, with a diameter of 10 - 12 cm, an ancient deeply shaped form, with corrugated petals, with a strong fruit and citrus scent. Forms brushes of 3 - 5 flowers. It blooms in two waves. Not affected by black spot and powdery mildew, cold resistance at the level of standards. In regions with prolonged rains do not dispense buds. In zone 4 needs a good shelter. Main advantages:
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 9.7 / 10
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Rose blooms well in partial shade. I tied it up, because the shoots bend under the weight of large flowers. Do not forgive mistakes in the shelter before the winter. |
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Summer Song (Summer Song)
500 (own-rooted seedling in a container)
Bright rose-srub for colorful compositions. The bush reaches a height of just over 1 m, slightly sprawling, thick. Shoots straight.
The flower is brick-orange, densely double-sized, 10–12 cm in diameter, spherical in half-open and cupped at the height of flowering. The aroma is rich and complex, there are fruit, floral and tea notes. Gives re-bloom on the shoots of the current year. It shows high resistance to diseases, does not suffer from rain. This rose of Austin feels good in the 4th zone, safely wintering under the standard shelter. Main advantages:
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 9.7 / 10
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Rose striking depth of color with many tones, which are replaced as flowering. The smell is wonderful. Problems in the care does not deliver. |
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Golden Celebration
590 (2-year-old sapling in a package with wet peat mixture)
The variety is notable for large, densely double copper-yellow flowers up to 16 cm in diameter. Bright yellow petals in small pink speck. Cupped shape with curved petals. Refined combination of an old form with a modern original coloring. Pronounced sweet-fruity aroma. On one shoot from 3 - 5 to 10 flowers. Flowers fade away on the 5-6th day, but fly around faster in hot weather. In temperate climates, the height of the bush does not exceed 1.5 m, but in the south of Russia Golden Celebration can be grown as a climbing rose. Arcuate shoots of willow wilted under the weight of flowers, not a lot of thorns. Winter hardiness at a grade average, is grown up with shelter. Good resistance to diseases, but with the mass distribution of the pathogen in the region carry out preventive treatment. Main advantages:
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 9.7 / 10
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My favorite rose of Austin, I think - the best English rose. The flowers do not last long, but the bloom is so abundant that the bush is always covered with flowers. Under large flowers, shoots, of course, wilted, but this is more a feature ostinok. |
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Graham Thomas
890 (sapling in container)
One of the best representatives of yellow English roses. Flowers in diameter up to 10 cm, warm rich yellow color, turning pale in the sun, convexly cupped, shaped like peonies, double (up to 75 petals), with a strong sweetish tea aroma. On one shoot lays from 3 to 5 flowers. The flower lasts up to 5 days, flies faster in hot weather (for 1 - 3 days).
In temperate climates, the shrub reaches 1.5 m, and in the hot, it is grown as a climbing rose, shooting 3-meter shoots along a support. For the formation of a thick scrub shoots are cut after the first flowering, causing abundant branching. If the bush is not disturbed, the shoots will stretch along the support. It shows moderate winter hardiness and good disease resistance, preventive treatments are required. Good results are noted in the Volga region. Main advantages:
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 9.5 / 10
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The first year you need to give the seedling to gain momentum and then it will please a good flowering. My rose grows in partial shade, and the flowers are brighter colored. |
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Molineux (Molineux)
350 (seedling with an open root system in a package with a wet substrate)
The grade is knocked out from D. Ostin's other achievements appearance. Erect shrub, not drooping, with a narrow crown. If the other beads are ideal in single landings, then Molineus is recommended to be planted only in groups. The claimed height of the bush is about 0.65 m, although in the southern regions the “baby” can reach 2 m.
Gustomarovye flowers (up to 120 petals), with a diameter of 6 - 8 cm, in the form of a cup-shaped rosette, are collected in racemes in 3 - 5 pcs. Coloring only blooming flowers golden with apricot shade, and under the sun fade to lemon and cream on the edges. Blooms all season. Since at the same time there are flowers of different ages with varying color, the bush effectively shimmers with shades of yellow. Flowers fly around quickly, but the bush is always flowering. There is a delicate aroma of tea roses with musky notes. By frost resistance, the variety is assigned to zones 5 and 6. In the suburbs requires shelter.In cool climates forms larger flowers, and in hot - brighter coloring reveals. Main advantages:
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 9.5 / 10
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Expressive and harmonious English rose. Constantly surprising variety of shades. Not capricious in the care, with good health. |
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Mayflower
1 190 (3-year-old sapling in a container)
The grade completely corresponds to a typical English rose. Buds appear before other varieties, and flowering lasts until late autumn, without losing profusion. The flowers are rosette, strongly terry (75 - 90 petals), small, with a diameter of 6 - 8 cm, even pink color, with a classic aroma of rose oil, the petals are slightly bent down. Flower lasts 7 or more days.
Bush lush, but compact, grows gradually. The shoots are densely covered with small leathery leaves, there are very few thorns. In landscape design is used for landing in the foreground. It has excellent winter hardiness, feels better in a cool climate. Main advantages:
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 9.3 / 10
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Delicate, but very healthy rosette. In the first years it gives a very small increase, but later a dense bush is formed. |
Austin's roses are mostly bush and sprawling. They hit stamina and natural grace. English roses are good and soliter, and in group plantings. Gentle calm shades make it easy to combine all varieties of Austin in one flowerbed, while maintaining the harmony and refinement of the garden. They were created for gardens in a natural, natural style.
Of course, our rating is far from complete. Each rosewood has its own favorites, and every grade has at least one bad experience and disappointment. But the joy of blooming roses makes you forget about failures.
Have a good choice!
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Updated: 09.02.2019
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