David Austin Roses Limited
David Austin Roses Limited
David Austin Roses Limited
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THE DAVID AUSTIN AUSTRALIAN COLLECTION<br />
Welcome to our first collection of English <strong>Roses</strong><br />
for Australia. We are proud to be a family<br />
owned company with a long heritage of breeding and<br />
growing roses. Our objective has always remained the<br />
same: to combine the best of the old with the best of<br />
the new, to create roses that will provide the greatest<br />
possible pleasure for the gardener.<br />
Today’s English <strong>Roses</strong> provide a succession of<br />
beautiful fragrant blooms in a wide range of natural,<br />
pure colours. They have graceful, natural, shrubby<br />
growth which makes them ideal for large pots, beds and<br />
mixed borders. Our English <strong>Roses</strong> are particularly well<br />
suited to the Australian climate. They have performed<br />
wonderfully well even throughout times of drought<br />
and heavy rain. In recent years we have made some<br />
great improvements to the health and vigour of the<br />
roses. As a result, we believe the new varieties for 2011<br />
and 2012 are some of the best we have ever introduced.<br />
Three of our new varieties have already received<br />
several important accolades from around the world.<br />
<strong>David</strong> J.C. <strong>Austin</strong> and <strong>David</strong> C.H. <strong>Austin</strong>.<br />
‘Princess Alexandra of Kent’ won the top award for<br />
fragrance at both the 2009 Glasgow Trials and the 2010<br />
Desert Rose Society show in California. It has a<br />
delicious fresh tea scent, which changes to lemon over<br />
time with a hint of blackcurrants. At the 2009 Concurs<br />
Internacional de <strong>Roses</strong> in Barcelona ‘Young Lycidas’<br />
with its intriguing mixed scent of tea, old rose and<br />
cedar was also awarded the top prize for fragrance and<br />
Wisley 2008 was presented with Best Rose for<br />
Landscaping.<br />
If you are finding it hard to choose the best rose for<br />
your needs from the many varieties available, you<br />
might like to consult pages 52 and 53, where we suggest<br />
the perfect varieties for different situations such as ideal<br />
roses for hedging; excellent shrubs and climbers for<br />
growing in shady positions and the best roses for<br />
cutting and creating arrangements for the home.<br />
We would like to wish all rose lovers a very happy<br />
gardening year.
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