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ABOUT DAVID AUSTIN ROSES David Austin Roses is an internationally recognised, family-owned business which takes a long-term approach to breeding and marketing our award-winning roses. The first David Austin roses to hit Australia were widely acclaimed and still have great recognition amongst many Australian gardeners. The company maintains a consistently high level of investment in breeding and trialling new varieties. As a result, roses released during the last ten to fifteen years have greatly improved health and disease-resistance. The release of many compact new English Roses has broadened the appeal of the collection. The English Roses are not like other roses. They quickly form magnificent, fragrant shrubs and climbers which make great impact in the garden. Their large, fragrant blooms have an old world charm David Austin’s Plant Centre, England and allure that attracts a passionate following. David Austin’s roses can be found in prestigious private and public gardens throughout Australia. The company has won many awards, including fifteen gold medals from The Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show. In 2007, David Austin received an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List and in 2010, he was honored as a Great Rosarian of the World. We have three offices worldwide and a presence in almost every rose growing country in the world. David Austin’s head office is in Shropshire, England, where the company displays the National Collection of English Roses in two acres of themed rose gardens, open to the public free of charge. We have regional offices in Japan and the USA. 2 BARE ROOTS Roses are sold in pots all year round but many garden centres and mail order specialists still sell roses as ‘bare root’, bagged or freshly potted during winter months. This is the time of year when the best range of roses is available and prices are keen. Whether you buy bare root or potted, there’s no doubt that care at planting time makes a huge difference to how your roses will perform. Careful soil preparation is the key. See page 54 for advice.
GRAHAM THOMAS – voted the world’s favourite rose Graham Thomas (Photo by permission of Jeanne Trevaskus) 3 David Austin’s ‘Graham Thomas’ received the highest accolade in the rose world when it was voted the World’s Favourite Rose by the World Federation of Rose Societies (WFRS). Founded in 1968, the WFRS represents over 100,000 rose lovers in 41 member countries. The award was announced at the 2009 World Rose Convention in Vancouver, when the rose was inducted into the society’s ‘Rose Hall of Fame’. It holds this prestigious title for three years. The cup-shaped blooms of this wellloved English Rose have an unusually rich, pure yellow colour which is not found in the Old Roses and is rare, even among modern roses. The strong, fresh tea rose fragrance received the Henry Edland medal. ‘Graham Thomas’ forms an upright, bushy shrub which can be maintained at 1.5 x 1.25m with summer pruning. It is highly versatile and can also be trained as a spectacular climbing rose, ideal for a wall, rose pillar, obelisk or fence. It enjoys full sun but like all David Austin’s English Roses, it will also perform well in partial shade, provided it is not planted directly underneath the canopy of trees. The rose was named for one of the leading British horticulturalists of the 20th century. The late Graham Thomas, born in 1909, was an enthusiastic collector of Old Roses and a frequent visitor to David Austin’s Nursery in Albrighton, England. Inset: David Austin with rosa Graham Thomas (Ausmas)
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Page 7 and 8: ROSE GARDENS For those of us who ha
Page 9 and 10: Claire Austin ❀ Repeat-flowering
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Page 13 and 14: Eglantyne ❀ One of the most beaut
Page 15 and 16: Sharifa Asma ❀ A beautiful variet
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Page 22 and 23: English Shrub Roses - Pink Strawber
Page 24 and 25: English Shrub Roses - Red and Crims
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The Renaissance Garden 52 ROSES FOR
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Roses are easy to grow and remarkab
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BREEDING SHOWS Successful rose bree
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INDEX OF ROSES Variety Page Fragran
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