Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
Staying with David Austin Roses for a moment here, with Crown Princess Margareta, introduced in 1999 and why not refer to the RHS Encyclopedia of Roses once more too? "It is sometimes said that David Austin's latest English Roses are very like his earlier ones. Crown Princess Margareta however, shows how consistent has been the…
Continue reading ➞ Crown Princess Margareta
A rose introduced by David Austin in 1996, with sprays of cupped flowers showing off the stamens within. The strong fragrance is sweet and pervasive, a good example of the English myrrh note, first introduced with Constance Spry - referring to Myrrhis odorata and therefore an aniseed complex, a hint of Pernod perhaps? "A neat…
Continue reading ➞ Scepter’d Isle
A Gold Medal winning exhibition from David Austin at the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show, which finished yesterday. By far the most exuberant staging from any of the rose nurseries, dominating the Rose Marquee. If only there was a 'scent' button on your keyboard.. A comprehensive selection of their English Roses, displayed enclosed within a…
Continue reading ➞ David Austin Roses at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show
A look at the other rose nurseries exhibiting at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show, which finished on Sunday. Mattocks, Fryers, Bill le Grice, Style Roses, Harkness, Peter Beales, Eastcroft Roses, Pococks.... The Historic Roses Group too, a member of which I now am. Hybrid Teas and Floribundas, in the main, with modern shrubs, some climbers…
Continue reading ➞ The Rose Marquee at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show
A David Austin rose of great beauty and exceptional fragrance. Enough to be getting on with here I think... (don't mention orange!)
The rose bed outside the visitor centre to Syon House and Gardens planted up with four David Austin varieties with low hedges of box and lavender. Gertrude Jekyll, Geoff Hamilton, Winchester Cathedral and The Generous Gardener.
A bouquet of roses, ancient and modern, to feed the soul and the senses.
The luminous Pat Austin I'm reading through David Austin's The English Rose for passages relating to this rose, introduced in 1995 and named for his late wife, Pat Austin. Writing on the choice of colour and introducing new colours in particular: 'Here we are looking not simply for a variety of colour, but for good…
Continue reading ➞ Shades of Copper and Flame…
Introduced in 2000, this is a free-flowering shrub bearing soft-apricot-paling-to-creamy-white rosette-shaped flowers with a faint scent (its only shortcoming, this). Superbly healthy and growing to a fine 4' x 3'. Named for The Crocus Trust, hence the odd nomenclature for plant that is not obviously a crocus.
The Teddington Gardener 