The very first look at the first flowers on this new rose from David Austin (in bloom today at Petersham Nurseries).
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Old Rose, Tea, Fruit, Musk, Myrrh – fragrance & unlocking the secrets of the rose
This article is by Robert Calkin, originally published in The Royal National Rose Society Historic Rose Journal Autumn 2013. If you are not a member of the Historic Rose Group, articles such as these are just one reason to join! All the photography is mine. The weather this afternoon is so foul, I've enjoyed the…
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New Girls on the Block… fresh from David Austin
You might have gathered that it is pretty much Roses All the Way this week and I'll be showcasing the three new roses from David Austin at Petersham Nurseries this coming Friday, when I'll be talking about Old-fashioned and English Roses as part of a full weekend of events celebrating their 10th Birthday Celebrations. I…
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“I love snorting Roses” – Michael Marriott, Roses & David Austin
More research for a talk later this week and the room here at TG Central is strewn with rose books - thirty of them? Forty? What to include, what to leave out - heading off into all manner of topics and side-alleys and bookmarking pieces to read when I have more leisure.. (when, exactly?) And then…
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Roses all the way… a potted history of David Austin Roses
I'm gathering my thoughts for a talk next week and came across this article in The Telegraph, written by Bunny Guinness. I'll leave her to talk more about Uncle David... Coming up roses How to find out all about the joys of breeding roses from a favourite uncle. The name of the rose: David Austin…
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Another good day for the roses – good, but wet…
The roses at Petersham are giving up their treasures with new blooms every day - Old Roses with impeccable credentials and the new Aristocracy, courtesy of David Austin. Even on such a wet, nay traditional Bank Holiday Monday - there was fragrance too. No more can I ask...
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Almost, nearly there: David Austin’s finest – the promise of a good year for the roses?
This time last year, nothing. Barely a bud, nothing even closely resembling a flower. The month-long Sub-Zero ºC that was March 2013 put back the roses until July. This year, after a mild winter and some early sunshine (and the possibility of a long warm summer), I think it will be a good year for…
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A quiet word…. new plants for 2014
A show today with the great and the good of British nurseries, in the wet shadow of the Malvern Hills, to talk about new plants - thousands of plants, both familiar and freshly fêted in one huge hall. Introductions coming to a garden centre near you for 2014. All very exciting, truly. I have brochures…
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The Generous Gardener
A vase full of rose hips from The Generous Gardener, a favourite from David Austin No flowers for the Christmas table this year, but a display of these rather fat and rosy orange hips from The Generous Gardener. A very adaptable large shrub or climber, with large soft pink, highly fragrant flowers, flaming red fresh…
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