Austin
PAGE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL Austin. Beautiful cupped blooms of softest peachy pink open out to large full rosettes (up to 90 petals). Glossy green healthy foliage and a delightful fruity fragrance make this a most desirable rose. Strong upright grower that is also tolerant of a little shade.
A Shropshire Lad Expected Stock Height: 30/40 cm ? We will not have this plant 2025/26. Austin. A gorgeous shrub rose with deeply cupped, very fruity fragrant blooms in shades of warm apricot and pink that repeat all season. A disease resistant plant, with dark green foliage, that could be trained as a small climber. Abraham Darby Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? Currently sold out. New season roses available next winter. Add to your waitlist to be advised when next in stock. Austin Climber. Apricot-yellow buds open to a large showly cupped, many petalled rosette. They are a beautiful blend of subtle apricot-pink and soft yellow, giving the overall impression of apricot, with creamy outer petals. Strong, honey, myrrh fragrance. A vigorous climber with mid-green foliage. Bathsheba Clg Expected Stock Height: 20/40cm ? New stock expected Middle of May, 2026. Waitlist now. Estimated price TBA. Payment on order.
Austin. Showy double, cupped red rosette blooms with a hint of orange. Very fragrant and vigorous strong growth. Definitely a 'standout' as was the English Composer this rose is named after. PVR. 2001. Deciduous
Benjamin Britten We will not have this plant 2025/26. Austin. Beautiful flowers of rich salmon start as red buds which open first to pretty cups, gradually developing into blooms of classic rosette formation. The delightful myrrh fragrance has a hawthorn character with hints of elderflower, pear and almond. Dark green foliage on a vigorous healthy bush. Boscobel Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? New stock expected Middle of May, 2026. Waitlist now. Estimated price TBA. Payment on order.
Austin. One of the first David Austin English roses to be bred and subsequently used as a parent in further red varieties. A vigorous shrub with blooms that have a powerful "old world" fragrance. Large purple maroon flowers appear in summer. Healthy dark green foliage. 1967.
Chianti We will not have this plant 2025/26. Austin. Described by David Austin as "their finest white rose to date" and appropriately named after his daughter Claire. Buds of pale lemon open to large white blooms with petals arranged in concentric circles. The plentiful blooms are very fragrant. Excellent disease resistance. 2011.
Claire Austin Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? New stock expected Middle of May, 2026. Waitlist now. Estimated price TBA. Payment on order.
Austin. An exquisitely beautiful DA rose. Peachy pink buds open to beautiful, white, chalice-shaped blooms, with a pinkish hue. Strong Old Rose fragrance has hints of almond blossom, cucumber and lemon zest. It forms a neat, rounded, bushy shrub. Desdemona Expected Stock Height: 20/30 cm ? New stock expected Middle of May, 2026. Waitlist now. Estimated price TBA. Payment on order.
Austin. A particularly tough and reliable variety of medium size, with flowers of deep glowing pink. These are shallowly cupped at first; the outer petals eventually reflexing back and revealing an attractive button eye. Englands Rose flowers more or less continually from October to April
Englands Rose Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? We will not have this plant 2025/26. An exceedingly pretty rose of soft, glowing apricot-pink, each bloom packed with numerous delicately ruffled petals. Held on red-tinged stems, the blooms begin as shallow cups, opening to full rosettes, revealing petals of a richer hue, which gradually pale over time. They have a delicious strong fruity fragrance. Eustacia Vye New stock expected Middle of May, 2026. Waitlist now. Estimated price TBA. Payment on order.
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Named after A.E. Houseman's poem however David Austin was also a Shropshire Lad as that is where he was born.
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 1.5m x 1m
Brother Cadfael Claire Rose Wildeve ![]()
Just in case you have ever wondered, this rose is named after Abraham Darby who was an English Pioneer of the Industrial Revolution.
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 2m x 1.5m![]()
The name was inspired by the heroine of Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd.
Habit: Climbing
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 3m x 3m![]()
PVR:
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 1.5m x 1.5m
L D Braithwaite Boscobel Thomas A Becket ![]()
PVR: 33021
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 90cm x 75cm![]()
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 1.5m x 1.5m
Thomas A Becket Young Lycidas Iceberg Burgundy ![]()
Claire Austin is also an established nursery woman growing perennials. Her book "Irises- A Gardeners Encyclopedia" is a "must have" for any Iris grower.
PVR: 31000
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 2.4m x 1.2m![]()
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 1.1m x 1.1m![]()
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 90cm x 110cm
James L Austin Princess Anne Radio Times 
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 1.25m x 0.9m
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