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Austin. English Shrub Rose. A fully double rose with soft apricot yellow blooms. Its outstanding fragrance is extremely strong with delicious fruity tones. Is an upright shrub, with bushy growth and light green leaves. A very free-flowering rose. Relatively disease free.

David Austin, 1995. PVR. Named after a Thomas Hardy character.

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Austin. This beautiful Rose is often a favourite and you are sure to love it too. Continuous blooms of softest pink with a delicate fruity fragrance will delight you through-out the summer. The flowers are double and cupped. Plant in a group for high impact. 1990 PVR.

Named for Eric Morley, the well-known impresario and founder of the Miss World pageant, whose daughter Kathryn died at an early age.

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Austin. A handsome red rose that does not fade as quickly as some in the summer sun. Large blooms with an informal cupped shape and a delicious fragrance. Dark green foliage, not too many thorns and generally healthy. Named for Mr Austin's father-in-law. PVR. 1993.

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Austin. Large, fullly cupped rosettes with outer petals that re-curve back slightly. Shaded a rich deep pink with a deliciously, fruity, fragrance with a hint of raspberry. Named for the late Baroness Strange who lived in Megginch Castle, Scotland. A good woman and a good rose. PVR. 2006.

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Austin. Robust and hardy with full double blooms that appear continuously throughout the season. The buds are a rich orange-red and open to reveal loosely arranged blooms in salmon with a golden yellow reverse on the petals. Nice fragrance and good disease resistance. PVR 2009.

Named after the poem/song (Do you remember learning this at school?) The Lady of Shalott written by Alfred Lord Tenneyson. On either side the river lie Long fields of barley and of rye..............

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Austin. A hardy rose that can be trained as a small climber or a large shrub. Dark green foliage is off-set by beautiful blooms that are a soft apricot/pink and fully quartered. The flowers are strongly scented and flower continuously flowering from summer to autumn. 1982 PVR. Deciduous

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Austin. This angel of a rose has clouds of soft creamy apricot blooms that gently fade to white. A beautiful rose that blooms generously and has a vigorous, disease resistant, informal, growth habit. Named for an artefact recently discovered at Lichfield Cathedral. Mr Austin does it again! PVR 2006.

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Austin. This is a pretty little rose with real flower power. The soft yellow flowers are rosette shaped and have a strong fragrance. 'Molineux' has a strong resistance to disease so overall a worthy choice. Lovely for the front of the border. 1998. PVR.

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This rose is an old favourite of mine and many other NZ gardeners. Often found thriving in older gardens. The white flowers are very fragrant and open from long pointed buds. A profuse flowering rose throughout the summer. Generally hardy and tolerant. From Northern Ireland - 1910.

There is also an excellent climbing version of this lovely old rose that David Austin has on his 'recommended roses' list - as do we.

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Austin. The light crimson buds open to reveal large, deep velvet crimson blooms that have a beautifull fruity fragrance. The blooms are double, full and cupped and can only be described as 'yum'. Repeats well and shows good disease resistance. PVR. 2010.

Munstead Wood was the name of Gertrude Jekyll's garden in Surrey. Gertrude Jekyll was an accomplished and influential garden writer and designer 1843-1932.