What is David Austin Rose®?

David Austin Roses® is a hybrid varieties created by English horticultural David Austin. Since the 1960s, Austin has worked on creating roses that combine the best elements of ancient varieties with innovations of new roses. Although the English or US authorities were not really recognized as a separate classification of hybrid roses, the varieties of David Austin Rose®, called English roses, are some of the most popular species available today. In the 40th of the 20th century he discovered a book about old or antique roses that inspired him to create attempts at hybrid varieties. The first David Austin® Rose, "Constance Spry", was the only flowering, dark pink rose with a heavy fragrance, created by a cross between the old world Gallica "Belle Isis", and the modern Floribunda "Dainty Maid" .t in the Middle East and Mediterranean. The varieties of the old world or old gardens include Damask, albums and Chinese. Most old world roses are known for their strong scents, high resistance to disease and twoIta flowering construction. Although these varieties were brought to Europe for centuries, they were out of fashion at the beginning of the 20th century.

Modern roses such as hybrid tea, floribunda and polyantha variety often bloom repeatedly throughout the year. They are available in different colors and many of them have a single flower construction. Unfortunately, modern varieties are often without fragrance and can be susceptible to disease.

David Austin Rose® is designed to combine the best features of the old world and New World roses. Austin worked extensively with hybrid tea and floribundas, raised flowers with the old world varieties, hoping to reach the rose was fragrant, colorful, repeated flowering and resistant to disease.

For the creation of David Austin Rose®, the pollen is collected from different roses and is used to pollinate the second plant. Every year, more than 150,000 crosses try, resulting in a number of unique hybrid species. After the flourishing of the new hYbrids are those with an exceptional color or smell, for several years of testing in the field, cropping a number of viable plants from about two hundred to the five most perfect examples of a new species.

Roses created by David Austin are named for famous historical and fictional characters, animals, colors, popular phrases and places. They are available in almost every shade of color that can be imagined, and new varieties are represented every year. Favorite varieties include brilliant yellow "golden celebration", delicate pink climbing "Cecile Brunner" and stunning red "Tess of D'Arbervilles."

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varieties of David Austin Rose® are loved by gardeners for their easy care and adaptability to various climate, exhibitions of the sun and soils. There are more than 200 types of English roses available in kindergartens, garden shops or online on the website of David Austin. When ordering through the David Austin website, the prices of bare root roses are between 19-2$ 5 USD (USD.) Discounts often available if plants are purchased in sets of three or more. David Austin Rose® is a great gift for the beginning gardener and is an excellent addition to any fragrant garden.