Roses by David Austin

The Roses by David Austin, often referred to as English Roses, are his attempts to create roses that have the look of the Old Roses but with the ability to repeat like the modern roses. At first I was very exited about having roses like my Old European roses only with with repeating bloom. But after growing some English Roses, I find them to be much closer to hybrid teas in winter hardiness and disease resistance than the Old roses. As the years passed, I found some to be hardier, such as Windrush and Gertrude Jekyll. Also as the English roses grew older, most of them grew into nice bushy shrubs.

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