Growing English Roses

Unrivalled beauty with spectacular ease

Effortless and beautiful, English Roses are the highlight of any garden, flowering every summer with ease and outstanding health. Their large blooms, famous fragrances and copious color will bring joy as they magically transform your garden.

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Queen of Sweden

Introduced in 2004, this exceptionally pretty rose features charming buds which stand proud opening to half-enclosed pure pink cups. Repeat flowering with a medium myrrh fragrance.

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English

rose shrubs

Shrub roses are the jewel of any garden with their often large, fragrant blooms in copious colors. Ideal for planting in beds, borders, pots and containers they will illuminate any outdoor space with their decadent style.

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Easy Care Collection

The easiest way to grow a rose well is to choose a strong, disease resistant variety. All of these varieties are healthy and reliable, so have the best chance of thriving for years in your garden.

Climbing & Rambling Roses

Ideal for growing on an obelisk, around a door, over an arch or up the front of a house, climbing and rambling roses have the ability to transform any outdoor space.

Our Recommended Roses

Princess Anne English Shrub Rose $32.00 - $35.00
Vanessa Bell™ English Shrub Rose $32.00 - $35.00
Desdemona English Shrub Rose $32.00 - $35.00
Gabriel Oak English Shrub Rose $32.00
Roald Dahl English Shrub Rose $32.00 - $35.00
Eustacia Vye English Shrub Rose $32.00
Lady of Shalott English Shrub Rose $32.00 - $35.00
Olivia Rose Austin English Shrub Rose $32.00 - $35.00

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Latest News

Introducing Nye Bevan

Nye Bevan (Auspital) English shrub rose This new variety is a truly delightful English Shrub Rose...

New for 2023 - Elizabeth

This year we feel privileged to introduce two wonderful new varieties to our collection. Elizabeth, named...

Planting with Pick n' Mix Pinks

Sugary, sweet and completely delectable, pink roses come in every shade and flavour imaginable.

Favourite roses for shade, bees, fragrance & amazing flowers

Plant with abundance & create a bountiful blooming garden in an instant.

Exquisitely Fragrant English Roses

Let mesmerizing scents guide you... Inspired by Old Roses, David Austin Snr passionately believed that fragrance...

Finding the Perfect Color

The color of roses, and accompanying plants, is a matter of personal taste, but there are...

Climbing & Rambling Roses in Pots

"Can I plant a climbing or rambling rose in a pot?" is one of the most...

A blooming wonderful return to RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022

We are all delighted to return to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year and are...

Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2022

We are overjoyed to be awarded our 19th gold medal and 'Best Rose Exhibit' at this year's...

Why Choose Roses?

With so many plants to choose from why are roses among one of the best plants...

Mixed Borders: Rustic Apricot

Mixed beds and borders are one of the easiest ways to incorporate roses into your garden....

Mixed Borders: Cool Pinks

Mixed beds and borders are one of the easiest ways to incorporate roses into your garden....

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Hardiness Zones

English Roses can be grown in most hardiness zones.

A lifetime of rose breeding...

For almost 60 years David Austin Snr. worked towards his goal of creating an ever more beautiful rose, releasing over 200 varieties with his name on the quest.

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