David Austin® Cut Roses and Garden Roses
Exploring Their Differences
David Austin® Roses are loved for their beauty and character, yet they serve two very different purposes. Our garden roses are created to live and flourish outdoors, returning year after year with timeless colour, fragrance and charm. Our Cut Roses for weddings and Rose Bouquets, by contrast, are grown exclusively for the floral industry, crafted to create exquisite bouquets and floral arrangements for life’s most memorable moments.
Rose Bouquets: A Rose Bouquet For Every Occasion
At David Austin, we believe there is a Rose Bouquet for every occasion and for every cherished individual in your life. Delivered direct to your doorstep at any time of the year, each bouquet is meticulously arranged, a testament to our dedication to beauty and quality, ensuring a truly luxurious experience for both the sender and the recipient. The joy of selecting such a personal and exquisite gift is matched only by the delight of receiving it.
We invite you to explore our collections and find the David Austin Rose Bouquet that speaks to you. Let us help you make every occasion, every gesture, truly unforgettable.
Garden Roses: For Life’s Everyday Romance
Our garden roses are designed for planting, growing and enjoying as part of your home and landscape. They weave themselves into the rhythm of the seasons, filling borders, arches and containers with abundant flowers and enchanting fragrance. These are roses that you live with, roses that greet you on summer mornings, catch raindrops on their petals and bloom faithfully, year after year.
Because garden roses are bred to grow naturally, their stems are often shorter and their shapes softer and more relaxed. They are not intended for floristry but for beauty in situ, where they can truly flourish and evolve over time.
For many couples, there is something profoundly meaningful in planting a garden rose that mirrors the ones they carried on their wedding day. It becomes a living reminder of love, creating a thread between one perfect moment and a lifetime of shared seasons.
Cut Roses: Designed for Bouquets, Weddings and Events
Our Cut roses, sometimes called wedding and event roses, are bred and grown with floristry in mind. Grown under cover in equatorial climates to ensure year-round flowering, they offer long, straight stems, generous blooms and exceptional performance. Every detail has been considered to help floral designers create bouquets, centrepieces and installations that are truly breathtaking. Their beauty also effortlessly transfers to your home allowing you to experience David Austin Roses in every room of your house as well as your garden.
Think of the soft ivory ruffles of Leonora™ Auswagsy (US PP32531), the warm golden glow of Beatrice™ Auslevity US PP26365 or unique apricot toned romance of Juliet™ Ausjameson. Each is designed to hold its beauty from the first look down the aisle to the final dance. These are the roses of the moment, intended to be admired in the hand, in a bouquet, or as part of a floral story that defines your wedding day.
For more than two decades, David Austin Wedding Roses have graced events around the world, from Royal weddings to the most intimate of occasions, creating a magical backdrop of roses – an atmosphere that is both timeless and elegant.
Shared Heritage, Singular Purpose
Whether gracing your garden or starring in a bouquet, every David Austin rose is born from the same vision. Our founder, David C.H. Austin (left), dreamed of combining the charm and fragrance of old roses with the repeat flowering and colour range of modern varieties.
That vision lives on in every bloom, whether it is planted at the heart of your home and returning each year, or captured forever in your wedding photographs. Each rose may have its own purpose, but both share the same spirit: to bring beauty, joy and unforgettable memories to life.
Let Us Help You Choose the Perfect Roses
Whether you are planting a rose to commemorate your wedding day, selecting a living legacy for your garden, dreaming of wedding flowers that will take your guests’ breath away, or a gift bouquet for your wedding anniversary, we are here to help, because every chapter of life deserves its own perfect rose.
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David Austin® Wedding Roses and Garden Roses: Exploring Their DifferencesDavid Austin® Roses are loved for their beauty and character, yet they serve two very different purposes. Our garden roses are created to live and flourish outdoors, returning year after year with timeless colour, fragrance and charm. Our Wedding Roses and Rose Bouquets, by contrast, are grown exclusively for the floral industry, crafted to create exquisite bouquets and floral arrangements for life’s most memorable moments.Read more5 days ago -
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