Best David Austin Roses

Best roses for shade, scent, flowering, the coast and disease resistance

Top 5 roses for shade

Gertrude Jekyll – shrub, mid-pink, repeat flowerer, fantastic fragrance, height 122cm (4’), width 122cm (4’), BBC Gardener’s World viewers favourite rose

Claire Austin – climber, white, repeat flowerer, strong fragrance, good disease resistance, height 3.65m (12’), width 152cm (5’)

Lady of Shalott – shrub, apricot, repeat flowerer, not strong fragrance, good disease resistance, height 152cm (5’), width 122cm (4’)

Princess Alexandra of Kent – shrub, mid-pink, repeat flowerer, strong scent, height 122cm (4’), width 92cm (3’)

The Generous Gardener – climber, pale pink, repeat flowerer, strong scent, good disease resistance, height 4.57m (15’), width 152cm (5’)

Top 5 fragrant roses

Lady Emma Hamilton – shrub, pinky/peach, repeat flowerer, height 122cm (4’), width 92cm (3’)

Golden Celebration – shrub, deep gold, repeat flowerer, height 122cm (4’), width 122cm (4’)

Harlow Carr – shrub, mid-pink, repeat flowerer, good disease resistance, height 122cm (4’), width 122cm (4’)

Gertrude Jekyll – shrub, mid-pink, repeat flowerer, height 122cm (4’), width 122cm (4’), BBC Gardener’s World viewers favourite rose
Gentle Hermione – shrub, very pale pink, repeat flowerer, good disease resistance, height 152cm (5’), width 122cm (4’)

Top 5 repeat-flowerers

Boscobel – shrub, very pale creamy peach, strong fragrance, good disease resistance, height 122cm (4’), width 92cm (3’)

Roald Dahl – shrub, gold-peach, strong fragrance, height 122cm (4’), width 92cm (3’)

Susan Williams-Ellis – shrub, white, strong old rose scent, height 122cm (4’), 92cm width (3’)

The Poet’s Wife – shrub, golden yellow, strong fragrance, height 122cm (4’), width 92cm (3’)

Olivia Rose Austin – shrub, mid-pink, strong fragrance, good disease resistance, height 122cm (4’), width 92cm (3’)

Top 5 roses for the coast

Thomas A Becket – shrub, deep carmine, repeat flowerer, old rose fragrance, good disease resistance, height 122cm (4’), width 92cm (3’)

Teasing Georgia – shrub/climber, rich yellow, repeat flowerer, strong fragrance, good disease resistance, height 1.52/3.65m (5’/12’), width 122cm (4’)

The Alnwick Rose – shrub, pinky/peach, repeat flowerer, highly fragrant, good disease resistance, height 122cm (4’), width 92cm (3’)

Scepter’d Isle – shrub, pale pink, repeat flowerer, strong scent, good disease resistance, height 122cm (4’), width 92cm (3’)

Claire Austin – climber, white, repeat flowerer, highly fragrant, good disease resistance, height 3.65m (12’), width 1.52m (5’)

Top 5 disease resistance roses

Geoff Hamilton – shrub, mid-pink, repeat flowerer, slight fragrance, height 122cm (4’), width 92cm (3’)

Lady of Shalott – shrub, apricot, repeat flowerer, not strong fragrance, height 1.52m (5’), width (4’)
Harlow Carr – shrub, mid-pink, repeat flowerer, exceptional scent, height 122cm (4’), width 122cm (4’)
Lichfield Angel – shrub, lemony/white, repeat flowerer, very little fragrance, height 122cm (4’), width 92cm (3’)

The Lady Gardener – shrub, apricot, repeat flowerer, strong scent, height 92cm (4’), width 92cm (3’)

For more information on growing roses just get in touch with our Outdoor Plant team here in store.

All images courtesy of David Austin