David Austin's English Roses

Now I ask you "who doesn't marvel at the smell of an English rose"? The scent is so magnificent and a bowl of just cut roses perfumes the air like no other.If you have never experienced the scent of a David Austin rose, well then, you are missing out.This book really goes into his different roses and lets you know for instance, what are climbers etc etc. Descriptions of the individual roses and potential problems are also listed. Basically for anyone who is going to put in David Austin roses you can read up on what would work for you on your property.In my area of New England there is a nursery that I do a lot of business with. In the Fall they always have an amazing sale to get rid of stock. Well, I scooped up David Austin roses for $10 per 2 gallon pot, compared to the normal $60 each. Yikes, how lucky am I. But this certainly will give readers a suggestion of when to purchase your roses at a reasonable price.Now, one more thing. I pass this along to those just getting started with growing David Austin roses. Once you experience your first frost, then it is time to prune your roses and get them ready for the Winter. In the North East we experience some mighty cold temps. Roses need to be protected. Take wire, chicken wire is easiest and cut a two foot piece. This will go around each rose. Use wooden garden supports (the green ones that are used for staking flowers) to weave in and out of the wire and drive into the ground so the wire doesn't blow away. Then top dress with seasoned or just dried horse manure and on top of that fill the wire enclosure up with OAK leaves to cover the crown. You are filling the enclosure up about a quarter of the way.The pictures and descriptions in this book are just amazing. A must have!

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I have been a David Austin fan for more than 28 years when I owned a local perenial nursery. This book is one of the very best I have found on the subject of his roses. It does not contain all of his roses, in fact surprised it did not contain photo or information about some of his most successful and most loved roses. But there is much information about his roses, how to successfully grow them and also history about his own personal rose journey. I pick up this book again and again just to bury myself in the world of his roses and enjoy the fact that it is time well spent.

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I had this book 30 yrs ago, was definitely better.

Well worth the price. Good quality and beautiful.

Got this for my sister who is a big fan of David Austin roses. She has several in her yard. Beautiful book.

The beginning of the book tells you everything you need to know about David Austin roses and the rest of the book goes over a number of his roses with a short description and a picture.