Four Sought-after David Austin Roses Now Available

David Austin Roses has announced that four sought after recent U.S. introductions, Rosa 'Windermere', Rosa 'Bishop's Castle', Rosa 'The Endeavour', and Rosa 'Carding Mill', will be available to American gardeners nationwide in spring 2011 as U.S.-grown bare root roses by mail-order from www.davidaustinroses.com.

This will be welcome news to many American rose aficionados. In past years, the announcement of new David Austin roses has often been rather tantalizing. On the one hand rose lovers were thrilled at the thought of trying out the newest offerings from David Austin, one of the world's great Rosarians and creator of the fragrant English Rose. On the other hand came the quandary of where to find them.

Until 2010, some of David Austin roses were sold in the U.S. only under license. To ensure a supply of the latest introductions of David Austin English Roses to U.S. customers, the company has not renewed many of its previous licensing agreements and instead created a new program to grow, distribute and sell its patented roses to U.S. gardeners and retailers.

One result is that U.S. gardeners can now order these four recently released English Roses direct from David Austin Roses via mail order. There are now more than 120 David Austin English Rose varieties online, available to American gardeners as 2-year bare root roses for spring delivery (February through June, depending on the recipient's climate zone) from www.davidaustinroses.com:

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Rosa 'Windermere' (Aushomer) – Approximately 80 petals. Repeat-flowering. This irresistible rose features perfectly rounded buds that open to full, cupped flowers. The blooms are rich cream at first, paling to almost pure white. They have a delicious, fruity fragrance with a hint of citrus. This is a very free-flowering variety that continues to bloom until very late in the season. Its attractive, neat and compact bush produces many basal shoots offering pleasure without pain as they have very few thorns. 'Windermere' is named for a beautiful lake in the Lake District of northwest England. It grows to about 3 x 3 feet. Hardy in USDA zones 5 – 9.

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Rosa ‘Bishop's Castle' – (Ausbecks) – Approximately 80 petals. Repeat-flowering. The flowers of 'Bishop's Castle' are an absolutely pure shade of rich rose pink that pales as the flowers mature. The flowers are shallowly cupped, very fully double with a central button eye and are held attractively above the rounded bushy growth. The rose repeat flowers throughout the season and is very robust and healthy. 'Bishop's Castle' makes an excellent choice for formal situations, in rose beds and borders. It is equally at home in mixed flower gardens with annuals, perennials and other shrubs. With its neat bushy habit and excellent repeat flowering this rose is also superb as a hedge planting. Its scent is an excellent, old rose fragrance. Bishop's Castle is a marvelous market town not far from the David Austin nursery in Shropshire, England. The bush grows to a nice 4 x 3 feet. Hardy in USDA zones 5 – 9.

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Rosa ‘The Endeavour' – (Ausdisco) – Approximately 50 petals. Repeat-flowering. This is an extremely healthy and floriferous variety with beautiful rosette shaped flowers. The upper side of the petals is a soft, slightly salmon-tinted pink, while the reverse is soft yellow. The growth remains compact even in the hotter areas and, in fact, this is a variety best suited to the warmer U.S. regions. The leaves are a dark green contrasting well with the color of the flowers. There is a medium strong spicy fragrance. The ship HMS Endeavor, commanded by Lieutenant James Cook, carried the famous explorer on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean where he discovered and claimed New Zealand (1769), Australia (1770) and a multitude of Pacific islands for the British crown. The rose 'The Endeavour' reaches 4 x 3½ feet as a garden bush or to 8 feet as a climber. Hardy in USDA zones 5 – 9.

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Rosa ‘Carding Mill’ – (Auswest) – Approximately 80 petals. Repeat-flowering. An outstanding variety that has proved particularly suited to American gardening conditions. The cupped blooms are in glorious mixed shades of pink, apricot and yellow. The uppermost sides of the petals provide a wonderful contrast with the backs of the petals, creating the overall impression of rich apricot. There is a strong, myrrh fragrance, which is surprisingly rare among roses, first appearing in the English Roses with Rosa 'Constance Spry'. 'Carding Mill' will quickly form a lovely, healthy, bushy shrub that produces many flowers and repeats very well. This versatile rose is highly recommended for flower beds, rose borders, large containers, landscaping and hedging in areas of full sun or partial shade. This rose was named after an extremely beautiful valley in the Long Mynd, a scenic area of hills and moors close to David Austin's display gardens in Shropshire, England. Grows to 4 x 3½ feet as a garden bush. Hardy in USDA zones 5 – 9.