What is a David Austin Rose®?
David Austin Roses® are hybrid varieties created by English horticulturist David Austin. Since the 1960s, Austin has worked to create species of roses that combine the best elements of ancient varieties with the innovations of new roses. While not truly recognized by English or American authorities as a separate classification of hybrid roses, the David Austin Rose® varieties, also called the English roses, are some of the most popular species available today. Creator David Austin was born and raised on a farm he still lives on, in Country Shropshire, England. In the 1940s, he discovered a book on old-world or antique roses that inspired him to create attempt hybrid varieties. The first David Austin® rose, “Constance Spry” was a single-blooming, dark pink rose with a heavy scent, created by a cross between the old world Gallica “Belle Isis,” and the modern floribunda “Dainty Maid.” Roses have been cultivated for thousands of years, throughout the Middle East and Mediterranean areas. Ol
