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Ideas for David Austin roses

MMflowerMMflower Posts: 79
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Hi. I am looking to add a few new roses to my garden. I have a few already including David Austin ones such as Snow Goose, Gertrude Jekyll, Alan Titchmarsh, Winchester Cathedral and some others like Super Trooper, Piccolo. Amongst this lot, I find that the David Austin roses have very dainty petals unlike eg. Super Trooper where the rose is firm to touch. Are there any David Austin roses which have 'firmer' petals and are not that dainty? 

Thanks.

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  • LoganLogan Posts: 2,532
    I think you have to take pot luckimage can't tell until they grow, you could try another grower. Cants of Colchester or fryers roses. I haven't got any Austen rosesimage
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,139

    I think that a lot of the DA roses, because they're bred from 'old' type roses, have soft petals - take a look at some of the Hybrid Tea (HT) varieties for firmer petals

    http://www.classicroses.co.uk/productindex.php?type=rose&prodfinderformroseFamily=hybrid_teas


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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

    I've grown Gertrude Jekyll and Winchester Cathedral. Had them for about 15yrs or more.

    GJ is a superb rose - I wouldn't say the petals are dainty, it's quite a cabbage flowered rose and they come through heavy rain without too much damage. The  warm/spicy perfume is excellent and it has been chosen to produce essential oil of rose in the UK.

    WC is also lovely, but the petals don't stand the rain as well. The flowers are mainly white, but I find many flowers also have pink petals as well as white, and occasionally a completely pink flower. A nice perfume, but doesn't compare with GJ.

    Graham Thomas is another I grow - a good yellow, nice perfume but does get leggy

    good luck.


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  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066

    If you really like DA roses then give the nursery a call and ask for recommendations.  I always find them really helpful when I visit and the staff always seem keen to make sure I choose the right rose for me. 

    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,065

    Our weeks of drought ended last night with a spectacular storm with winds that lifted a window box off the sill and dumped it and rain that was very heavy and driven in under doors.

    None of my DA roses is looking the least bedraggled - Gertrude, Sceptr'd Isle, William Shakespeare (the wussiest of my roses), Teasing Georgia, Tess of the D'Urbevilles, Queen of Sweden, Crocus Rose, Falstaff, Benjamin Britten, Malvern Hills, Generous Gardener.Jacqueline du Pré,...........

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  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066

    I love them too ebelixx.  DA roses always have that romatic look that really suits my garden.

    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • MMflowerMMflower Posts: 79

    @Obelixx , You're right about them not looking bedraggled (I just went out to check mine after the showers this morning) except for the Alan Titchmarsh rose which I find to beautiful but very delicate (all the petals had dropped off on relatively new flowers). image I just checked the Jacqueline du Pré rose and it's gorgeous. 

    I do love DA roses but I guess I'm also looking for roses with thicker petals and yes, I'll give the Peter Beales' roses a try. 

    Thanks all.

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