Lovely and elegant old roses, varieties more than 100 years old, are, in truth, not morally superior to vulgar modern Hybrid Teas, but you wouldn't know this by talking to an old-rose rosarian. Sure, ...

The way we use roses in our gardens has altered dramatically since my grandmother’s time. You rarely see them as mono cultures, with stiff upright specimens and lots of bare ground underneath. Instead ...

Imagine a new shrub rose adorned in intoxicatingly fragrant, opulent cupped flowers resembling those of an old rose. Even more enticing, our make- believe rose boasts the perpetual blooming aspect of ...

I’ve always fancied myself a bit of an Anglophile (yes, I did just see the second Downton Abbey movie yesterday) so my love of David Austin’s English roses comes naturally to me. I bought my first ...

I HAVE the most glorious David Austin rose called Golden Celebration which was recommended to me by the man himself when I inquired whether it was possible to grow fragrant old English roses in large ...