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 * David Austin Roses**

· **David C.H. Austin** **OBE (born 1926) is a rose breeder and writer who lives in Shropshire, England. His emphasis is on breeding roses with the character and fragrance of Old Garden Roses (Gallicas, Damasks, Alba roses, etc.) but with the repeat-flowering ability and wide colour range of modern roses such as Hybrid Teas and Floribundas.**

· **His first rose, 'Constance Spry', was introduced in 1963. In 1967 and 1968 he introduced 'Chianti' and 'Shropshire Lass' respectively. Although these first roses bloomed only once in spring or early summer, they led, in 1969, to a series of remontant (repeat-flowering) varieties, including 'Wife of Bath' and 'Canterbury' (both in honor of the English author Geoffrey Chaucer). Austin's roses soon became the most successful group of new roses in the twentieth century.**

· **After 50 years of intensive breeding, David Austin’s English roses combine the forms and fragrances of old roses with the repeat flowering of modern roses. They are very easy to grow, healthy and reliable.**

· ** English Roses may be grown as magnificent, shapely shrubs or trained as short climbers. David Austin’s extensive collection contains a rose for almost every garden situation. **

· **David Austin was appointed officer of the order of the British empire in the queens birthday honours list for services to horticulture.**

· **David Austin lives in Shropshire where he overseas one of the worlds largest garden rose breeding programmes.**

· **Though Austin's roses are not officially recognised as a separate class of roses by, for instance, the Royal National Rose Society (in Great Britain) or the American Rose Society, they are nonetheless commonly referred to by rosarians, at nurseries, and in horticultural literature as 'English Roses' (the term he uses) or 'Austin Roses'.**


 * References. __[|www.davidaustinroses.com]__**
 * __en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Austin__**

David Austin Roses

Edited by Pierre Charles** to print right click and download attached document **PRUNING AND DEAD HEADINGS **
 * Created by Tim Macey

· Remove all dead, crisscrossed, diseased or dying canes. · Remove thin, weak canes. · They are pruned in the winter in the normal way. · In summer after each flush of flowering cut out the dead headings. The aim is to improve repeat flowering and to maintain the overall shape of the plant. · After flowing cutback the flowering stems two or three sets of leaves. · Consider leaving five to seven larger canes each spring and removing the weaker ones. · Prune them as to their growth pattern. Upright ones prune back by one half, spreading, arching and bushy by one third. · **REFERENCE ** · Mann, R 1994, Roses, Times publications pte ltd, Singapore. · Mattock, J 1996, Gardner’s guide to growing roses, Quarto publishing pte, the old Brewery, 6 Blundell street, London. · Passmore, N, Morrissy, C & Kemp, A 1993,Roses WA, Canterbury publications, 1 Leonard street, Victoria park WA 6100. · Swane, V 1994, Valerie Swane's rose book, Angus & Robertson publication, 25 Ryde Road, Pymble , Sydney, NSW , Australia. · [|www.simplegiftsfarm.com/david-austin-roses] · [|www.flowergarden.com.au] · <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|www.townandcountrygardens.com.au]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">DAVID AUSTIN **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Written by Delvin Davis **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Edited by Ross L. Young **