Variety, Rose Type, Bloom Color, Outstanding Qualities, Fragrance, Plant Size, Bloom Size & Form

David Austin Roses 2026

Bathsheba (Own Root English Climbing Rose) – Apricot blooms with paling cream outer petals; strong myrrh fragrance with hints of honey and tea; blooms are large and shallowly cupped; exceptionally full blooms with over 170 petals per flower; a short, vigorous climber reaching 10’; named for the heroine of Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd

Carding Mill (English Shrub Rose) – Petals are a mixture of pink, apricot, and yellow, giving an overall impression of soft, warm orange; medium myrrh fragrance; elegant, medium-sized blooms are held elegantly on strong stems on a rounded, tidy shrub; named for a beautiful valley in the Long Mynd near David Austin’s nursery in Shropshire

Charles Darwin (Own Root English Shrub Rose) – Best for fragrance with a deliciously strong floral, tea, and pure lemon scent; large, deep yellow blooms with a neat, shallow-cupped form; sturdy shrub with broad, spreading growth reaching 4’ tall and wide; can handle full sun and partially shady locations

Claire Austin (English Climbing Rose) – Best for Health, Best for Fragrance with a strong myrrh with dashes of meadowsweet, vanilla, and heliotrope; large, creamy white flowers have petals arranged in perfect concentric rings; medium climber reaching 12’ tall, a great choice for shadier locations

 Elizabeth (English Shrub Rose) – Best for Health, Best for Fragrance, Best for Flowering; clusters of large, pale pink-apricot rosettes; strong sweet, fresh fragrance with hints of lemon sherbet and old rose; an exceptionally healthy and vigorous rose, reaching 4.5’ tall and wide at maturity

Emily Brontë  (English Shrub Rose) – Best for Fragrance, Best for Health, this bushy shrub is exceptionally vigorous; string tea scent becomes more old rose with hints of grapefruit and lemon; distinctive neat, flat blooms area lovely soft pink dashed with apricot paling to cream at the edges

James Galway (Own Root English Climbing Rose) – Medium pink center with paling outer petals; light to medium old rose fragrance; medium to large neat, full blooms; a fast growing medium climber that quickly reaches 12’; performs well in shady areas; named for the famed Irish flautist

Lady of Shalott (Own Root English Shrub Rose) – Best for Flowering; chalice shaped blooms of loosely arranged orange mixed with salmon pink petals with golden yellow undersides; moderate tea fragrance with hints of spiced apple and clove; matures to a large shrub reaching 5’ tall and 4’ wide; its name was taken from one of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem’s to commemorate the 200th anniversary of his birth

Lichfield Angel (Own Root English Shrub Rose) – Pale peachy pink buds open to form neatly cupped, cream rosettes; light to medium musk fragrance; a vigorous rose that forms a large, rounded shrub reaching 5’ tall and wide; this almost thornless rose performs well in shady areas; named after an 8th century limestone sculptured panel discovered in Lichfield Cathedral, Stafforshire, UK

 Malvern Hills (English Rambling Rose) – Best for Flowering, Best for Health; Clusters of soft yellow fully double blooms; light musk fragrance; a reliable continuous bloomer; a medium rambler that reaches 15’; named for the range of hill just south of David Austin’s UK nursery, which have been dedicated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Princess Anne (English Shrub Rose) – Best for Flowering, Best for Health; Deep pink, almost red, blooms fade to a pure rich pink are held in large clusters; strong tea fragrance; forms a bushy, upright shrub reaching 4’ tall and 4.5’ wide; a particularly healthy rose that tolerates shady areas well

Strawberry Hill (English Climbing Rose) – Best for Fragrance with a lovely strong myrrh and honey fragrance; medium to large mid pink cupped rosettes adorn arching branches of exceptionally glossy dark green foliage; a short climber that reaches 10’; named for the gothic revival house in Twickenham, London, England built by Horace Walpole

Teasing Georgia (Own Root English Climbing Rose) – Strong tea fragrance; medium-large blooms are rich yellow at the center fading to pale yellow at edges; medium climber reaching 12’; a particularly free-flowering climber, producing impressive displays of blooms into fall

 The Alnwick Rose, aka Alnwick Castle (English Shrub Rose) – Medium old rose fragrance with a hint of raspberry; rich pink buds open to broad, full-petaled, shallow cups of soft pink; growth is bushy and upright; named for the Alnwick Garden in the UK; great for containers

 The Generous Gardener (English Climbing Rose) – Best for Fragrance with strong old rose, musk, and myrrh notes; beautifully formed, large flowers of pale, glowing pink nod gracefully on the stem; medium climber reaching 15’; great for shadier gardens; named for the National Garden Scheme in the UK whick raises money for health charities by opening up private gardens to visitors

The Pilgrim (Own Root English Climbing Rose) – Particularly beautiful large, flat rosettes of soft yellow paling towards the edges; moderate tea and myrrh fragrance; a medium climber that reaches 12’ in height; performs well in shady areas; named for the pilgrims in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

The Poet’s Wife (Own Root English Shrub Rose) – Best for Fragrance with a strong, rich fruity scent with a hint of lemon that becomes sweeter and stronger with age; neatly arranged rich yellow flowers that pale with age; forms a compact, rounded shrub reaching 3.5’ tall and wide; performs well in shady areas and in containers

 Windermere (English Shrub Rose) - Full, cupped flowers start a rich creamy yellow and fade to almost pure white; delicious medium to strong fruity fragrance; forms a neat, compact plant reaching 4’ tall and 3’ wide; named after the largest mere (long, thin lake) in England; a healthy and reliable rebloomer

NOTE: For information about these roses or how to grow them, send an email to: treesandshrubs@stanleysgreenhouse.com or call 865-573-9591, and ask to speak to a member of the trees and shrubs team who will be happy to help you!