Plant field guide
David Austin English Rose
Old-fashioned double blooms with modern repeat flowering and disease resistance. Intensely fragrant. The gold standard of garden roses.
Growing requirements
- Scientific name
- Rosa (David Austin)
- Sun
- full sun
- Water
- moderate
- Height
- 36 in (91 cm) – 72 in (183 cm)
- Spread
- 36 in (91 cm) – 48 in (122 cm)
- Spacing
- Not recorded
- Hardiness zones & minimum temperature
- USDA 5–9; average annual extreme minimum from -20°F (-28.9°C). Hardiness does not predict local frost dates.
- Difficulty
- moderate
Planting & seasonal timing
Northern Hemisphere planting months: not yet verified in our database.
Northern Hemisphere pruning months: February, March.
For the Southern Hemisphere, these seasonal windows shift approximately six months. Check your local frost forecast, soil temperature, and species requirements; calendar months are not a guarantee of planting safety.
Heavy feeders. Deadhead to encourage reblooming. Mulch well. Abraham Darby, Graham Thomas, and Lady of Shalott are favorites.
Pruning
Remove dead and thin canes in late winter. Shape to desired size. Deadhead spent blooms to first 5-leaflet leaf for rebloom.
Fertilizer
Rose fertilizer or balanced organic
Every 4-6 weeks during growing season
Mulch
3 inches of organic mulch.