David C. H. Austin

David C. H. Austin
David C. H. Austin
Born	16 February 1926
Died	18 December 2018 (aged 92)
Spouse(s)	Pat Austin
Website	http://www.davidaustinroses.com/

Albury, New South Wales

, Botanical Gardens

Volksgarten

David Charles Henshaw Austin

floribundas

.

Career

Austin's first commercially available rose, Rosa 'Constance Spry', was introduced in 1961. 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 honour of the English author Geoffrey Chaucer). Austin's roses soon became the most successful group of new roses in the twentieth century.

Though Austin's roses are not officially recognised as a separate class of roses by, for instance, the

American Rose Society,^[3] they are nonetheless commonly referred to by rosarians, at nurseries, and in horticultural literature as 'English Roses' (the term he uses) or 'Austin Roses

'.

Since its founding in 1969, he and his firm David Austin Roses in

King Henry VIII's flagship, the Mary Rose. David Austin Roses is still a family business, run by his son David and his grandson Richard.^[4] For decades Austin worked closely with senior rosarian Michael Marriott. ^[5]

In the twenty-first century, Austin separated his roses into four groups as a guide to further developments. The four groups are:

the Old Rose Hybrids, roses with the appearance of the Old Roses but recurrent, healthy and with a wide range of colours

the Leander Group, often with Rosa wichurana in their breeding, with larger bushes and arching growth tending to make them pillar or low climbing roses

the English Musk Roses, based on 'Iceberg' and the
Noisette roses, with pale green, slender and airy growth. The musk rose
scent is missing from most, though other scents are present in many.

the English Alba Hybrids, with tall, rather blue-leaved bushes like the old
Alba roses.^[6]

In 2003, David Austin was awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour by the Royal Horticultural Society for his services to horticulture^[7] and the Dean Hole Medal from the Royal National Rose Society. He received an Honorary MSc from the University of East London for his work on rose breeding.^[8] He received the lifetime achievement award from the Garden Centre Association in 2004 and was awarded an OBE in 2007.^[2]

In 2010, he was named a "Great Rosarian of the World".^[9]

He died in December 2018 aged 92, and was buried at the parish church of St Mary Magdalene, Albrighton, on 4 January 2019.^[10]

Chelsea Flower Show

In 2019, David Austin Roses won its 25th Gold Medal at the Chelsea Flower Show, the first since the death of David Austin in 2018 and the 37th time David Austin Roses had exhibited. The Secret Garden-themed gold medal display housed two new roses - Rosa Eustacia Vye and Rosa Gabriel Oak - named after characters in the work of Thomas Hardy.^[11]

Books

Austin, David (1990). The heritage of the rose (rev. ed., repr. ed.). Woodbridge: Antique Collector's Club.
ISBN 1851490205
.

Austin, David (1992). Old roses and English roses (repr. ed.). Woodbridge: Antique Collector's Club.
ISBN 1851491503
.

Austin, David (1993). Shrub roses and climbing roses : with hybrid tea and floribunda roses (repr. ed.). Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club.
ISBN 185149166X
.

Martin, Clair G. (1997). 100 English roses for the American garden. New York: Workman.
ISBN 0761101853
.

Austin, David (2010). David Austin's English roses. Woodbridge: Garden Art.
ISBN 978-1870673709
.

Lawson, Andrew; David Austin (2011). The English roses (rev. ed.). London: Conran Octopus.
ISBN 978-1840915549
.

David Austin wrote the foreword for Beales, Peter (1998). Botanica's roses : encyclopedia of roses. Random House.
ISBN 0091835925
.

His annual free catalogue David Austin Handbook of Roses, mainly devoted to Austin Roses but also listing many other varieties (often in the Austin roses pedigree) on sale, contains information on roses and their care in general, as well as many rose photographs.

"English Rose"

"English Rose" is the designation for roses bred by David Austin.

List of Austin cultivars

'Constance Spry' (1961)
'Chianti' (1967)
'Shropshire Lass' (1968)
'Canterbury' (1969)
'The Friar' (1969)
'The Prioress' (1969)
'The Yeoman' (1969)
'The Knight' (1969)
'Chaucer' (1970)
'Charles Austin' (1973)
'Lilian Austin (1973)
'Redcoat' (1973)
'Yellow Button' (1975)
'The Squire' (1976)
'The Countryman' (1979)
'Charmian' (1982)
'Leander' (1982)
'Hero' (1982)
'Wise Portia' (1982)
'Cressida' (1983)
'Dapple Dawn' (1983)
'Graham Thomas' (1983)
'Immortal Juno' (1983)
'Lucetta' (1983)
'Mary Rose' (1983)
'Moonbeam' (1983)
'Perdita' (1983)
'Belle Story' (1984)
'Troilus' (1983)
'Tamora' (1983)
'Bredon' (1984)
'Dove' (1984)
'Heritage' (1984)
'Mary Webb' (1984)
'Windrush' (1984)
'Wenlock' (1984)
'Abraham Darby' (1985)
'Ellen' (1985)
'Robbie Burns' (1985)
'Sir Walter Raleigh' (1985)
'Gertrude Jekyll' (1986)
'Symphony' (1986)
'Wild Flower' (1986)
'The Countryman' (1987)
'The Nun' (1987)
'William Shakespeare' (1987)
'Charles Rennie Mackintosh' (1988)
'Fisherman's Friend' (1988)
'Francine Austin' (1988)
'L D Braithwaite' (1988)
'Potter and Moore' (1988)
'Queen Nefertiti' (1988)
'Financial Times Centenary' (1989)
'Sharifa Asma' (1989)
'Snowdon' (1989)
'Ambridge Rose' (1990)
'Claire Rose' (1990)
'Jayne Austin' (1990)
'Lilac Rose' (1990)
'Peach Blossom' (1990)
'Bow Bells' (1991)
'Cottage Rose' (1991)
'Country Living' (1991)
'Evelyn' (1991)
'The Pilgrim' (1991)
'Doctor Jackson' (1992)
'Emily' (1992)
'Sir Edward Elgar' (1992)
'Glamis Castle' (1992)
'Golden Celebration' (1992)
'Prospero' (1982)
'Redouté' (1992)
'Charlotte' (1993)
'Happy Child' (1993)
'Tradescant' (1993)
'The Alexandra Rose' (1993)
'Eglantyne' (1994)
'Radio Times' (1994)
'Windflower' (1994)
'Heavenly Rosalind' (1995)
'Jude the Obscure' (1995)
'Pat Austin' (1995)
'Pegasus' (1995)
'Scepter'd Isle' (1996)
'A Shropshire Lad' (1996)
'Barbara Austin' (1997)
'Geoff Hamilton' (1998)
'Teasing Georgia' (1998)
'Anne Boleyn' (1999)
'Buttercup 98' (2000)
'England's Rose' (2000)
'Crown Princess Margareta' (2000)
'Grace' (2001)
'The Mayflower' (2001)
'William Shakespeare 2000' (2001)
'Comtes de Champagne' (2001)
'The Alnwick Rose' (2001)
'Christopher Marlowe' (2002)
'Jubilee Celebration' (2002)
'Wildeve' (2003)
'Scarborough Fair' (2003)
'Charles Darwin' (2003)
'Rosemoor' (2004)
'Queen of Sweden' (2004)
'Hyde Hall' (2004)
'Harlow Carr' (2004)
'Carding Mill' (2004)
'Gentle Hermione' (2005)
'Summer Song' (2005)
'The Shepherdess' (2005)
'Darcey Bussell' (2006)
'Huntington Rose' (2006)
'Lady of Megginch' (2006)
'Lichfield Angel' (2006)
'Strawberry Hill' (2006)
'Tea Clipper' (2006)
'Claire Austin' (2007)
'Lady Emma Hamilton' (2007)
'Munstead Wood' (2007)
'Port Sunlight' (2007)
'Young Lycidas' (2008)
'Kew Gardens' (2009)
'The Wegdwood Rose' (2009)
'Lady of Shalott' (2009)
'Princess Anne' (2010)
'Susan William-Ellis' (2010)
'The Lady's Blush' (2010)
'William and Catherine' (2011)
'Boscobel' (2012)
'Tranquillity' (2012)
'Royal Jubilee' (2012)
'Thomas A Becket' (2013)
'The Albrighton Rambler' (2013)
'Olivia Rose Austin' (2014)
'The Lady of the Lake' (2014)
'The Poets Wife' (2014)
'Sir Walter Scott' (2015)
'The Ancient Mariner (2015)
'Desdemona' (2015)
'Bathsheba' (2016)
'Imogen' (2016)
'Roald Dahl' (2016)
'Vanessa Bell' (2017)
'Dame Judi Dench' (2017)
'Emily Brontë' (2018)
'The Mill on the Floss' (2018)
'Tottering-by-gently' (2018)
'Eustacia Vye' (2019)
'Gabriel Oak' (2019)
'Silas Marner' (2020)
'The Country Parson' (2020)
'Nye Bevan' (2021)
'Bring Me Sunshine' (2022)
'Elizabeth' (2022)
'Dannahue' (2023)
'Penelope Lively' (2023)

^[12] ^[13]

Selection of images

'Abraham Darby'^[14]^[15]
'Brother Cadfael'^[14]^[16]
'Charles Rennie Mackintosh'^[16]
'Charlotte'^[14]
'Crocus Rose'^[14]^[17]
'Crown Princess Margareta'^[18]
'Darcey Bussell'^[19]
'Evelyn'^[15]
'Gertrude Jekyll'^[14]
'Golden Celebration'^[14]
'Grace'^[14]
'Graham Thomas'^[14]^[18]
'Heritage'^[14]
'Jubilee Celebration'^[15]
'Mary Rose'^[14]
'Molineux'^[17]
'Pat Austin'^[14]
'Scepter'd Isle'^[15]
'Summer Song'^[15]
'Teasing Georgia'^[18]
'Tea Clipper'^[15]
'The Pilgrim'^[14]
'William Shakespeare 2000'^[14]^[16]
'Winchester Cathedral'^[14]

Notes and references

^ "David C. H. Austin OBE VMH (1926-2018)". www.prnewswire.co.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b "David C. H. Austin OBE". Davidaustinroses.com. 16 June 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
^ "American Rose Society". Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
^ "The 12 Most Fragrant and Fabulous David Austin Rose Bushes". FlowerPowerDaily.com. FlowerPowerDaily.com. June 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
^ "The comfort of roses", Cultivating Place 7 May 2020, North State Public Radio (NPR)
ISBN 1840914475
.

^ ""David Austin English Roses" ICONS a Portrait of England". Icons.org.uk. Archived from the original on 27 July 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2013.

^ "A Plant Hunters, Plant People, Garden Designers, Landscape Architects of Note from". PlantsGalore.Com. Retrieved 18 August 2013.

^ "David Austin 2010 "Great Rosarian"". Gardennewsbreak.com. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2013.

^ Shropshire Star, 22 December 2018, page 70, Death notice.

^ "Milestone gold for David Austin Roses at Chelsea Flower Show". ShropshireStar.com. Shropshire Star. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

^ "EveryRose (reference from several pages)". everyrose.com.

^ "David Austen Website (reference from several pages)".

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Roses-English-Rose". coblands.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 February 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Roses for Fragrance". davidaustinroses.com/David Austin.

^ ^a ^b ^c "Old rose fragrance". davidaustinroses.com. David Austin.

^ ^a ^b "English Roses for Hedges". davidaustinroses.com/David Austin.

^ ^a ^b ^c "Growing English Roses as climbers". davidaustinroses.com/. David Austin. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

^ "English Rose Collection Offers". davidaustinroses.com/. David Austin.

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[1] "David C. H. Austin OBE VMH (1926-2018)". www.prnewswire.co.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2018.

[David-Austin-OBE-2] "David C. H. Austin OBE". Davidaustinroses.com. 16 June 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2013.

[3] "American Rose Society". Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.

[4] "The 12 Most Fragrant and Fabulous David Austin Rose Bushes". FlowerPowerDaily.com. FlowerPowerDaily.com. June 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

[NSPR-5] "The comfort of roses", Cultivating Place 7 May 2020, North State Public Radio (NPR)

[English_2005-6] ISBN 1840914475
.

[7] ""David Austin English Roses" ICONS a Portrait of England". Icons.org.uk. Archived from the original on 27 July 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2013.

[8] "A Plant Hunters, Plant People, Garden Designers, Landscape Architects of Note from". PlantsGalore.Com. Retrieved 18 August 2013.

[9] "David Austin 2010 "Great Rosarian"". Gardennewsbreak.com. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2013.

[10] Shropshire Star, 22 December 2018, page 70, Death notice.

[11] "Milestone gold for David Austin Roses at Chelsea Flower Show". ShropshireStar.com. Shropshire Star. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

[12] "EveryRose (reference from several pages)". everyrose.com.

[13] "David Austen Website (reference from several pages)".

[coblands1-14] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Roses-English-Rose". coblands.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 February 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

[DavidAFrag-15] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Roses for Fragrance". davidaustinroses.com/David Austin.

[DavidAOlRoFrag-16] "Old rose fragrance". davidaustinroses.com. David Austin.

[DavidAEngHed-17] "English Roses for Hedges". davidaustinroses.com/David Austin.

[DavidAEngCli-18] "Growing English Roses as climbers". davidaustinroses.com/. David Austin. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

[DavidAEng-19] "English Rose Collection Offers". davidaustinroses.com/. David Austin.

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