Thanks! I think I’m going to like (him?) Boscobel arrived potted from DA a week or so ago with two buds. They were wilted, but perked right up with water. This is the first of the two that's opened. The fragrance is wonderful! Lisa

Really? Oh man!!! I have to get this rose next year. Of course, next year I'll have forgotten that you said it was really fragrant. LOL

Carol

Beeeeeaaaaauuutttiiifffuuuullllll !!!!!!!

Your Boscobel is so beautiful. I like the tiny yellow stripe on yours.

Mine just bloomed for the first time today too! Mine was a bare root from DA.

I'm kind of a fan of Perdita

Nothing blooming in my yard yet, but wanted to share pictures of Lady Emma Hamilton from last year (my first year with her).

I added 4 new DA roses for this year. Can’t wait to see them grow!

Greta, I feel like I could walk into that second picture. Scrumptious! Sultry and Lisa, how do you get such beautiful pictures? The detail showing the folds the pedals is exquisite.

Sultry - Love your Boscobel!!! I really want this rose!! Drool!!

Greta - Oooooh!!! I love the first picture of your LEH!!! Oh my!!! What are your other 4 new DA roses?

Carol

Greta, your Lady Hamilton is sooo pretty.

greta that first photo of Lady Emma is doing me in lol. Just gorgeous!! ♡♡

Thank you guys! I am very excited to see LEH come back this year, hopefully with even more blooms. I was pleasantly surprised that she had almost no winter cane die back, compared to my other roses, some of which I can to cut back considerably.

The new David Austin roses I am adding this year: Tranquillity, Crown Princess Margarita, Lady of Shallot, and Teasing Georgia. I will be posting pictures as soon as there is something to share! This winter does not want to quit. We had flurries two mornings ago.

Gretahoney - flurries!! No, no, bad winter!! :) Can't wait to see pictures!!

Carol

Greta, I too am dyyyyyying over your LEH ❤️

I had a bit of snow today also. :-(

I throughly enjoyed viewing this thread once again. Thanks to all who has posted. X

Princess Alexandra Of Kent. My first David Austin rose. Zone 9b. Planted bare root in ground on Feb 06, first bloom April 22. Love this!

That is a really gorgeous picture! Wow!

GASP!!!!

That is a stunning picture!!! Holy Hannah!!!

I can't believe I missed this post previously. I'm a big fan of Austin roses! All of the above photos are gorgeous! This is only going to further enable my spring rose shopping list!

Here's a few of my favourite pics!

Carding Mill, Pat Austin, Jubilee Celebration, Charles Austin, Sceptre'd isle & Benjamin Britten

Winchester Cathedral, Graham Thomas, Othello, Royal Jubilee, Strawberry Hill & Crocus Rose

Othello, Lady Gardener, Munstead, Boscobel, Carding Mill & Crown Princess

Yours are gorgeous and you have so many!

These are the cheater blooms that arrived just in time for Easter.

Boscobel

Abe Darby

I'm growing TG from a cutting; I'm glad to know she's so vigorous! : ))

The first Austin bloomed in my garden is Carding Mill. Unfortunately the three huge blooms were short-lived as they were stolen by rabbits the next day. I somehow captured the photos before that happened.

My rose garden is only a year old. I added 21 varieties of Austin roses this year. I’ll post along as the new ones just started to set buds.

Tess is two year old own root.

zz, how is Tess for you?

I have one on the way and am curious about the growth habit.

I grow mine like a small climber on a short balustrade. She is very Hardy.

vapor, do you have to train it?

No. She naturally throws out long canes that bend fairly easily. I train her in the sense that I place the canes where I want them, There's a wonderful pic on Austin's site of her growing up a wall; mine is growing more horizontally. I do this with Falstaff, also.

Thanks for entertaining my questions!

I just got a Falstaff from Lowe's. I put it at the front of the bed so it can hang over a boxwood hedge. I hope it will work out that way.

I think it will be great. They are both wonderful roses. I still need to go to Lowe's, but I'm resisting as I still 3 dozen roses to plant! However, I NEED quicksilver, Lavender Crush and CrimsonGlory if they have them.

Not sure if you saw my other post, but the CG I got from Lowe's has pink buds now. Whoops.

JC, you’ve made the good choices! I love both roses. Tess is doing great for me - I’m thoroughly surprised at his performance so far. I got him together with Falstaff last June. Both potted own root. Three Falstaff were planted against my deck wall facing east and two Tess were being trained to climb a 7-ft trellis next to my garage door. Both are receiving morning sun only. One out of the three Falstaff didn’t make it through the winter and the other two maintained the size (two buds so far) so I didn’t expect much from Tess. However Tess seemed to be stronger cultivar than Falstaff, at least for me in my garden - he put on substantial amount of growth plus a dozen buds. The first bloom is so huge that the little stem couldn’t even hold it. The petals did not fall apart or fade easily and after three days it looks like new. Hard to describe or capture the red hue via camera but it’s much much more beautiful red tone (with cool blue undertone) than the photos I’ve ever seen. I think Falstaff will catch up with Tess at some point I’m very patient. Although I just got three bullet proof Florentina but I have no intention to replace neither of these two red roses - Tess is a stunner while the one bloom Falstaff gave me last year is unforgettable.

First Lady of Shalott 2019.

Here’s the first blooms from Falstaff

Too early for blooms here in the Boston area but here are some from last year.

Grahm Thomas

Heritage

Boscobel

Lady Edna Hamilton

These pics make it apparent why DA roses are so popular even if they require a bit more care in certain areas. All my Austin's are 80-100% tip hardy.

Some old old pictures, first is Charlotte and second and third are Graham Thomas. I didn't have a good camera back then obviously!

David Austin’s in my garden this year..

Gorgeous! What roses are those?

1. Princess Alexandra of Kent
2. Munstead wood
3. Lady of shallot
4. Bottom right corner is gentle hermoine
5. Also, lady Emma Hamilton attached here
   
   

Gorgeous!!! I really love your Emma Hamilton!!! I wish I could smell those blooms! I really love the full garden picture! LEH looks like poppies...the blooms are SO wonderfully orange! Mmmmm...your MW!!

Gentle Hermoine. I think she is beautiful! I love the pink and slightest of the slightest orange tone of the blooms.

Resh - yeah, I do see some apricot coloring there! What a beauty!!!

An Austin rose that you don’t see or hear about much is The Shepherdess, which was the best looking Austin rose in the public rose garden yesterday (untended and possibly not irrigated since shelter-in-place).

I've never heard of The Shepherdress! It's sooo beautiful!!! And it's basically untended!!! Amazing!

Olivia is my favorite. She’s beautiful, healthy and can’t stop blooming.