The Roses by David Austin,
often referred to as English Roses, are
his attempts to create roses that have the look of the Old Roses
but with the ability to repeat like the modern roses. At first I was
very exited about having roses like my Old European roses only with
with repeating bloom. But after growing some English Roses, I find
them to be much closer to hybrid teas in winter hardiness and disease
resistance than the Old roses. As the years passed, I found some
to be hardier, such as Windrush and Gertrude Jekyll. Also as the English roses
grew older, most of them grew into nice bushy
shrubs.
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