David Austin Newsletter

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In this month’s issue, we celebrate the 40th birthday of the English Roses and have a special offer for newsletter readers. There’s also news of our latest featured rose and a spotlight on roses with multi-toned petals.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Four of the best [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Our recommended shipping window for gardeners in the South and Eastern coastal regions will soon close. If you haven’t yet placed your order, and are not sure which roses to choose for your garden, we’ve suggested four of the best English Roses for warmer climates below. These reliable roses enjoy the heat, but will perform well in most areas of the US and are winter hardy down to zone 5. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Carding Mill[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Glorious, cupped blooms in mixed shades of pink, apricot and yellow. There is a strong and particularly beautiful myrrh scent. This rose excels in the US climate and is one of the very few English Roses that are only available to US gardeners.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Darcey Bussell[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]We believe that this rose is now our best crimson variety. It flowers freely and has a nice, compact, bushy habit. It’s perfect for the front of the border or can be enjoyed up close in the yard in an oversized pot or planter. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Alnwick Rose[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The deeply-cupped, soft pink blooms have a good old rose scent with delicious hints of raspberry. The foliage is plentiful and rather polished in appearance. A very healthy variety with excellent repeat flowering. This rose is superb for cutting to create flower arrangements.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Molineux[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Neat, soft yellow colored rosettes with a musky fragrance. The even, upright habit makes this variety one of the very best for formal bedding, borders, landscaping and hedges. An award-winning variety that repeats well and is great for cutting. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Special offer – free rose [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]As a thank you for reading our newsletter, we are offering one rose free when you buy four or more roses. Please select the roses you would like to buy, then enter the code N9 in your shopping basket and click Update Basket to qualify for your free rose.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Our special newsletter offer applies until March 31st 2009. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Your free rose cannot be a tree rose or a new introduction. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Our free rose offer cannot be combined with other offers – for example, our offer does not apply to roses ordered as part of collection offers. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Click here to shop for roses[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Click here to see our rose collection offers A to F[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]David Austin’s new roses for 2009[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]We are sorry that Claire Austin, one of our new introductions has already sold out. We still have a little stock remaining of Port Sunlight and Christopher Marlowe, so if you plan to buy these roses, we recommend that you place your order as soon as you can. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Click here to see our new English Roses [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Planting advice[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Get your plants off to a great start by choosing a spot where the soil is deep and fertile. Dig the soil to a depth of at least 18”, and enrich the soil by mixing in plenty of organic matter. The extra effort in soil preparation will be amply repaid by these generous plants, year after year. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]If you live in the warmer areas of America, we advise that you plant roses with the bud union at, or slightly above, soil level. If you garden in zone 7 or below, plant your roses with the bud union about 3” below soil level. This will provide a little extra protection from cold for the roses during the winter. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Water your plants in really well, and apply a thick layer of mulch to help conserve water. Continue to water regularly in the first year until the plant is well-established. Keep a close watch over your roses during dry spells during the first year. After this, your roses will be surprisingly drought tolerant, although roses will always perform much better if they have good access to food and water. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Spotlight on multi-toned English Roses[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]When breeding roses, David Austin looks for a special quality in the arrangement and texture of the petals of his young seedlings. As a result, English Roses tend to have more translucent petals than other roses, so the blooms create a glowing, ever-changing effect as sunlight reflects from the petals. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Some of our most popular varieties have subtle multi-tones. This enchanting effect is created when there is a softer, complimentary color on the underside of each petal. Roses that share this characteristic include Lady Emma Hamilton, Abraham Darby and Carding Mill. These spectacular roses have superb blooms, strong and delicious fragrances and offer excellent all-round garden performance.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Christopher Marlowe is new to our collection this year, but has been grown by American gardeners for several years. The underside of each petal is a soft yellow color, which contrasts nicely with the bolder, orangey-pink color on the front of each petal. The overall effect of the youngest blooms is a lovely bright orange-red, which is very different from the soft pink color of the oldest blooms. This rose is very free flowering, so it often has blooms of different complimentary colors on the same plant. It is great for a large pot or planter and looks spectacular in a border, especially when planted in the mass. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]More about Christopher Marlowe[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Massachusetts Horticultural Society “Blooms!”[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]“Blooms!” is a new event happening on the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Downtown Boston, in March 2009. Customers from the area will be pleased to learn that this interim event will lead up to the re-launch of the traditional Massachusetts Flower Show in 2010. A rose theme will weave through the event and David Austin’s luxury cut roses will be included as part of a show of roses from around the world. The event is open to the public from Thursday evening March 12 through Sunday March 15, 2009.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]New website features[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]If you visit our website regularly, you’ll notice that we’ve announced details of this year’s photography competition. We’ve also changed the featured rose to A Shropshire Lad, one of our favourite varieties. This beautifully fragrant rose is most often grown as a short climber and was named after a collection of poems dating from 1896.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Click here to learn more about our latest Featured Rose[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Click here for news of our 2009 photography competition[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]News from England.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]This year we’ll be celebrating the 40th birthday of the English Roses at the press and celebrity day at the Chelsea Flower Show with a stunning English Roses chocolate birthday cake. In May 1969, the first of David Austin’s repeat flowering roses were released, named after Chaucerian characters such as The Wife Of Bath. He announced them as the ‘New English Roses’ and the name seems to have caught on! [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]David Austin had only managed to breed summer flowering roses before this date, such as Constance Spry. Since then, the company has released over 200 different varieties of roses, including shrub roses, climbers, ramblers and luxury cut roses. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]We are proud to remain a family business, with David CH Austin working alongside his son, also called David. Our US office was established in 2000, when our first American collection was launched. We are very grateful to American customers who enjoy growing our roses and enthuse about them, helping to make them so popular across the USA.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]During the last ten years, the English Roses have developed enormously, becoming healthier and more reliable – and therefore easier and more rewarding to grow. David Austin’s world-famous breeding program continues to search for new improvements. As he says: “A bloom can always be chiselled out to be a little closer to a dream of beauty…Looking a little further into the future of the English Roses, the possibilities seem to be infinite”.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Our philosophy is to offer the widest possible choice of English Roses, each with its own individual character and charm. This means that gardeners can choose exactly the ones they want for their garden and express their own style and preferences. Today, we believe we have a rose in our collection for almost every garden situation.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]With so many varieties to choose from, if you’d like individual advice about rose selection, help to place an order, or if you would like advice on any of our new varieties, please contact our customer service team toll free on 800 328 8893 between 8 am and 6 pm Central Time, Monday to Friday. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]We’re always happy to receive your ideas and comments for future newsletters. If you’ve not already done so, you might like to add us@davidaustinroses.com to your address book or safe list. [/FONT]

I have grown the David Austin Roses since 1993 and really like them !!

I love roses but am not a fan of David Austin;s line. They have gorgeous blooms but are disease prone. Bill Radler and Ping Lim are 2 US breeders that have done some great work. Knockout Series, Love & Peace