r/DavidAustinRoses

This is my first rose of the season in PNW zone 8b. It opened before all of my peonies and other roses. I’ve never had roses bloom before peonies before but because of our mild winter I think many of my roses didn’t go fully dormant.

I picked up this Evelyn after David Austin re-introduced it last year though since getting it I’ve noticed it looks a bit different from pictures I’ve seen online. Other than that, it is indeed the longest lasting DA I’ve had - it takes forever to open but once open, it lasts easily 5-7 days. It starts off almost orange then fades to a beautiful pink apricot.

Does anyone else also have Evelyn? What are your thoughts on it? Does it look like mine or is mine an imposter?

1,2: Scepter'd Isle

3,4: Roald Dahl

5,6: The Poet's Wife

After a long heat wave, we had a storm roll in right as the blooms were opening. The wind has been especially bad, so I was happy to see the roses largely unbothered. So far, only some browning on Olivia Rose Austin.

US Zone 7b, year three. DA roses are addictive!

Boscobel :) planted this baby in February this year! Zone 9B

I have two beautiful Olivia Austin roses that are stressed in pots going into year two. They are so beautiful, yet I know they need to be planted in the ground soon. The problem is that I am out of space in my garden for a rose this big. I am in the PNW. Does anyone have any ideas of how I can sell these? I am not sure what my plan of action should be because they need to be planted soon in the ground. I think they are worth about $200. Does this seem reasonable? Please message me if you are interested. Thank you!

Brought home Teasing Georgia climber a few weeks ago from my local nursery. I think she’s happy in her new home! Hope you all have a great day! ☀️

My crown princess margarita! She’s my absolute favorite out of all I have 😍

After harvesting the last roses from the garden to make some wedding bouquets for a friend, I started to deadhead, light prune, and fertilize the garden for the 2nd time of the year, ready for the next blooms in June.

Since Im planning to have the roses ready for another wedding in June (6 weeks to go), it's important to prune them properly to time the blooms perfectly for the evenr. It's a skill I've practiced last 3 years and acquired now.

Enjoy!

Elizabeth, Comte de Champagne, Comte de Champagne, Gertrude Jeckell, At Last (not DA but lovely), and a better look at Comte as a shrub. Zone 7A, planted last summer.

Two David Austin roses in my first bouquet of the season- Bathsheba and Olivia.

I bought my first DA rose. Bought it late March, it arrived in the beginning of April.
First pic when I planted (07/04/2026), second pic one week later and the last one it was taken yesterday.
What do you think about it?
Really eager to see it bloom.

Silas marner in year 2. So excited. It’s beautiful and smells divine. Does anyone else grow Silas marner? Wondering what it will be like in coming years. The bloom is much different than it was the first year - larger and deeper and more fragrant.

I got this rose plant from my local nursery and both tags said Dannahue but the flower doesn’t look like all the pictures and videos of Dannahue that I could find. If someone has a Dannahue too, can you let me know if it’s a wrong rose or maybe it looks like that because it’s still a baby?? Thank you!!

My James Galway is blooming 😍

Happy gardening everyone!

Zone 6B 🌹

Hi! I’m completely new to gardening and wanted to start a rose garden. I recently purchased DA Constance rose plant off of fb marketplace. It finally started to give me buds but I always noticed the leaves are getting spots and the canes is not green but more so yellowish green now. The leaves are also not a dark healthy green. There’s always some black insect looking thing on the plant. Do you think something is wrong with this plant?

Please help me pick a rose. I want one that will grow quickly and have repeat blooms and will climb the wall of the garage.

I'm in the northwest UK and the garden is north facing so gets a lot of shade.

I'm also not quite sure how to plant them since if I put them behind the current plants, along the wall, they won't get much sun due to the other plants so what do I do there? Move them? Let the roses grow elsewhere and then place it there later once they're bigger?

Also, do you think three is enough or two?

Picture of garage attached.

Just ordered the ‘Pilgrim’ rose to climb a south facing back garden fence. Becoming a DA addict!