Rose of the year UK 2010

The UK Rose Of The Year for 2010 is ‘Absolutely Fabulous’

A terrific new floribunda rose which certainly lives up to its name and deserves the title.

Delightful old fashioned style blooms, shading from pale primrose at the out edges to old gold in the centre.    Has an excellent repeat flowering habit and flowers from early summer well into the autumn and the first frosts.

A lovely and interesting fragrance which is a very unusual combination of sweetness and liquorice.

Will grow in the garden or a large container and has pale green shiny foliage which look superbly healthy.

As with most roses it will do best in full sun and for the best show dead head regularly. 

This rose really does tick all the boxes. 

Keep it well fed and watered and it will look ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ throughout the summer.

It has already caused quite a stir in the rose world, worldwide, and looks sure to be our best selling rose this year.

Full details on our web site.

World Favourite Rose

The English Rose ‘Graham Thomas’ has recently been voted the World’s No 1 Rose by the World Federation Of Rose Societies.  The Federation also entered the rose into the Society’s Rose Hall Of Fame, an honour shared with just thirteen other roses.

This superb rose is named to commemorate the man who did more in the 20^th century to re-introduce old roses to popularity.

(For more details please see our web site)

David Austin Honoured

David Austin the breeder of the world famous ‘English Roses’ has been named the 2010 Great Rosarian Of The World by the Huntington Library, Art Collections, San Marino Botanical Gardens and New York’s Manhattan Rose Society.

Each January and June the groups present Great Rosarians Of The World lecture series.

Now in its 10th year, this by, coastal event is designed to recognise those who have contributed significantly to the rose world.

“It was roses like ‘Graham Thomas’, ‘Mary Rose’ and ‘Abraham Darby’ that launched David Austin onto the world stage said Clair Martin event organiser. “Now nearly half a century later, his English. Garden Roses are popular world wide

(See ‘English Roses David Austin’ section on our web site)