My opinion on the roses in my slideshow on some of the David Austin roses that I have grown, or am currently growing. These are just my opinions from what I have observed. Here is a link for the slideshow:
Starting from the beginning of the slideshow:
Graham Thomas- a nice yellow rose. It does fade to whitish. It sets hips. I grew this rose in Oregon. There are several in a rose garden across the river from where I live in Missouri and hopefully I can again grow this at some point.
Port Sunlight- one that I have only had for a month. It is a nice yellow that I like the more flowers that I see, meaning that it is growing on me. I'm anticipating that it will look really good next spring, peeking out from behind the Tuscany Superb in my yard.
Sister Elizabeth- another one that I have had only for a month. The flower form is very similar to old garden roses. I'm going to hold farther comments until I have had this longer.
William Morris- I got this rose in June as an own root plant. It is related to Abraham Darby, but at such an early age I haven't seen much similarities. It has, what I call a pompom form, to the flowers versus a cupped form of Abraham Darby.
Claire Rose- again, I have had this rose only for a month. It looks like it is going to fit quite well in the corner of my yard where two fences come together and it can rest it's canes on them. I am going to re-evaluate next year.
Evelyn- it seems like every rose on here I have said that I haven't had it for long, and this falls in that category. In the month that I have had it, I have seen several different flower forms. This rose has a nice fragrance. The plant puts out quite a bit of rose, probably the most prolific one of those I got last month.
The Prince- a nice "red" if you want to call it that rose. I would call it a dark purple rose. In the month that I have been growing it, it is the second most prolific bush.
Heritage- a light pink rose. It has grown on me a little bit since I brought it home, but in my opinion, I don't think that I would replace it if it were to die. To me there isn't anything to distinguish it from other roses.
Abraham Darby- I first grew this rose in Georgia many years ago. I really like this rose. It goes through many different colors and sometimes can seem like a different rose from one bloom to the next. It has a nice fragrance. It does get big, which doesn't bother me being tall, but give this rose room to grow.
Crown Princess Margareta- a climbing yellow/apricot rose. I grew it in Georgia, but it didn't really wow me. In my opinion based on the blooms, I would grow Teasing Georgia over Crown Princess Margareta. I have seen Teasing Georgia in a park in Oregon and prefer it to Crown Princess Margareta.
Last on the slideshow, is Christopher Marlowe. I grew it in Georgia and I thought that the color was somewhat off. I couldn't put my finger on it, but I don't think I would try to grow it just due to the color. The plant was well behaved though.
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