Cants of Colchester

Repeat free flowering modern shrubs with the appeal of old fashioned shrub roses • In confined spaces can be pruned hard annually by removing 50% of the growth • Growth on some varieties can be weak causing blooms to bow their heads • Plant as specimens or as hedging • Most are fragrant or exceptionally fragrant • Plant 1 metre (39") apart as specimens. Some can be trained as climbers (see end of selection) • Bred by David Austin these compliment and can be used with the Renaissance Roses.

Crown Princess Margareta (Auswinter)

Colour: Apricot-Orange
Tall slightly arching shrub, with quite large neatly-formed rosette blooms of a soft apricot-orange. The variety repeats well and has dark green foliage. Height 135-150 (4'6"-5'). Fragrant/GR
Price: £9.35

Falstaff (Ausverse)

Colour: Crimson/Purple
Large cupped blooms of dark crimson, which eventually turn to a rich shade of purple. Strong bushy growth, with mid green foliage. Height approximately 120cm (4'). V. Fragrant/GR

Price: £9.35

Gertrude Jekyll (Ausbord)

Colour: Rich Pink
Large rich pink rosette-shaped blooms on a tall vigorous plant, with dark green matt foliage. 105-135cm (3'6"-4'3"). V. Fragrant/AR

Price: £9.35

Golden Celebration (Ausgold)

Colour: Golden-Yellow
Upright grower with very large deep-cupped blooms of a rich golden-yellow. Dark green glossy foliage. 105-135cm (3'6"-4'3"). Fragrant/GR
Price: £9.35

Graham Thomas (Ausmas)

Colour: Rich Yellow
Vigorous, branching plant with medium cupped-shaped blooms of rich yellow. Shiny, pale green foliage. 105-135cm (3'6"-4'3"). V. Fragrant/GR
Price: £9.35

Molineux (Ausmol)

Colour: Rich Yellow
Free flowering rich yellow variety with slightly loosely formed rosette blooms. Ideal for small spaces, being upright and less spreading than many in this section. Height 60-90cm (2'-3'). Fragrant/GR

Price: £9.35

Pat Austin (Ausmum)

Colour: Bright Copper
A colour break in English Roses. The large deep cupped blooms have pale coppery-yellow on the outside of the petal, with bright copper inside giving a most attractive effect. Upright growth with dark green foliage. Height approximately 120cm (4'). Fragrant/GR
Price: £9.35

Queen of Sweden (Austiger)

Colour: Soft Pink
The small-cupped almost globular buds open to pretty many petalled blooms that are reminiscent of a water lily. The colour is soft pink, with a hint of apricot as the blooms develop. Upright, but bushy plant with dark green glossy foliage. Good for flower arrangements. Height approximately 105cm (3'6"). Scented/GR
Price: £9.35

Scepter’d Isle (Ausland)

Colour: Soft Pink
Small upright growing variety with pretty numerous cupped flowers, with stamens clearly visible. The free flowering varieties soft pink blooms are clearly seen above the mid green foliage. Ideal for where space is limited. Height approximately 75-95cm ( 2'6"-3'). V.Fragrant/GR
Price: £9.35

Teasing Georgia (Ausbaker)

Colour: Deep Yellow
The centres of the cupped shaped blooms are a rich deep yellow, the outer petals which fall back fade to pale lemon. A pleasing variety with strong graceful growth and light green foliage. Height approximately 120cm (4'). V. Fragrant/GR
Price: £9.35

William Shakespeare 2000 (Ausromeo)
Colour: Crimson
At first the blooms are deep cupped but soon open out to a shallow quartered cup. There are clusters of velvety crimson blooms which gradually change to rich purple. Growth is neat and upright, with mid green foliage. Height 90-105cm (3'3"-3'6'). V. Fragrant/GR
Price: £9.35

Winchester Cathedral (Auscat)

Colour: White
A sport of the variety ‘Mary Rose’, which occasionally reverts. White old fashioned shaped blooms of branching habit. Light green matt foliage. 105-135cm (3'6"-4'3"). Fragrant/AR
Price: £9.35