A rose garden graces any plot, and even the smallest dacha has room for a couple of glorious shrubs. Gardeners particularly love David Austin’s English roses, which combine nostalgic old-fashioned flowers, strong fragrance and repeat flowering. Here are some popular varieties and how to grow them in Ukraine’s climate. Everything else about types, colours and care is in our complete guide to roses.
English roses are a group of varieties bred since the 1960s by British rose breeder David Austin and his nursery. He crossed old roses (Gallicas, Damasks) with modern hybrid teas and floribundas to get old-style flowers with rich scent that also repeat through the season. Most are spreading shrubs 1–1.5 m tall.
Introduced in 2004, with cupped flowers of soft apricot-pink that fade to pale pink. An upright shrub of about 1.1 m, excellent for cutting, with a light myrrh fragrance.
Soft yellow, full, cupped flowers with a tea fragrance. In strong sun the petal edges fade to cream. About 1.2 m, flowering in flushes all summer.
One of the most striking English roses: large copper-yellow blooms with a strong scent that moves from tea to fruit. Arching stems, 1.2–1.5 m. Lovely beside lavender and sage.
An unusual burnt-orange colour for an English rose, with a rich scent of tea and chrysanthemum leaves. About 1.2 m; likes an open, sunny position.
A compact shrub up to 90 cm with rosettes from apricot to pale pink and a myrrh scent. It is less common today but still found in some nurseries.
A strong, tall shrub of 1.5–2 m that can be trained as a short climber. Large apricot-orange rosettes with a fruity fragrance — one of the toughest varieties.
Velvety crimson flowers that turn purple with age and a strong old-rose fragrance. About 1.2 m.
To fit a rose garden into your plot, see DIY garden decorating ideas.
Compact spray varieties grow well in large containers on a terrace or balcony. Choose a pot of at least 20–30 litres with drainage holes, add expanded clay at the bottom and use rich soil with compost. Container soil dries out and freezes faster than in the garden, so water more often in summer and in winter move the pot to a cool unheated space or wrap it well with hessian or fleece.
They have old-style flowers (cups and rosettes), strong scent and a bushy habit, while hybrid teas have the classic high-centred bud on a long stem.
Of those listed, Crown Princess Margareta and Golden Celebration are particularly tough.
Yes, compact varieties grow in large pots of 40 litres or more, but the container needs insulating in winter.
Spray roses in bouquets are available in spray rose delivery in Kyiv.
Author: Maria Svitlovir
Graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of Biology and Medicine (2001). BSc in Biology, MSc in Horticulture. Writes about plants, works at a garden centre selecting and repotting plants, and contributes to plant reference guides.
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