Such an eloquent rose reviewer. David Austin’s Roses and us gardeners are so lucky to have you

Princess Alexandra of Kent and Princess Ann...wow! My zone 4 garden demands David Austins that exhibit a full upright, bushy habit and architecture with strong flowering stems. No droopy blossoms, please! Austins were bred for the English climate, also suited to warm zones of the United States. They require winter protection in Canada followed by a hard spring pruning, since they lack cane hardiness in winter areas short of zone 6. I miss some of the oldies such as St. Swithun, Mary Rose, Abraham Darby, William Shakespeare 2000 and Jude the Obscure. My favourite Austin blossom is 'Munstead Wood'; a dark velvety cherry-wine that reflects the color of my bedroom furniture, lol. I love combining it with 'The Fairy' polyantha rose in a pink glass vase. Great Austin review and thank you! 🌹

I have so many of DA's older introductions that have remained tried and true in my hot, humid Southeastern US garden.

paradise so many beautiful flowers

I love watching this such beautiful roses ❤

My sister lives in London and attended Chelsea flower show and she told me she loved Silas Marner. 💖

Thanks Ben for the wonderful interview. I would also love to see the actual whole bush during a review so we can see what it looks like. Also, we know this is a bit of work, would you be able to rate each rose on your lists based on these items like in the help me find site - ‘flowering quantity, flowering qualities, flowering frequency, disease resistance, shade and rain tolerance’ so at one glance, we can look for a rose that best suite our needs. Thanks so much.

Thanks Ben, I love these reviews and find them so helpful in planning my garden.

Yay !!! So happy you did this video Thank you so very much :) really appreciate your efforts ❤️❤️❤️

Love your selection but I would love to see them in your garden. I love David Austin roses because of their fragrance. Xx

Great to hear all about your wonderful roses, can’t wait to find a few from that list , got Eustacia Vye yesterday and put her in a pot, looking forward to seeing the blooms. Thanks for all the information you have given 🥀🥀🥀

Thank you for doing this..... I'm making and remaking my list for my fall barefoot order.....

Thank you for this wonderful survey of roses!

Always such informative and helpful videos- thanks again 🙏👍

I love to rewatch this video it’s so calming and enjoyable. I love your passion for roses! I hope some day you do a full bush video of Silas maner! Would love to see that 🤗 I’m getting her next year all thanks to you

Well done Ben..that took some time and thought to put that together...just fantastic fully captivated for the whole performance...thankyou for taking the time to do this just amazing..rgds Chris

Beautiful roses!

In my garden, Gabriel Oak is #1 !!! It's so healthy, so fragrant, last so long, I love it so much!

Love the reviews! Thank you for the hard work of getting it all together! Had hard time hearing due to the volume of the video but Man! So many pretty roses to consider for my garden for next spring! I always wonder if anyone ever dries petals of separate roses and has a good review of that. I make rose petal jams etc and some petals just stink when they age or dry 😅

I'm usually not a fan of bright color roses but Gabriel Oak is stunning. I love it.

Thank you so much, Ben! Спасибо Бэн! Один из лучших обзоров роз Давида Остина! Это восторг! Какие же они прекрасные! В моем саду растут Голден Селебрейшн, Краун принцесс Маргарет, Princess Ann. И это только начало. Благодарю за прекрасный рассказ розах! 💗

Thank You so much for this beautiful rendtion of the "roses'hall of fame "... They are absolutely magnificent!!! Would you please consider showing us round Your garden so that we could see all the winners in their natural habitat?

Thanks Ben this is great.. such beautiful roses! Kew gardens is a favourite of mine I actually grow it as a short climber! It throws out giant canes which I lay laterally and they bloom all the way down the stem...absolutely gorgeous!

I had a wonderful Lady Emma Hamilton at my previous house. When I ordered Lady Emma for my current house from DA Roses, the root was quite small and the plant had many disease issues. I ended up pulling it out and throwing it away, sadly enough. So I can see why DA has stopped producing it. I hope they are able to figure out a way to produce a healthy LEH in the future- it was a magnificent rose!

Thank you for the list!! You have been pumping out reviews like a beast! So impressive! I love watching your videos.

Thank you, Ben! This is such a beautiful review! I really like your calm and clear videos - they are very soothing. And your love for roses is also very infectious: - )

🤗You have absolutely nailed it, Ben! It took me back 50 years, waiting all week to hear what was going to be No. 1 in the "Pop Charts", even the little comments introducing the next one just seemed to role off your tongue! I love all your reviews (and you!), they are short and to the point. Extremely helpful too. I always look forward to the next one, and quite often listen to them repeatedly, as I cannot always remember which one does what! Thank you. xx

Ben, you are our no# 1 top pick! Thankyou soooo much for sharing the rose love x

OMG!!!! I am so happy to find your channel!!!

I got a jubilee celebration and I am in love the flowers, like you mentioned they are huge flowers but I planted mine in a pot I don’t know if it because of that the blooms tend to face down. But they are really beautiful roses

Thank you so much, especially for mentioning the strength of fragrance and hours of sun. Very helpful indeed👍💚

Please, don't get me wrong (don't get your up, i'm a old woman) but you are a very handsome man! And matches these wonderful flowers! There, i said it! Lol! Thank you so much for sharing your passion for roses with us, this is contagious. The problem is that not all of us have a big garden. My husband has already complained that i cut out salads and carrots! Do what?! Between them and roses...

Thank you very much Ben for taking the time to do this review. I love all your videos, always so informative. I would love if one day could you make a video of your garden please!!! 💐💜

Nice! Thank you!!!

Thanks so much for helping me decide which be beautiful David Austin rose to buy.🌸

Thank you so much for your review. I actually have quite a few on your list. PAOK, Gabriel Oak and Eustacia Vye. I am eyeing on Princess Ann. Her color is so magenta.

I appreciate your informed opinion. Thank you. I have a handful of Austin roses that didn't even make it on the list. I can only imagine how beautiful these top 20 or top10 will be.

Once again thank you so much. Was excited to see you had a new top 20 review and watched with baited breath to see which rose you were going to bring out next. Felt quite smug when I saw Gabriel Oak appear. I bought one this year and love it

Enjoyed this, thank you! Would be a great idea to see these flowers in your garden to give us more visual idea of what they look like in situ.

My southern friends, in the deep scorching heat of Texas Jubilee Celebration blooms over and over again. When everything else has been defeated, jubilee keeps producing like nobody’s business. The best choice for us 😃

I have almost of them thanks to yours recommendations! But the one that impresse me the most is the Olivia Austin. I have one that is already in its third year and despite its being in a very ingrateful place, theres never any sun, it is in excellent health, has grown well and give me a lot of flowers even from the beginning of Spring until the beginning of winter. I like it so much that i planted one in another place with the better conditions. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out!

Another great video. I love your videos. Like others have said would love to see some of the actual bushes especially when you say you get flushes with over 100 flowers. Surprised Munstead wood doesn't make it? I know it is retired by most rosarians I know would put it in their top 3 for all rose breeds not just Austins.

OMG I see this and I remember Deepak Chopra "Garden of my soul" I would like to have those roses in my small small garden, but here in Finland so difficult.

respect to you sir. i like the way u explained. i live in a hot climates and i am now staring and listening at your beautiful flowers. how i long to have a garden of roses at my own yard. whatever it is your explaination is simply perfect. love it so much🙏🙏🙏🙏😍 from malaysia

Todas sus rosas son muy hermosas gracias

Thanks for the video. Looking forward to your 2023 version. Your handwriting looks very nice btw. How do you find space for the new roses you trial?

I love your Channel!

Hi Ben, just wanted to say a big Thank you to yourself for your wonderful video, I watched it this morning before heading out to the garden centre and guess what! !!!!??? I found Lady Emma Hamilton! !!!!!!! So !!!! I bought 2 😆! on your recommendation 😊 😆 Oh! & they were half price 😊 that brings to a total of 15 David Austin rose's bought in a week! 😂 .... maybe they should name the next rose ... Deliriously Happy 😆 Thank you again Ben can't wait for your next video 😊💚

Thank you

I saw #15 Jubilee Celebration in Bodnant Garden in early October 2022, and became my instant favourite, so pretty, and the fragrance was addictive, i kept going back to them, i liken it to turkish delight. I wanted to buy off the website and was so sad to see that David Austin had retired it due to climate change and pests.

in 2012 i first time traveled into england and first time saw garden full of roses it was beautiful for me , i never seen so meny roses in my country like i saw in that garden,i had red eurpoean climbing rose was the one i always seen in all gardens , after that garden i told to my self i have to have roses meny meny roses ... for now i have few pinks and yellows , one alchemyst , one shalot or maby hamilton still dont know and i want more , after this video i will need more roses ....

I forecast Elizabeth and Bring me Sunshine to both enter the top 10 next year. David Austin roses have indeed released some exceptional new roses these last few years.

Thanks Ben! Висадила у своєму садочку Крокус Роуз, Фальстаф, Вінчестер Кафєдраль, Мері Роуз та Джуд де Обскур, чекаю першого цвітіння))))

I have and agree with you re Lady Emma, Ben. Why would they discontinue such a nice Rose ??

Really good revue. Can you recommend a pink repeat rambler? Mine have been in 40 years and some need replacing !

Love your content! Please can you do a video on largest (peony like) blooms from David Austin

Great video , I've just got the rose bug and started to fill my garden with DA roses , up to now , princess Anne, queen of Sweden, golden celebration , Emily bronte, desdamona, and my favourite none DA rose just joey

Long live Lady Emma Hamilton. Always my number one. I do not understand how they can not get this rose back on track . As a brit in Amsterdam I definitely find the rootstock of German roses more robust. I bought thisrose when first released for many people they all have made magnificent rose shrubs. My two healthy and very strong. Why not find strong source material form people who have original released lady Emma. And graft to the stronger European rootstock types. . I guess we all shall have to take cuttings to keep this rose hoping in the future. .lady of shallot is pants in five years its only been a stingy floppy monster recently dug up and thrown away

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Hi Ben, which of all shrubs for Large Deep Pot would you recommend absolutely hands down for Strong Scent and Pest/Disease Resistance. Thanks Ben, you're a Star.

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Thank you, Ben, for your lovely, informative reviews. They help me make my selections with first-hand knowledge. FYI ... Sceptered Isle and Lady Emma Hamilton are now available on pre-order for the 2023 season. I am so blessed to have been notified. I jumped right in and sealed the deal! Would you be so kind as to recommend a superior red rose, please? One that is resistant to disease and produces large blooms. Thank you, in advance. Have a beautiful autumn! 🍁🍂

Many thanks for your post, your passion is contagious. 😁I was hoping to see Gertrude Jekyll on the list as we just bought 2. their fragrance and beauty captivated us. We are novices to growing roses, so forgive my question is there any characteristics that we should be aware of that prevent them being in your top 20 and maybe things we should pay attention to? Many thanks

You are the first Person to grow and love Mill on the Floss!

Thank you for this great review my friend!!! I have several of these and plan to aquire some others on this list. I noticed that James Galway and The Pilgram are not on the list, have they fallen out of favor? What of Othello, Perdita or LD Braithwaite as well. Guess those have just been around too long.

Lady Emma Hamilton is my first DA rose. Great!

Thank you, Ben. Your passion is infectious!!!!! just planted 3 bare root roses from your list. Can't wait for the blooms in summer. Might you be able to do a review on 'The Ingenious Mr. Fairchild'?

저의 정원에서는 lady of charlotte 이 지금은 제일 예뻐요😍🌹🐝

Love your reviews. It would be great if you would show the lists at the end if the videos for rankings. 😊

Thank you for all your information- have you planted or have experience with fair Bianca?

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I just bought a Claire Austin, I'm hoping for the best.

Hello! What a beautiful collection of roses! 😍 Which roses would you recommend for people living in Western Norway? Think the climate is a bit colder than in Great Britain.

Hi Ben It takes a wee while to see these here in New Zealand, but I’m on the look out! - Thank you! Re R. Gabriel Oak would ‘electric pink’ be a good name for the colour? It reminds me of a rose my Ma grew in her 3/4 acre garden years ago (long before the fabulous DA’s came on the scene… I would sit on her deck and just look about her garden and there was just one rose that would always draw the eye right across her garden like a show stopper. R. Gabriel Oak would do that even better and it’s something most rose growers don’t ask themselves…if you had only x1 rose in your garden to make an impact and draw your eye to a particular area (using colour) what would you choose, please? The other type of rose that one rarely sees for sale are the DA single blooms that are simple and elegant and float like butterflies. I’ve been searching for years for them and they are just not available here - Why? - I’m waiting for them to become the latest trend which they really do deserve.

Hermosas, que raro no ver en tu lista a la hermosa James Galway 😢

Thank you Ben So interesting to watch, well done! Is Emily Bronte anywhere in your top 50 list? I purchased this from DA nursery as it was the only rose in bloom while others had rest in July, couldn't decide between Gabriel Oak and Emily Bronte, have I made the wrong choice?

This guy has pretty much destroyed my bank account. I can't stop buying these roses. They look amazing. Now i'm having to put them in pots bc I have no more space😂. Princess Alexandra of Kent is my #1 so far.

Grazie Ben, ho apprezzato tantissimo la tua classifica con i relativi commenti, adoro tutte quante le rose di cui hai parlato. Vorrei sapere se conosci invece una delle mie beniamine, la Teasing Georgia, o se hai già fatto una recensione su questa deliziosa e generosa rosa..

Can you do a tour of the woodwork/timberwork in your house?

Thanks Ben for the amazing reviews! I've got space for two roses in large pots on my patio. My shortlist is Silas Marner, Gabriel Oak and Country Parson. Which 2 would you recommend? For best combination of colours, and best fragrance! Thank you

I only have one David Austin in my small garden, and it's Poet's Wife. This is year 3 and it still flops over possibly due to the heaviness of the flower head. You mentioned this rose would need support. What would you use to support this plant. It seems the stems are not stout enough to hold the flower head up. I'm in Boise, Idaho.

Hiya Ben, How about Mill on the Floss? Does she Ball being such heavy looking blooms? And, of the Gabriel Oak, Mill on the Floss and Silas Mariner which smell is stronger? Thanks

Lovely thorough review. Thanks. I have a lot of Austins (most of the modern collection) and I would put Desdemona in my top 10 or top 5. I find its flowering perpetual, scent is knockout and blooms are very pretty. Why does it not make your top 20? I think Silas M and Scepter’d Isle are two of the very best.

Appreciate this informative list, however can you elaborate why Claire Austin climber won’t fair well on a wall and since it’s only been in the ground as a bare root for a season is it okay for me to transplant in a better environment?

Thanks Ben, I would appreciate if you can provide the 20 names in writing

i would like to know your opinion conserning which roses would fill the garden with aromatic parfume the best 🌹

Really interesting. Have you ever come across ZÉPHIRINE DROUHIN? Bought it from David Austin some time back but leaves always go yellow. I've had to strip all the diseased leaves (most of them) and sprayed with rose clear. Any ideas where I'm going wrong?

Hi Ben! I have a Etoile De Holland and a Madame Carriere, I have a shady space between them and really really need you to recommend the best climber that a) Will never Ball and will smell b) absolutely divine. Please help!!! Thanks from David UK

Hello Mr.Ben, I have just discovered your site on KZfaq and at the same time your valuable advice. I would like to know your opinion on the best zone 4 climbing rose. Which of these would you buy first? I have already purchased the generous gardener on your advice. James Galway, strawberry hill, tess of the d'ubervilles Thanking you very much and wishing you a wonderful spring in your beautiful garden!

Hi, I like your reviews a lot. I have 35 DA roses. I just wanted to know about the rose Golden Celebration. I have this rose planted in partial sun. It bloomed some nice flowers but the size is not that big. The number of blooms are not that many. I am in Connecticut, zone 7a. Please advice whether I should move this rose to full sun area.

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This video is very helpful! I am in zone 7a ( Connecticut, USA). I have a shady area where the tall trees are creating shade on the spot. I want to plant a rose which has big blooms with lots of petals and will bloom well in this shady spot. Please recommend the best 2 roses for my spot.

Found the video...all of them are so lovely. But I can only buy 3 for now to grow in pots. Besides Gabriel Oak and Roald Dahl, which third one do you recommend? I have space where I get both full and partial sun :)

Thanks Ben . I started new rose Garden after watching your videos . I have seen this multiple times . I got 2 lady Emma , 2 Gabriel and 1 Silas . Gabriel oak was blooming it had 4-5 blooms , now in August in zone 9b almost none of these have blooms . I have them in full sun 🙁

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Hi! I am a beginner! I live in houston TX. Do you have any recommendations for me which ones best for my small garden! Thank you!

Thank you so much for the video! It was so very interesting to see all those beuties and to hear the informations of them. I'm just extremly sorry you didn't write the names of the roses. As a person who doesn't speek good in English, was impossible for me to understand the name of the rose nr 1 :'(

Silas Marner - please could you tell me where your full review is? I have spent an hour looking! Thanks

Hello Ben. Which Fragrance is stronger on the Eustacia Vye VS Harlow Carr VS James Austin VS Silas Marner? please. Will take your advice and buy blind based on what you say!Thanks!