The English Roses (hardback)
David Austin is a legendary breeder in the world of roses, whose name carries huge weight. His website receives in excess of 100,000 visitors per month worldwide. The book is exquisitely photographed, with unparalleled attention to detail.Major developments in English roses have increased the number of varieties in the past five years since this first edition of The English Roses was published. This revised edition includes 23 new rose portraits of the newest rose varieties by David Austin Roses, all specially photographed for this book as well as new photography throughout.Publication Date: 07 Mar 2011Extent: 320About the AuthorDavid Austin is the creator of the English Roses, an entirely new style of roses that have achieved international recognition. With his eldest son David J. C. Austin, he owns one of Britain's leading rose nurseries, David Austin Roses. At Albrighton in Shropshire the family-run business has created rose gardens containing over 800 varieties. More than 1.2 million roses are grown for sale every year and the team carries out one of the largest rose breeding programmes in the world, selecting each year's new introductions after eight years of trialling. Born in 1926, David Austin has been breeding and hybridizing roses for more than forty years and is still very active at the nursery, devoting most of his time to developing new roses. His previous books on roses include the best-selling David Austin's English Roses (Conran Octopus), which won a Garden Writer's Guild Award. He was awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour by the Royal Horticultural Society in 2003 for his services to horticulture and the Dean Hole Medal by the Royal National Rose Society. He has received an Honorary MSc from the University of East London for his work on rose breeding.