AUSglisten – pharmaROSA® NEONATAL own‑root propagation material
Romantic own-root AUSglisten propagation in the pharmaROSA® NEONATAL line offers a reliable bush-form English rose base for premium container production where flower quality and classic rosette form drive sell-through. Its bushy, upright habit with moderately dense foliage supports uniform framework development in 5–7 L premium containers, while the very full, mid-toned warm pink blooms and medium-strength, old-rose fragrance create a clearly exclusive retail profile. As an own-root shrub, it builds long-lived, renewable stands that tolerate repeated cutting and sales cycles, supporting predictable nursery capacity and low replacement in integrated networks, including sites where winters and wind demand a proven hardy base. The natural development arc from roots in year one, structural shoots in year two and full ornamental value in year three aligns well with professional scheduling for thematic and collection-style rose ranges, underpinning stock planning for retail and reseller partners.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- 5–7 L English Rose premium shrub – Own-root bush-trained AUSglisten in 5–7 L containers, selected for its upright, moderately dense habit and very full, fragrant pink blooms, positioned as an exclusive romantic English rose SKU – retail / reseller benches.
- Cottage Border collection pot – Thematic 5–7 L line featuring AUSglisten for classic cottage-style beds and edging, using its English Rose Collection origin and low maintenance requirement to support planned seasonal launches – concept-led garden centres.
- Fragrant Cut & Garden dual-use – Premium shrub in 5–7 L pots marketed for both garden use and occasional cutting, leveraging the old-rose fragrance and repeat flowering while own-root vigour supports regeneration after harvest – lifestyle-focused retailers.
- Romantic Hedge module – Series of coordinated 5–7 L plants for low hedging, using the 100–150 cm upright, bushy structure and hardy own-root base to ensure long-lived, homogeneous hedge lines – landscape and public-realm supply channels.
- Heritage English Rose feature – Highlight SKU within a branded English rose assortment, built on AUSglisten’s David Austin origin and warm mid-pink rosette blooms, produced from own-root NEONATAL stock for stable long-term ranges – specialist rose nurseries.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Registered as AUSglisten, marketed as Cottage Rose within the English Rose Collection; shrub-type romantic rose classified commercially as an English rose for premium ornamental use. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by David C. H. Austin in the United Kingdom from cross 'Wife of Bath' × 'Mary Rose'; introduced by David Austin Roses in Europe in 1991 and internationally from 1992. |
| Awards and recognition |
not provided |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Bushy, upright shrub reaching about 100–150 cm in height and 70–120 cm spread, moderately thorny, with mid-green, slightly glossy, moderately dense foliage providing a well-filled but not coarse structure. |
| Flower morphology |
Medium-sized, very full rosette blooms with 40+ petals are produced in clusters; repeat-flowering with an especially abundant second flush, but spent blooms often require manual deadheading for best presentation. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Mid-toned, warm pink colouring (ARS mp, RHS 65C–65D) opens as warm mid-pink, slowly fading through light pink to an almost cream-pink; colour retention is relatively weak, giving a softly pastel ageing effect. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Medium-strength, distinctly fragrant blooms with a delicate old-rose character, intended primarily for ornamental and garden enjoyment rather than cosmetic or industrial fragrance extraction purposes. |
| Hip characteristics |
Hip set is generally sparse due to very double flowers, though occasional small, spherical orange-red hips of around 10–14 mm diameter may form; hips are not a key ornamental or production feature. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Rated RHS H7 and USDA zone 5b, tolerating roughly -26 to -23 °C; shows good resistance to powdery mildew and black spot, with moderate susceptibility to rust, supporting relatively low intervention regimes. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Suited to flower beds, edging, hedging and limited cut use; recommended as a bush-trained shrub with 3–5 framework canes, following a premium container route, typically in 5–7 L pots for finished production. |
AUSglisten offers a hardy, low-intervention, romantically flowered shrub on a regenerative own-root base, supporting predictable, long-lived stock and premium container production; please feel free to contact us to coordinate volumes and scheduling.
