AUSWITH – pink English rose - Austin – pharmaROSA® NEONATAL rooted cutting
Climbing own-root AUSWITH from the English Rose Collection offers professional growers a premium propagation base for high-value, fragrance-led ramblers in UK nursery and wholesale channels. Its strong, creeping habit with dense grey-green foliage supports reliable structure on trellises, pergolas and fences, aligning well with bush-trained, 3–5-cane release forms and a 5–7 L premium container route. Large, very double, rosette blooms with 40+ petals combine full-bodied, myrrh-like fragrance and soft pastel pink tonality for ornamental and cut-flower positioning where flower quality and form command attention. Remontant flowering with abundant second flushes helps underpin continuity in seasonal programmes, while H7 hardiness to -26–-23 °C and USDA 5b allow dependable cropping in cooler schemes, offering winter and wind tolerance suited to northern UK networks. Moderate disease resistance and maintenance needs remain manageable in professional production, supporting quality outcomes where own-root longevity and regenerative growth secure long-term collections and thematic garden installations. As an own-root, tray-grown cutting at 3–6 months, AUSWITH integrates smoothly into nursery propagation beds and container systems, facilitating homogeneous stands, predictable potting schedules and lower replacement, maturing from root establishment in year one to shoot framework in year two and full ornamental value from year three for sustained performance.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- Premium 5–7 L English climbing rose – Bush-trained AUSWITH in 5–7 L containers, highlighting English Rose pedigree, large pastel-pink rosettes and strong fragrance for exclusive ornamental lines – retail/reseller premium ranges
- Collection-grade English Rose climber – Own-root, labelled AUSWITH as part of a curated English Rose Collection block, using its structural vigour and stable identity for thematic rose gardens – specialist nurseries and collection gardens
- Fragrance focus pergola climber – Framework-trained plants prepared from NEONATAL stock for pergolas, emphasising remontant flowering and full-bodied fragrance as premium upsell climbers – garden centres and independent retailers
- Project-ready large-container specimen – Pre-trained AUSWITH in 40–50 L containers with a developed canopy and framework, ready for installation on site in high-visibility projects – landscape contractors and public-realm suppliers
- Cut-and-display dual-purpose stock – Bed-grown, bush-trained AUSWITH stands serving as both display and niche cut-flower source, built from tray-rooted cuttings for predictable, renewable production – wholesale nurseries and floriculture growers
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
AUSWITH, English Rose Collection shrub/climber; registered cultivar name AUSwith, trade name Auswith English Rose AUSwith, ARS exhibition name ‘St. Swithun’, ornamental garden rambling and climbing categories. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by David Charles Henshaw Austin, United Kingdom; unknown seedling × ‘Mary Rose’; bred 1992, introduced and registered 1993 via David Austin Roses Ltd, Albrighton, UK, for ornamental English Rose use. |
| Awards and recognition |
not provided |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Creeping, vigorous shrub/climber reaching 240–340 cm high and 160–240 cm spread, with dense, slightly glossy grey-green foliage (RHS 147A) and moderate prickliness; some very double blooms may require manual deadheading. |
| Flower morphology |
Large L-sized 2.75–3.95 in very double rosette flowers with 40+ petals, mostly solitary; remontant with abundant secondary bloom, providing repeated decorative flushes suitable for premium ornamental and cut use. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Soft pure pink blooms (ARS mp; RHS 65D outer, 65C inner) opening with powder-pink centres, then pastel pink before fading towards nearly white; colour retention is poor, giving a gentle, paler finish as flowers age. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Strong, far-reaching fragrance with a full-bodied, myrrh-like character; highly ornamental and noticeable in plantings, though not specifically indicated for soap or cosmetic extraction use in professional production. |
| Hip characteristics |
Usually sparse fruiting; occasional ovoid rose hips 9–15 mm diameter, orange-red RHS 37B, may appear but are not a dominant ornamental feature and have limited commercial significance for most production systems. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
H7 hardy to around -26 to -23 °C, Swedish Zon 4, USDA 5b; moderate resistance to powdery mildew, black spot and rust; average water needs, performance declines under prolonged drought or high heat stress. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Suited to trellises, pergolas, fences, specimens, beds and some cut-flower use; medium maintenance with occasional pest and disease control; recommended as bush-trained 3–5 cane premium-container product, target 5–7 L pots. |
AUSWITH – pink English rose - Austin offers large, fragrant pastel-pink blooms, vigorous climbing structure and own-root predictability for long-lived, homogeneous stands; please contact us to coordinate volumes, timelines and integration into your production plans.
