AUSmak – pink English rose – Austin – pharmaROSA® NEONATAL rooted cutting
Premium own-root AUSmak provides a stable, long-term foundation for professional rose ranges targeting exclusive finished products and premium container production. Dense, bushy structure with medium maintenance needs lends itself to consistent 5–7 L crop scheduling and reliable flowering performance for retail and reseller channels. The rosette, very double flowers deliver high flower quality and form, with a medium, tea-scented fragrance suited to cut-flower side sales and display gardens. Own-root material supports predictable regeneration and low replacement over time, aligning with nurseries building thematic English collections for show and park projects. The development arc from root establishment in year one through stronger shoot build in year two to full ornamental expression in year three supports planned rotations, while hardiness to typical UK winters ensures dependable stands even in more exposed northern and inland sites. This allows growers to underpin integrated supply chains serving public and institutional projects, supported by a nationwide tolerance to colder, windier conditions in northern regions for reliable production logistics.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- 5–7 L English Rose premium line – Own-root, bush-trained AUSmak grown to well-furnished 5–7 L containers, highlighting flower quality and award-backed credibility as an exclusive English rose offer – retail/reseller programmes.
- Large-feature patio specimen – Step 5–7 L NEONATAL-based plants into 40–50 litre containers, focusing on bushy habit and repeat flowering for high-impact solitary specimens – garden centres and design-led resellers.
- Romantic collection bed series – Coordinate AUSmak within Romantic rose-themed ranges for parks and show gardens, using uniform 5–7 L stock to deliver consistent structure and pastel colour – public-realm and institutional tenders.
- English rose cut-and-garden duo – Market AUSmak as a dual-purpose garden and small-scale cut-flower cultivar, leveraging rosette form and fragrance from sturdy 5–7 L plants – specialist florists linked to nurseries.
- Display-garden anchor cultivar – Use own-root AUSmak as a stable, long-lived anchor in demonstration borders, reflecting production quality and supporting premium container sales – trade show displays and nursery show gardens.
Technical cultivar profile
| Name and registration |
Registered as AUSmak, marketed as Eglantyne and AUSmak English Rose AUSmak; English Rose Collection shrub within the Romantic rose commercial group, bush rose and cut-flower exhibition types. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by David Charles Henshaw Austin from unknown seedling × ‘Mary Rose’; introduced and registered in 1994 by David Austin Roses Ltd. in the United Kingdom for English Rose-type use. |
| Awards and recognition |
Holds the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit (2001) and has shown performance at Central Ohio Rose Society Show as Modern Shrub Rose (1999), supporting recognised garden value. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Bushy shrub with dense, mid-green, slightly glossy foliage; height about 90–140 cm with 80–120 cm spread, moderately thorny canes and poor self-cleaning, so deadheading of spent blooms is advised. |
| Flower morphology |
Very double, rosette-shaped, clustered blooms with more than 40 petals, strongly repeat-flowering, giving an abundant second flush and medium-sized flowers approximately 1.5–2.75 inches across. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Soft shell-pink buds deepen slightly at the tip, opening to pale, silky pastel pink that fades towards white in the centre; colour lightens faster in strong sun and more slowly in cooler conditions. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Medium-strength, clearly noticeable scent with delicately sweet, tea-scented character; the very double flower form limits pollinator access, making it primarily an ornamental and display-focused variety. |
| Hip characteristics |
Hip set is usually poor because of the very double flowers, though occasional small spherical orange-red hips, roughly 8–14 mm in diameter, may form and contribute minor seasonal interest. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Hardy to approximately −26 to −23 °C (RHS H7, Swedish zone 4, USDA 5b); disease resistance moderate overall with good black spot resistance but moderate susceptibility to powdery mildew and rust. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Best used in flower beds, parks, cut-flower side use and as solitary specimens; medium maintenance requiring occasional plant protection, ideally supplied bush-trained via premium container production. |
AUSmak offers dense bushy structure, award-backed flower quality and dependable hardiness on a long-lived own-root base, supporting predictable, low-replacement stands for premium programmes; please contact us to coordinate volumes and scheduling.
