David austin english roses

摘要

The roses we grow and love today are descended from a long line of garden roses reaching back through many cultures. Roses figured prominently in Roman and Greek festivals; Egyptians placed wreaths of roses in the tombs of their dead; and roses are mentioned on clay tablets written in cuneiform characters by ancient Babylonians. The Chinese also have a rich garden rose tradition extending back to their distant past. Interestingly, Chinese and European rose lines developed along quite independent courses until the beginning of the nineteenth century, when European explorers, botanists and plant hunters returned from voyages to Asia with living plants and seeds of Chinese roses. David Austin roses are roses in this old tradition. They are a comparatively new group of roses, first coming to prominence in the 1970s. They originated from crosses David Austin made between certain old roses, modern hybrid teas and floribundas. English roses combine the delicate charm and fragrance of the old rose with the wide color range and repeat-flowering of a modern rose.