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OTHER VARIETIES OF

David Austin Wedding Roses

The rose Beatrice is a member of the ‘David Austin Wedding Roses’ collection. In the year 2000 David Austin began breeding for cut roses with the shapes and fragrances of old Garden roses but with the vase life of a commercial cut varieties.

David Austin Wedding Rose Beatrice™

(AUSlevity)

The glorious BEATRICE™ rose is David Austin’s first yellow cut rose. With its rich coloring and delightful scent it is ideal for summer weddings and events.

The David Austin Wedding Rose Beatrice is a buttermilk/creamy/yellow coloured, full-cupped rose, with a frilly edge to its petals. It starts light, while the center is a deeper yellow. They begin as ruffled cups, opening to classic rosettes; the many petals radiating from the center of each bloom in a loose swirl, creating a natural garden rose appearance.

The scent of the David Austin Wedding Rose Beatrice has a soft and warm honey bass-note, developing into a fruity apricot scent with a hint of myrrh.

Like many true garden roses, the David Austin Wedding Rose Beatrice has differing colourations. Sometimes it is pure, clear yellow, with paler outer petals. At other times of the year, it is almost two-toned with a dark, almost apricot core and lighter, yellow exterior petals.

The David Austin Wedding Rose Beatrice blends beautifully with cottage garden flowers and is expected to be a very popular choice for summer wedding and events. It will work equally well in autumnal arrangements, particularly when blended with David Austin’s peachy apricot rose ‘Juliet’ and fragrant, cream coloured rose ‘Patience’.

With a vase life of 8 to 10 days, it is also ideal for gifting and arrangements in the home.

David Austin Wedding Rose Beatrice’s large blooms are held on strong upright stems.

Specifications of David Austin Wedding Rose Beatrice:

  • Shape : Rosette
  • Color : White/yellow
  • Petal Count : 83
  • Diameter : 11-12 cm
  • Fragrance : Strong, myrrh with hints of fruit and almond
  • Vase Life : 7-9 days
  • Breeder : David Austin
  • Plant Name : Auslevity
  • Best use after: 4-5 days
Beatrice flower stages
DID YOU KNOW

The Story behind David Austin Roses

The quest to create a new kind of cut rose

Creating a new, beautiful rose is a combination of art and science and requires a huge amount of patience and experience. David C H Austin dedicated his life to this quest to create beautifully scented roses for both the garden as well as for floristry, in particular weddings and special occasions.
His legacy continues under the stewardship of his son, David Jnr who was instrumental in helping his father to set up a new cut rose breeding program in 1992. The aim is to develop varieties that were specifically for the cut flower market, available all year round, whilst retaining the beauty, fragrance, and charm that had become so recognizable and loved in his garden roses. The first group of cut roses was released in 2004.

Passion and Patience

Each rose can take up to nine years in development and like most things of exceptional beauty can test the patience of even the most passionate rose breeder. Around 30,000 hand crosses take place each year, producing around 50,000
seedlings from which a rigorous nine-year selection and trialing process begin. Eventually, only one or two varieties will be chosen to be introduced and grown commercially. Selection is undertaken by a handful of people, including David Jnr
himself, which gives rise to the unique look of a David Austin rose. Just like a designer suit or fine wine, a David Austin cut rose has a signature look that has become instantly recognizable. Despite attempts at imitation, no other rose is quite like it.

David Austin Jnr, son and Managing Director of the company for the last 25 years said:

My Father or Mr. A as he was affectionately known within the wider Austin family was a remarkable man. His love for the art of rose breeding was truly inspiring; he loved nothing more than seeing the pleasure that his roses gave to others.

David C H Austin, his son, David J C Austin and his son Richard Austin
David Austin Roses is a traditional family business, with on the left the late David C H Austin, his son, David J C Austin in the middle and his son Richard Austin on the right. The head office, rose breeding facilities and rose gardens are in Shropshire, UK. They also have regional offices in Tyler, Texas, USA and Osaka, Japan.
David Austin Wedding Rose Patience, a milky white scented garden Rose
While roses naturally flower in gardens only during summer and autumn, David Austin's cut roses are available all year round. This makes them the perfect choice for bouquets, events, weddings and celebrations at any time of the year.
David Austin in Bowling Green Lane, Albrighton, Wolverhampton WV7 3HB England
With so much experience and rose breeding being at the heart of the David Austin company, the possibilities to create a new cut rose of great beauty continue. This promises to provide many more wonderful roses in the David Austin Wedding & Event Rose collection.
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