Rose Olivia Rose Austin

Extraordinary English Rose "Olivia Rose Austin" is a variety that impresses with both its aesthetic beauty and durability. This stunning rose begins blooming very early in spring and continues to flower until autumn. Its medium to large rosette-shaped blooms, in an even pink shade, are accompanied by a lovely fruity fragrance. The bush is healthy and well-balanced.

"Olivia Rose Austin" thrives in full sun. While full sunlight is ideal, it can flourish with at least 6 hours of sunlight per day.

Perfect for:

•Mixed borders: The elegant pink flowers of Olivia Rose Austin add a touch of sophistication to mixed borders, harmonizing beautifully with other plants and flowers.

•Pots and containers: The striking appearance of this rose makes it an excellent choice for enhancing the beauty of patio or balcony pots and containers.

•Living rose hedges: Thanks to its well-balanced growth and attractive flowers, Olivia Rose Austin creates a refined rose hedge, perfect for defining living boundaries.

•Rose borders: As an English shrub rose, ‘Olivia Rose Austin’ thrives alongside other roses, forming a delightful and fragrant rose border.

•Shady areas: This versatile rose can tolerate partial sunlight, making it suitable for adding vibrant color to shaded spots in the garden.

•Cut flowers: Its large, appealing blooms and gentle fruity fragrance make ‘Olivia Rose Austin’ an ideal choice for creating stunning floral arrangements.

Its dark green foliage provides a perfect backdrop for its early spring blooms.

With its hardiness and disease resistance, "Olivia Rose Austin" is easy to care for, even for garden enthusiasts. Regular thinning helps maintain its health and encourages abundant flowering

Named after the daughter of David Austin Jr. and granddaughter of David Austin Sr.

English Shrub Roses

Gold Standard Rose Trials - Gold Standard, Gold Standard Rose Trials, 2015;

SNHF - Grand Prix de la Rose, Grand Prix de la Rose, 2018;

ARS James Alexander Gamble Rose Fragrance Award, ARS American Rose Society Show, 2020;

ARS Members' Choice Award, ARS American Rose Society Show, 2020;

ARS Members' Choice for Fragrance, ARS American Rose Society Show, 2020;

Australia - Best Rose in Trial, Australian National Rose Trials, 2020;

Australia - Best Shrub Rose, Australian National Rose Trials, 2020;

Australia - Gold Medal, Australian National Rose Trials, 2020;

ORIGIN OF THE VARIETY

Rose variety ‘Ausmixture’ / 'Olivia Rose Austin' originated by David Austin by crossing an unnamed, unpatented seedling with an unnamed, unpatented seedling.

BACKGROUND OF THE VARIETY

The primary objective of this rose variety breeding was to create a new rose variety having cupped buds that gradually open to become large shallow-cupped fragrant rosettes of a soft pink with excellent disease resistance and vigor, and which repeat-flowers well.

SUMMARY OF THE VARIETY

The objective was achieved, along with other important improvements, and this rose variety incorporated the following unique combination of characteristics:

 vigorous, large shallow-cupped quartered rosettes having a soft shade of pink;

 strong, fruity fragrance;

 excellent disease resistance and shiny foliage.

Asexual reproduction of this variety by budding showed that the foregoing and all other characteristics and distinctions came true to form, established and transmitted through the succeeding propagations.

COMPARISON WITH PARENTS

The ‘Ausmixture’ / ‘Olivia Rose Austin’ may be distinguished from its seed parent, by the following combination of characteristics:

 the seed parent is more disease prone and less free flowering, but with slightly fuller flowers compared to ‘Ausmixture’ / ‘Olivia Rose Austin’.

The ‘Ausmixture’ / ‘Olivia Rose Austin’ may be distinguished from its pollen parent by the following combination of characteristics:

 The pollen parent is apricot in color with blooms that have more of a hybrid-tea shaped flowers.

COMPARISON WITH THE CLOSEST COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE CULTIVAR

The most similar rose cultivars to the ‘Ausmixture’ / ‘Olivia Rose Austin’ are the rose variety ‘Ausjosiah’ / ‘The Wedgwood Rose’ and a rose variety ‘Ausrumba’ / ‘Gentle Hermione’, ad they may be distinguished by the following combination of characteristics:

 the ‘Ausjosiah’ / ‘The Wedgwood Rose’ has a bloom that is more rounded, whereas ‘Ausmixture’ / ‘Olivia Rose Austin’ has a cupped bloom.

 The blooms of ‘Ausrumba’ / ‘Gentle Hermione’ are apricot whereas the blooms of ‘Ausmixture’ / ‘Olivia Rose Austin’ are pink when the sepals are just dividing.

 In addition, neither ‘Ausjosiah’ / ‘The Wedgwood Rose’ nor ‘Ausrumba’ / ‘Gentle Hermione’ are quartered, and ‘Ausmixture’ / ‘Olivia Rose Austin’ is more compact with fewer thorns than the two commercially available cultivars.

USDA 5 and warmer