Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: Cupped
Petal count: very full: 40+ petals
Rose bloom color: Orange and orange blend
Extra Bloom Info: In clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Shrub
Extra Color Info: orange & yellow blend
Growth Habit: Medium-tall, 4-5 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: David Austin, 1995
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 5 and warmer

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 4-5 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Orange and yellow
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Other: Australia - Certificate of Merit 1998
Parentage: Graham Thomas x Abraham Darby

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Pat Austin'
  • 'AUSmum'

Common names
  • English Shrub Rose
  • Rose

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Uploaded by Calsurf73
Location: In my garden in Oklahoma City
Date: June, 2004
Rose (Rosa 'Pat Austin')
Location: Chudleigh, Tasmania
Date: 2020-02-23
Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2020-04-18
Location: Smith-Gilbert Gardens, Kennesaw GA
Date: 2022-05-07
Location: Zuzu’s garden
Location: Zone 5
Date: 2015-04-26 
A fragrant English Rose
Location: Zone 6B WV
Date: 2021-06-17

At Alnwick Garden
Uploaded by Calif_Sue
Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2020-04-20
Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2021-04-25
Location: Chuelles, France
Date: 2021-06-13
The many shades of Pat Austin 😍
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2007-09-23
Location: Chuelles, France
Date: 2022-07-23
Uploaded by zuzu
Uploaded by kniphofia
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2009-06-24

Date: 2016-06-01
Uploaded by sedumzz
Uploaded by kbw664
Uploaded by Calif_Sue
Uploaded by zuzu

San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, CA.
Uploaded by Calsurf73
Location: Rose Garden, Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Date: 2018-06-16
Location: Barnes Arboretum, Merion, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-06-09
Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2021-04-25
First Pat Austin bloom, Spring 2021
Uploaded by sedumzz
Uploaded by DianeSeeds
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2011-05-02
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2008-05-09
Uploaded by zuzu
Uploaded by zuzu
Uploaded by kbw664
Location: Rose Garden Center, Tyler, Texas
Date: 2014-05-03
Location: Rose Garden Center, Tyler, Texas
Date: 2014-05-03
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Heights, MI
Date: 2012-07-30
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Heights, MI
Date: 2012-07-30
Location: The garden at Sanabria
Date: 2014-07-21
One of three standards put in this year. Very floriferous if well
Location: Barnes Arboretum, Merion, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-06-09

photo credit: Rexness
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Uploaded by emoryterri
Uploaded by zuzu
Uploaded by kbw664
Uploaded by kbw664

Date: 2016-06-01

Date: 2016-06-01
Uploaded by robertduval14
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Heights, MI
Date: 2012-07-30
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Heights, MI
Date: 2012-07-30
Location: Islamabad, zone 9b
Date: 2016-12-08
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Comments:
  • Posted by zuzu (Northern California - Zone 9a) on Oct 1, 2011 10:44 PM concerning plant:
    Pat Austin is one of the Austin roses most inclined to "nod." The blooms can be difficult to appreciate unless the bush is very tall or you lie down on the ground and look up. The stems are almost always too weak to hold the clusters of heavy blooms upright.
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