Kathryn Morley

Jayne Austin

Swan

Potter & Moore

Leander

Grace

Bredon

An old pic from 2006 when I had Abraham Darby

Pat Austin is usually quite cupped for me and often shows the lighter reverse as shown in the background bloom.

My Mom has a beautiful large Belle Story. They smell wonderful and she often brings a cluster inside to fragrance the kitchen.

John Clare

Sir Walter Raleigh

St. Cecilia

Sue, excellent photos! Sir Walter Raleigh looks like a smaller shrub. True? How do you like him and is he fragrant? Living in NC, I guess I really should have him since our capitol is named for him.

Thanks for more photos of Austins, Sue! I've stopped adding Austins to my "list". Now I'm just using the catalog in alpha order--through out the ones that can't take the southern summers--and that's my Austin list!

I'm glad you posted Leander and Grace one after the other. I just got Leander and put it very near Grace as I thought they might look good together, and I can see that they will--at least to my eye they will. I'm going to try growing Leander as a pillar. I saw a photo of one somewhere and it stuck in my mind. Pat Austin is in that same bed.

Swan is so pretty as is Jayne Austin!

And Graham Thomas is my very next Austin buy!

I need to find one of the shorter Austins that would look good under my Lady Emma Hamilton standard. Something that can really take some heat and hummidity. Any suggestions?

PS--How does one put the little "expressions" at the bottom of the page into a message?

Terri, regarding the expressions, just click on them. No idea what to suggest for a shorter Austin as they all get bigger here in Ca. than listed and I don't know where you live.

Angie, almost all those images were taken at the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, I only own Pat Austin.

Oh no, I see another one that I need! Tea Clipper....thanks a lot!

Thanks, Sue. Didn't realize those were tour roses! I'll check out the stats in one of my rose books.

Terri: I don't know how tall your standard is, but The Fawn has remained fairly short for me, at least last year. But that was the first year in my garden, so I'm waiting to see what it does this year. However, I have it in a spot for a low-growing rose and it's fit the bill so far.

Sorry, Sue. I really need to change that in my profile. I live in NE TX. Zone 8a.

I was kind of thinking of Crocus Rose--although The Fawn looks really cool. Thanks for that suggestion, Angie. Happy Child would be perfect but I think the yellow on that one just wouldn't go with Lady Em. Does Happy Child have a sport? The right pink or yellow would be good--something fairly neutral. Open to any color really. Lady Em is variable so it is kind of hard to fix in my mind what I want.

Sorry, I should have mentioned that the standard altogether is about as tall as me--about 5'.