Roses that are thought of as being English Roses
| Name | Color | Cold | Breeder | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claudia Cardinale | Apricot | Zone 5 | Guillot | 7.6 |
| Ellen | Apricot | Zone 5 | Austin | 7.5 |
| Molineaux | Apricot | Zone 5 | Austin | |
| Pat Austin | Apricot | Zone 4 | Austin | 7.7 |
| Comtes de Champagne | Buff | Zone 5 | Austin | |
| Feu Pernet Ducher | Buff | Zone 5 | Mallerin | |
| Gruss an Aachen | Buff | Zone 4 | Geduldig | 8.3 |
| Bow Bells | Candy Pink | Zone 5 | Austin | 7.8 |
| Brother Cadfael | Candy Pink | Zone 4 | Austin | 8.0 |
| Canterbury | Candy Pink | Zone 5 | Austin | 7.3 |
| Constance Spry | Candy Pink | Zone 5 | Austin | 8.5 |
| Kathryn Morley | Candy Pink | Zone 5 | Austin | 7.7 |
| Mayor of Casterbridge | Candy Pink | Zone 5 | Austin | |
| Potter & Moore | Candy Pink | Zone 5 | Austin | |
| The Reeve | Candy Pink | Zone 4 | Austin | 7.4 |
| Wife of Bath | Candy Pink | Zone 5 | Austin | 7.8 |
| Noble Anthony | Cerise | Zone 5 | Austin | |
| Sir Edward Elgar | Cerise | Zone 4 | Austin | |
| The Herbalist | Cerise | Zone 4 | Austin | |
| Cressida | Copper | Zone 5 | Austin | |
| Eugene de Beauharnais | Crimson | Zone 4 | Hardy | 8.0 |
| Falstaff | Crimson | Zone 5 | Austin | |
| Fisherman’s Friend | Crimson | Zone 4 | Austin | 7.8 |
| Othello | Crimson | Zone 5 | Austin | 7.2 |
| Sophy’s Rose | Crimson | Zone 5 | Austin | |
| Tess of the d’Ubervilles | Crimson | Zone 5 | Austin | |
| The Dark Lady | Crimson | Zone 5 | Austin | 7.8 |
| The Squire | Crimson | Zone 5 | Austin | 8.4 |
| Golden Celebration | Gold | Zone 6 | Austin | 7.8 |
| Charles Rennie Mackintosh | Lilac | Zone 4 | Austin | 7.9 |
| James Galway | Lilac | Zone 5 | Austin | |
| Auguste Renoir | Mauve | Zone 5 | Meilland | 7.4 |
| Lilac Rose | Mauve | Zone 5 | Austin | 7.9 |
| Magenta | Mauve | Zone 4 | Kordes | 6.9 |
| Old Port | Mauve | Zone 6 | McGredy | 7.8 |
| Amber Waves | Pale Apricot | Zone 5 | Zary | |
| Bredon | Pale Apricot | Zone 4 | Austin | 7.9 |
| Charles Austin | Pale Apricot | Zone 4 | Austin | 7.8 |
| English Garden | Pale Apricot | Zone 5 | Austin | 8.0 |
| Evelyn | Pale Apricot | Zone 5 | Austin | 7.7 |
| Honey Perfume | Pale Apricot | Zone 5 | Zary | 7.8 |
| Jaquenetta | Pale Apricot | Zone 6 | Austin | |
| Jayne Austin | Pale Apricot | Zone 6 | Austin | 7.6 |
| Jude the Obscure | Pale Apricot | Zone 5 | Austin | 8.0 |
| Pegasus | Pale Apricot | Zone 5 | Austin | |
| Perdita | Pale Apricot | Zone 4 | Austin | 7.8 |
| Sweet Juliet | Pale Apricot | Zone 5 | Austin | 7.6 |
| Tamora | Pale Apricot | Zone 6 | Austin | |
| William Morris | Pale Apricot | Zone 6 | Austin | |
| Ambridge Rose | Pale Pink | Zone 5 | Austin | 8.2 |
| Chaucer | Pale Pink | Zone 4 | Austin | 8.1 |
| Claire Rose | Pale Pink | Zone 4 | Austin | 7.4 |
| Pink Chiffon | Pale Pink | Zone 5 | Boerner | |
| Pretty Jessica | Pale Pink | Zone 5 | Austin | 8.0 |
| St. Swithun | Pale Pink | Zone 5 | Austin | 7.0 |
| Cottage Rose | Pink | Zone 4 | Austin | |
| Geoff Hamilton | Pink | Zone 5 | Austin | |
| Guy de Maupassant | Pink | Zone 5 | Meilland | |
| Mary Rose | Pink | Zone 5 | Austin | 8.3 |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | Pink | Zone 4 | Austin | |
| The Yoeman | Pink/Yellow Blend | Zone 5 | Austin | 8.1 |
| Charlotte | Primrose | Zone 5 | Austin | 7.3 |
| Mary Webb | Primrose | Zone 5 | Austin | |
| The Pilgrim | Primrose | Zone 4 | Austin | 7.6 |
| Troilus | Primrose | Zone 5 | Austin | |
| Windrush | Primrose | Zone 5 | Austin | 7.8 |
| Yellow Button | Primrose | Zone 6 | Austin | |
| Prospero | Purple | Zone 5 | Austin | 8.4 |
| The Prince | Purple | Zone 4 | Austin | 7.6 |
| Tradescant | Purple | Zone 4 | Austin | 7.8 |
| L.D. Braithwaite | Red | Zone 5 | Austin | |
| Gertrude Jekyll | Rose | Zone 5 | Austin | |
| Portmeiron | Rose | Zone 5 | Austin | |
| Wisley | Rose | Zone 5 | Austin | |
| Geranium Red | Scarlet | Zone 4 | Boerner | |
| Abraham Darby | Shell Pink | Zone 4 | Austin | 7.8 |
| Belle Story | Shell Pink | Zone 4 | Austin | 8.6 |
| Colette | Shell Pink | Zone 5 | Meilland | 7.7 |
| Eglantyne | Shell Pink | Zone 5 | Austin | 7.8 |
| Emanuel | Shell Pink | Zone 5 | Austin | 8.2 |
| Heritage | Shell Pink | Zone 4 | Austin | 8.4 |
| Johann Strauss | Shell Pink | Zone 5 | Meilland | |
| Leander | Shell Pink | Zone 5 | Austin | 8.3 |
| Pink Gruss an Aachen | Shell Pink | Zone 6 | Kluis and Konig | |
| Sharifa Asma | Shell Pink | Zone 4 | Austin | 7.9 |
| Fair Bianca | White | Zone 5 | Austin | 7.8 |
| Glamis Castle | White | Zone 4 | Austin | 7.9 |
| Martine Guillot | White | Zone 5 | Guillot | 7.7 |
| The Nun | White | Zone 5 | Austin | |
| Winchester Cathedral | White | Zone 5 | Austin | 7.8 |
| Blythe Spirit | Yellow | Zone 5 | Austin | |
| Graham Thomas | Yellow | Zone 5 | Austin | 8.3 |
| Happy Child | Yellow | Zone 5 | Austin | |
| Michelangelo | Yellow | Zone 5 | Meilland | |
| Symphony | Yellow | Zone 4 | Austin | 7.8 |
| Teasing Georgia | Yellow | Austin |
David Austin, almost half a century ago, set out to restore a number of old rose qualities to garden roses: old rose form, fragrance, shrubbiness, and the vigor and good health of the best old roses. This, it turned out, was a tall task. Measured by the popularity of David Austin's roses he has had an astonishing measure of success. Measured against some theoretical ideal, there are perhaps, opportunities for more improvements in areas of shrubbiness and health. And some of us will never get enough fine fragrance.
The list below includes a number of roses bred by Austin and introduced as English Roses, one or two bred by others that he has classified in this group, and a few bred by other breeders aiming - if not for the identical set of qualities, then at roughly the same market. It may be helpful to keep in mind the old saw 'you don't get something for nothing.' Eglantyne is almost unconditionally healthy but it is not extremely fragrant. Brother Cadfael produces huge, fragrant blooms, but can be parsimonious with them. Constance Spry makes big, fragrant flowers on a vigorous plant, but will host downy mildew and does not repeat. And so on. The situation is neither much better nor much worse with this class than with many others; but Austin gives us many choices for which we are very thankful.