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By Sally Ferguson For David Austin Roses
Published on February 15, 2011
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From David Austin Roses comes the creamy white English Rose called Claire Austin.
From David Austin Roses comes the creamy white English Rose called Claire Austin.
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Michale Marriott, technical manager of David Austin Roses, offers tips on how to plant bare root roses.
Michale Marriott, technical manager of David Austin Roses, offers tips on how to plant bare root roses.
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From David Austin Roses comes the English Rose 'Grace' with its apricot flowers.
From David Austin Roses comes the English Rose 'Grace' with its apricot flowers.
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From David Austin Roses, gardeners now have the choice to order own-root roses.
From David Austin Roses, gardeners now have the choice to order own-root roses.

Those unfamiliar
with bare root roses might be taken aback when first unpacking them. Far from
the lush, delicious rose bush envisioned, bare root roses arrive looking, well …
dead. Take heart – though that clump of sticks with roots attached might seem
vulnerable and uninspiring – once planted, these humble twigs grow fast and in
no time become leafy bushes ready to burst into bloom. To give them the right

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