I never intended to fill my garden with roses. It happened by accident, simply through the desire to add colour to the garden and gentle(ish) bullying by my wife. However, once I started, there was no going back. In particular, I find the English roses produced by David Austin simple irresistible …

At the bottom of this page are a few links to products on Amazon UK that I consider essential for growing roses – rose food (roses are incredibly greedy plants) and Mycorrhizal Fungi, which you should always use when planting roses, especially if you are replacing a rose in the same location. There is also a link to a David Austin (English) rose (Boscobel), which are my favourite roses.