Here's Abraham Darby, the first rose I bought years ago, which whetted my interest in and eventually led to antique roses.

So beautiful! I have him on my wishlist for next season. I'll pamper him all he wants if I can get blooms half as gorgeous as yours!

As it so happens, I just took some pix of these two:
Carding Mill ...

Strawberry Hill. An all-round stunning rose.

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one of the first buds that Sharifa Asma opened this spring/summer.

Abraham Darby

Port Sunlight

So lovely! Thank you for sharing!

Radio Times

Delbard Rose is very much like the form of most austins
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My first rose, Teasing Georgia, and the prettiest of all the DA roses: Constance Spry, -still adolescent but magnificent none-the-less.

Darcey was also a bare-root bought this winter from DA. She's amazing -- more prolific than Munstead Wood, and vigorous??!! You betcha! Definitely needs a bigger pot, or to go in the ground.

Here's a few of my favorite Austins in my garden:

Molineux
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Anne Boleyn--a shorter one
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Pretty Jessica--another shorter one
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Lady of Shalott--one of my favorites
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Mortimer Sackler--a bigger one, but my present one is not recovering well from our brutal winter. : (
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Queen of Swedens (3)--perhaps the loveliest Austin, but not as good on re-bloom as I'd like.
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William Shakespeare 2000--doesn't do full justice to the dark beauty of this rose.
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Jubilee Celebration--another one of Austin's most beautiful roses, but suffers from "weak neck" syndrome too often.
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Munstead Woods--my favorite Austin
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The Pilgrim climber
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That's not all my Austins, but it is getting late at night and my sleep-filled eyes force me to bid you Night, Night!

Enjoy.

Kate

P.S. Joe--that Delbard is truly lovely!

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Adam your radio times is stunning! Kate all of your Austin's are healthy and gorgeous. I hope mine look as beautiful as yours in the future.

Kate - you have a few that I really love, and a few that I really want :) The Pilgrim is on my "to buy" list, and Lady of Shalott looks so beautiful!

Molineux: the colours on this one are spectacular. Each bloom is a slightly different blend of yellows.

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Sharifa Asma: the scent is just divine, a slightly larger rose in my garden.

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I wish I had pictures of some of my other favourites but I can't find them right now. Fair Bianca is a beautiful, compact white. The Prince has a velvety looking rich colour that I have never been able to capture correctly with a camera, but is one of my favourites. Pretty Jessica and Evelyn are both about to bloom and they are beautiful too but I have no photos yet (maybe in a week or so).

I actually bought Happy Child off a suggestion from a forum member (who I think might have been dublinbay/kate, lol) as a nice, compact yellow and it is also about to bloom, for the very first time, in a couple days so I'm very excited to see it!

wow. these are all gorgeous.

I'm going to link to several but first time trying that. Abe Darby, Mumstead Wood

Abraham Darby

Lady of Shallot

Evelyn

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Golden Celebration
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Lurker here. I only have Heritage, A.Darby and Evelyn. But saw many Austins for the 1st time in May. 'Lady of Shallot' and 'A Shropshire Lad' were drop dead gorgeous and will be added as soon as there's room). I do love the pinks and peaches.
Strong contenders are 'Harlow Carr' (great lavender cast pink color), Gentle Hermione (delicacy without being wimpy but heard she fades to white in summer's heat), Carding Mill and Port Sunlight.

Gentle Hermione
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Port Sunlight had smaller flowers that truly glowed viewed striaght on.
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Harlow Carr had lovely large flattish flowers (great color)
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Carding Mill (warm and wonderful)
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I love Austins… I collect pink and apricot varieties as space will allow...

Sharifa Asma

You need MW Krista. Trust me.

Sheila, I grow Munstead Wood, and agree, everyone needs to grow this rose! Amazing color and to my nose the blooms have a note of berry essence.

Yes, you must have Munstead Wood. The most gorgeous color in the world!

That's The Wedgewood (pink/white) behind it, climbing up an obelisk, and to the right, a white peony (Festiva Maxima), and, of course, front center is Munstead Wood. My favorite rose.

Kate

These photos are a feast for the eyes! Thank you for this post. I feel I should get more Austins now!

Here’s my first rose from a new Litchfield Angel

Here’s the first rose from PAoK

Here’s my beloved Lady of Shallot

Here’s Scepter’d Isle

I have heard so many glowing recommendations of Munstead Wood that he is on my list for next year. Now just to decide where to put him lol ... such a rich dark colour, what have you planted with him as companion plants? I'm thinking I have a spot next to my yellow lupines that might work? Depends how big Munstead Wood gets though...

Also I'm loving the pictures of Carding Mill. I had not seen that one before. Any growing information on this one?

I lost my Molineux in our last winter here ... temperatures fluctuated tremendously and sometimes went down to frigid cold, even for Canada lol ... and Molineux is a borderline hardy rose here at the best of times, even with winter protection I find. So I had to find a new baby one this Spring. His wonderful blend of yellows is a colour that I always want in the garden!