Rosa Thomas à Becket - English Shrub Rose
Rosa Thomas à Becket - English Shrub Rose
Rosa Thomas à Becket - English Shrub Rose
Rosa Thomas à Becket® 'Auswinston'
The rose bush has recovered very well. The roses have an incredible color and fragrance. The leaves are also pretty. I can't wait to see it grow bigger each year.
Julie, 11/10/2025
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Description
The English rose Thomas à Becket is has a natural and bushy habit, with particularly healthy and resistant vegetation. This variety displays clusters of shallow cup-shaped, double flowers, in a beautiful light red shade which changes to carmine. Their fragrance is like that of old roses, dominated by an intense lemon note. This bush will give its best if not pruned too severely to allow it to grow freely.
This English rose stands out from others with its more natural appearance and exuberant growth. A real asset that deserves to be exploited, especially since this variety is remarkably healthy and disease-resistant. If pruned, this bush, almost as wide as it is tall, will reach about 1.25 m (4ft) in height and 1 m (3ft) in width. When grown freely, it will develop in much larger proportions. It has repeat flowering. It produces medium-sized clusters of red flowers, opening into informal rosettes, whose petals gracefully curl downwards as the flower ages. Each flower sways gracefully on its stem, exhaling a powerful fragrance dominated by lemon citrus notes.
This bush, a little more 'wild' than others in the same range, is perfect for flowerbeds and landscape hedges. This large bush is ideal for creating a backdrop, at the back of perennial or annual flowerbeds with plants such as gypsophila, phlox, perennial geraniums, dame's rocket, purple toadflax, or love-in-a-mist. It doesn't mind the competition from the roots of other plants, which allows it to be associated with a flowerbed of flowering shrubs, such as lilacs, Deutzia, Spirea, or the sumptuous foliage of the purple smoke bush 'Grace'. If you have enough space, English, Old, or Shrub Roses are beautiful when planted in groups of three. They will grow together to form 'one' opulent bush that will flower even more generously.
Introduced by David Austin in 2013.
Rosa Thomas à Becket - English Shrub Rose in pictures
Plant habit
Flowering
Foliage
Botanical data
Rosa
Thomas à Becket® 'Auswinston'
Rosaceae
Cultivar or hybrid
Rosa canina Laxa (4L/5L pot, Wrapped bare root)
Planting and care
Plant your English Rose Thomas à Becket in a sunny or lightly shaded location. English roses are tolerant but will not tolerate excessive limestone. They will adapt to any garden as long as the soil is well-worked and sufficiently rich.
To plant your rose, prepare the soil by crumbling it and adding an amendment, such as bonemeal, at the bottom of the planting hole. Water abundantly after planting to remove air pockets. Water regularly for a few weeks to encourage root growth. Pruning English roses is essential for flowering. At the end of winter, shorten the branches to 3-5 buds above the ground (at the lowest level), choosing an outward-facing bud for a more elegant habit. Take advantage of this pruning to remove dead wood and unsightly branches. Pruning is done at an angle above a bud. As the flowers bloom, remove faded flowers to stimulate the development of other buds.
Roses are often spotted or unsightly in late summer, but it is not a problem for their development. These spots are not harmful to the rose; it is a natural phenomenon.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
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In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a (East Coast and Midlands: Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Portlaoise). It will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the north-west (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal, Westport), delay planting by 1 to 2 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 1 to 2 weeks in autumn compared to the dates given, preferably choosing periods without strong winds.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (Wicklow Mountains, Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, Connemara, Killarney), it is best to plant in spring (April–May) or autumn (September–October), avoiding periods of waterlogged soil in winter and strong winds, which pose the main risk to newly planted trees in these areas.
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a, such as the East Coast and Midlands, including Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny and Portlaoise.
This will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the northwest (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal and Westport), it will be delayed by one to two weeks compared to the given dates, due to stronger Atlantic winds and less spring sunshine.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (the Wicklow Mountains, the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Connemara and Killarney), flowering will be delayed by two to three weeks. Flowering mainly occurs between May and July, with the limiting factors being less frost and more of the excessive humidity, strong winds and lack of sunshine that are characteristic of these areas.