Funny thing . . .
Keith Zary told me once that the "ruffled" forms that Austin put out had ALWAYS crept up in every year's seedlings . . . but that because that form was "unwanted" they were rarely propagated forward.
Then, along came David Austin . . . Suddenly, the beauty of those old forms "caught on" and eventually, more and more folks began to learn about the Old Roses -- the ancestors of them all -- that had survived. And here we are!
Lucky us! We get the best of Old and New . . .
"Tamalpais Homestead Tea"
'The Dark Lady'
