MUNSTEAD WOOD™ rose is named for Gertrude Jekyll's home, where she wrote many of her influential gardening books. Its buds are a light, pinkish crimson, opening to reveal velvety deep crimson roses 4 inches in diameter. The scent is also described as exceptional...old rose, with hints of berries.

MUNSTEAD WOOD™ is on the compact side for a David Austen rose, about 3 feet by 3 feet, making it appropriate for the front of the border or even a container on the patio. And care isn't complicated. Give it full sun (6 hours or more a day), regular water, a pruning in winter, and fertilizer once in the spring and again in the summer.