Choosing the perfect rose for a planting scheme has just become easier. Inspired by the timeless design of a Pantone colour guide, David Austin is proud to introduce the Pocket Handbook, a beautifully practical new tool created especially for garden designers, landscapers, and trade professionals.
This pocket-sized swatch book brings together over one hundred varieties of David Austin Roses, arranged around a rose-inspired colour wheel. Each slim card displays a rose image alongside essential details such as fragrance and growth habit, making it simple to match tones against companion plants, garden surfaces, and surrounding architecture.
The guide highlights the natural pairing of upright, formal forms for structured areas and spreading, arching varieties for more relaxed plantings, enabling designers to build schemes with both elegance and ease.
Selected by the Professional Trade Team for their proven reliability, the roses featured represent the finest of David Austin’s collection.
They are dependable bloomers, consistent in health, and remarkable in fragrance. Bloom size, repeat flowering, and suitability for different settings are all captured at a glance, turning the full palette of our roses into a practical, portable reference. Recyclable and durable, the Pocket Handbook is designed to withstand the realities of day-to-day design work.
“The handbook in your pocket. A beautifully simple idea that turns the full palette of our roses into a tool you can carry anywhere.” – Liam Beddall, Head Rosarian at David Austin
Supporting Professional Gardeners
The Professional Trade Department at David Austin works closely with designers, landscapers, and trade customers, offering tailored advice, project costings, and planting guidance to support professional schemes. Their expertise helps ensure roses are not only beautiful but practical, long-lasting, and perfectly suited to each unique project.
Exclusive Launch
The Pocket Handbook will launch exclusively at the Professional Trade Services Open Week (w/c 8th September 2025).
It is the first tool of its kind and is set to become an indispensable companion for designers who wish to work with the full spectrum of David Austin Roses in an intuitive and time-saving way.
