In 2001, an unnamed seedling was selected to be the mother and an unnamed seedling was selected to be the father. The resulting seed was sown in January 2002, resulting in a number of seedlings. The best of these seedlings was then chosen for further trial and development. From this plant, in July 2002, 8 buds were taken and grafted (using the 't'-budding method) onto Laxa rootstock outdoors. The following year, in 2003, the variety was considered good enough to be increased by grafting to 30 plants. These plants were observed in 2004 and in the following year, in 2005, the increase was up to 200, and two years after that, in 2007, it was increased to 1,500 and up to 5,000 in 2008, sufficient for budding for a commercial introduction in the UK in 2009. Breeder: David Austin Roses Limited

Inventors: Austin; David C. H. (Wolverhampton, GB)
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of shrub rose plant named `AUSnyson`, which was originated by crossing two unnamed, unpatented varieties of Rosa hybrida.... description is of 2 year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors in Albrighton, Britain