In 2000, an unnamed seedling was selected to be the mother and an unnamed seedling to be the father. The resulting seed was sown in January 2001, resulting in a number of seedlings. The best of these seedlings was then selected for further trial and development. From this plant, in July 2001, 8 buds were taken and grafted (using the 'T'-budding method) onto Laxa root-stock outdoors. The following year, in 2002, the variety was considered good enough to be increased by grafting to 30 plants. These plants were observed for a couple of years and in 2005, the number was increased to 200 plants, and two years after that, in 2007, it was increased to 1,500 and then up to 5,000 in 2008, sufficient budding for a commercial introduction in the UK in 2009. Breeder: David Austin Roses Limited, Wolverhampton, UK.

Inventors: Austin; David C. H. (Wolverhampton,
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of shrub rose plant named `AUSjosiah`, 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 in the month of July.