About David Austin® Susan Williams-Ellis® Potted Rose Bush

Rosa ‘Ausquirk’ – Susan Williams-Ellis® Rose

Susan Williams-Ellis® is a rose of purity, calmness, and quiet refinement. Her fully double blooms open in luminous shades of soft white, each flower formed as a deeply cupped rosette with extraordinary symmetry and substance. The blooms appear almost porcelain-like against rich green foliage, bringing a cooling brightness and sense of stillness to the garden.

Her fragrance is strong and classically old rose in character — rich, fresh, and deeply romantic without becoming overpowering. Flowering repeatedly throughout the season, Susan Williams-Ellis™ offers exceptional continuity of bloom while maintaining a composed and elegant presence.

The shrub forms a rounded, balanced habit that integrates beautifully into both formal and naturalistic plantings, acting as a visual resting point among stronger colors and textures.

💐 Plant & Flower Traits

🌹 Rose Type: English Shrub Rose
🧬 Breeder: David Austin Roses (United Kingdom)
🎨 Color: Pure soft white
🌸 Petal Count: Fully double
💠 Bloom Form: Deeply cupped rosette
🔁 Flowering: Repeat bloomer throughout the season
🧴 Fragrance: Strong old rose fragrance

🏡 Growth & Garden Habits

🌿 Growth Type: Rounded shrub rose
🌬️ Spatial Habit: Full, balanced, and softly mounded
🌾 Garden Role: Cooling anchor plant or luminous transition shrub
🎭 Mood: Serene, restrained, romantic, timeless

☀️ Light Requirements: Full sun
❄️ Hardiness Zones: USDA 5–9

📐 Spacing: 3′–4′
↕️ Height: 4′–5′
↔️ Width: 3′–4′

Her soft white blooms make her especially valuable for evening gardens, moon gardens, formal borders, and compositions where visual calm and contrast are desired.

🕰️ Seasonal Character

Successive flushes of pristine white blooms continue through the growing season, maintaining a fresh and luminous presence even during periods of heat.

🛡️ Health & Suitability

🌱 Root Stock: Own Root or Budded
💪 Disease Resistance: Excellent overall garden performance
🧰 Maintenance Level: Moderate routine rose care recommended

🌎 Landscape Uses

Excellent for white gardens, mixed borders, cottage gardens, foundation plantings, formal rose gardens, and layered perennial compositions where brightness and fragrance are central to the design.