We bought a Munstead Wood rose to celebrate the birth of our daughter in 2015. She is turning eleven this year and the rose is healthy and flowers beautifully every year. The scent is divine and the petal colours are so stunning and rich. It is much cherished in our family. My daughter refers to it as “my rose bush”. My in-laws liked the rose so much they bought one. Unfortunately, it died after about 6 years. However, I water our rose very thoroughly and regularly in the Summer as our London garden gets full sun and gets very hot. They live in Oxford, which is cooler and they also don’t water regularly. I wonder if it is this very different regime rather than the plant that impacts its survival.

Beautiful rich dark rose ,with good scent ( top priority for me ). Flowers repeatedly throughout the year if you deadhead and feed. Very healthy, mine, I keep mine in very large pots . I don't know why its been retired, it is much healthier than some I have ,gets mild black spot ,but easily managed. Its hard to find dark red roses with good colour , I have the climber etoile de Hollande and papa Meilland also as they fulfill the dark red with strong scent

I managed a few years ago to get a Munstead Wood, as a gift. Sadly it never grew from the bare root and was dead. DA were marvellous and sent me a lovely Gabriel Oak, which is still going strong. Oh but how I would love a Munstead Wood. I’ve been checking the website every day since last winter, I even emailed DA in America, where you can still easily buy it. But they wouldn’t send me one. I would so much love this rose and have wanted one for so many years. Please, please let us have them.

The most amazing and healthy rose. I was lucky to purchase MW last year. Most of my roses covered with black spots and only MW is healthy. Resist heat this year and mite. Growing in partly sunny area

I’ve had Munstead Wood roses for many years, originally bought at a local garden centre. It’s been one of my absolute favourites for what must be well over 10 years. I moved house 4 years ago and fortunately was able to bring two of them with me. I dug them up in the May and put them in pots which is how they stayed for 6 months until I could plant them out in the new garden. They’ve performed brilliantly, yes it’s prickly and gets the occasional bit of black spot, but with some decent plant care and pruning, it has no more issues than my other roses (many are DA). The plant I put in partial shade keeps its colour particularly well. I really hope David Austin will listen to customers’ views and make this rose more available for others to enjoy.