NEW ROSE INTRODUCTIONS FOR SPRING-NEW IMPORTS FROM ENGLAND GROWN BY BRIGGS TREE COMPANY, INC.

San Diego County, CA, February 1, 2011- - Briggs Tree Company, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of exclusive and brand new to the United States, varieties of David Austin roses to its inventory for spring 2011. In addition to the 271 varieties of hybrid tea, floribunda, grandiflora, carpet, climbing and patio tree roses, Briggs will be carrying 84 different varieties of David Austin roses among which will be rarely found own root roses. Own root roses are especially ideal for extreme climates and are very hardy. Each year David Austin Roses introduces new varieties of his award winning English Roses to the U.S. gardener, creating an increasing anticipation and desire for luxury, fragrant garden roses with old world charm

The newly introduced own root "Golden Celebrations"; "Gentle Hermione"; "Crocus Rose" and "Litchfield Angel" are rose species carefully selected and sent to Briggs. Briggs is a grower direct, wholesale nursery in North San Diego County, California. These new varieties are ready for planting and will begin blooming in April. There will be roses available at Briggs in containers well into spring, however, now is the time to shop for the broadest selection. The demand is high in the landscape market and Briggs is providing these species in finished sizes to accommodate its specified customer base of landscape contractors and architects.

"Golden Celebrations," a new own root hybrid rose variety propagated by David Austin Roses is available in a finished 5-gallon size. The new variety is one of the largest English roses available with an excellent shapely growth forming a nicely rounded arching shrub bearing ample foliage. A rich golden-yellow rose, these flowers are in the form of a giant, full-petal cup. This repeat flowering variety grows to 4 1/2 x 4 1/2ft. (8-10 ft. as climber), is very hardy and has a strong tea and fruity fragrance. This rose is great for an accent plant or foundation planting and is naturally drought tolerant.

"David Austin's English Roses have achieved worldwide recognition and the popularity in America has continued to grow," said Jo Riley, Director of Marketing for David Austin Roses. "Certainly, the American gardener covets the unique differences which the David Austin English rose exhibits with their flower form and growth habits reminiscent of their Old Rose heritage."

The new "Gentle Hermione," own root rose is an attractive, rounded shrub of medium height with slightly arching stems. It has excellent health and the petals are particularly resistant to rain. This rose is especially interesting because of its color - it is pure pink with a soft blush on the outside and pure pink at the center, which shows up in large, double full-bloom, nicely rounded buds. The newly introduced, own root "Crocus Rose" is a robust and free-flowering rose with a medium height and medium stem length. Its color is soft apricot with a tea scent with petals that form a rosette shape. "Litchfield Angel" is an English rose that grows to a vigorous, medium-rounded shrub. It has a double full bloom and is very hardy. It is very useful in a border, goes well with all other colors and will act as an intermediary between pinks and yellows. "Litchfield Angel" has a peachy-pink color hue on a classical, cupped rosette flower form.

About Briggs Tree Company, Inc.

Briggs Tree Company, Inc. is not just "a place you order trees." For over thirty-five years, Briggs Tree Company has operated as a grower direct, full-scale wholesale nursery, having expanded to over 200 acres in production. Founded by Donald A. Briggs Jr. in the early 1970's, Briggs continues to be family owned and operated supplying:

• 4-inch annual and perennial color
• groundcover
• shrubs
• vines
• succulents
• ornamental grasses
• ..and a premier line of trees in various sizes

More information including a complete product list, can be found online at: www.briggstree.com

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