Until recently, the weather has been relatively mild and I have been amazed at some of the flowers still blooming in my garden at this time of the year. My Tess of the d’Urbervilles (sadly retired now by David Austin Roses) has started to bloom again in the last couple of weeks. It looked great frosted too. Forever part of our history, these roses have paved the way for many more roses to come. In the late 1940s, David Austin set out on his quest to breed the most beautiful and healthy roses;