This week on the Post we have roses - and people who have had roses named after them. During his long and distinguished career as a rose-breeder, David Austin (1926-2018) "put the romance back into roses", combining the shape and fragrance of old garden roses with the repeat-flowering ability and wide colour range of modern varieties. His first commercially available rose, introduced in 1961, was Rosa 'Constance Spry', named after the highly influential florist.