In 2000 an unnamed seedling was selected to be the seed parent and an unnamed seedling was selected to be the pollen parent. The seed parent was characterised by lilac flower colour and the pollen parent was characterised by yellow flower colour. The resulting seed was sown in Jan 2001, resulting in a number of seedlings. The best of these seedlings was then selected by Mr Austin. From this plant two buds were taken and grafted (using the ‘T’ budding method) onto Inermis root-stock under glass. Two years later, the variety was considered good enough for increasing by stenting to six plants. The following year it was selected again and gradually it was increased to 90 plants which were kept and monitored at the David Austin Roses Nursery in Albrighton prior to introduction as a commercial cut-flower rose in the UK in Sep 2006. Breeder: David Austin Roses Limited, Wolverhampton, UK.

This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of shrub rose plant named ‘AUSpastor’, which was originated by crossing two unnamed, unpatented varieties of Rosa hybrida. ..The following description is of 2 year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors in Albrighton, Britain in the month of August..