Munstead Wood

I read a post about this rose the other day but i cannot find it now. I want to ask the lucky man who photographed it at the David Austin garden in England about its growth habit.
Is it upright or sprawling or growing sideways like LD Braithwaite and Wm Shakespeare 2000?
I want to know because i have bought one Because of your good recommendation and I want to know ow much space to give it.

Dee, could you tell me from which rose supplier you bought it please. Dave Clark posted the picture, he was in England in 2009. I was in England at this time of year in 2008 and saw the rose then. It was released at David Austin's in 2007. If it is here now they would have sent budwood or tissue culture in about the release date in England for trial purposes and quarrintine issues I would think. I will try and get some answer. Sorry I degress, when I saw it, it was medium and round, I am thinking might get to be thick and on the bigger size. Dee wait and see what Dave has to say with 12mths older growth on it.

Ladybird Rose has it for sale at the moment: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ROSE-PLANT-MUNSTEAD-WOOD-ROSE-BUSH-DAVID-AUSTIN-/140415863310?cmd=ViewItem&pt=AU_Plants_Seeds_Bulbs&hash=item20b1700a0e

Treloar Roses also have Munstead Wood.

Roseman, actually my bush has not yet arrived at the garden centre so I do not yet know the supplier but they had quite a few Treloar labels among their stock so that would be my guess.

Growers in England say Munstead Wood seems to be a bit tidier than the WS2000, and perhaps a better behaving plant. But with roses is a wholly different story once they reach Australia. So I called Treloar and chatted with them for a while.
I've especially asked them about long canes shooting problem, which WS2000 does here, and about the nature of blooms. WS2000 tends to shoot long canes with heavy blooms on top, and they've persuaded me MW is much better -- it doesn't tend to put many blooms on one branch only, they're more evenly spread out, but they saw few plants shooting long canes too. I presume WS2000 is one of parents of MW.
Bloom quality, fragrance, etc. is great and on par with WS2000, so they say, so I give much hope in this rose.

Ah yes, what else connects Munstead Wood with Gertrude Jekyll?
Thorns. MW is a prickly one, very prickly. A bit less than GJ but still ... ouch!

OUCH is for my Ian Thorpe and Grimaldi is also a thorny one, both bit me yesterday

Thank you Ozrosarian, that is helpful information.

Billndee wrote:Thank you Ozrosarian, that is helpful information.

I'll be happy to share more information during the year. I've planted 3 WS2000 and 4 MWs next to each other this year, in a mixed border with perennials and lavender.