Eleanor is a large bushy shrub, bearing sizeable double flowers of soft lavender. Heavily perfumed. It's slender upright habit and dark-green foliage make it a perfect choice for use as a cut flower. Repeat flowering. Size: 1.2m x 1.0m.
A Portland Damask. Fully double ruby red blooms with purple tints and a button eye. Strong fragrance. An excellent smaller repeat flowering variety. Size:90cm x 90cm.
Large semi-double blooms of crimson-purple. Very strong spicy perfume. Good healthy foliage. Excellent for a hedge. Repeat flowering. Size:1.8m x 1.5m.
Double blooms of cerise-purple. Sweet spicy scent. Large round red fruits in autumn. Healthy leathery foliage. Good for hedging. Almost identical to Roseraie de l'Hay, this would make a good substitute. Repeat flowering. Size: 1.8m x 1.5m.
Large clusters of fully double blooms of violet purple which fade to parma violet. A multiflora type rambler with few thorns and bright green glossy foliage. Summer Flowering. Size: 4m x 3m.
A new hybrid of Rosa persica. A.k.a.Blue Eyes. Clusters of buttermilk buds open into semi-double lilac white petals with a distinctive central purple blotch. Scented. Repeat flowering. 80cms x 80cms.
a.k.a The Blue Rose. Large clusters of pretty violet- lavender blooms amid pale green foliage. Each bloom is streaked with white. Scented. Thornless. A good cottage garden rose Vigorous. Summer flowering. Size 4.5m x 3.6m.
Awarded an AGM from RHS. A truly prostrate grower with a profusion of single lilac pink blooms with paler centres and showy yellow stamens. Highly fragrant.Healthy, glossy foliage. Size: 45 x 90cms.
Large full quartered blooms of an unusual lilac-purple. Good scent. Greyish foliage with few thorns. Repeat flowering. A large shrub or short pillar rose. Size:1.8m x 1.5m
Clusters of purple flowers which fade to lilac with age. Wonderful fragrance. Vibrant healthy foliage. Good for the cottage garden. Continuous flowering. Size: 150 x 90cm
Medium sized lilac pink rosette shaped blooms. An unusual colour and a good strong fragrance make this an extremely useful plant. Continuous flowering. Size:1.2m x 90cm.
A fantastic new shrubby floribunda. Semi-double dark purple blooms with very prominent yellow stamens. A Gold Standard winner with a spicy scent. Will make a tall shrub or even a short pillar rose. Repeat flowering. Size 1.2mx 1m.
a.k.a Old Velvet Moss. Clusters of double purple-crimson scented blooms which fade to lavender-grey. A vigorous grower. Suitable for the back of a border. Summer flowering. Size:2.1m x 1.6m.
The full blooms vary from dark crimson to purple with a button eye. Good scent. Sticky reddish moss has a pine fragrance.. Dark foliage. Repeat flowering. Size:1.5m x 1.2m.
Indigo is a fine Portland Damask, displaying clusters of highly scented double blooms of purple flushed with crimson. It's a strong upright grower with long smooth dark green foliage. Repeat flowering. Size: 1.2m x 1.0m
Multiple award winning rose. Clusters of large pale lilac blooms. Strong rose scent with aromatic notes. Good disease resistance. Continuous flowering. Size:150 x 100cm.
Clusters of small double reddish purple blooms. Fades to greyish-mauve. Bright pale green lustre to the foliage. Virtually thornless stems. Summer flowering. Size:4.5m x 3m.
An excellent reliable Gallica of rosette formation. Rich pink fading to pale violet. Coarse green foliage overlaid with a bluish tinge. Highly scented. Summer flowering. Size:1.2m x 90cm.
Beautiful single flowered purple rambler, with a scent of fresh peaches. It was discovered in Cornwall by Mrs Muriel Hooker Mackay around 1967. Graham Thomas believed it to be a seedling of Veilchenblau. Virtually thornless and summer flowering. Size: 4.5m x 3.6m
One of the most purple roses. Rich purple flowers with paler centres and pretty green button eyes. Very floriferous. Good scent. Lush dark green leaves. Summer flowering. Size:1.5m x 1.2m.
a.k.a Violacea. A tall upright bush bearing medium sized almost single blooms of purplish crimson with very pronounced golden stamens. Dazzling white streaks occasionally come from centre of the petals. Good scent. Summer flowering. Size:1.5m x 1.2m.
Clusters of semi-double rich purple-maroon blooms with golden anthers. Stems are long which make it an excellent choice as a cut flower. Strong and sweetly scented. Dark green well foliated shrub. Vigorous. Size:1.5m x 1.2m
Prince Charles has an abundance of flowers at Midsummer. Tyrian purple with deeper crimson veining. A vigorous yet lax variety best grown as a climber or pegged down. Summer flowering. Size:1.8m x 1.2m.
a.k.a Mme Herbert. Full quartered blooms. Purple crimson centres with lilac white outer petals. Good foliage. Scent. Summer flowering. Size:1.2m x 90cm. ( President de Seze )
A Gallica hybrid of unknown origin. The very full blooms are rosettes with a button eye. They start dark violet but fade to mauve with a paler reverse. Light scent. Lax, arching, fairly thornless stems. Small dark leaves. Summer flowering. Size 2m x 2m.
A recent find. Deep violet pink single flowers on a strong growing rambler with light green foliage. Healthy. Summer flowering. A refined rose. Size:3.5m x 3.0m.
Tour de Malakoff, a.k.a. Black Jack, bears large loosely-formed flowers of magenta-purple, paling to violet-lavender. Can be grown as a shrub or a shorter climber. Summer flowering. Size: 1.8m x 1.8m.
A distinct and highly regarded variety. Rich purple-scarlet double scented blooms. The stems and buds are heavily mossed. Round soft and smooth bright green leaves. Repeat flowering. Size 1.2m x 1.0m.
A Multiflora type rambler. Dense clusters of amethyst blooms fading to violet and pink. The large light green leaves on thorn free stems provide an excellent foil for the flowers. Summer flowering. Size:5m x 4m.
A.k.a. De La Maître D'Ecole. Red buds open pink then mature to lilac-mauve,the blooms are flat and rosette shaped. Good scent . Compact habit. Summer flowering. Size: 90cm x 90cm.
Very fragrant,double blooms of cerise crimson. Opens slightly ruffled with a central boss of golden stamens. A vigorous tall shrub. Grown in Hungary for attar. Summer Flowering. Size:1.75m x 1.25m
Sprays of lavender and lilac pink small semi-double blooms. Dark green bushy foliage. A very good spreading but compact shrub. Continuous Flowering. Size: 1.2m x 1.2m.