Adelaide d’Orleans is a very refined rambler. Small semi-double pink to white blooms appear in great profusion on pliable stems that are clothed in dark green foliage. Primrose fragrance. Summer flowering. Size 4.5m x 3m.
Aimée Vibert is a noisette climber with small double white blooms emerge from red- tinted buds. Highly fragrant. Has excellent glossy dark green foliage. Eventual size:4.5m x 3.0m. Repeat flowering.
A.k.a 'The Jacobite Rose' and 'Great Double White'. Probably a sport of Alba Semi-Plena. A mass of fully double fragrant flowers. Wonderful lead-grey foliage and pale green stems with large prickles. Strong in growth. Summer flowering. 1.8m x 1.5m.
A.k.a Rosa x alba 'Alba Semi-Plena'. The White Rose of York. Semi-double, fragrant pure white blooms. Strong growth with grey-green foliage. Polished red hips in the autumn. Grown for Attar in Bulgaria. Summer flowering. Size: 2m x 1.5m.
A magnificent rambler. Fully double quartered blooms of creamy white. Lemon tints. Clothed in dark green glossy foliage. Good scent. Summer flowering. Size: 4.5m x 3m. (Alberic Barbier).
A.k.a White Miss Flight, White Flight. Astra Desmond is a Multiflora Rambler. Enormous clusters of 30 to 50 small semi-double wavy flowers. White blooms gradually fade to pale green. Musky scent. Summer Flowering. Size 4m x 3m.
Blush pink buds opening to double white blooms. Neat compact growth. Very useful in a limited space. Very attractive to bees. Continuous flowering. Size: height: 30cm, spread: 90cm.
A.k.a. Thoresbyana. Thought to be a double form of Rosa arvensis. Clusters of small,double white blooms with prominent yellow stamens. A prolific summer flowerer. Vigorous growth. There is a fantastic specimen adorning the pergola in The R.N.R.S. gardens, St.Albans. Size 6m x 4m.
A graceful rambler with dark glossy leaves and red shoots. The clusters of star-like small single blooms are white flushed pale pink. Highly scented. Possibly a hybrid of Rosa brunonii. Summer flowering. Size: Up to 6m.
Large pure white semi-double fragrant blooms. Excellent disease-resistant foliage. Forms a dense shrub. Useful for hedging. Perpetual flowering. Size:1.8m x 1.5m.
Blanchefleur's red tinged buds open into milky-white quartered blooms. As the flowers age the petals reflex to form a ball. Sweetly scented. A large lax prickly shrub with grey green foliage. Summer flowering. Size 1.5m x 1.2m.
Huge sprays of semi-double creamy white blooms. Scented. Very vigorous. Summer flowering. Innumerable small orange hips follow in autumn. Good for climbing into trees and hedges. Size: 9m x 6m.
Botzaris has creamy white flat quartered blooms in beautiful clusters, with a strong sweet scent. Forms a compact shrub with dark green foliage. Summer flowering. Named after Marcos Botzaris, hero of Greek Independence 1790-1823. Size 1.2m x 1.2m.
Boule de Neige a.k.a Snowball has double globular blooms of pure white. Crimson tinged when in bud. Sweetly scented. Good dark foliage. Can be use as a shrub or a pillar rose. Repeat flowering. Size: 1.5m x 0.9m.
Pure white semi-double bloom with a muddled appearance. Flowers in large clusters. Hips in autumn. Pale green foliage with blue tinge. Scented. Perpetual flowering. Size 2m x 2.4m.
Creamy blooms with bright yellow stamens are produced very freely on this superb climber. With its healthy dark green foliage, City of York can be grown in most aspects, such as a north or semi shaded wall. Size: 4.5m x 3m.
Beautiful polished dark green pointed foliage acts as the perfect foil to large single white blooms. Has immense health and vigour. Slightly tender. Summer flowering. Size 8m x 6m.
Very full blooms of over 60 petals open from classic Hybrid Tea shaped buds. The outer petals are creamy white but they are a deeper cream towards the centre with a sweet scent. Healthy olive green foliage. Repeats well. Size:3.5 x 2m.
A.k.a. The Magnolia Rose. Large double well-shaped flowers of creamy white with occasional flushes of apricot or pink.Rich tea scent.Slightly tender but worth giving space to if you have a sheltered wall. Repeat flowering.3.5m x 2.5m.