Before the introduction of China roses from the east around 1790 the only rose that repeated its flowering was the Autumn Damask ‘Quatre Saisons’. It is assumed that this joined with Rosa gallica ‘Officinalis to start the Portland damask group and later a chance hybridization with Old Blush China began the Bourbon race. The Noisettes were again a probable chance cross between Old Blush and Rosa moshata. Further hybridisation of these groups and the old summer flowering roses brought us the Hybrid Perpetuals. Tea roses arose from tea scented china roses and one of the few true species roses to repeat, Rosa rugosa, again from the east, led to another class of mostly remontant roses.
With the amalgamation of the Teas and Hybrid perpetuals in the form of La France in 1867 the Hybrid Teas were born and the age of Modern roses began.
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HIGHLY FRAGRANT
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A.k.a Fimbriata Bunches of small very pale pink to white flowers with quilled petals. Scented. Healthy foliage. Forms a large bushy shrub .More refined than most Rugosas. Repeat flowering. Size 1.2m x 1.2m. -
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Bengal Crimson, a.k.a Rosa x odorata 'Bengal Beauty', is a superb rose. Constantly smothered in single light crimson blooms from May until the first frosts. Compact bushy habit. Very healthy. Good for container growing. Size: 60cm x 60cm, but could be trained to climb to 1.5m. -
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Mutabilis, a.k.a Tipo Ideale, has single blooms that change through yellow and pink to crimson. Perpetual flowering. Very healthy. Can be kept as a shrub but will climb to 2m if trained. Size: 1.2m x 0.9m. -
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A.k.a Phoebe's Frilled Pink. Bunches of small pale pink to white flowers with quilled petals. Scented. Healthy foliage. Forms a large bushy shrub .More refined than most Rugosas. Repeat flowering. Size 1.2m x 1.2m.
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Kathleen is a fantastic shrub with sizeable displays of single blush pink blooms. Wonderfully scented and repeat flowering, it's particularly attractive to bees and other pollinating insects. More compact growing than other varieties in the Hybrid Musk group. Size: 120cm x 70cm. -
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La France is a historically important rose as it was the first to be classed as a Hybrid Tea. Big sophisticated pointed double blooms are around 11cm wide. Powerfully scented with a sweet damask scent. Repeat Flowering. Size.150cm x 120cm. -
Large clusters of medium-sized, globular pink-white blooms, which are sweetly scented. Pale green matt foliage, fairly prickly stems. Although often classed as a Noisette or Hybrid Perpetual this is more akin to the Portland Damasks. Repeat flowering. Size: 1m x 1m. -
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Very full deep pink flowers with a paler reverse appear singly or in small clusters. Powerful fragrance. Vigorous growth with dark green foliage ( bronze-red when young ). Can be grown as a short climber. Repeat flowering. Size : 2m x 1.5m. -
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Miranda is a refined-looking Portland Damask. Strongly scented. Very double pink blooms with folded and crumpled petals. Repeat flowering. Size: 1.2m x 1m. -
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Full pleated petalled blooms give this old rose a unique appearance. Rare to find in the UK. Light green foliage and nice fragrance. Also perfect as a cut flower. Pale pink. Size: 120cm x 120cm. -
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Well-shaped double blooms of cherry red with stout petals. Vigorous growth with good foliage. Repeat Flowering. Size 1m x 0.9m. -
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Mme. Zöetmans, a.k.a. Mme. Zoutmann, has clusters of very full milky-white blooms with a button of in-curved petals. Fragrant. Thorny but tidy growth with abundant mid-green foliage. Summer flowering. Size:1.2m x 1.0m. (Mme Zoetmans). -
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A highly favoured portland damask. Very full, fragrant blooms of deep pink with incurved central petals. Rare. Upright bushy growth. Repeat flowering. Size: 90cms x 90cms. -
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Deserves extra love and attention. Great, great grandparent of many modern roses. Flesh pink double blooms which which deepen at the center. Tea scented. Repeat flowering. Bushy lax growth. Size: 60cm x 60cm. -
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Clusters of sumptuous quartered rich pink blooms.Highly fragrant. Repeat flowering if you deadhead. Upright bushy growth. Size:120 x 100cm. -
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Large double dark red blooms with hints of violet and carmine. Good fragrance. Will repeat in a good hot summer. Size 1.2cm x 90cm. -
Pretty shades of blush pink though to peachy-salmon on very double large blooms. Highly scented. Repeat flowering. Vigorous bushy foliage. Size: 150cm x 100cm.
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La Belle Marseillaise, a.k.a Fellemberg, has trusses of double cupped bright crimson-cerise blooms. Good scent. Vigorous pliable stems. Red prickly thorns with dark foliage. Makes a good pillar rose. Perpetual flowering. Size 1.5m x 1.5m. -
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a.k.a Oderata, Spice. One of the first Tea roses introduced from China. Flesh pink fragrant full blooms fading to cream. Very floriferous. Good dense foliage. Perpetual flowering. Size 1m x 1m. -
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Camellia shaped blooms of lilac with lavender and a white veining. Fragrant. Likes a sunny position. Compact mid-green foliage. Perpetual flowering. Size:90cm x 90cm. -
Rare, very unusual full blooms of yellow,orange, pink and coral colours. Healthy dark green foliage. Small and compact. Tea scented. Size:90cm x 90cm.
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Le Vesuve's pointed buds open in loose blowsy clusters of carmine pink with delicate red veins. Tea scent. Shiny green foliage with tints of copper. Angular growth. Likes a warm aspect. Repeat Flowering. Size:1.2m x 1.2m. -
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A sport of Archiduchesse Elisabeth d'Autriche'. A subtlety striped rose. Cupped double blooms of lilac pink occasionally streaked with white. Fragrant and relatively thornless. Fresh pale green foliage. Good cottage garden rose. Repeat flowering. Size 1.2m x 90cm. -
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Mme. Laurette Messimy has long pointed buds of salmon pink, which open into semi-double blooms of pale pink with yellow centers. Continuously in flower from summer until the first frost. Glossy pointed foliage. Slight fragrance. Size: 90cm x 90cm. -
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Superb rich crimson to magenta full blooms. Good scent. Large parsley green leaves. Compact upright bushy habit. Repeat flowering. Size:1.5m x 1.2m. -
Sophie's Perpetual has globular double blooms of pale blush pink overlaid with cerise crimson. Good scent. Useful as a large shrub or a moderate climber. Dark green foliage. Continuous flowering. Size 2.4m x 1.2m. -
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Large double high centred flowers of deep crimson opening quite loose. Overall the growth is upright and sturdy with good dark foliage. Scented. Repeat flowering. Size: 1.2m x 0.9m. -
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a.k.a. Princess of Nassau. Clusters of semi-double cream flowers emerge from red tinged buds. Plentiful light green foliage. Flowers from July to September. Strong fragrance. A good shorter climber. Size: 3.0m x 2.5m. -
Viridiflora, a.k.a 'The Green Rose', is very unusual and quite unique. The so-called flowers are actually made up of modified bracts in green, brown, and pink tones. A useful rose for flower arrangers. Repeat flowering. 90cm x 90cm. -
Single blooms in clusters of cream laced with pink. Eye-catching claret colour stems. Vigorous growth with dark foliage. Perpetual flowering. Size:90cm x 90cm.
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A hardier tea roses. Magnificent fully double quartered blooms of pink,peach and purple. Scented. Dark reddish brown stems with dark green foliage. Continuous flowering. Size:1.5m x 90cm. -
Cramoisi Supérieure has clusters of globular semi-double cupped blooms of bright crimson with occasional white streaks. Ideal for front borders or small gardens. Continuous flowering. Size: 90cm x 60cm. -
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Stunning large pure white single flowers emerge from long pointed buds. Prominent red stamens. Dark foliage with a twiggy growth. Continuous flowering. Size: 90cm x 90cm. -
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A.k.a Queen Victoria. Large fully double creamy white blooms with a light yellow center. Strongly scented. Light grey-green leaves. Perpetual flowering. Size:1.2m x .0.9m. -
Large semi-double blooms of deep pink with a raspberry scent. Forms a large but very showy upright shrub. Vigorous, healthy growth. Perpetual flowering. Size: 1.8m x 1.5m. -
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Huge blooms of soft pink open from buds with light green moss. Scented. A sturdy,fairly upright plant with plentiful foliage. This is the Burmudan form obtained from Mottisfont Abbey Gardens in Hampshire. Repeat flowering. Size:1.2m x 0.9m. -
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Cupped blooms of deep crimson. Repeat flowering. Highly fragrant. Upright habit. Needs attention especially in respect to mildew. Size: 1.5m x 0.9m. -
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Very full, flat blooms of rosy carmine. Quartered with the edge of the petals reflexed. Good scent. Strong thorny growth. Could be used as a short climber. Repeat flowering. Size: 1.5m x 1.2m. -
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Rare and unique. Dark red double blooms. Twiggy lax growth which makes a good short pillar rose. Good heady fragrance. Summer flowering. Size: 1.3m x 1.2m. -
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Clusters of rosettes with chamois yellow blooms cover this compact shrub and show pretty amber stamens. Scented. Vigorous glossy upright bushy foliage. Repeat flowering. Size: 1.2m x 1.2m. -
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Sidonie is fully double, with shiny shell pink blooms appear in clusters. Scented. Vigorous tidy bush with a coarse foliage. Repeat flowering. Size 90cm x 60cm. -
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Pointed Apricot buds open to soft creamy yellow semi-double display. Abundance of late flowers. Dark green healthy leathery foliage with few thorns. Good in borders as well as for hedging. Repeat flowering. Size:1.2 x 1.4m. -
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The semi-double bright crimson flowers have a strong musk scent and are borne on a strong plant with dark green healthy foliage. Rare. Repeat flowering. Size 1.5m x 1.2m. -
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Large flat quartered blooms of pale shades of pink with yellow anthers. Powerful fragrance. Does well in the shade. Well worth growing. Repeat flowering. Size:1.5m x 1.2m. -
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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. -
The medium-sized scented blooms come in large clusters and are cherry red with a white base to each petal. A dense compact grower with good dark foliage. Repeat flowering. Size: 1m x 1m. -
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a.k.a Persian Musk Rose. Small, single white flowers in clusters. Strong fragrance. Pale green foliage. Vigorous growth. Summer flowering. Size 4m x 3m. -
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Double magenta blooms start quartered but open more muddled. The flowers appear in clusters and are richly scented. Mid-green foliage. Repeat flowering. Size :1.2m x 1.0m. -
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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 -
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Rose du Roi has double flowers of red mottled purple, arranged in tight clusters. One of the first repeat flowering Portland roses. Wonderfully scented. Dark grey-green foliage. Size: 90cm x 90cm. -
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A super rose in all respects. Large, single flowers of soft apricot in clusters. Dark green foliage and dark chocolate brown stems. Continuous flowering. Size: 90cm x 90cm.
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Part china part Bourbon, Gruss an Teplitz is a highly recommended scented red rose. The double flowers come in small clusters on a large shrub, which can also be used as a smaller climber. Good foliage. Repeat flowering. Size: 1.8m x 1.2m. -
Bloomfield Abundance has immense arched shoots which bear vast quantities of miniature scrolled shell-pink blooms with long sepals. A good specimen plant. Continuous flowering. Size 1.8m x 1.2m. -
Stunning full blooms of flesh pink and cream singly and in clusters. Scented. Compact growth. Ideal for smaller gardens. Continuous flowering. Size:60cm x 60cm. -
a.k.a.Reine des Neiges, Snow Queen. Large pure white double blooms on an upright plant. Handsome light foliage on a prickly stem. Round red hips in autumn. Repeat flowering. Size:1.5m x 1.2. -
A rose of great beauty, Irene Watts has fully double blooms of cream overlaid with tints of pink, peach and salmon. Stays short and compact. Edge of young leaf tinged bronze. Rare. Continuous flowering. Size:60cm x 60cm. -
Francesca has loose nodding semi-double blooms of apricot fading to cream. Beautiful pointed buds. Dark green foliage. Scented. Perpetual flowering. Size: 1.5m x 1.2. -
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Arethusa has bright orange buds, which open out into yellow and apricot muddled flowers. The petals quill with age. Good glossy foliage. Repeat flowering. Size: 90cm x 90cm. -
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a.k.a Peace. Large trusses of semi-double, creamy white, ruffled flowers with golden anthers. Rich musky fragrance. Blooms from June to Autumn. Dark foliage. Useful as a shorter climber. Size:1.8m x 1.5m. Introduced in 1918 by Rev Pemberton to mark the end of the war. With that in mind, RHS gardens have been planting out this rose to mark it's centenary; https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/articles/Roses-at-the-RHS-Gardens -
Cupped blooms of rose pink streaked with purple-violet and white. Good fragrance. Light green foliage with long pointed leaves. Repeat flowering. Size: 1.5m x 1.2m.
