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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A well-regarded Spinosissima Hybrid. Tall in height with slightly arching habit. Large repeat blooms of yellow, with masses of golden stamens. Healthy. 180cm x 180cm. -
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Queen of the Musks is a popular Musk rose, especially in France. Strong scent. Dark and elongated foliage. Repeats well. Colour varies from light orange, pale pink to bright white. Forms a large shrub, although if hard pruned can be tamed to a comfortable 3 feet. Size:1.5m x 1.2m. -
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Bred by Canadian 'Bugnet' for extreme winter hardiness. This virtually thornless Rugosa has a compact , upright habit. Pleasant wrinked foliage. Delightful purple streaked buds open to reveal pure white double blooms. Size 1.2m x 1m -
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An attractive Rugosa hybrid, with pretty fluffy-like pink blooms. Stems are almost thornless, unlike most Rugosas. Its red coloured branches look particularly handsome combined with its bronze foliage come Autumn. Size: 2m x 1m. -
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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. -
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Clusters of semi-double, pure white blooms with a frilly carnation-like appearance. Forms a robust, thorny shrub with leathery foliage. Repeat flowering. Size:1.2m x 0.9m. -
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Named after the Norwegian explorer and just as tough. This violet-pink, semi-double Rugosa has charming yellow stamens. Ideal to be trained as a hedge, with its welcoming scent. Smaller in foliage and stature than most Rugosas. Repeats. Size 1.2 x 1.2m. -
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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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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. -
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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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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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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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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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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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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. -
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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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Clusters of peachy pink quilled blooms. A large vigorous shrub. Leathery Rugosa foliage. Rare. perpetual flowering. Size: 1.2m x 0.9m. -
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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. -
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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Large double magenta-pinkblooms. Spicy scent. Very healthy. Repeat flowering. Sometimes produces large red fruit with the later blooms. Size: 1.8m x 1.6m. -
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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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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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One of the darkest roses of all, Louis XIV's double deep crimson blooms appear almost black and have a lovely velvety texture. Contrasting golden stamens. Requires extra TLC to perform well. Sparse but compact foliage. Highly fragrant. Repeat flowering. Size 90cm x 90cm. -
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Clusters of semi-double, small fragrant blooms. They are yolky- yellow in the bud paling to cream as they open. Contrasting chocolate brown stems and dark foliage. Repeat flowering. Size: 1.2m x 1.0m. -
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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. -
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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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Dainty Bess is a single flowered hybrid Tea of Sophistication. Large blooms of silvery pink with maroon stamens. Sweetly scented. Dark green leathery leaves. Vigorous upright habit. Perpetual flowering. Size.90cm x 60cm. -
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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 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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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. -
Large single blooms of dusky crimson offset by golden anthers with a strong fragrance. The flowers are borne in clusters amidst dark green foliage. Repeat flowering. Size 90cm 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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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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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. -
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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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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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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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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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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. -
The dark brown stems and dark green leaves provide the perfect background for the semi- double white flowers with golden stamens. Sweetly scented. Perpetual flowering. Size:2m x 1.5m. -
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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. -
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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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Clusters of small, frilled, double crimson blooms. Good dark foliage. A vigorous bushy shrub with an arched habit that does well in most soils. Repeat flowering. Size: 1.2 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. -
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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. -
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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. -
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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.
