Summer flowering Old Roses are historic beauties, full of intensely fragrant blooms, that will flower around mid summer, generally during June/July in the UK. The sheer mass of bloom is often unsurpassed by repeat flowering varieties. Many have been with us from ancient times but they reached their peak around 1840. The colour palette ranges from white through shades of pink to lilac, purple and maroon. With their subtle hues and matt foliage the overall effect is one of calm and beauty. Their petals are ideal for making rose water or pot-pourri.
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Out of stockPompon des Princes (a.k.a. Ispahan) has clear pink, deliciously fragrant double blooms which flower throughout the summer. Scrolled in the bud, opening quartered with a green button eye. Size: 1.5m x 1.2m.
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Out of stockRosa davidii has small pink flowers with golden stamens in the center. It's well regarded as one of the best wild roses to grow for hips, which are flagon shaped in a reddish orange colour. Size: 1.5m x 1m
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Out of stockBellard (a.k.a Bellart, Bellert) has quartered blooms of blush pink rise above a green button eye. Strong growth with grey green foliage. Good fragrance. Summer flowering. Rare. Size: 1.2 x 1m.
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Out of stockLarge, full, flat blooms with a button eye. Magenta pink tinted with purple and lavender.Paler reverse.Excellent foliage. Slender erect stems.Summer flowering only.Size: 1.2m x 1.2m. Year of introduction: 1837 Breeder: Vibert
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Out of stockA hybrid of R. roxburghii and R. macrophylla. Strong growing shrub with reddish brown bark and stout canes which branch horizontally. Large blooms of deep pink with yellow stamens. Many heavily veined leaflets. Useful for wilder planting schemes. 2.5m x 2m.
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Out of stockA graceful shrub bearing multitudes of single pink blooms with a circle of pale yellow stamens. Wood is plum coloured and the widely set leaflets are grey green. Small flagon shaped hips provide more interest. Tolerant of most soils and situations. 2m x 1.5m.
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Out of stockA miniature moss rose bearing small, full blooms of light crimson. Fragrant. Dense dark green foliage. Repeat flowering. Size 1.2m x 0.6m.
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Out of stockThe French Rose. Perhaps the most important ancestor of all our garden roses. Single pink blooms with prominent golden stamens. A freely suckering shrub. Light green foliage. Bristly stems. Scented. Summer flowering. Size:90cm x 90cm.
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Out of stockClusters of very double blooms emerge from mossy buds. They may be flecked at the ends with paler hues. Fragrant.Makes a very tall bush with canes cloaked in purplish moss. Can repeat. Size: 2.4m x 1.5m.