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 stocka.k.a Rosa glauca. Unusual shrub with purple red stems and leaves. Small single pink flowers. Copious display of red hips in autumn. Summer flowering. Size:2.1m x 1.5m.
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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.
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Out of stockA superbly scented rose, Kazanlik is grown commercially in Bulgaria for rose oil. Loose double pale pink blooms in clusters. Light green foliage. Summer flowering. Size:1.8m x 1.5m.
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Out of stockA.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.
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Out of stockSingle geranium red blooms with creamy stamens. Flagon-shaped hips. Vigorous growth. Healthy and hardy. Summer flowering. Size:2.4m 1.5m.
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Out of stockThe 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.
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Out of stockFully double blooms in clusters of palest pink fading to white. Flowers form balls as the outer petals reflex. Grey-green foliage. Flowering at midsummer. Size:1.2m x 1.2m.
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Out of stockAgnes is a beautiful butter yellow Rugosa rose with large fully double blooms. Leathery foliage. Distinct lemon fragrance. Hardy and will perform well in coastal regions. Summer flowering. Forms a shrub 1.5m x 1.2m.
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Out of stockFantin Latour has fully double flat flowers of blush pink produced in profusion. Summer flowering with a wonderful perfume, it has strong bushy growth with good foliage. Size: 1.5m x 1.2m.
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Out of stockRich pink double blooms veined with deeper shades. Petals wavy and loosely arranged. Scented. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x 1.0m.
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Out of stockDainty sprays of single pearl pink blooms en masse at midsummer. Dark green glossy pointed foliage. Scented. Garden worthy. Size: 30cm x 1.2m.
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Out of stockLovely full quartered cupped blooms of blush pink carried on a lax bush. Dark green foliage. Wonderful perfume. Summer flowering. Size:1.2m x 90cm.
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Out of stocka.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.
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Small full blooms of rich dark purple-claret borne on slender branches. Lightly mossed buds. Neat dark foliage. Summer flowering. Size:1.2m x 0.9m.
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Out of stocka.k.a Red moss. A vigorous shrub bearing lightly mossed buds which open into strong scented clusters of double bright red blooms. Dark green foliage. Summer flowering. Size:1.5 x 1.2m.
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Out of stockChapeau de Napoléon (a.k.a. Napoleon's Hat, Crested Moss, Rosa centifolia 'Cristata') has buds topped with a unique frilled growth. Globular pink blooms. Scented. Summer flowering. Height 1.5m x Spread 1.2m.
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Out of stocka.k.a Scarlet Fire. A vigorous shrub with a good display of single brilliant scarlet blooms with prominent golden stamens. Summer flowering. Does well in most situations. Large orange urn-shaped hips in Autumn. Size:1.8m x 1.8m.
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Out of stockSent from China by Wilson. Single crimson-red blooms with creamy stamens produced on a large shrub. Ornamental flagon-shaped hips in autumn. Summer flowering. Size:3m x 2.4m.
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Out of stockCelsiana displays clusters of semi-double pale pink blooms, with a strong musk fragrance. Good in semi-shaded position. Dense grey-green foliage. Summer flowering. Painted by many famous artists from the past. Size: 1.2m x 90cm.
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Out of stockA large shrub bearing single flowers of deep pink. Ornamental flagon-shaped hips in the autumn which last well into the winter. Summer flowering. Size:2.4m x 2.0m.
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Out of stockGrown from a seed bought over from roses growing by Omar Khayyam's tomb, which would now be found modern day Iran. Double spiky rich pink blooms open flat with a button eye. Strong fragrance. Soft pale grey-green foliage. Size: 1.8m x 1.8m.
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Out of stockRosa californica 'Plena' has semi-double hollyhocks shaped lilac pink flowers. Produces some small orange red fruit in the autumn. Summer flowering. Size: 3m x 2m.
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Out of stockPerfectly formed rosettes of white with cream centers. Fragrant. A relatively thornless shrub with grey green foliage. Useful as a large shrub or small climber. Summer flowering. Size: 1.8m x 1.2m.
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Out of stockRaised in the Empress Josephine's gardens at Malmaison and named after Napoleon's second wife, Marie Louise is a popular damask with huge flat blooms of rich rose pink with mauve over tones. Strong perfume. Does well even in poor soil. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x 90cm.
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Out of stocka.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 )
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Out of stockPerfect quartered blooms of pale pink with lighter edges. Strong myrrh fragrance. A tidy shrub with grey-green foliage. Good disease resistance. Summer flowering. Size:1.2m x 1.0m.
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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 stockLarge flat quartered blooms of pure pink. Wonderful fragrance. Lovely pale green foliage. Summer flowering. Forms a bushy shrub with healthy foliage. Size:1.5m x1.4m.
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Out of stockGipsy Boy, a.k.a Zigeunerknabe, is a strong growing shrub with a mass of crimson purple blooms showing golden anthers. Vigorous growth. Scented. Summer flowering. Size:1.8m x 1.8m.
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Out of stockA 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.
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Out of stockFairly large pure white single blooms on a vigorous shrub with very distinct grey-green foliage. Virtually thornless. Sweetly scented. Summer flowering. Size : 1.8m x 1.2m.
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Out of stocka.k.a 'Muscosa' 'Old Pink Moss'. Very double pink blooms emerge from very mossy buds. Both moss and flowers are highly scented. Summer flowering. Size:1.2m x 1.2m.
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Out of stocka.k.a Threepenny Bit Rose, Rosa elegantula 'Persetosa'. Tiny lilac pink flowers in abundance on a very graceful shrub with bristly stems. Ferny foliage turns purple in autumn with bright orange hips. Summer flowering. Size:1.5m x 1.5m.