Summer-flowering Old Roses are historic beauties, full of intensely fragrant blooms that will have a single flush around mid-summer (generally during June/July in the UK). The sheer mass of blooms is often unsurpassed by repeat-flowering varieties.
Many of these roses 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 tranquil calm and beauty.
Rose petals from the old rose groups are ideal for making rose water, rose oils and pot-pourri.
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FRAGRANCE RATING
SIZE
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SPECIAL FEATURE
FLOWER FORM
DISEASE RESISTANCE
BLOOM SIZE
HISTORICAL PERIOD INTRODUCED
BREEDER
AWARD WINNING
GIFT IDEAS
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5 x Rosa rubrifolia 'glauca' 1st Grade Bushes 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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Agnes 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. -
Alain Blanchard has deep crimson semi-double flowers mottled with purple and pink. Showy golden stamens. Good scent. Dark stems and mid-green serrated foliage. Summer flowering. Size: 1.5m x 1.5m. -
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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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. -
Amelia (Damask) has pale pink sweetly scented blooms, with ruffled petals surrounding a yellow eye. It can be a tall shrub once established, and is ideally grown in a mixed border. Summer flowering. Size: 1.5m x 1m. -
Bellard (a.k.a Bellart, Bellert), introduced pre-1842. Quartered blooms of blush pink rise above a green button eye. Strong growth with grey green foliage. Good fragrance. Summer flowering. Rare. Size: 1.2m x 1m. -
Clear bright salmon pink double blooms are arranged in small clusters. Strong myrrh fragrance. Thorny with a mid-green foliage. Summer flowering. Decorative orange hips in autumn. Good in most soils and aspects. Size: 1.5m x 1m. -
An excellent reliable Gallica of rosette formation. Rich pink fading to pale violet. Coarse green foliage overlaid with a bluish tinge. Highly scented. Summer flowering. Size:1.2m x 90cm. -
Perfect 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 1m. -
Fully double quartered blooms, lilac pink on the edges with deeper pink centres. Dark green foliage. Grown by Empress Josephine at Malmaison but rarely seen today. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x 1m. -
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Lovely pure white full blooms which open from buds covered with brownish moss. An upright shrub with beautifully dark green leaves. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x 0.9m. -
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. -
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. -
Pretty double loose blooms of pale pink striped purple-crimson fading to paler tones. Short compact bushy growth. Grey-green leaves. Good fragrance. A summer flowering rose. Size: 90cm x 90cm. -
One of the most purple roses. Rich purple flowers with paler centers and pretty green button eyes. Very floriferous. Good scent. Lush dark green leaves. Summer flowering. Size: 1.5m x 1.2m. -
Celestial originated in Holland. Soft pink double blooms. Grey green foliage. Very strong fragrance. Extremely healthy. Summer flowering. Size: 2m x 1.2m. -
Celsiana 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. -
Large sprays of outstanding cerise pink blooms. Fragrant. Vigorous arching growth with greyish foliage. Healthy. Very thorny. Makes a fabulous specimen rose. Summer flowering. Perfect for pollinators. Size: 2.5 x 2.5m. -
Chapeau 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.
