Summer Flowering Old Roses

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.

  

PRODUCT TYPE toggle

ROSE GROUP toggle

COLOUR toggle

SIZE toggle

SPECIAL FEATURE toggle

HIGHLY FRAGRANT toggle

SITUATION toggle

FLOWER FORM toggle

AWARD WINNING toggle

GIFT IDEAS toggle

BREEDER toggle

  • Out of stock

    Pompon des Princes

    Damask Rose

    From £14.95
    Pompon 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.
  • Out of stock

    Amelia (Damask)

    Damask Rose

    From £16.95
    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.
  • Out of stock

    Rosa davidii

    Species Rose

    From £16.95
    Rosa 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
  • Kiftsgate Superior

    Rambling Rose

    From £16.95
    Huge sprays of pure white semi-double blooms. Smooth elongated leaves. A strong musky scent. Good resistance from disease. Starts flowering mid-summer. Strong growth so ideally trained for an arch or pergola. Size: 5m x 2m.
  • Out of stock

    Conditorum

    Gallica Rose

    From £15.95
    Very fragrant,double blooms of cerise crimson. Opens slightly ruffled with a central boss of golden stamens. A vigorous tall shrub. Grown in Hungary for attar. Summer Flowering. Size:1.75m x 1.25m
  • Out of stock

    Hippolyte

    Gallica Rose

    From £15.95
    A 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.
  • Rosa richardii ‘The Holy Rose’

    Species Rose

    From £15.95
    a.k.a The Holy Rose or Rosa sancta. Pretty single soft rose pink blooms. Dark green foliage. Slightly procumbent habit. Summer flowering. Size: 1m x 1.2m.
  • Out of stock

    Bellard

    Alba Rose

    From £16.95
    Bellard (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.
  • Out of stock

    Duchesse de Buccleugh

    Gallica Rose

    From £16.95
    Large, 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
  • Out of stock

    James Mason

    Gallica Rose

    From £15.95

    A recent addition to the Gallicas, one of a few introduced during the 20th century. Large, flat, blooms of rich bright crimson with contrasting golden stamens. Sweet fragrance.Profuse summer flowering. Healthy, bushy growth. Size: 1.5m x 1.2m.

  • Out of stock

    Rosa x coryana

    Species Rose

    From £15.95
    A 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.
  • Out of stock

    Rosa webbiana

    Species Rose

    From £15.95
    A 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.
  • Out of stock

    Little Gem

    Moss Rose

    From £15.95
    A miniature moss rose bearing small, full blooms of light crimson. Fragrant. Dense dark green foliage. Repeat flowering. Size 1.2m x 0.6m.
  • Out of stock

    Rosa gallica

    Gallica Rose

    From £15.95
    The 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.
  • Out of stock

    Belle Isis

    Gallica Rose

    From £16.95
    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 1.0m.
  • Out of stock

    Duchesse d’Angoulême

    Gallica Rose

    From £16.95
    a.k.a. The Wax Rose. Highly perfumed blooms of blush pink with a deeper centre emerge from tightly scrolled buds. Tidy upright plant with good foliage. Summer flowering. Size:1.2m x 1.0m. Duchesse d'Angouleme )
  • Out of stock

    Gloire de Guilan

    Damask Rose

    From £16.95
    Probably a very old variety, Nancy Lindsay found Gloire de Guilan in Iran where it was used for making attar. The clear pink, silky-textured blooms are quartered and folded. Fresh green foliage. Good on poor soils. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x 1.2m.
  • Out of stock

    Belle sans Flatterie

    Gallica Rose

    From £16.95
    Fully double quartered blooms, lilac pink on the edges with deeper pink centres. Dark green foliage. Grown by Empress Josephine at Malmaison but a rarely seen today. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x 1.0m.
  • Out of stock

    Hebe’s Lip

    Damask Rose

    From £15.95
    Hebe's Lip, a.k.a. Rubrotincta Margined Hip, has scented semi-double white blooms with pink tinged edges in clusters. A tidy compact shrub with serrated mid green foliage. Summer flowering. Size 1.2m x 1.2m.
  • Out of stock

    Jeanne de Montfort

    Moss Rose

    From £15.95
    Clusters 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.
  • Out of stock

    Tricolore de Flandre

    Gallica Rose

    From £16.95
    Very double flowers with intense striping of purple and pink on a white background.Pleasing perfume.Forms a tidy small shrub. Summer flowering. Size: 90cm x 90cm.
  • Out of stock

    Botzaris

    Damask Rose

    From £16.95
    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.
  • Out of stock

    Rosa woodsii ‘Fendleri’

    Species Rose

    From £15.95
    Eye catching mottled lilac-pink single flowers. Purple grey stems with an arching habit. Dark grey-green foliage. Good for hedging with globular red hips. Size: 1.6m x 1.6m.
  • Out of stock

    Rosa suffulta

    Species Rose

    From £15.95
    Clusters of single pale pink flowers. Short bushy growth with red stems. Small bright orange fruits. Good in a woodland setting. Summer flowering. Size:90cm x 90cm.
  • Pink Leda

    Damask Rose

    From £16.95
    Pink Leda has clear pink double bloom, with a dark pink edge which shows a button eye. Strong fragrance. Dark green healthy, greyish foliage. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x 1.2m.
  • Out of stock

    Rosa sherardii

    Species Rose

    From £15.95
    a.k.a Sherard's Rose. An interesting five petalled variety. Stems grow upright in a slight zig zag and are covered in thorns. Its leaves have a characteristic purplish stipule and midbrib. Often found in hedgrows in Scotland and Wales. Flowers late Spring. Size 2m x 2m.
  • Out of stock

    Mme Louis Leveque

    Moss Rose

    From £15.95
    Large double silvery pink crumpled blooms which flower well into the autumn. Richly scented. Upright habit with few thorns and lightly moss buds. Abundant foliage of dark green. Size:1.2m x 1m.
  • Out of stock

    Rosa willmottiae

    Species Rose

    From £15.95
    Small deep lilac-pink flowers with buttery anthers. Archer Habit. Dark red stems. Grey-green ferney foliage. Scent. Pear-shaped orange-red hips. Size:1.8m x 1.8m.
  • Out of stock
    A small bushy shrub. Double, small bright crimson blooms. Small dainty foliage with a slight apple scent. Flowers early summer. Size : 1.2m x 1.0m.
  • Out of stock

    Belle Amour

    Alba Rose

    From £16.95
    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.
  • Out of stock

    Celsiana

    Damask Rose

    From £15.95
    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.
  • Out of stock

    Surpasse Tout

    Gallica Rose

    From £14.95
    a.k.a Cerisette la Jolie. Deep cerise-maroon fully double blooms with a golden button eye. Highly Fragrant. Good in middle of border as can be sparse in foliage and rather leggy. Summer flowering.  Size:1.2m x 90cm.
  • Out of stock

    Rosa californica ‘Plena’

    Species Rose

    From £15.95
    Rosa 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.
  • Out of stock

    Alain Blanchard

    Gallica Rose

    From £15.95
    Deep crimson semi-double flowers mottled with purple and pink.Showy golden stamens Good scent. Dark stems mid-green serrated foliage. Summer flowering. Size: 1.5m x 1.5m.
  • Out of stock

    Mousseux du Japon

    Moss Rose

    From £16.95
    aka Muscosa Japonica. A true curiosity this is the mossiest of all the moss roses. The moss not only covers the buds and stems but also covers part of the leaf surfaces. Magenta-pink loosely doubled blooms with paler reverses to the petals. Size: 1.2m x 1.2m.
  • Out of stock

    Nestor

    Gallica Rose

    From £15.95
    Beautiful quartered blooms with a magenta pink at the centre of the petals turning lilac to the outer. Good scent. Light green foliage. Size:1.2m x1.2m. Summer flowering.
  • Out of stock

    Omar Khayyam

    Damask Rose

    From £16.95
    Grown 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.
  • Out of stock

    Rosa foetida

    Species Rose

    From £15.95
    a.k.a. Austrian Briar. Single, medium sized blooms of intense yellow colouration. Brown stems. Parsley green foliage. Summer flowering.Size : 1.5m x 1.2m.
  • Out of stock

    Henri Martin

    Moss Rose

    From £14.95
    a.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.
  • Out of stock

    Blanchefleur

    Centifolia Rose

    From £16.95
    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.
  • Out of stock

    Rosa centifolia ‘Variegata’

    Centifolia Rose

    From £15.95
    Rosa centifolia 'Variegata', a.k.a. 'Village Maid', has very fragrant double blooms of creamy white with streaks of pale pink. Robust and very prickly shrub. Summer flowering. Size:1.5m x 1.2m.
  • Out of stock

    Georges Vibert

    Gallica Rose

    From £15.95

    Small compact habit. The blooms emerge from crimson buds and are quilled and quartered with green button eyes. Light crimson striped on a blush background. Fragrant. Summer flowering. Size: 1m x 1m.

  • Out of stock

    Empress Josephine

    Gallica Rose

    From £15.95
    Rich pink double blooms veined with deeper shades. Petals wavy and loosely arranged. Scented. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x 1.0m.
  • Out of stock

    Rosa pomifera

    Species Rose

    From £15.95
    a.k.a The Apple rose, Rosa villosa. The single clear pink flowers are borne on a large robust shrub. The leaves are downy and a distinct grey-green. The autumn fruit resemble small apples being round and dark red. Summer flowering. Size 1.8m x 1.5m.
  • Out of stock

    Rosa stellata ‘Mirifica’

    Species Rose

    From £16.95
    a.k.a.The Sacramento Rose or The Gooseberry Rose. Unusual rose with gooseberry-like leaves. Single blooms of lilac -pink with a prominent centre of orange yellow stamens. Stems and buds covered with spines. Dense growth with many branches. 1m x 1m.
  • Out of stock

    La Belle Sultane

    Gallica Rose

    From £16.95
    a.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.
  • Out of stock

    Rosa forrestiana

    Species Rose

    From £15.95

    A vigorous shrub with fine purple green foliage. The single carmine pink flowers are followed by very decorative flagon-shaped hips. Summer flowering. Size:2m x 2m.

  • Out of stock

    Rosa dupontii

    Species Rose

    From £15.95
    Fairly 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.
  • Out of stock

    Grouse

    Ground Cover Rose

    From £15.95
    A densely growing very vigorous ground cover rose. Single pink to white bloom. Strongly scented. Excellent glossy healthy foliage. Summer flowering. Short unless given support. Size:60cm x 3m.
  • Out of stock

    Scharlachglut

    Modern Shrub Rose

    From £15.95
    a.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.
  • Out of stock

    Fritz Nobis

    Modern Shrub Rose

    From £15.95
    Clusters of full pale pink with a hint of salmon blooms. Pleasing fragrance. Leathery grey foliage on an arched bushy shrub. Very Healthy. Summer flowering. Size: 1.5m x 1.2m.
  • Out of stock

    Cerise Bouquet

    Modern Shrub Rose

    From £15.95
    A large sprays of outstanding cerise pink blooms. Fragrant. Vigorous arching growth with greyish foliage. Healthy.Very thorny. Makes a fabulous specimen rose. Summer flowering . Size: 2.5 x 2.5m. Perfect for pollinators.
  • Out of stock

    Nozomi

    Ground Cover Rose

    From £14.95
    Dainty sprays of single pearl pink blooms en masse at midsummer. Dark green glossy pointed foliage. Scented. Garden worthy. Size: 30cm x 1.2m.
  • Out of stock

    Rosa farreri ‘Persetosa’

    Species Rose

    From £15.95
    a.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.
  • Felicite Parmentier

    Alba Rose

    From £15.95
    Fully 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.
  • Out of stock

    Rosa soulieana

    Species Rose

    From £15.95
    Small single white blooms set amongst very grey green foliage. The small orange hips are attractive in the autumn. Summer flowering. Rambling Habit. Size:3.6m x 3.6m.
  • Out of stock

    Prince Charles

    Bourbon Rose

    From £15.95
    Prince Charles has an abundance of flowers at Midsummer. Tyrian purple with deeper crimson veining. A vigorous yet lax variety best grown as a climber or pegged down. Summer flowering. Size:1.8m x 1.2m.
  • Leda

    Damask Rose

    From £15.95
    Leda, a.k.a. The Painted Damask, has pretty fully double blush white blooms with crimson tinged edges. Lovely greyish foliage. Summer flowering. Size: 90cm x 90cm.
  • Out of stock

    Marie Louise

    Damask Rose

    From £15.95
    Raised 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.
  • Out of stock

    Président de Sèze

    Gallica Rose

    From £16.95
    a.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 )

Title

Go to Top