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 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 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 stockClear 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.
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Out of stockaka 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.
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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 stocka.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.
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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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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 stockChloris a.k.a Rosée du Matin has darker foliage than most albas and is virtually thornless. The tight buds open to fairly small blush pink blooms. Summer flowering. Size:1.2m x 0.9m.