Large full quartered blooms of an unusual lilac-purple. Good scent. Greyish foliage with few thorns. Repeat flowering. A large shrub or short pillar rose. Size:1.8m x 1.5m
A.k.a Rosa gallica 'Versicolor'. A classic old rose. Light crimson semi-double blooms, striped white. Summer flowering. Forms a bushy shrub. Rich fragrance. Size:1.2m x 1.2m.
a.k.a The Blue Rose. Large clusters of pretty violet- lavender blooms amid pale green foliage. Each bloom is streaked with white. Scented. Thornless. A good cottage garden rose Vigorous. Summer flowering. Size 4.5m x 3.6m.
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.
One of the most purple roses. Rich purple flowers with paler centres and pretty green button eyes. Very floriferous. Good scent. Lush dark green leaves. Summer flowering. Size:1.5m x 1.2m.
A superb old rose. Very large striking quartered blooms of maroon and purple. Sweetly fragrant. Good dark foliage. Its vigour make it one of the easiest Gallicas to grow. Summer flowering. Size:1.2m x 1.2m.
Golden yellow in bud fading to cream when open. The semi- double blooms are scented. A virtually thornless Multiflora type rambler. Summer flowering. Size:3m x 2m.
Fully double muddled blooms of rich rose salmon. Scented. Very glossy dark foliage. Easily trained as stems are very pliable. Summer flowering. Size:6m x 4.5m. ( Francois Juranville)
A virtually thornless multiflora type rambler. Large clusters of small double orange and yellow blooms. Good healthy, glossy light green foliage. Repeat flowering. Size: 2.5m x 2.5m. (Ghislaine de Feligonde).
Large clusters of fully double blooms of violet purple which fade to parma violet. A multiflora type rambler with few thorns and bright green glossy foliage. Summer Flowering. Size: 4m x 3m.
Zephirine Drouhin is one of the classic old roses and often classed amongst the Bourbon roses. Loosely formed semi-double blooms of cerise. Very strong fragrance. Flowers profusely from June-December. Stems have no thorns. Best grown on pillar or open site. Eventual size:3.0m x 2.4m.
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.
Semi-double creamy white blooms on a very erect shrub. Virtually thornless. Withstands wet weather better than most. Repeat flowering. Size:120 x 60cm.
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 . Size:90cm x 90cm.
Perfectly 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.
A vigorous shrub bearing a multitude of large single pink blooms with a white centre and golden stamens. Seems to thrive in some very poor conditions. Very healthy. Good scent and pollinating insects. Summer flowering. Size:2.4m x 2m.
Clusters of small double reddish purple blooms. Fades to greyish-mauve. Bright pale green lustre to the foliage. Virtually thornless stems. Summer flowering. Size:4.5m x 3m.
a.k.a 'Apothecary Rose' or 'Red rose of Lancaster'. Smothered semi double light crimson blooms. Very fragrant, good in pot-pourri. Summer flowering. Size:1.2m x 1.2m.
A.k.a. De La Maître D'Ecole. Red buds open pink then mature to lilac-mauve,the blooms are flat and rosette shaped. Good scent . Compact habit. Summer flowering. Size: 90cm x 90cm.