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.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.
Clusters of semi-double rich purple-maroon blooms with golden anthers. Stems are long which make it an excellent choice as a cut flower. Strong and sweetly scented. Dark green well foliated shrub. Vigorous. Size:1.5m x 1.2m
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.
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 )
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.
A recent find. Deep violet pink single flowers on a strong growing rambler with light green foliage. Healthy. Summer flowering. A refined rose. Size:3.5m x 3.0m.
Tour de Malakoff, a.k.a. Black Jack, bears large loosely-formed flowers of magenta-purple, paling to violet-lavender. Can be grown as a shrub or a shorter climber. Summer flowering. Size: 1.8m x 1.8m.
A distinct and highly regarded variety. Rich purple-scarlet double scented blooms. The stems and buds are heavily mossed. Round soft and smooth bright green leaves. Repeat flowering. Size 1.2m x 1.0m.
A Multiflora type rambler. Dense clusters of amethyst blooms fading to violet and pink. The large light green leaves on thorn free stems provide an excellent foil for the flowers. Summer flowering. Size:5m x 4m.
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.
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
Sprays of lavender and lilac pink small semi-double blooms. Dark green bushy foliage. A very good spreading but compact shrub. Continuous Flowering. Size: 1.2m x 1.2m.