A sempervirens rambler. Crimson buds open pink with a creamy white centre. The blooms are small and very double with a 'button eye' and come in loose clusters. Strong musky scent. Grows in any soil or situation. Almost evergreen. Once flowering. Size 4m x 3m.
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.
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.
Clusters of semi-double, pure white blooms with a frilly carnation-like appearance. Forms a robust, thorny shrub with leathery foliage. Repeat flowering. Size:1.2m x 0.9m.
Clusters of small, frilled, double crimson blooms. Good dark foliage. A vigorous bushy shrub with an arched habit that does well in most soils. Repeat flowering. Size: 1.2 x 1.2m.
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.
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.
Gipsy Boy, a.k.a Zigeunerknabe, is a strong growing shrub with a mass of crimson purple blooms showing golden anthers. Vigorous growth. Scented. Summer flowering. Size:1.8m x 1.8m.
Large flat quartered blooms of pure pink. Wonderful fragrance. Lovely pale green foliage. Summer flowering. Forms a bushy shrub with healthy foliage. Size:1.5m x1.4m.
Small rich rose pink almost quartered blooms cascade down in large bunches. Very vigorous pliable growth suited to a pergola. Fragrant. Rare. Size:3.6m x2.4m.
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.
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.
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.
Myrrh Scented Rose. Delicate clusters of small creamy white blooms emerge from purple tinged buds. A good scrambler having very pliable growth. Size: 6m x 3.5m.
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.
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 )
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.
a.k.a Rosa helenae. The huge clusters of oval red fruits are outstanding and follow a display of small white single fragrant flowers in June. Strong growth with grey-green foliage. Summer Flowering. Size 6m x 4.5m.
One of the most beautiful of the noisettes. Large full quartered blooms of pale yellow with green button eyes. Gorgeous tea fragrance. Refined pointed pale green foliage. Slightly tender. Continuous flowering. Size 3m x 1.8m. (Celine Forestier)