These roses combine the charm, beauty & fragrance of Old Roses with the repeat-flowering & exceptional health of the modern roses.
Check out some of the many varieties we have to offer...
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Bathsheba
Apricot-yellow buds open to shallowly cupped, many petalled rosettes. They are a beautiful blend of subtle apricot-pink and soft yellow, giving the overall impression of apricot, with creamy outer petals. There is a superb floral myrrh fragrance, with hints of honey and tea. It forms a short, vigorous climber. An own root plant.
Bring Me Sunshine
*BRAND NEW* A joyously warm and inviting variety bearing deeply filled, cupped rosette blooms of rich sunset orange-yellow paling to lighter apricot tones over time. A healthy and upright, bushy shrub with a complex medium-strong Myrrh fragrance.
Charles Darwin
The flowers are very full and rounded at first, later opening up to shallow cups. They are yellow in color, tending almost towards mustard, and have a strong, delicious fragrance, varying between soft floral tea and pure lemon. It makes a sturdy shrub with broad, spreading growth.
Darcey Bussell
Deep, rich crimson rosettes. Excellent repeat bloomer with a fruity scent. Has short, bushy growth, is disease resistant & an own root plant.
Desdemona
Peachy pink buds open to beautiful, white, chalice-shaped blooms, with a pinkish hue. The incurved petals create an arresting interplay of light and shadow. The strong old rose fragrance has hints of almond blossom, cucumber and lemon zest. It forms a most attractive neat, rounded, bushy shrub. An own root plant.
Emily Bronte
An exceptionally beautiful rose with distinctive blooms that are very neat & rather flat. Each bloom is a lovely soft pink, with a subtle apricot hue, the smaller central petals deepening to rich apricot & surrounding a button eye. The strong tea fragrance becomes more old rose, with delicious hints of lemon and grapefruit. It forms a bushy shrub with strong, healthy, upright growth. Disease resistant & an own root plant.
Eustacia Vye
*BRAND NEW* An exceedingly pretty rose of soft, glowing apricot-pink, each bloom packed with numerous delicately ruffled petals. Held on red-tinged stems, the blooms begin as shallow cups, opening to full rosettes, revealing petals of a richer hue, which gradually pale over time. They have a delicious strong fruity fragrance. A very healthy variety; itmakes a strong, vigorous shrub with bushy, upright growth.
Gabriel Oak
A magnificent variety that has medium sized, many petalled rosette blooms. They are a striking shade of deep pink, the outer petals of each bloom paling slightly over time. The beauty of the blooms is enhanced by a wonderful, strong fruity fragrance. A vigorous rose; it forms a very shapely, broad, rounded shrub with mulberry purple stems and dark green foliage, giving the overall impression of richness and abundance. Disease resistant & an own root plant.
Gertrude Jekyll
Always one of the first English Roses to start flowering, its perfect scrolled buds open to large, rosette-shaped flowers of bright glowing pink. The beautiful, perfectly balanced Old Rose scent is often described as being the quintessential Old Rose fragrance. A vigorous rose; it will form a medium-sized, upright shrub. An own root plant.
Golden Celebration
A magnificent shrub with large, golden blooms. Has a strong tea scent with hints of citrus. Very healthy, reliable & easy to grow. Disease resistant & an own root plant.
Harlow Carr
Bears flowers of the most perfect formation – shallow cups of the purest mid pink. They flower very freely from early summer until well into the fall and have a strong, pure Old Rose fragrance. It has an excellent bushy habit with upright, vigorous growth. Maturing into an attractively rounded shrub; it flowers almost to the ground.
James L. Austin
Bears large, many petalled, deep pink rosettes, each with a button eye. There is a light-medium strength fruity fragrance. It forms a neat and tidy shrub with a bushy, upright habit.
Kew Gardens
*BRAND NEW* Small, single flowers held in very large heads, rather like a hydrangea, produced almost continuously from early summer into Fall. Soft apricot buds open to pure white, with a hint of soft lemon behind the stamens. It is extremely healthy and almost thornless. The growth is bushy and rather upright.
Malvern Hills
A repeat-flowering rambler, bearing fully double, soft yellow blooms, which are held in medium to large clusters. There is a light to medium musky fragrance. It is very healthy with strong, slender growth, attractive polished foliage and few thorns. An own root plant.
Munstead Wood
Bears very deep, velvety crimson blooms, with lighter colored outer petals. They are deeply cupped at first, becoming shallowly cupped with time. There is a strong Old Rose fragrance with fruity notes of blackberry, blueberry and damson notes. The bushy, spreading growth forms a broad shrub; the young red-bronze leaves later turn mid-green.
Nye Bevan
*BRAND NEW* An uplifting rose bearing unusual open cupped flowers of soft yellow, paling to cream. The scallop-shaped, incurved petals are loosely yet generously assembled around a central boss of golden stamens, creating a soft, airy appearance. There is a spectacular first flush of blooms, which are borne in well-spaced sprays and displayed proudly against the mid-green, semi-glossy foliage. Forms a healthy, medium-sized upright bush with a light myrrh fragrance, whose hips must be removed to encourage repeat flowering.
Olivia Rose Austin
Bears beautiful, cupped, mid pink rosettes, with a delicate fruity fragrance. It commences flowering exceptionally early in the season and flowers in flushes until well into the fall. Disease resistant & an own root plant.
Port Sunlight
*BRAND NEW* Medium-sized, flat, quartered rosettes of rich apricot, paling towards the edges. They have a lovely Tea fragrance. A vigorous, rather upright shrub; the foliage and young stems are a beautiful bronzy-red at first, becoming dark green over time. Named after the model village in the Wirral where there is a beautiful garden of English Roses.
Princess Alexandra of Kent
The unusually large, bright pink flowers are full-petalled and deeply cupped. In spite of their size, they are never clumsy, being held nicely poised on a well-rounded shrub. There is a strong and delicious fresh Tea fragrance, which changes to lemon, eventually taking on hints of blackcurrants. An own root plant.
Queen Of Sweden
Exquisite little buds open to half-enclosed cups, eventually becoming wide, shallow, upward-facing cups of pleasing formality. The color begins as soft-apricot pink, gradually changing to pure soft pink over time. There is a lovely myrrh fragrance. It forms a bushy, yet upright shrub. An own root plant.
Roald Dahl
Soft orange-red buds open to medium-sized, cupped rosettes of perfect apricot coloring. They are extremely robust and have a lovely fruity tea scent. Very healthy; it matures into an attractive, rounded, bushy shrub with few thorns. Disease resistant & an own root plant.
Silas Marner
An unfussy rose of soft mid pink, the petals are pale on the reverse and fade at the edges creating a gentle quality. An own root plant.
The Lady Of The Lake
*BRAND NEW* Its pretty, semi-double flowers, each about 2” across, are held in sprays on long, slender and flexible stems. They are a pale pink color and of open formation, each exposing a nice boss of golden stamens. They have a fresh citrus fragrance & is disease resistant.
The Poet’s Wife
Bears rich yellow flowers, which pale over time. Their formation is most pleasing, having a neat outer ring of petals enclosing an informal group of petals within. Has a strong fruit fragrance, is disease resistant & an own root plant.
Thomas Beckett
*BRAND NEW* This is a variety of very different character from the general run of English Roses, being rather closer to the Species Roses than to the Old Roses and more natural and shrubby in growth. A striking crimson-red; the individual flowers can best be described as shallowly cupped, opening as informal rosettes; the petals quickly reflexing as the flowers age. They are held in medium-sized heads; the individual blooms nodding attractively on the stem. They have an Old Rose fragrance with a strong lemon zest character. It forms a strong, rather informal shrub & is disease resistant.
Tranquility
Beautifully rounded flowers, with neatly placed petals making up perfect rosettes. The buds are lightly tinged with yellow but as the flowers open they become pure white. Disease resistant & an own root plant.
Vanessa Bell
A delicate beauty with an alluring freshness & grace. Pink tinged buds open to a soft yellow that almost have a luminous effect. The fragrance is similar to green tea with aspects of honey & lemon. It forms a bushy, upright shrub, is disease resistant & an own root plant.
Windemere
The blooms start as perfectly rounded buds, opening to full, cupped flowers that are rich creamy yellow at first, fading to almost pure white in the sun. They have a delicious fruity fragrance that has a definite hint of citrus. Disease resistant & an own root plant.
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