These roses combine the charm, beauty & fragrance of Old Roses with the repeat-flowering & exceptional health of the modern roses.
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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. An own root plant.
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Benjamin Britten
A variety of unusual coloring that changes with age to a glowing deep pink-red. The deeply cupped flowers soon open to slightly cupped rosettes. The fragrance is fruity, with aspects of wine and pear drops. It forms a dense, rather upright shrub.
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Carding Mill
The flowers open in a soft blend of pink, apricot and yellow, their colours mingling to create an overall impression of warm orange. They carry a gentle myrrh fragrance and are held elegantly on straight stems, forming a rounded, bushy shrub of tidy habit. An own root plant.
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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. An own root plant.
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Claire Austin
This vigorous, upright rose makes a very good climber in both beauty and performance. It bears pleasingly cupped, pale lemon buds which gradually open to medium sized, creamy white flowers, the outer petals perfectly arranged in concentric circles. They have a strong myrrh fragrance with dashes of meadowsweet, vanilla and heliotrope. The growth is strong and particularly healthy, and it is clothed in attractive matt green foliage. A climbing variety.
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Crown Princess Margareta
A vigorous climber, bearing quite large, many petalled, neat rosette flowers in a lovely shade of apricot-orange. They have a medium-strong tea fragrance and are produced with exceptional freedom and regularity. There is plentiful, glossy foliage. An own root plant and a climbing variety.
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Darcey Bussell
When young, the outer petals of each bloom form a perfect ring around an inner cup, gradually opening out to form a perfect, medium sized rosette. The color is a deep, rich crimson-pink, taking on a tinge of mauve just before the petals drop. There is a light-medium fruity scent. It forms a compact shrub with attractive bushy growth.
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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.
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Elizabeth
A majestic rose bearing clusters of large, crisp apple blossom pink rosettes, paling to the gentlest blush white. She has a strong, sweet, fresh fragrance with hints of lemon sherbet and Old Rose. Exceptionally healthy and versatile of habit, she forms a shapely and commanding shrub.
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Emily Bronte
An exceptionally beautiful rose with distinctive, neat, flat blooms. Each bloom is a lovely soft pink, the smaller central petals deepening to rich apricot and surrounding deep-set stamens. The strong tea scent becomes more old rose, with delicious hints of lemon and grapefruit. It forms a bushy shrub with strong, healthy, upright growth.
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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.
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Golden Celebration
One of the largest-flowered English Roses, bearing rich yellow blooms in the form of giant cups. They have a strong tea fragrance, developing wonderfully combined notes of Sauternes wine and strawberry. It forms a rounded shrub, with ample foliage – the flowers held beautifully poised on long, arching branches. An own root plant.
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Kew Gardens
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. An own root plant.
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Lady of Shallot
Rich orange-red buds open to chalice-shaped blooms, filled with loosely arranged, orange petals. The surrounding outer petals are salmon-pink with beautifully contrasting golden-yellow undersides. There is a pleasant, warm Tea fragrance, with hints of spiced apple and cloves. It quickly forms a bushy shrub with slightly arching stems and mid-green leaves, which have attractive, slightly bronzed tones when young. The name is taken from one of Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poems to commemorate him. An own root plant.
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Lichfield Angel
Pale peachy pink buds gradually open to form neatly cupped, cream rosettes. Each bloom has a perfect ring of waxy petals enclosing numerous smaller petals. Eventually the petals turn back to form a large, domed flower. It forms a vigorous, rounded, almost thornless shrub, its blooms nodding attractively on the branch. Named after an 8th century limestone sculptured panel, discovered in Lichfield Cathedral. An own root plant.
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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.
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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. An own root plant.
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Nye Bevan
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.
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Princess Anne
The young flowers are deep pink, almost red, fading to pure rich pink. The rather narrow petals are unusually substantial, with a hint of yellow on their undersides. Held in large, fragrant clusters, they are produced with remarkable freedom. A particularly healthy variety; it forms a bushy, upright shrub with thick, succulent, highly polished foliage. Named for Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal.
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Strawberry Hill
Beautiful at all stages, bearing small clusters of large, mid pink, cupped rosettes. They have a strong, delicious myrrh and heather honey fragrance. The arching branches are clothed in glossy, dark foliage. Named after the gothic revival house in Twickenham, London, built by Horace Walpole. An own root plant.
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Teasing Georgia
A beautiful climbing rose. The rosette blooms are a rich shade of yellow, the outer petals falling back and fading to palest yellow, providing a most pleasing two-tone effect. There is a lovely tea rose fragrance. An own root plant and a climbing variety.
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Tess of Durbervilles
A striking climber bearing large, bright crimson-red blooms, with a pleasing old rose fragrance. It is a relatively compact climber clothed in large, dark green leaves. A climbing variety.
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The Generous Gardener
Bears beautifully formed flowers, which nod gracefully on the stem. When the petals open they expose numerous stamens, providing an almost water lily-like effect. The flowers are a pale glowing pink and have a delicious fragrance with aspects of old rose, musk and myrrh. A climbing variety.
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The Pilgrim
This variety has particularly beautiful blooms. The buds open to reveal many petalled cups, which gradually form large, flat rosettes. The color is a very attractive shade of soft yellow, the petals paling prettily towards the edges. The flowers have a medium strength fragrance, which is a perfect balance of Tea and myrrh. It will quickly reach some height and still produce flowers and leaves lower down the plant. Named after the pilgrims in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. An own root plant.
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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.
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Thomas A. Beckett
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.
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Tottering-By-Gently
Its beauty is found in the simplicity of its single yellow flowers and the spectacular display they create when viewed en masse. They are held in large, open sprays on a rounded, branching shrub. Named to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Annie Tempest’s classic weekly cartoon. An own root plant.
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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. A vigorous shrub; its growth is bushy and upright, clothed in light green foliage, curving outwards in a most attractive manner. With its pure white flowers, this rose lives up to its name. An own root plant.
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Vanessa Bell
Pink-tinged buds open to medium-sized cups held in large clusters. Pale yellow, paling to white at the edges; each has a rich yellow eye. The fragrance is similar to green tea with aspects of lemon and honey. It forms a bushy, upright shrub. An own root plant.
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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.
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Young Lycidas
Large, deeply cupped flowers, blending deep pink, magenta and red – the outer petals tending towards light purple, with an almost silvery quality. There is a delicious tea and old rose scent, with hints of cedar wood. It makes an attractive, bushy shrub. An own root plant.
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