This section contains the Species Roses, the old-fashioned garden roses (Gallicas, Damasks, Albas, Centifolias & Moss Roses) together with the Bourbons, Hybrid Perpetuals, Portlands, Hybrid Musks and all the Modern Shrub Roses
Number of roses in this section: 84, Showing 1 to 8
Alba
Upright clusters of creamy or pure white, very double flowers
Very fragrant
Once flowering with hips to follow in some seasons
Grey-green foliage. Very tough
6' x 4'
Alba
Semi-double, pure white, very fragrant flowers
Once flowering with good hips to follow
Grey-green foliage. Tolerant of poorer soils & shadier sites
8' x 5' as a shrub
Also good short climber for a north wall.
Modern shrub
Well formed, quartered, soft apricot flowers with pink blushes
Fragrant. Repeat flowering
Mid-green, glossy foliage
Upright growth. 4' x 4'
Modern shrub
Huge sprays of small, pale pink, slightly fragrant flowers with a white eye
Repeat flowering
Abundant mid-green foliage
4' x 3'
Hybrid Perpetual
Very double bright crimson flowers, frilled and edged in white
Fragrant
Repeat flowering
Dark foliage. Tolerant of poorer soils
4' x 3'.
Gallica
Flat, quartered flowers of mixed pinks, greys & mauves
Very fragrant
Once flowering
Few thorns.Grey-green foliage
Upright growth. 4' x 3'
Rugosa
Almost fully double pure white flowers
Very fragrant
Repeat fllowering. Intermittent hips
Good autumn colour. Tolerant of poorer soils & shadier sites
Dense bushy growth. 5' x 4'.
China
Huge, well spaced clusters of exquisite shell pink flowers. Ideal for buttonholes!
Light scent
Repeat flowering
Few thorns. Dark foliage
Tolerant of poorer soils. 6' x 4'
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