Surpassing Beauty

(Climber) (Hybrid Perpetual) 'Woolverstone Church Rose' A deep red climbing rose discovered by the late Mr.Humphrey Brooke. Very strongly scented.

Roundelay (Bush)

(Modern shrub) An upright, free flowering rose with trusses of cardinal red flowers. Fully double, opening flat with a good perfume. Very healthy and deserving of more attention.

Roundelay (Climber)

(Modern Climber) A free flowering, climbing form of this beautiful fragrant, dark red rose, which we have obtained from Australia for introduction here.

Red Max Graf

(Ground Covering Rose) Clusters of single, red flowers on a spreading plant with good, glossy foliage. Orange-red hips.

Hunter

(Rugosa) Fully double, bright crimson flowers on a rugged, mediumsized plant with glossy dark green foliage. Slight fragrance. A useful rose.

Francis Dubreuil

Unique to us in the UK. Crimson almost double flowers from a fine, pointed bud, on a slightly spreading slender plant. A superb old variety. Scented. Suitable for growing in a warmer climate.

Duke Of Wellington

(Hybrid Perpetual) Large, shapely flowers of deep crimson red, scented and very free flowering.

Cocktail

(Modern Shrub) A very bright rose with clusters of single flowers on an upright plant. The colour is yellow and red, the red intensifying with age.

Crimson Glory (Climber)

(Climbing Hybrid Tea) Shapely blooms of deep, velvety red with a strong perfume. Makes a very good, vigorous climber.

Single Cherry

Unique to us in the UK. (Pimpinellifolia) A charming little rose. Fern-like foliage. Tidy growth and large, single, cherry-red flowers, followed by round, purple to black hips.

Ramona

(Hybrid Laevigata) Large, single papery flowers of cerise-crimson. A deeper sport from �Anemone Rose� with the same characteristics.

Old Crimson China

Unique to us in the UK. (China) 'Slater's Crimson' (Rosa chinensis semperflorens). Bright red single flowers on an upright, bushy slender plant. Suitable for growing in a warmer climate.

Meg Merrilies

(Sweet Briar) An extremely vigorous and prickly shrub rose. Semi-double flowers of bright crimson are followed by good red hips. One of the best of the group. Flowers and foliage scented. Suitable for making a tall hedge.

Henri Martin

(Moss) Clusters of bright crimson flowers on sparsely mossed, long stems, semi-double with well mossed buds.

Great Western

(Bourbon) Large, full quartered flowers of maroon-purple, fragrant. Foliage dark green. Growth arching, vigorous.

General Macarthur

(Climbing Hybrid Tea) Large, loosely formed, scented, deep rosy-red flowers. Very free flowering and vigorous. In good conditions, will grow taller than stated.

F. J. Grootendorst

(Rugosa) Clusters of small crimson flowers with frilled edges, on a bushy plant with good foliage.

Eddie’s Jewel

(Modern Shrub) A Moyesii hybrid with very large, semi-double flowers of deep red. Very vigorous and healthy.

Dortmund

(Modern Shrub) Long, pointed bud. Flowers very large, single, fragrant, red with white eye, produced in clusters. Foliage dark, glossy. A very vigorous shrub or climber rose.

Crimson Glory (Bush)

(H.T) Large, globular blooms of deep velvety red. Very fragrant. Has a rather weak neck but good despite this fault. Thorny angular growth, dark green foliage.

Black Prince

Unique to us in the UK. (Hybrid Perpetual) Fragrant, large cupped flowers of rich carmine shaded almost black. Vigorous.

Ards Rover

(Climbing Hybrid Perpetual) Excellent old pillar rose. Shapely dark crimson flowers with a strong scent. Occasionally recurrent.

Autumn Fire

(Modern Shrub) 'Herbstfeuer' has large, semi-double flowers of dark red with a slight fragrance. Foliage dark green. Good, yellowish-red, pear shaped hips. Occasionally repeats its flowers.

Anne Of Geierstein

(Sweet Briar) A very vigorous member of the group, with sweetly scented foliage and single dark crimson red flowers with golden centres these are followed by scarlet fruit.

Alain Blanchard

(Gallica) Large 2 1/2 - 3 inch flowers of semi-single form. Crimson in colour often with smudged purple spots. Pronounced amber stamens.