Stephanie d'Ursel

(Hybrid Musk) Semi-double, apricot cream scented rose, which blooms until the end of October with rain-resistant flowers. Very healthy dark green foliage.

Tall Story

(Modern Shrub) Shapely buds open to semi-double, freesia scented, soft yellow flowers fading to white with age. Produced in large clusters on a reliable plant with good glossy foliage.

Surrey

(Ground Covering Rose) Clusters of medium-sized, soft pink, double, frilled blooms produced in profusion on a wide growing plant.

Sadler’s Wells

Unique to us in the UK. Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 1983. (Modern Shrub) This is a fine, continuous flowering shrub. The semi-single flowers are produced in large, well-spaced clusters on a vigorous plant. The background colour is silvery-pink but each petal is laced with cherry red edging. A fine sight in full bloom.

Souvenir de St. Annes

Rosa Mundi

(Gallica) A striking and very old, bushy rose. The large, semi-double blooms have splashes of pink and white on a crimson background.

Rosa Californica 'Plena'

(Species) 'Plena'. Rich lilac-pink, semi double flowers borne liberally on a gracefully arching bush in high summer. Small rounded orange-red hips in the autumn. Amply foliated with grey-green leaves. A very useful rose, ideal for hedging or in a woodland setting. Tolerant of poor soil and shade. Dated to 1894.

Plaisanterie

(Hybrid China Musk) Beautiful semi-double yellow and pink blooms that age to rose pink. Borne in large clusters amid semi-glossy reddish-purple foliage.

Flower Carpet Pink

(Ground Covering Rose) Small rose pink, semi-double blooms are borne continuously throughout the summer until the first frosts with dark green glossy foliage.

Pink Grootendorst

(Rugosa) Masses of small, clear pink flowers with frilled edges, contrasting particularly well with good Rugosa foliage. Makes a good hedge.

Pearl Drift

(Modern Shrub) Semi-double, large, fragrant, flowers of ice-white, tinged pink. Once open the blooms reveal the prominent yellow stamens, amid healthy dark, glossy foliage.

Penelope

(Hybrid Musk) Semi-double, creamy pink paling to white flowers with a good fragrance. One of the best of the group.

Oxford Physic Rose

(Modern Classic) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2022. This beautiful shell pink shrub rose fits beautifully within the old fashioned collection, but has the health of a modern day rose. 

Old Blush (Bush)

(China) Small, semi-double, silvery-pink, spicy scented flowers with a deeper flush. Upright growth.

Nevada

(Modern Shrub) (Reputedly of Moyesii origin) A large shrub at its best in May and June when the arching branches are covered with large creamy-white blooms. An excellent flowering rose of great beauty.

Nelson's Journey

Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2012. Two tone, pink, semi double flowers with a subtle fragrance. Dense, bushy growth on a small, showy shrub of great charm.

Many Happy Returns

(Modern Shrub) Large clusters of pretty, semi-double blush pink flowers produced continuously throughout the summer.

Miss Edith Cavell

(Polyantha) Large trusses of small, semi-double, scarlet-crimson flowers amid dark foliage. The rose was rediscovered in the garden of Mrs Doris Levine of Brundall, Norfolk in 1985. Named for the Norfolk nurse from Swardeston, buried at Norwich Cathedral after her death in Belgium during WW1. Please note: Containerised 'Miss Edith Cavell' is available through the Cavell Nurses' Trust website: www.cavellnursestrust.org/shop

La Sevillana

(Modern Shrub) Semi-double flowers of bright electric red on a vigorous bushy plant.

Joseph's Coat

(Climber) Loosely double flowers are a mixture of shades but basically a deep orange and yellow. Borne in clusters on a thorny upright plant with light green glossy leaves.

Francesca

(Hybrid Musk) Semi-double apricot yellow flowers in large sprays on strong stems. Scented. Good foliage.

Faithful Friend

(Modern Shrub) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2007. Superb, nicely scented, bright yellow double blooms of this small shrub rose open up to display a coronet of amber coloured anthers. Borne in clusters with mid green and healthy leaves.

Evelyn May

(Modern Shrub) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2000. The flowers are a pleasing mixture of orange, salmon and yellow with a fragrant perfume. Foliage is dark green and glossy.

Dusky Maiden

(Floribunda) Beautiful dark, velvety red petals around prominent rich golden-yellow stamens on scented, semi-double blooms. Upright bushy growth with dark foliage.

Celestial

(Alba) 'Celeste'. Beautiful, soft pink, semi-double booms in contrast to the leaden foliage. An old variety of unknown origin. Deserves to be in every garden.

Blanc Double De Coubert

(Rugosa) Beautiful, pure white, semi-double, papery blooms with a very strong scent. Sets hips intermittently. Lovely crisp healthy foliage.

Amelia

(Damask) Large, semi-double pink flowers with pronounced golden anthers. Very fragrant. Grey-green foliage. Known in France as 'Amélie'.

Alfred De Dalmas

(Moss) Clusters of medium sized, creamy white flushed pink, semi-double flowers with a strong scent. Lush foliage and tidy manageable growth.

York and Lancaster

(Damask) Unique to us in the UK. 'Rosa damascena versicolor'. Perfumed, blush white flowers, striped or mottled with pink. Needs very good soil to do well. More a collector's piece than of real garden merit. Of unknown origin, pre 1551.

Sarah Van Fleet

(Rugosa) A compact perpetual, semi-double, clear light pink. Very fragrant.

St. Nicholas

(Damask) Semi-double blooms of rose pink. A charmer when caught in early evening sunlight when fully open and displaying the pronounced ring of golden stamens. Scented.

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.

Moonlight

(Hybrid Musk) Semi-double free flowering. Lemon to white flowers borne on long stems.

Lichtkonigin Lucia

(Modern Shrub) This is an outstanding, accommodating shrub rose. Double, bright yellow, scented blooms. Healthy, glossy foliage in abundance. Should be better known.

Henri Martin

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

Gloire Lyonnaise

(Hybrid Perpetual) Large, cupped, loosely double flowers of pure white with lemon base. Good fragrance and leathery foliage, no thorns.

Danae

(Hybrid Musk) Buff yellow changing to cream with age. Healthy and vigorous.

Celsiana

(Damask) Clusters of semi-double, pink flowers with a heady perfume. Attractive grey foliage.

Comtesse Andre d'Oultremont

Belinda

(Hybrid Musk) Trusses of fragrant, semi-double flowers of mid pink, amid plentiful, darkish, green foliage. A rare Hybrid Musk which should be more widely grown.

Adam Messerich

(Bourbon) Semi-double, luminous bright pink. Continuous flowering. Deserves more attention. Vigorous.

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.