Sunshine Babylon Eyes

Sunshine Babylon Eyes is a compact and vividly multicoloured shrub rose whose semi-double blooms display yellow petals edged in pink with a striking red “eye” at the centre. This easy-care, repeat-flowering variety brings a tropical-inspired twist to borders or pots with its cheerful colour and low-maintenance habit.

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.

Heavenly Pink

(Hybrid Musk) Arching branches full of double, rosette shaped, bright pink flowers, borne in clusters. Very healthy.

White Pet (Bush)

(Polyantha) A short growing scented rose, producing huge trusses of small, pure white pomponlike blooms throughout the summer. Buds flushed pink. Needs grouping for best effect.

Westerland

(Modern Shrub) Bright apricot-orange double rose with much to commend it including it's scent. Good, glossy foliage and long flowering period.

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.

The Fairy (Bush)

(Polyantha) Clusters of bead-like buds open to rosette, pink flowers. Good glossy foliage.

Surrey

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

Swany

(Ground Covering Rose) A vigorous, spreading variety with very full, small white, almost cupped flowers in abundance. Dark glossy foliage. A healthy, reliable cultivar.

White Pet (Standard)

(Polyantha) A short growing rose producing huge trusses of pure white pomponlike blooms throughout the summer. Needs grouping for best effect.

The Fairy (Standard)

(Polyantha) A spreading variety attaining the useful height of only 2', thus ideal for massed, ground cover planting. Clusters of bead-like buds open to globular, pink flowers which are most effective en masse, flowering almost continuously throughout the summer. Good glossy foliage.

Summer Memories

(Floribunda) Clusters of peach buds opening to cupped, large, creamy-white, scented rosette blooms.

Sally Holmes

(Modern Shrub) A Floribunda-like shrub with upright growth and good foliage. Large single flowers of white, tinged pink/peach, borne in large trusses. A healthy strong rose.

St. Ethelburga

(Modern Classic shrub) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2003. A healthy and vigorous, soft pink, highly scented rose in the old fashioned style of large, double, cupped blooms. We are delighted to introduce this rose on the request of The Worshipful Company of Gardeners. It is named for the church of the same name in Bishopsgate London. Largely destroyed by a bomb it is now restored and is to be a Centre for Peace and Reconciliation. The soft pink flowers are full and very old fashioned and have a wonderful strong fragrance. Mid green ample foliage.

Scabrosa

(Rugosa) Rich, velvety, deep pinkish-mauve, large, single 13cm flowers. Huge conspicuous red hips, with good autumn foliage. Hardy.

Schneezwerg

(Rugosa) ‘Snowdwarf’ An interesting, smaller member of the Rugosas, producing large quantities of fragrant semidouble, pure white flowers, with conspicuous golden yellow stamens. Very perpetual. Later flowers appearing together with smaller scarlet fruit than other rugosas.

Sandringham

(Modern Classic) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2016. Beautiful medium sized, fully double, heavily scented deep pink blooms, that are produced on a large, healthy, robust bush. The mid-green foliage is healthy and glossy.

Rosa Suffulta

(Species) 'Rosa arkansana'. Clusters of single, pink flowers on a short plant, followed with small orange pear shaped hips. Soft grey foliage, thin spiny stems. Tolerant of poor soils and is suitable to be grown in a container.

Rosalita

(Hybrid Musk) Fragrant, single, soft creamy yellow roses, which fade to pure white with age, against glossy green foliage.

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.

Rosa Rugosa Alba

(Rugosa) The late flowers contrast splendidly with the huge red hips. Bright green foliage, turn an attractive yellow in the autumn. Fragrant and shade tolerant.

Rachel's Joy

(Modern Shrub) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2022. This elegant large-flowered, soft peachy-pink, medium sized shrub rose has a lovely sweet subtle fragrance as it opens.

Raymond Carver

(Modern Shrub) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 1999. Unique to us in the UK. This rose is a perfect alternative to Abraham Darby which we no longer stock. A tall, free flowering shrub, bearing old fashioned style amber to orange coloured flowers with a good fragrance on the on the ends of strong stems. Well foliated with glossy dark, coppery-green, healthy foliage.

Queen's Jubilee Rose

(Modern Classic Shrub) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2012. Exquisite, healthy, repeat flowering shrub rose produces fully double, scented white blooms flushed with yellow, amongst dark green, healthy foliage. Robust growth.

Quatre Saisons

(Damask) This highly scented, very old rose has full, double, cupped and quartered flowers of clear silvery pink. It is most useful for its repeat flowering in the late summer.

Prosperity

(Hybrid Musk) Trusses of strongly scented, very double creamy-white flowers which look well against its dark glossy leaves.

Pearl of St. Luke's

(Modern Shrub) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2020. Unique to us in the UK. Beautiful shaped, perfumed satin pink blooms with rich golden anthers, emerging from deep pink buds. Glossy green foliage and incredibly healthy.

Papworth's Pride

Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2017. Beautiful clusters of large raspberry-red, peony style flowers that unfold to reveal bright yellow anthers that are an absolute magnet to insects. intensely perfumed with bright glossy mid-green foliage.

The Perse Rose

Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2015. Large fully double, multi headed,deep pink blooms, with a delicate fragrance. Mid green glossy foliage, with a relaxed growth habit this could be grown as a small pillar rose. This rose was named for The Perse School, who commenced their 400 year celebrations on 30th September 2015. Nearly 400 years ago the academic, physician and philanthropist Dr Perse left a legacy to change lives through education. The school established in his name, with a direct link to the University, is Cambridge’s oldest surviving secondary school and open to children from all backgrounds.

Poppy Rose

(Hybrid Musk) Single, dark red flowers that are borne in clusters.

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.

Peter Beales

(Modern Shrub) The flowers are held in small clusters which are single, bright crimson red with pronounced yellow centres. Leaves are rounded and dense in their coverage. Will produce hips. A good rose.

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. 

Paws

(Modern Shrub) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 1999. A short growing, bushy rose displaying large quantities of scented, large, double, rich pink with hints of salmon blooms.

Old Blush (Bush)

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

Nyveldt'S White

(Rugosa) Pure white shrub, with conspicuous fruit in autumn. A bushy plant.

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.

Madame Pierre Oger

(Bourbon) Very pale silvery pink, translucent, cupped flowers have the form of small water lilies. A beautiful, scented rose on a bush of medium vigour.

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 Villa Cotta

(Modern Shrub) Rich copper orange, old fashioned blooms, with strong pink edges. Bushy growth, long flowering period and good shade tolerance. Excellent disease resistance.

Macmillan Nurse (Bush)

Introducing the Macmillan Nurse Shrub Rose, a refined Modern Classic bred by Beales in 1998. Designed for versatility and resilience, this compact beauty thrives in challenging conditions, offering serene white-cream blooms and effortless charm for both novice and seasoned gardeners. Key Features: Timeless Double Blooms: Delicate layers of creamy-white petals create a soft, romantic aesthetic, enhanced by a subtle, light fragrance—perfect for intimate garden spaces. Six Months of Blooms: Repeat-flowering from June to November ensures a lush display of colour, brightening borders, pots, or shaded corners long after other roses fade. Shade-Tolerant Star: One of the few roses that flourish in partial shade, making it ideal for underplanting or north-facing gardens. Compact & Adaptable: Neatly rounded at 90cm x 90cm (3ft x 3ft), it’s equally stunning in pots or borders, adapting seamlessly to urban balconies or cottage gardens. Tough Yet Refined: Boasts very high disease tolerance, thrives in poorer soils, and features low thorns for fuss-free maintenance. Why Choose Macmillan Nurse? This rose is a testament to practical elegance. Whether framing a pathway, gracing a patio container, or adding structure to shaded beds, its enduring blooms and hardy nature make it a garden workhorse. A Modern Classic with a quiet allure, it’s perfect for those seeking understated beauty without the upkeep. Support Macmillan Cancer SupportCharity support: £5 from the sale of this rose will be donated to Macmillan Cancer Support to help fund their vital work supporting people living with cancer and their families across the UK. Macmillan Cancer Support is a registered charity in England and Wales (261017), Scotland (SC039907) and the Isle of Man (604).

Leah Tutu

(Modern Shrub) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2009. Free flowering, multi-petalled, rich golden yellow colour shrub rose. Good fragrance and dark green foliage. Versatile.

Louise Peel

(Modern Shrub) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2023. This delightfully rewarding rose produces an abundance of soft peach double blooms.

Lyda Rose

(Modern Shrub) Single, white, pink edged blooms in abundance. Foliage is dark and healthy.

La Reine Victoria

(Bourbon) A slender erect bush bearing soft green leaves and beautiful, rich lilac-pink, cupped blooms in sprays. Perpetual flowering. Very fragrant, reminiscent of rose and bubblegum.

Louise Odier

(Bourbon) Very double, camellia-like flowers of bright rose pink. A vigorous and perpetual rose with a lovely fragrance.

Liverpool Hope

(Modern Classic Shrub) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2019. A wonderful, fragrant, apricot-yellow rose, emerge from clusters of plump bright orange buds. Once fully open the blooms take a more fully double old fashioned form, with warm apricot centres that gradually lighten to yellow and apricot blends.

Lavender Lassie

(Modern Shrub) Large trusses of beautiful lavender to pink flowers produced throughout the summer on a healthy bush which is ideally suited to specimen planting.

Louise Clements

(Modern Shrub) Old fashioned fully double flowers are intense copper orange and highly scented. The plant is upright in growth with bronze green foliage.

Lambada

(Modern Shrub) Rich coral-orange, scented blooms flower in clusters, on a healthy, compact bush with glossy, dark green leaves. Long flowering period.

Jean Stephenne

(Hybrid Musk) The buds are light salmon pink, that open to scented, double, creamy pink blooms, in large clusters. A very free flowering and very healthy shrub rose.

Kazanlik

(Damask) A vigorous rose with soft textured petals of warm pink. Very highly scented.

Jacques Cartier

(Portland) Full, flat rosette flowers of clear pink are recurrent and strongly scent. Leathery dark green foliage with lax growth.

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.

Ivor's Rose

(Modern Shrub) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2004. The blooms are fully double, striking cerise red blooms. A most reliable and healthy, upright plant with strong growth and large, dark glossy foliage, almost evergreen. Attractive deep maroon young growth.

Indianna Mae

(Modern Shrub) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2007. Unique to us in the UK. Beautiful, full flowers of bright cerise to lilac-pink, have a delightful camellia like appearance to them, with bright anthers at the centre. Leaves are mid to dark green, glossy and very healthy. Suitable to be planted in a container and to be used for cut flower arrangements. A healthy and sturdy rose. Bred by Beales. This rose is named after a dear little girl, Indiana Perry, who died of a brain tumour aged only 5.

The Fairy (Half Standard)

(Polyantha) A spreading variety attaining the useful height of only 2', thus ideal for massed, ground cover planting. Clusters of bead-like buds open to globular, pink flowers which are most effective en masse, flowering almost continuously throughout the summer. Good glossy foliage.

Hunter

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

Horatio Nelson

(Modern Shrub) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 1997. A lovely, fragrant, fully double rose in the old fashioned style. A mixture of pink shades growing deeper towards the centre of each flower. Foliage dark green.

Golden Wings

(Modern Shrub) Large, single clear yellow flowers on a tidy plant. Very free flowering.

Grosvenor House

(Modern Shrub) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2009. Heavily perfumed, classic hybrid tea style flowers, produced continuously throughout the summer. The blooms are rich golden honey in the centre, paling to creamy-yellow at the edges of the petals, Foliage is healthy, mid green and in abundance.

Gardener's Joy

Unique to us in the UK. (Shrub rose) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2005. This rose is a perfect alternative to Sweet Juliet which we no longer stock. We are very proud to introduce this lovely scented shrub rose as part of the celebrations commemorating the four hundredth anniversary of 'The Worshipful Company of Gardeners'. This rose is a healthy, medium to short shrub rose of champagne to soft apricot colour with lots of superb, light green, glossy foliage. Its unique colouring fills a gap in the current range of available modern shrub roses.

Gisela's Delight

(Modern Shrub) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2013. Large, soft marshmallow pink pink, fully double, scented, high centred blooms have an attractive reflex to each petal. Dark green healthy foliage.

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.

Fiona

(Modern Shrub) Semi-double flowers of deep blood-red produced freely throughout the summer on a spreading, semi-procumbent plant.

Festive Jewel

(Modern Shrub) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2004. A large shrub rose or small climber with beautiful high centred deep salmon pink, highly perfumed flowers in clusters. Growth is upright, the plant well clothed in fresh green foliage.

Fru Dagmar Hastrup

(Rugosa) Beautiful, clear rose pink, single blooms adorning a fresh green, compact bush. Splendid autumn colouring with large crimson hips. Shade tolerant. Also known as Frau Dagmar Hastrup.

Felicia (Bush)

(Hybrid Musk) A useful shrub with double, silverpink to salmon flowers. One of the more vigorous of the Musks.

Frilly Cuff

(Modern Classic) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2014. Multitude of deep red buds, opening to exquisite fully double, frill-like deep cerise blooms with a delicate apple fragrance. The plant is bushy and healthy. Ample green flossy foliage.

Ely Cathedral

(Shrub Rose) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2018. A repeat flowering modern shrub rose that produces attractive multi-headed displays of fully double, ruffled, pillar-box red blooms. Perfect for a mixed border. 

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.

Dunham Massey

(Modern Classic Shrub) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2013. Medium-sized, fully double, quartered, candy pink blooms borne in clusters with a subtle perfume. Foliage is light to mid-green ample and healthy.

Countess of Wessex

(Modern Shrub) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2004. The full, cream coloured flowers are large and very highly scented, opening from pointed buds to display golden yellow stamens. Foliage is dark and glossy on a dense plant of excellent health and vigour.

Cornelia

(Hybrid Musk) Fragrant clusters of small, rich apricot flushed strawberry pink flowers from red buds. Although perpetual it improves in the Autumn. Bronzy foliage.

The Churchill Rose

(Modern Shrub) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2011. Free flowering shrub rose with large, cupped semi-doublea beautiful and unique shade of apricot. Healthy and abundant mid green glossy foliage.

Child Of My Heart

(Hybrid Tea) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2008. Double, scented peach blooms, flowering continuously throughout the summer. Good, plentiful, leathery foliage.Unique to us in the UK. This rose is a perfect alternative to Evelyn which we no longer stock. Double, strongly scented peach blooms. Good, plentiful, leathery foliage. Introduced for the East Anglian Childrens' Hospices.

Flower Carpet Cherry

(Procumbent) Masses of cherry red, double flowers on a compact low plant. Good bushy, glossy green foliage.

Caroline's Heart

(Modern Shrub) This pleasingly scented, double, pale pink rose would look amazing planted en masse or in a border. Dark shiny healthy leaves.

Comte De Chambord

(Portland) An outstanding vigorous, erect bush bearing very fragrant, pinkish-lilac, full, flat flowers, borne continuously. Good foliage.

Boule De Neige

(Bourbon) A fine shrub with leathery foliage bearing full flowers of pure white with a strong fragrance. Summer and autumn flowering.

Bonica (Bush)

(Modern Shrub) Sprays of soft pink, semi-double blooms on a vigorous, bushy plant with dark, leathery foliage.

Beatrix Potter (tm)

 Bred by Beales and released in 2010. Flowers of the softest pink shade, shapely with many petals. Growth is upright and tidy and the plant is well endowed with glossy foliage.

Blanc Double De Coubert

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

Buff Beauty (Bush)

(Hybrid Musk) A vigorous plant bearing large trusses of medium sized, semi-double, fragrant, apricot yellow to buff-yellow flowers.

Ballerina (Bush)

(Hybrid Musk) Large sprays of small single, pink blooms with a white centre.

Autumn Sunset

(Modern Shrub) Very free flowering, large, scented, deep yellow, double blooms and good, glossy foliage.

Armada

(Modern Shrub) Shapely large flowers of glowing pink in good sized clusters. Very free flowering. Extremely hardy.

Amelie Nothomb

(Modern Shrub) Orange buds open to lovely old fashion-style flowers of soft peach, coral and champagne shades with a fresh scent. Dark green healthy foliage.

Anthony

(Modern Shrub)  Bred by Beales and released in 2002.Shapely, fully double flowers of soft pink are produced in great abundance all summer long on strong stems. A tidy plant with glossy dark green foliage and quite thorny.

Alfred Colomb

Unique to us in the UK. (Hybrid Perpetual) Large, full, high centred, fragrant, strawberry red, blooms reflexes crimson carmine.

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.

Dinky

(Hybrid Musk) Clusters of dark fuchsia pink, small, double flowers blend in nicely with its arching branches of lush green foliage.

Danae

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

Comtesse Andre d'Oultremont

Black Prince

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

Bouquet Parfait

(Hybrid Musk) This continuous flowering shrub rose, has masses of beautiful double creamy, pink flowers. Strong and upright in growth and is particularly healthy.

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.

Fragrant Celebration

(Climbing Rose) Bred by Peter Beales Roses and released in 2018. Bears a multitude of beautiful apricot-pink, large, blousy, double blooms that releases a delicious fragrance.