ROSES – FLORIBUNDA ROSES

ROSE  – Floribunda Roses

Cluster roses

Cluster roses (or Floribunda roses as they used to be known) provide some of the most colourful, healthy and reliable roses for garden display and indoor decoration. Almost all cultivars are recurrent and will repeat flower in around forty five days if trimmed back as each flowering is finished. The flowers come in clusters and are quite spectacular when several of the same colour are massed together.

More even development of the flowering cluster maybe obtained by removing the main centre bud when it first starts to show colour, this will result in the rest of the cluster nor-mally opening together and more evenly. Height is variable between cultivars so some re-search is needed if planting any amount together. Planting space between bushes should be between 75cm and one metre.

 

Red

Cathedral City	Brilliant orange red with dark green to red foliage
Europeana	Fragrant deep crimson blooms with dark foliage.
Evelyn Fison	Fragrant deep red blooms with green foliage.
Marlena	Crimson red blooms and attractive yellow stamens. Low growing plant.
Moulin Rouge	Fragrant scarlet red blooms and upright growth.

 

Pink

Bridal Pink	Low growing with fragrant pale pink blooms
Elizabeth of Glamis	Fragrant salmon pink blooms with dark foliage
Kalinka	Fragrant porcelain pink flowers which bloom early. Almost thornless.
Patricia	Fragrant salmon pink. Colour deepens as flowers age. Tall grower.
Pink Parfait	Fragrant pastel pink flowers on a low bush.
Sexy Rexy	Fragrant shell pink camellia- like flowers on a low bush.
Shady Lady	Fragrant rose pink blooms with shading ivory centre. Tall grower.
The Fairy	Deep pink-polyantha with miniature flowers which flowers late in spring but is then seldom without flowers till late in the season. Has many uses and makes a very good stem rose, but unfortunately lacks fra-grance. Ideal for growing over retaining walls, due to its low growth.

 

Yellow / Cream

Friesia	Bright fragrant yellow blooms which do not fade, even in hot weather.
Gold Bunny	Fragrant soft gold flowers and low growth.
Nana Mouskouri	Fragrant cream blooms paling to almost white. A tall grower.
Victoria Gold	Golden yellow blooms with fine red edge in cooler weather.
Yellow Simplicity	Fragrant bright yellow blooms with upright growth.

 

White

Iceberg	Pure white fragrant blooms. A tall-growing rose which is good in all condtions.
Margaret Merril	Clear white fragrant blooms with red stamens. A tall grower.
White Spray	Fragrant white blooms with slight cream centre. A tall grower.

 

Mauve

Angel Face	Fragrant deep mauve flowers with wavy petals. Low grower.
Love Potion	Fragrant deep lilac blooms with ruffled petals. Low grower.
Tutu-Mauve	Fragrant deep mauve large flowers which are cup shaped.

 

Bi-Colour

Hannah Gordon (syn. Raspberry Ice)	Fragrant white flushed and edged light cherry red with dark green foliage.
Red Gold	Fragrant gold flushed red blooms.
Seduction	Fragrant white flushed pink, colour more intense in cloudy and cool weather.
Woman’s Day	Creamy white blooms flushed and edged pink to rose pink.

 

Orange

Orangeade	Fragrant clear orange blooms. Upright growth.
Orange Silk	Fragrant orange vermilion. Tall grower.
Warrior	Fragrant orange red. Low grower.

 

Interesting and a little different

 

Julia’s Rose	Coffee fawn shading to brown. Low grower.
Hot Chocolate	Fragrant rich orange red blooms shading into brown, different every day.
Victoriana	Fragrant salmon blooms with wavy petals and tinges of grey and pink. Low grower.
Vesper	Fragrant apricot brown blooms. A low grower.

 

Thornless roses

Where space is restricted and there may be danger of passers-by being hooked on thorny climbers, then consider planting a thornless rose. These are sometimes not easily found, but are worth looking for.

Crépuscule Noisette 1904	Repeat flowering climbing rose, fragrant apricot blooms.
Climbing Pinkie	A modern polyantha rose which repeat flowers.
Honorine de Brabant Bourbon	Has few thorns, striped pale pink to dark pink flowers, with a main flush in mid-summer but seldom out of flower. Sometimes grown as a small climber.
Madame Plantier Alba 1835	Can be grown as a large shrub or trained as a climber. It flowers once only in spring when it has very large clusters of white perfumed flowers.
Kathleen Harrop Bourbon 1919	Fragrant pale pink blooms in spring. Suited to climbing on a frame or arch, rather than against a wall, where black spot may be a problem.
Reine des Violettes Hybrid Perpetual 1860	Well worth growing as a shrub rose for its pretty violet quartered and spice-scented blooms which repeat flower.
Renae	A repeat flowering fragrant pale pink climber with distinctive bright stamens. Light fragrance and also suited to growing on pergolas and as a stem rose. It is a vigorous healthy rose.
Vielchenblau Multiflora rambler 1909	Flowers once only in spring with small, scented flowers of lavender-purple which mature to bluish-lilac and fade to lilac-grey.

Zéphirine Drouhin Bourbon 1868

Fragrant cerise pink flowers in spring. Suited to climbing on a frame or arch, rather than against a wall, where black spot may be a problem.