ROSES – OTHER TYPES

ROSES -Other Types

 

 

English (David Austin) roses

Pink

Mary Rose	Rose pink flowers with a loose-petalled old rose form.
Radio Times	Fresh pink flowers in trusses.
Shropshire Lass	A large plant to 3m with pale flesh pink flowers fading to white.
The Countryman	Clear rose pink flowers with narrow quilled petals.
Wife of Bath	Warm pink flowers paling as they open.

 

Yellow/cream

Bredon	Large sprays of perfect rosette style small buff yellow flowers.
Charlotte	Soft clear yellow incurved flowers.
Golden Celebration	Large cup flowers in rich golden yellow.

 

 

Graham Thomas	Deep golden yellow cup-shaped flowers.
Moulineux	Rich yellow flowers.
The Pilgrim	Soft pure yellow flowers with many small petals on a flat flower.

 

Orange/apricot

Ambridge Rose	Apricot pink paling towards outer edges.
Charles Austin	Apricot yellow flowers with a heavy petalled cup shape which turn pink with age.
English Garden	Typical old rose form in soft apricot yellow.
Evelyn	Very fragrant large open shallow cup flowers in apricot-yellow.
Jayne Austin	Soft apricot yellow flowers.
Leander	A large plant to 3m with deep apricot flowers, may be used as a small climber.
Pat Austin	Bright copper cup-shaped flowers with copper yellow on reverse.
Tamora	Deep cup-shaped apricot flowers.
William Morris	Apricot pink flowers, make a good small climber.
Tradescant	Rich wine crimson flowers.
Wise Portia	Mauve-pink to purple cupped flowers.

Patio Dwarf Climbers

These are growing in popularity, with canes of just over two metres tall which are ideal to fill a column or arches, or as a climber in smaller gardens. They have masses of dwarf sized clusters, with flowers just slightly larger than genuine miniatures.

Edith Holden	Tan brown to orange flowers – ideal for pillar or tripod
Patio Pearl	Pink flowers with golden stamens, a prolific healthy small climber
Pillar Box	Bright vermillion red flowers which stand out

 

Modern Shrub Roses

These are a good choice for a mass of colour over a long time with minimum maintenance. Can also be used as hedges or back drop planting, while still very useful as a specimen feature anywhere in the garden. Most of these plants are very tall and hardy ranging from 1.5 to 2m tall, with a spread of over one metre and should be planted at least 1.2m apart. While some removal of spent heads will help the repeat flowering process, these hardy plants will normally repeat flower quickly without help. Once plants are fully established they should not require any extra support particularly if a number are grown together. Some recommendations are:

Hanza Park	Lavender to lilac pink continual flowers, a good hedge at 2m x 1m
Lavender Dream	Large clusters of small lavender flowers, golden stamens, 1.5m x 1m
Postillion	Fragrant bright yellow clustered flowers, 2m x 1.2m
Red Wand	Large clusters of blood red flowers, 2m x 1.2m
Sally Holmes	White tinged pink single flowers with golden stamens in large trusses 2m x 1.2m
White Cloud	Large snow-white blooms 2.5m x 1.5m

 

Ground Cover Roses

Golden Touch	Large, unfading golden yellow flowers with good continuous flowering
Heidesommer	Masses of long lasting small trusses of creamy white flowers
Little Chap	Very low growing with masses of small bright pink flowers
Mainau Feur	Bright velvet red flowers with yellow stamens and reddish tinged foliage
Many Happy Returns	Large pale pink flowers
Our Rosy Carpet	Rosy pink flowers which is also good as a stem or weeping rose Sum-mer Evening: clear bright red flowers – a genuine wide-spreading ground cover

Miniature Roses

So called because of the size of their flowers, these are very reliable and will fit in almost any garden landscape, large or small. Bushes need to be regularly cut back to solid growth after flowering to encourage the next lot of flowers on new growth. Miniatures make very attractive stem roses, as they are not troubled with the wind as much as other roses, and often come in climbing form. Recommended:

Double Joy	Dusty pink fragrant flowers
Figurine	White flushed pale pink fragrant flowers
Gidday	Buttercup yellow flowers
Green Ice	White flowers with a touch of pink, centre develop green hue as florets age
Heartbreaker	White to cream base flushed and edged deep pink fragrant flowers
Holy Toledo	Apricot-orange flowers with a yellow orange reverse and a touch of red
Jean Kennealy	Pale apricot-pink fragrant flowers
Magic Carousel	Creamy-white fragrant flowers edged with vivid red, with golden stamens
Minnie Pearl	Light pink flowers with pale cream base
Petite Follie	Fragrant vermillion flowers with carmine reverse
Red Beauty	Deep red fragrant flowers with yellow base
Starina	Bright red flowers with gold to yellow reverse.

 

Old fashioned, or heritage shrub roses

Old Garden Roses cover such a wide range development over the years that one should look for specialist publications on the subject before purchasing plants. Some of the plants listed here are modern developments with old characteristics.

Buff Beauty	A Hybrid Musk Rose, 1939, with fragrant apricot flowers, repeat flower-ing, deeper colour in Autumn, an arching shrub to 1.8m.
Cornelia	A Hybrid Musk Rose, 1925, fragrant pale pink flowers with a touch of apricot, repeat flowering, an arching shrub or small climber to 1.8m.
Felicia	A Hybrid Musk Rose, 1928, pale pink fragrant flowers in summer re-peating through to autumn, when flowers attain an apricot tinge. An arching shrub or small climber to 1.8m.
Fritz Nobis 1940	Flowers once only but with a wonderful flush of soft pink flowers in early Summer and bright red hips in Autumn. A large shrub or small climber to 1.8m.
Fru Dagmar Hastrup	A Rugosa seedling, 1914, suitable for 1m high hedges. Has single pink continuous flowers and crimson hips
Gruss an Aachen 1909	Has fragrant creamy-pale apricot pink blooms which fade to creamy-white. Suitable for small hedges as it will only grow to .5m.
Madame Isaac Pereire Bourbon 188,1with repeat flowering.	A large shrub to 2m with deep pink strongly fragrant flowers shaded with magenta. Ideal for pillar trellis
Rosa chinensis Mutabilis	Probably introduced to Italy from China in 1894 – a single repeat flowering rose which grows to a large shrub to 1.8m and can be used as a small climber. The plant will exhibit flowers of buff yellow through pink to carmine, all at the same time, and is very spectacular
Penelope Hybrid Musk 1924	A fragrant rose with repeat clustered pale pink flowers fading to white. 1.2m.

 

Vanity Hybrid Musk, 1920

With large, almost single flowers in vivid cerise. Can be good as a background shrub or as a moderate climber

 

Climbing/Rambling/Pillar Roses:

Altissimo	Clear deep red single flowers, bright yellow stamens, repeat flowering.
Albertine	Salmon pink to apricot flowers with deep pink buds, flowers only for about three weeks in late spring.

 

Black Boy	Dark crimson, repeat flowering.
Blossomtime	Two toned pink, repeat flowers.
Crepuscle	Apricot to yellow, very few thorns, repeat flowering.
Gold Bunny	Soft gold, repeat flowering, a very good performer.
Iceberg	Pure white, repeat flowering.
Lorraine Lee	Apricot to coral pink, repeat flowering.
Pierre De Ronsard	Creamy white flushed pale pink to carmine, repeat flowering.

Royal Gold

Golden yellow, repeat flowering