Roses

Roses add tremenduously to an English garden, whether planting as specimens or within herbaceous borders. These amazing plants are extremely varied, providing  a wealth of different flowers, leaves, stems and hips, giving so much colour and form to a garden from spring through to autumn and even winter.

Every year the nursery stocks a selection of choice shrub and climbing roses, offering a variety of characteristics and perfumes.  We do not grow our own roses, but buy bare root specimens in the late Autumn which are then potted and grown on at the nursery. Each year our rose list changes to some degree as we enjoy sampling and selling the great diversity of roses.

Our roses are supplied by a local grower, Trevor White Old Fashioned Roses, an excellent wholesale rose grower based in Felthorpe, north of Norwich.  Trevor and Vanessa White love and grow a number of older roses, which possess a style and presence quite distinct from modern bush varieties. However, they also offer some of the most interesting and garden worthy recent developments.

During 2010, most of our roses, grown in large deep pots, will be priced at £8.50 apart from Rosa mutabilis at £9.95

Rosa 'Agnes'

Rugosa rose. Beautiful large fully double blooms of rich butter yellow.  Good scent. Summer flowering.  1.5mx1.2m. Canada 1922

Rosa 'Aimée Vibert'

Climbing rose. A Noisette. Clusters of small double white flowers emerge from red tinted buds. Excellent glossy dark green foliage. Fragrant.  Repeat flowering. 4.5m x 3m

Rosa 'Alberic Barbier'

Lovely climbing rose with fully double quartered blooms of creamy white with a lemon tinted centre. Good scent. Free flowering.  Excellent variety. Suitable for a shady wall. H: 4mx3.0m.

Rosa 'Aloha'

Climber. Large extremely fragrant blooms of deep rose pink with coral shadings. Free flowering and healthy. A large shrub or short climber. Perpetual flowering. 3m x 1.8m. 1949

Rosa 'Arthur de Sansal'

Damask. Medium-sized quartered flowers are deep maroon-red and highly scented. They are freely produced on a short well foliated shrub. Repeat flowering. 90cm x 60cm. 1855

Rosa 'Autumn Delight'

Hybrid musk. Soft, buff yellow blooms. The semi-double flowers are produced in large trusses on an almost thornless, upright but bushy shrub. Dark green foliage. Continuous flowering. 1.2m x 1.2m. 1933

Rosa 'Awakening'

Climber. A very double sport of New Dawn giving a quartered appearance. Beautiful and highly fragrant. Repeat flowering. 3mx2.5m. 1935

Rosa 'Baroness de Rothschild'

Hybrid perpetual. Large clear pink cupped flowers on a stout plant. Very beautiful and useful on account of its upright habit. Good scent. Repeat flowering. 1.2m x 0.9m. 1868

Rosa 'Bengal Beauty'

A superb China rose. Constantly smothered in single light crimson blooms from May until the first frosts. Compact bushy habit suitable for a container. 60cm x 60cm.

Rosa 'Blush Noisette’ (synonym: Noisette Carnée)

Climber. The original Noisette rose. Clusters of semi-double lilac pink blooms in clusters on a shortish climber. Richly scented. Plentiful healthy foliage.  Als makes a good large shrub. Continuous flowering. 2.1m x 1.2m. 1817

Rosa 'Bonica'

Modern shrub.  Very healthy and freely flowering.  Clusters of full cupped blooms of clear pink with a light scent. Perpetual flowering. 1mx1m.

Rosa 'Celine Forestier'

Climbing rose. One of the most beautiful of the Noisettes. Large full quartered blooms of pale yellow with green button eyes.  Gorgeous tea fragrance and refined pointed pale green foliage. Continuous flowering. 3m x 1.8m. 1842

Rosa 'Celsiana'

Damask rose. Shrub. Clusters of semi-double pale pink blooms with a strong fragrance. Good in semi-shaded position. Dense grey-green foliage. Summer flowering. 1.2mx90cm.

Rosa 'Complicata'

Gallica rose.  Vigorous shrub bearing a good quantity of large single, pink flowers with white centres. Slight scent.  Very healthy, growing on even the poorest soils.  Summer flowering 2.4m x 2m.

Rosa 'Coopers Burmese’ (synonym: Cooperi)

Climber. 1927.  Wonderful dark pointed and polished foliage acting as a perfect foil to the large single white blooms. Very healthy and vigorous. First grown in Ireland.  Needs a sheltered position. Summer flowering. 9mx6m.

Rosa 'Cornelia'

Hybrid Musk. Repeated, moderately fragrant apricot-pink flowers in large clusters.  UK 1925

Rosa 'Cupid'

Climber. 1915.  Unusual large single slightly ruffled blooms of flesh pink showing golden anthers. Good foliage.  Large pear-shaped hips in autumn. Summer flowering.  3.6mx3m.

¶Rosa 'Debutante'

Rambling rose. 1920. Distinguished clusters of small double pale pink blooms on a useful pliable rambler.  Apple-scented.  Healthy.  Summer flowering. 3.5mx3m.

Rosa 'Dortmund'

Rambling rose. Clusters of large, wavy single red blooms each with a white eye.  Dark green, very healthy foliage. Repeat flowering.  3m x 1.8m. 1955

Rosa 'Duchesse de Montebello'

Gallica rose. Full, quartered cupped blooms. Blush pink on the outside paling to white at the centre of each bloom. Wonderful perfume. Summer flowering. 1.2m x 0.9m. 1829

Rosa 'Ellen Willmott'

Hybrid tea. Single blooms in clusters of cream laced with pink. Eyecatching claret coloured stems. Vigorous. Dark foliage. Perpetual flowering. 90cm x 90 cm.

Rosa 'Emily Gray'

Vigorous climber. Fragrant semi-double yellow flowers in summer. Excellent dark foliage. UK 1918

Rosa 'Emporeur du Maroc'

Hybrid perpetual. 1858. One of the darkest roses. Highly scented quartered blooms of maroon. Repeat flowering. 1.2m x 1.0m.

Rosa 'Erfurt'

Hybrid musk. A real beauty and quite unique. Single blooms of cerise pink paling to ivory white in the centres.  Prominent yellow stamens. Always a picture of health with its shining foliage. An excellent autumn rose. Continuous flowering. 1.2m x 1.2m. 1939

Rosa 'Felicia'

Hybrid Musk. A mass of shell pink fully double blooms. Strong scent. Perpetual flowering. Forms a bushy well-foliated shrub. 1.2mx1.2m.

Rosa 'Ferdinand Pichard'

Hybrid perpetual. 1921.  Striking blooms of crimson streaked on pink background. Full and cup shaped.  Rich scent. Perpetual flowering. 1.5m x 1.2m.

Rosa 'Ferdy'

Ground cover rose. A floriferous procumbent shrub smothered with small semi-double salmon pink blooms.  Healthy small glossy leaves on a vigorous shrub. Best left unpruned. Summer flowering. 90cm x 1.2m. 1984

Rosa 'Fimbriata'

Rugosa Rose. Repeated, fragrant, small, semi-double frilly white flowers flushed pink. France 1891

Rosa 'Francesca'

Rosa 'Francis E. Lester'

Rambling rose. 1946.  Clusters of single white flowers with pink edges. Vigorous with healthy foliage and plentiful orange hips. Strongly scented. Summer flowering 4.5m x 3.0m.

Rosa 'Fruhlingsgold'

Modern shrub. 1937.  Semi-double primrose yellow blooms smother a vigorous but upright plant. Scented. Late spring flowering. 2.1mx1.5m.

Rosa 'Fruhlingsmorgen'

Modern shrub. 1941.  Large single blooms of clear pink with yellow centres and maroon stamens. Scented. Vigorous erect growth. Spring flowering. 1.8m x 1.2m.

Rosa 'Ghislaine de Féligonde'

Rambling rose. 1916. A virtually thornless multiflora. Large clusters of small double orange and yellow blooms. Healthy glossy light green foliage. Repeat flowering. 2.5mx2.5m.

Rosa 'Gloire de Dijon'

Climbing rose. 1853. A tea-bourbon type. Beautiful fully double quartered blooms of buff, apricot and orange. Dark foliage and a wonderful scent. Continuous flowering. 3.6m x 2.4m.

¶Rosa 'Gloire de France'

Gallica. Double soft pink flowers in summer in great number.  Spreading habit.  Early C19th

Rosa 'Guinée'

Climbing Hybrid Tea. Gorgeous climbing rose with fragrant dark red, semi double blooms. Repeat flowerer. Hardy. Full sun but moist soil.  France 1938

Rosa 'Jacques Cartier'

An excellent repeat flowering Portland Damask. Deep pink full blooms with a button eye and a wonderful fragrance. A compact well foliated plant. Repeat flowering. 90cm x 60cm. 1868

Rosa 'Kathleen Harrop'

Climbing rose. A pale pink sport of Zepherine Droouhin.  Highly floriferous. Very strong raspberry fragrance. Perpetual flowering. 3m x 1.8m. 1919

Rosa 'La Ville de Bruxelles'

Damask rose. Large flat quartered blooms of pure pink.  Good scent and lovely pale green foliage. An excellent fut not often planted variety.  Summer flowering. 1.5m x 1.4m. 1849

Rosa 'Lamarque'

Climbing rose. Beautiful high-centred buds opening to double white blooms with yellow centres. Delicate violet fragrance. Grey green foliage.  Sheltered position. Repeat flowering. 5m x 3m. 1830

Rosa 'Laura Louise'

A sport of 'Leverkusen', with almost continuous pink-salmon blooms throughout summer. Suitable as a shrub or climber and will tolerate some shade. H: 3m

Rosa 'Le Reve'

Climbing rose. Almost single blooms of pale yellow smother the plant at midsummer. Parsley green leaves and brownish wood.  Summer flowering. 2.4m x 1.8m. 1923

Rosa 'Leverkusen'

Vigorous arching climbing rose; glossy deep-green leaves.  Fragrant pale yellow flowers over an extended period. H:3m

Rosa 'Madame Plantier'

Masses of very double milky white blooms open from red-tinged buds.  Makes a large shrub or can be trained up as a climber. Wonderful perfume. Summer flowering. 1.8m x 1.8m. 1839

Rosa 'Meg'

Climbing Hybrid Tea. Repeated flowering. Large scented, soft yellow-pink flowers.Vigorous.  UK 1954

Rosa 'Mme. Legras de St Germain'

Alba rose. Perfectly formed rosette blooms of white with creamy centres on a relatively thornless shrub. Grey green foliage. Fragrant. Useful as a large shrub or small climber. Summer flowering. 1.8m x 1.2m. Early 19th century.

Rosa 'Mme. Alfred Carri?re'

Climbing rose. 1879.  Beautiful cupped blooms of creamy white throughout the season.  Light foliage. Good scent.  Ideal for a north wall. A noisette rose. Perpetual flowering. 3.6m x 3.0m.

Rosa 'Morlettii'

Climber rose.  Bright pink open blooms early in the season. The completely thornless stems are often plum coloured and the pointed dark green foliage turns bronze, scarlet and yellow in the autumn. Early summer. 3m x 1.8m. 1883

Rosa 'Mrs. Oakley Fisher'

Shrub rose. 1921. Very impressive variety. Large single blooms of soft apricot with prominent amber stamens contrast well with the dark green foliage and chocolate coloured stems. Perpetual flowering. 90cm x 90cm.

Rosa 'Nestor'

Shrub. Gallica. Beautiful quartered blooms with a magenta pink at the centre of the petals turning lilac to the outer. Good scent. Light green foliage. 1.2m x 1.2m.

Rosa 'Nevada'

Shrub rose. Large creamy white semi-double blooms when in full flush. Rarely with a bloom. Forms a large dense well foliated shrub. 2.1m x 2.4m.

¶Rosa 'New Dawn'

Climbing rose. 1930.  A repeat flowering sport of the rambler Dr. Van Fleet.  Silvery pink full blooms singly and in clusters.  Heavily scented.  Healthy glossy foliage. Recurrent flowering. 3m x 2.4m.

Rosa 'Paul Neyron'

Hybrid perpetual. 1869. Huge fully double blooms of deep pink. Vigorous upright habit. Nearly thornless. Fragrant. Repeat flowering. 1.5m x 1.0m

Rosa 'Penelope'

Hybrid musk. Continuous flowering throughout summer with fragrant cream-pink flowers. UK 1924

Rosa 'Prosperity'

Hybrid musk. Large trusses of ivory white  semi-double blooms offset by good dark foliage. Wonderful scent. Repeat flowering. 1.8m x 1.5m.

Rosa 'Queen of Denmark'

Alba rose. Fully double quartered blooms of soft pink with button eye emerging from birght pink buds. Very fragrant. Summer flowering. 1.5m x 1.2m. 1826

Rosa 'Sally Holmes'

Shrub rose. Huge tresses of single white lbooms flushed with peach and pink. A very strong growing shrub. Glossy deep green leaves. Fragrant. Perpetual flowering. 1.2m x 0.9m.

Rosa Souvenir de Saint Anne's

Bourbon rose.  Continuous flowering, soft pink blooms. UK 1950. A semi-double sport of Souvenir de Malmaison.  1.5m x 1.2m.

Rosa 'Souvenir du Dr. Jamain'

Hybrid perpetual.  1865. Rich deep red semi-double blooms that are highly fragrant. Needs a good soil to do its best.  Repeat flowering. 1.8m x 1.5m.

Rosa 'Stanwell Perpetual'

Scotch rose. Fully double, pink and very fragrant flowers over a long season. UK 1838

Rosa 'Violette'

Rambling rose. 1921.  Clusters of small double, reddish purple blooms fading to greyish-mauve. Virtually thornless stems. Summer flowering.  4m x 3m.

Rosa 'Wedding Day'

Rambling rose. 1950. Creamy white single blooms in clusters on a vigorous rambler.  Excellent glossy foliage.  Very fragrant.  Summer flowering. 7.5m x 6m.

Rosa 'White Wings'

Hybrid Tea.  1947. Large pure white single flowers emerge from long pointed buds. The red stamens are a prominent feature. Dark foliage.  Repeat flowering. 90cm x 90 cm.

Rosa 'Wickwar'

Rambler. Large spreading bush about 2m high with beautifully scented creamy flowers with golden stamens.

Rosa 'Yellow Dagmar Hastrup'

Rugosa rose. Spreading habit; very fragrant soft yellow blooms produced continuously.   USA 1987

Rosa banksiae lutea

Beautiful wild species rose, bearing masses of small, double pale yellow flowers in late spring.  Fully hardy and disease resistant, will do best climbing up a warm south wall.  H: 2-3m

Rosa californica 'Plena'

Excellent shrub, healthy and upright in habit. Grey green leaves.  Dark wood with few thorns.  Hips small and rounded. Semi-double lilac pink flowers.  Summer flowering. 2.5m x 1.5m. 1894

Rosa gallica versicolor ‘Rosa Mundi' (syn: R. gallica versicolor)

Gallica rose.  Very old  - a classic rose; the first records go back to 1581.  Semi double pink blooms striped and splashed blush white.  Scented.  Summer flowering. 1.2m x 1.2m.

¶Rosa glauca (syn. Rubrifolia)

Species Rose.  Blue/grey foliage and stems; masses of soft-pink flowers in summer and red hips in autumn.  Sometimes referred to as R. rubrifolia. Europe 1830

Rosa headlyensis

Rosa moyesii

Species rose. A large shrub bearing single crimson red blooms with creamy stamens. Ornamental flagon shaped hips in the autumn. A superb plant in all respects.  Summer flowering. 3m x 2.4m.

Rosa moyesii 'Geranium'

Moyesii Hybrid. Single flowers of a bright 'brick red' hue in summer.  UK1938

Rosa soulieana

Species rose.  Native of W. China. Vigorous shrub or rambler. Small, white, single fragrant blooms in quantity followed by small orange hips. Summer flowering. 3.6m x 3.6m. 1896 Discovered by Soulie.

Rosa x odorata 'Mutabilis'

 Attractive red-dark green foliage.  Unusual rose with single flowers variable in colour through honey yellow, orange and pinky red. Significantly shade tolerant. China 1932. 1.5m. Continuous flowering.

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Most recent update:

6  January 2010

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