Topic
Plants detailed in this website by
Botanical Name

A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, I, J, K, L, M, N,
O, P, Q, R, S, T, U,
V, W, X, Y, Z ,
Bulb
A1
, 2, 3, B, C1, 2,
D, E, F, G, Glad,
H, I, J, K, L1, 2,
M, N, O, P, Q, R,
S, T, U, V, W, XYZ ,
Evergreen Perennial
A
, B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, I, J, K, L, M, N,
O, P, Q, R, S, T, U,
V, W, X, Y, Z ,
Herbaceous Perennial
A1
, 2, B, C, D, E, F,
G, H, I, J, K, L, M,
N, O, P1, 2, Q, R,
S, T, U, V, W, XYZ,
Diascia Photo Album,
UK Peony Index

Wildflower
Botanical Names,
Common Names ,

will be
compared in:- Flower colour/month
Evergreen Perennial
,
F
lower shape Wildflower Flower Shape and
Plant use
Evergreen Perennial Flower Shape,
Bee plants for hay-fever sufferers

Bee-Pollinated Index
Butterfly
Egg, Caterpillar, Chrysalis, Butterfly Usage
of Plants.
Chalk
A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, I, J, K, L, M, N,
O, P, QR, S, T, UV,
WXYZ
Companion Planting
A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, I, J, K, L, M, N,
O, P, Q, R , S, T,
U ,V, W, X, Y, Z,
Pest Control using Plants
Fern Fern
1000 Ground Cover A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, I, J, K, L, M, N,
O, P, Q, R, S, T, U,
V, W, XYZ ,
Rock Garden and Alpine Flowers
A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, I, J, K, L, M,
NO, PQ, R, S, T,
UVWXYZ

Rose Rose Use

These 5 have Page links in rows below
Bulbs from the Infill Galleries (next row), Camera Photos,
Plant Colour Wheel Uses,
Sense of Fragrance, Wild Flower


Case Studies
...Drive Foundations
Ryegrass and turf kills plants within Roadstone and in Topsoil due to it starving and dehydrating them.
CEDAdrive creates stable drive surface and drains rain into your ground, rather than onto the public road.
8 problems caused by building house on clay or with house-wall attached to clay.
Pre-building work on polluted soil.

Companion Planting
to provide a Companion Plant to aid your selected plant or deter its pests

Garden
Construction

with ground drains

Garden Design
...How to Use the Colour Wheel Concepts for Selection of Flowers, Foliage and Flower Shape
...RHS Mixed
Borders

......Bedding Plants
......Her Perennials
......Other Plants
......Camera photos of Plant supports
Garden
Maintenance

Glossary with a tomato teaching cauliflowers
Home
Library of over 1000 books
Offbeat Glossary with DuLally Bird in its flower clock.

Plants
...in Chalk
(Alkaline) Soil
......A-F1, A-F2,
......A-F3, G-L, M-R,
......M-R Roses, S-Z
...in Heavy
Clay Soil
......A-F, G-L, M-R,
......S-Z
...in Lime-Free
(Acid) Soil
......A-F, G-L, M-R,
......S-Z
...in Light
Sand Soil
......A-F, G-L, M-R,
......S-Z.
...Poisonous Plants.
...Extra Plant Pages
with its 6 Plant Selection Levels

Soil
...
Interaction between 2 Quartz Sand Grains to make soil
...
How roots of plants are in control in the soil
...
Without replacing Soil Nutrients, the soil will break up to only clay, sand or silt
...
Subsidence caused by water in Clay
...
Use water ring for trees/shrubs for first 2 years.

Tool Shed with 3 kneeling pads
Useful Data with benefits of Seaweed

Topic -
Plant Photo Galleries
If the plant type below has flowers, then the first gallery will include the flower thumbnail in each month of 1 of 6 colour comparison pages of each plant in its subsidiary galleries, as a low-level Plant Selection Process

Aquatic
Bamboo
Bedding
...by Flower Shape

Bulb
...Allium/ Anemone
...Autumn
...Colchicum/ Crocus
...Dahlia
...Gladiolus with its 40 Flower Colours
......European A-E
......European F-M
......European N-Z
......European Non-classified
......American A,
B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, I, J, K, L, M,
N, O, P, Q, R, S,
T, U, V, W, XYZ
......American Non-classified
......Australia - empty
......India
......Lithuania
...Hippeastrum/ Lily
...Late Summer
...Narcissus
...Spring
...Tulip
...Winter
...Each of the above ...Bulb Galleries has its own set of Flower Colour Pages
...Flower Shape
...Bulb Form

...Bulb Use

...Bulb in Soil


Further details on bulbs from the Infill Galleries:-
Hardy Bulbs
...Aconitum
...Allium
...Alstroemeria
...Anemone

...Amaryllis
...Anthericum
...Antholyzas
...Apios
...Arisaema
...Arum
...Asphodeline

...Asphodelus
...Belamcanda
...Bloomeria
...Brodiaea
...Bulbocodium

...Calochorti
...Cyclobothrias
...Camassia
...Colchicum
...Convallaria 
...Forcing Lily of the Valley
...Corydalis
...Crinum
...Crosmia
...Montbretia
...Crocus

...Cyclamen
...Dicentra
...Dierama
...Eranthis
...Eremurus
...Erythrnium
...Eucomis

...Fritillaria
...Funkia
...Galanthus
...Galtonia
...Gladiolus
...Hemerocallis

...Hyacinth
...Hyacinths in Pots
...Scilla
...Puschkinia
...Chionodoxa
...Chionoscilla
...Muscari

...Iris
...Kniphofia
...Lapeyrousia
...Leucojum

...Lilium
...Lilium in Pots
...Malvastrum
...Merendera
...Milla
...Narcissus
...Narcissi in Pots

...Ornithogalum
...Oxalis
...Paeonia
...Ranunculus
...Romulea
...Sanguinaria
...Sternbergia
...Schizostylis
...Tecophilaea
...Trillium

...Tulip
...Zephyranthus

Half-Hardy Bulbs
...Acidanthera
...Albuca
...Alstroemeri
...Andro-stephium
...Bassers
...Boussing-aultias
...Bravoas
...Cypellas
...Dahlias
...Galaxis,
...Geissorhizas
...Hesperanthas

...Gladioli
...Ixias
...Sparaxises
...Babianas
...Morphixias
...Tritonias

...Ixiolirions
...Moraeas
...Ornithogalums
...Oxalises
...Phaedra-nassas
...Pancratiums
...Tigridias
...Zephyranthes
...Cooperias

Uses of Bulbs:-
...for Bedding
...in Windowboxes
...in Border
...naturalized in Grass
...in Bulb Frame
...in Woodland Garden
...in Rock Garden
...in Bowls
...in Alpine House
...Bulbs in Green-house or Stove:-
...Achimenes
...Alocasias
...Amorpho-phalluses
...Arisaemas
...Arums
...Begonias
...Bomareas
...Caladiums

...Clivias
...Colocasias
...Crinums
...Cyclamens
...Cyrtanthuses
...Eucharises
...Urceocharis
...Eurycles

...Freesias
...Gloxinias
...Haemanthus
...Hippeastrums

...Lachenalias
...Nerines
...Lycorises
...Pencratiums
...Hymenocallises
...Richardias
...Sprekelias
...Tuberoses
...Vallotas
...Watsonias
...Zephyranthes

...Plant Bedding in
......Spring

......Summer
...Bulb houseplants flowering during:-
......January
......February
......March
......April
......May
......June
......July
......August
......September
......October
......November
......December
...Bulbs and other types of plant flowering during:-
......Dec-Jan
......Feb-Mar
......Apr-May
......Jun-Aug
......Sep-Oct
......Nov-Dec
...Selection of the smaller and choicer plants for the Smallest of Gardens with plant flowering during the same 6 periods as in the previous selection

Climber in
3 Sector Vertical Plant System
...Clematis
...Climbers
Conifer
Deciduous Shrub
...Shrubs - Decid
Deciduous Tree
...Trees - Decid
Evergreen Perennial
...P-Evergreen A-L
...P-Evergreen M-Z
...Flower Shape
Evergreen Shrub
...Shrubs - Evergreen
...Heather Shrub
...Heather Index
......Andromeda
......Bruckenthalia
......Calluna
......Daboecia
......Erica: Carnea
......Erica: Cinerea
......Erica: Others
Evergreen Tree
...Trees - Evergreen
Fern
Grass
Hedging
Herbaceous
Perennial

...P -Herbaceous
...Peony
...Flower Shape
...RHS Wisley
......Mixed Border
......Other Borders
Herb
Odds and Sods
Rhododendron

Rose
...RHS Wisley A-F
...RHS Wisley G-R
...RHS Wisley S-Z
...Rose Use - page links in row 6. Rose, RHS Wisley and Other Roses rose indices on each Rose Use page
...Other Roses A-F
...Other Roses G-R
...Other Roses S-Z
Pruning Methods
Photo Index
R 1, 2, 3
Peter Beales Roses
RV Roger
Roses

Soft Fruit
Top Fruit
...Apple

...Cherry
...Pear
Vegetable
Wild Flower and
Butterfly page links are in next row

Topic -
UK Butterfly:-
...Egg, Caterpillar, Chrysalis and Butterfly Usage
of Plants.
...Plant Usage by
Egg, Caterpillar, Chrysalis and Butterfly.

Both native wildflowers and cultivated plants, with these
...Flower Shape,
...
Uses in USA,
...
Uses in UK and
...
Flo Cols / month are used by Butter-flies native in UK


Wild Flower
with its wildflower flower colour page, space,
data page(s).
...Blue Site Map.
Scented Flower, Foliage, Root.
Story of their Common Names.
Use of Plant with Flowers.
Use for Non-Flowering Plants.
Edible Plant Parts.
Flower Legend.
Flowering plants of
Chalk and
Limestone 1
, 2.
Flowering plants of Acid Soil
1.
...Brown Botanical Names.
Food for
Butterfly/Moth.

...Cream Common Names.
Coastal and Dunes.
Sandy Shores and Dunes.
...Green Broad-leaved Woods.
...Mauve Grassland - Acid, Neutral, Chalk.
...Multi-Cols Heaths and Moors.
...Orange Hedge-rows and Verges.
...Pink A-G Lakes, Canals and Rivers.
...Pink H-Z Marshes, Fens, Bogs.
...Purple Old Buildings and Walls.
...Red Pinewoods.
...White A-D
Saltmarshes.
Shingle Beaches, Rocks and Cliff Tops.
...White E-P Other.
...White Q-Z Number of Petals.
...Yellow A-G
Pollinator.
...Yellow H-Z
Poisonous Parts.
...Shrub/Tree River Banks and other Freshwater Margins. and together with cultivated plants in
Colour Wheel.

You know its
name:-
a-h, i-p, q-z,
Botanical Names, or Common Names,
habitat:-
on
Acid Soil,
on
Calcareous
(Chalk) Soil
,
on
Marine Soil,
on
Neutral Soil,
is a
Fern,
is a
Grass,
is a
Rush,
is a
Sedge, or
is
Poisonous.

Each plant in each WILD FLOWER FAMILY PAGE will have a link to:-
1) its created Plant Description Page in its Common Name column, then external sites:-
2) to purchase the plant or seed in its Botanical Name column,
3) to see photos in its Flowering Months column and
4) to read habitat details in its Habitat Column.
Adder's Tongue
Amaranth
Arrow-Grass
Arum
Balsam
Bamboo
Barberry
Bedstraw
Beech
Bellflower
Bindweed
Birch
Birds-Nest
Birthwort
Bogbean
Bog Myrtle
Borage
Box
Broomrape
Buckthorn
Buddleia
Bur-reed
Buttercup
Butterwort
Cornel (Dogwood)
Crowberry
Crucifer (Cabbage/Mustard) 1
Crucifer (Cabbage/Mustard) 2
Cypress
Daffodil
Daisy
Daisy Cudweeds
Daisy Chamomiles
Daisy Thistle
Daisy Catsears Daisy Hawkweeds
Daisy Hawksbeards
Daphne
Diapensia
Dock Bistorts
Dock Sorrels
Clubmoss
Duckweed
Eel-Grass
Elm
Filmy Fern
Horsetail
Polypody
Quillwort
Royal Fern
Figwort - Mulleins
Figwort - Speedwells
Flax
Flowering-Rush
Frog-bit
Fumitory
Gentian
Geranium
Glassworts
Gooseberry
Goosefoot
Grass 1
Grass 2
Grass 3
Grass Soft
Bromes 1

Grass Soft
Bromes 2

Grass Soft
Bromes 3

Hazel
Heath
Hemp
Herb-Paris
Holly
Honeysuckle
Horned-Pondweed
Hornwort
Iris
Ivy
Jacobs Ladder
Lily
Lily Garlic
Lime
Lobelia
Loosestrife
Mallow
Maple
Mares-tail
Marsh Pennywort
Melon (Gourd/Cucumber)
Mesem-bryanthemum
Mignonette
Milkwort
Mistletoe
Moschatel
Naiad
Nettle
Nightshade
Oleaster
Olive
Orchid 1
Orchid 2
Orchid 3
Orchid 4
Parnassus-Grass
Peaflower
Peaflower
Clover 1

Peaflower
Clover 2

Peaflower
Clover 3

Peaflower Vetches/Peas
Peony
Periwinkle
Pillwort
Pine
Pink 1
Pink 2
Pipewort
Pitcher-Plant
Plantain
Pondweed
Poppy
Primrose
Purslane
Rannock Rush
Reedmace
Rockrose
Rose 1
Rose 2
Rose 3
Rose 4
Rush
Rush Woodrushes
Saint Johns Wort
Saltmarsh Grasses
Sandalwood
Saxifrage
Seaheath
Sea Lavender
Sedge Rush-like
Sedges Carex 1
Sedges Carex 2
Sedges Carex 3
Sedges Carex 4
Spindle-Tree
Spurge
Stonecrop
Sundew
Tamarisk
Tassel Pondweed
Teasel
Thyme 1
Thyme 2
Umbellifer 1
Umbellifer 2
Valerian
Verbena
Violet
Water Fern
Waterlily
Water Milfoil
Water Plantain
Water Starwort
Waterwort
Willow
Willow-Herb
Wintergreen
Wood-Sorrel
Yam
Yew


Topic -
The following is a complete hierarchical Plant Selection Process

dependent on the Garden Style chosen
Garden Style
...Infill Plants
...12 Bloom Colours per Month Index
...12 Foliage Colours per Month Index
...All Plants Index
...Cultivation, Position, Use Index
...Shape, Form
Index

 


Topic -
Flower/Foliage Colour Wheel Galleries with number of colours as a high-level Plant Selection Process

All Flowers 53 with
...Use of Plant and
Flower Shape
- page links in bottom row

All Foliage 53
instead of redundant
...(All Foliage 212)


All Flowers
per Month 12


Bee instead of wind pollinated plants for hay-fever sufferers
All Bee-Pollinated Flowers
per Month
12
...Index

Rock Garden and Alpine Flowers
Rock Plant Flowers 53
INDEX
A, B, C, D, E, F,
G, H, I, J, K, L,
M, NO, PQ, R, S,
T, UVWXYZ
...Rock Plant Photos

Flower Colour Wheel without photos, but with links to photos
12 Bloom Colours
per Month Index

...All Plants Index


Topic -
Use of Plant in your Plant Selection Process

Plant Colour Wheel Uses
with
1. Perfect general use soil is composed of 8.3% lime, 16.6% humus, 25% clay and 50% sand, and
2. Why you are continually losing the SOIL STRUCTURE so your soil - will revert to clay, chalk, sand or silt.
Uses of Plant and Flower Shape:-
...Foliage Only
...Other than Green Foliage
...Trees in Lawn
...Trees in Small Gardens
...Wildflower Garden
...Attract Bird
...Attract Butterfly
1
, 2
...Climber on House Wall
...Climber not on House Wall
...Climber in Tree
...Rabbit-Resistant
...Woodland
...Pollution Barrier
...Part Shade
...Full Shade
...Single Flower provides Pollen for Bees
1
, 2, 3
...Ground-Cover
<60
cm
60-180cm
>180cm
...Hedge
...Wind-swept
...Covering Banks
...Patio Pot
...Edging Borders
...Back of Border
...Poisonous
...Adjacent to Water
...Bog Garden
...Tolerant of Poor Soil
...Winter-Flowering
...Fragrant
...Not Fragrant
...Exhibition
...Standard Plant is 'Ball on Stick'
...Upright Branches or Sword-shaped leaves
...Plant to Prevent Entry to Human or Animal
...Coastal Conditions
...Tolerant on North-facing Wall
...Cut Flower
...Potted Veg Outdoors
...Potted Veg Indoors
...Thornless
...Raised Bed Outdoors Veg
...Grow in Alkaline Soil A-F, G-L, M-R,
S-Z
...Grow in Acidic Soil
...Grow in Any Soil
...Grow in Rock Garden
...Grow Bulbs Indoors

Uses of Bedding
...Bedding Out
...Filling In
...Screen-ing
...Pots and Troughs
...Window Boxes
...Hanging Baskets
...Spring Bedding
...Summer Bedding
...Winter Bedding
...Foliage instead of Flower
...Coleus Bedding Photos for use in Public Domain 1

Uses of Bulb
...Other than Only Green Foliage
...Bedding or Mass Planting
...Ground-Cover
...Cut-Flower
...Tolerant of Shade
...In Woodland Areas
...Under-plant
...Tolerant of Poor Soil
...Covering Banks
...In Water
...Beside Stream or Water Garden
...Coastal Conditions
...Edging Borders
...Back of Border or Back-ground Plant
...Fragrant Flowers
...Not Fragrant Flowers
...Indoor
House-plant

...Grow in a Patio Pot
...Grow in an Alpine Trough
...Grow in an Alpine House
...Grow in Rock Garden
...Speciman Plant
...Into Native Plant Garden
...Naturalize in Grass
...Grow in Hanging Basket
...Grow in Window-box
...Grow in Green-house
...Grow in Scree
...Naturalized Plant Area
...Grow in Cottage Garden
...Attracts Butterflies
...Attracts Bees
...Resistant to Wildlife
...Bulb in Soil:-
......Chalk
......Clay
......Sand
......Lime-Free (Acid)
......Peat

Uses of Rose
Rose Index

...Bedding 1, 2
...Climber /Pillar
...Cut-Flower 1, 2
...Exhibition, Speciman
...Ground-Cover
...Grow In A Container 1, 2
...Hedge 1, 2
...Climber in Tree
...Woodland
...Edging Borders
...Tolerant of Poor Soil 1, 2
...Tolerant of Shade
...Back of Border
...Adjacent to Water
...Page for rose use as ARCH ROSE, PERGOLA ROSE, COASTAL CONDITIONS ROSE, WALL ROSE, STANDARD ROSE, COVERING BANKS, THORNLESS ROSES, VERY THORNY ROSES, or ROSE ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE.
...FRAGRANT ROSES
...NOT FRAGRANT ROSES


Topic -
Camera Photo Galleries showing all 4000 x 3000 pixels of each photo on your screen that you can then click and drag it to your desktop:-

RHS Garden at Wisley

Plant Supports -
When supporting plants in a bed, it is found that not only do those plants grow upwards, but also they expand their roots and footpad sideways each year. Pages
1
, 2, 3, 8, 11,
12, 13,
Plants 4, 7, 10,
Bedding Plants 5,
Plant Supports for Unknown Plants 5
,
Clematis Climbers 6,
the RHS does not appear to either follow it's own pruning advice or advice from The Pruning of Trees, Shrubs and Conifers by George E. Brown.
ISBN 0-571-11084-3 with the plants in Pages 1-7 of this folder. You can see from looking at both these resources as to whether the pruning carried out on the remainder of the plants in Pages 7-15 was correct.

Narcissus (Daffodil) 9,
Phlox Plant Supports 14, 15

Coleus Bedding Foliage Trial - Pages
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 23, 24, 25,
26, 27, 28, 29, 30,
31, 32, Index

National Trust Garden at Sissinghurst Castle
Plant Supports -
Pages for Gallery 1

with Plant Supports
1, 5, 10
Plants
2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9,
11, 12
Recommended Rose Pruning Methods 13
Pages for Gallery 2
with Plant Supports
2
,
Plants 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Dry Garden of
RHS Garden at
Hyde Hall

Plants - Pages
without Plant Supports
Plants 1
, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Nursery of
Peter Beales Roses
Display Garden

Roses Pages
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13

Nursery of
RV Roger

Roses - Pages
A1,A2,A3,A4,A5,
A6,A7,A8,A9,A10,
A11,A12,A13,A14,
B15,
B16,B17,B18,B19,
B20,
B21,B22,B23,B24,
B25,
B26,B27,B28,B29,
B30,
C31,C32,C33,C34,
C35,
C36,C37,C38,C39,
C40,
C41,CD2,D43,D44,
D45,
D46,D47,D48,D49,
E50,
E51,E52,F53,F54,
F55,
F56,F57,G58,G59,
H60,
H61,I62,K63,L64,
M65,
M66,N67,P68,P69,
P70,
R71,R72,S73,S74,
T75,
V76,Z77, 78,

Damage by Plants in Chilham Village - Pages
1, 2, 3, 4

Pavements of Funchal, Madeira
Damage to Trees - Pages
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13
for trees 1-54,
14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 23, 24, 25,
for trees 55-95,
26, 27, 28, 29, 30,
31, 32, 33, 34, 35,
36, 37,
for trees 95-133,
38, 39, 40,
41, 42, 43, 44, 45,
for trees 133-166

Chris Garnons-Williams
Work Done - Pages
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13

Identity of Plants
Label Problems - Pages
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11

Ron and Christine Foord - 1036 photos only inserted so far - Garden Flowers - Start Page of each Gallery
AB1 ,AN14,BA27,
CH40,CR52,DR63,
FR74,GE85,HE96,

Plant with Photo Index of Ivydene Gardens - 1187
A 1, 2, Photos - 43
B 1, Photos - 13
C 1, Photos - 35
D 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
Photos - 411
with Plants causing damage to buildings in Chilham Village and Damage to Trees in Pavements of Funchal
E 1, Photos - 21
F 1, Photos - 1
G 1, Photos - 5
H 1, Photos - 21
I 1, Photos - 8
J 1, Photos - 1
K 1, Photos - 1
L 1, Photos - 85
with Label Problems
M 1, Photos - 9
N 1, Photos - 12
O 1, Photos - 5
P 1, Photos - 54
Q 1, Photos -
R 1, 2, 3,
Photos - 229
S 1, Photos - 111
T 1, Photos - 13
U 1, Photos - 5
V 1, Photos - 4
W 1, Photos - 100
with Work Done by Chris Garnons-Williams
X 1 Photos -
Y 1, Photos -
Z 1 Photos -
Articles/Items in Ivydene Gardens - 88
Flower Colour, Num of Petals, Shape and
Plant Use of:-
Rock Garden
within linked page


 

 

Topic -
Fragrant Plants:-

Sense of Fragrance from Roy Genders

Fragrant Plants:-
Trees and Shrubs with Scented Flowers
1
, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Shrubs bearing Scented Flowers for an Acid Soil
1
, 2, 3, 4
Shrubs bearing Scented Flowers for a
Chalky or Limestone Soil
1
, 2, 3, 4
Shrubs bearing Scented leaves for a
Sandy Soil
1
, 2, 3
Herbaceous Plants with Scented Flowers
1
, 2, 3
Annual and Biennial Plants with Scented Flowers or Leaves
1
, 2
Bulbs and Corms with Scented Flowers
1
, 2, 3, 4, 5
Scented Plants of Climbing and Trailing Habit
1
, 2, 3
Winter-flowering Plants with Scented Flowers
1
, 2
Night-scented Flowering Plants
1
, 2
 


Topic -
Website User Guidelines


My Gas Service Engineer found Flow and Return pipes incorrectly positioned on gas boilers and customers had refused to have positioning corrected in 2020.
 

 

Ivydene Gardens Rose Plant Gallery:
Click on links below to see roses in other colours and different rose use:-

Flower Colour

Other Colours



May,Jun, Jul,Aug, Sep,Oct, Nov

Orange




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Red




May,Jun, Jul,Aug, Sep,Oct, Nov

White




May,Jun, Jul,Aug, Sep,Oct, Nov

Yellow




May,Jun, Jul,Aug, Sep,Oct, Nov

2 or more Colours Page 1

May,Jun, Jul,Aug, Sep,Oct, Nov

2 or more Colours Page 2

Produces Hips

Rose Use

Rose Index
of

Rose Plant,

Rose RHS

and

Other Rose Galleries

Bedding

Page 1
Page 2

Climber /Pillar

Cut-Flower
Page 1

Page 2

Exhibition, Speciman

Ground-Cover

Grow In Container
Page 1

Page 2

Hedge

Page 1
Page 2

Climber in Tree

Woodland

Edging Borders

Tolerant of Poor Soil
Page 1

Page 2

Tolerant of Shade

Back of Border, Roses in Mixed Shrub Beds, Pegging Down Roses

Adjacent to Water,
Companion Plants for a) Old Roses, b) Modern Roses

On North-Facing Wall

Page for rose use as ARCH ROSE, PERGOLA ROSE, COASTAL CONDITIONS ROSE, WALL ROSE, STANDARD ROSE, COVERING BANKS, THORNLESS ROSES, VERY THORNY ROSES, or ROSE ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE.

FRAGRANT ROSES Page 1 and Page 2 - The roses inserted into this page are described as Moderately Fragrant or Very Fragrant in the relevant Rose Plant Description Page.

NOT FRAGRANT ROSES - The roses inserted into this page are described as Slightly Fragrant or nothing mentioned about fragrance in the relevant Rose Plant Description Page.
 

Rose Bloom Shape

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High Centred

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Cupped

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Flat

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Globular

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Pompon

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Rosette

 

Click on thumbnail to change to Plant Description Page of the Rose Plant named in the text below that photo .
The Comments Row of that Rose Plant Description Page details where that Rose Plant is available from.

An explanation of Rose Shapes and Types.

Rose
Petal Count

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Single:

1-7
Petals

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Semi-double: 8-15 Petals

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Double
1
, 2
16-25 Petals

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Full:

26-40 Petals

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Very Full:

40+ Petals

 

Rose Plant Height from Text Border
(1 inch = 2.5 cms,
12 inches = 1 foot = 30 cms,
24 inches = 2 feet)

Blue = 0-24 inches (0-60 cms)
Cyan = 0-24 inches (0-60 cms)

Green=24-72 inches (60-180 cms)
Green=24-72 inches (60-180 cms)

Red = 72+ inches (180+ cms)
Pink = 72+ inches (180+ cms)

Rose Plant Soil Moisture from Text Background

Wet Soil

Moist Soil

Dry Soil

Rose Classification Number

Rose Classification - Links to each page of these is in the menu in the table on the left in each page

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Modern Roses: 1 Modern Shrub Recurrent Large-Flowered
Modern Roses: 1a Modern Shrub Roses. Peter Beales Roses are split into the following not officially recognised World Federation of Rose Societies Rose Classes: "There are four main groups of rose.
 

  • 1a Bush and Shrub roses tend to be about as wide as they are tall and are perfect for growing in borders or as large specimen plants.
  • 14a Climbing roses grow up to around 2m (6ft) to 3m (12ft), can repeat flower and tend to flower on the current years growth. They are great for growing up pergolas and arches.
  • 12a Rambling roses can grow up to 10m (40ft) and tend to flower on the previous years growth and their size and vigor lends themselves to covering large areas such as dead trees and unsightly buildings.
  • 3a Ground covering roses tend to "scramble" low and are perfect for covering low fences and for cascading along the ground."



Modern Roses: 2 Modern Shrub Recurrent Cluster-Flowered
Modern Roses: 3 Ground-Cover Recurrent
Modern Roses: 4 Large-Flowered (Hybrid Tea Shrub)
Modern Roses: 5 Cluster-Flowered (Floribunda Shrub)
Modern Roses: 6 Dwarf Cluster-Flowered
Modern Roses: 6a Dwarf Large-Flowered (Mini-flora in the
American Rose Society)
Modern Roses: 7 Polyantha (Shrub)
Modern Roses: 8 Miniature Bush
Modern Roses: 9 Modern Shrub Non-Recurrent Large-Flowered
Modern Roses: 10 Modern Shrub Non-Recurrent Cluster Flowered
Modern Roses: 11 Ground Cover Non-Recurrent
Modern Roses: 12 Rambler Recurrent
Modern Roses: 13 Large-Flowered Climber Recurrent
Modern Roses: 14 Cluster-Flowered Climber Recurrent
Modern Roses: 15 Climbing Miniature Recurrent
Modern Roses: 16 Rambler Non-Recurrent
Modern Roses: 17 Large-Flowered Climber Non-Recurrent
Modern Roses: 18 Cluster-Flowered Climber Non-Recurrent
Modern Roses: 19 Climbing Miniature Non-Recurrent
Modern Roses: 19a English Roses - David C.H. Austin OBE
(born 1926) is a rose breeder and writer who lives in Shropshire,
England. His emphasis is on breeding roses with the character and
fragrance of Old Garden Roses (Gallicas, Damasks, Alba roses, etc.)
but with the repeat-flowering ability and wide colour range of
modern roses such as Hybrid Teas and Floribundas. Though Austin's
roses are not officially recognised as a separate class of roses by,
for instance, the Royal National Rose Society or the American Rose
Society, they are nonetheless commonly referred to by rosarians,
at nurseries, and in horticultural literature as 'English Roses'
(the term he uses) or 'Austin Roses'.
Old Garden Roses: 20 Alba (Shrub)
Old Garden Roses: 21 Bourbon (Shrub)
Old Garden Roses: 22 Boursalt (Shrub)
Old Garden Roses: 23 China (Shrub)
Old Garden Roses: 24 Damask (Shrub)
Old Garden Roses: 25 Gallica (Shrub)
Old Garden Roses: 26 Hybrid Perpetual (Shrubs)
Old Garden Roses: 27 Moss (Shrubs)
Old Garden Roses: 28 Portland (Shrubs)
Old Garden Roses: 29 Provence (Centifolia) (Shrubs)
Old Garden Roses: 30 Sweet Briar (Shrubs)
Old Garden Roses: 31 Tea (Shrubs)
Old Garden Roses: 32 Ayrshire
Old Garden Roses: 33 Climbing Bourbon (Climbers)
Old Garden Roses: 34 Climbing Boursalt (Climbers)
Old Garden Roses: 35 Climbing Tea (Climbers)
Old Garden Roses: 36 Noisette (Climbers)
Old Garden Roses: 37 Sempervirens (Climbers)
Wild Roses: 38 Wild Roses Non-Climbing
Wild Roses: 39 Wild Roses Climbing

Site design and content copyright ©June 2024 Chris Garnons-Williams.

DISCLAIMER: Links to external sites are provided as a courtesy to visitors. Ivydene Horticultural Services is not responsible for the content and/or quality of external web sites linked from this site.  

"Pruning roses - the sissinghurst method

Pruning roses the Sissinghurst way helps create those wonderful fountains of roses you see in summer gardens - delicious-smelling, out-of-control geysers of flowers that effuse all over the garden. Pruning roses like this means you don't get those boring little twiggy bushes, all leg and no body, surrounded by bare ground.

The Sissinghurst rose pruning technique originated at Cliveden with the Astors' head gardener Jack Vass, who moved to Sissinghurst in 1939.

Vita Sackville-West loved her roses, particularly the dark, rich Gallicas such as 'Charles de Mills', 'Tuscany Superb' and 'Cardinal de Richelieu', but it was Jack Vass who started to grow them in this exceptional way, and roses have been pruned and trained like this at Sissinghurst ever since. Other National Trust properties send their gardeners here to learn this ingenious technique.

The rose pruning philosophy can be summed up as "treat them mean, keep them keen". If you put every stem of a rose plant under pressure, bending and stressing it, the rose will flower more prolifically. The plant's biochemistry tells the bush it's on the way out and so needs to make as many flowers as possible.

THE SISSINGHURST ROSE PRUNING TECHNIQUE

Climbers and ramblers

The rose pruning season at Sissinghurst starts in November with the climbers and ramblers that cover almost every one of the terracotta brick walls.

First, the gardeners cut off most of that year's growth. This keeps the framework of the rose clear and prevents the plant from becoming too woody.

Next, large woody stems are taken out - almost to the base - to encourage new shoots. These will flower the following year.

The remaining branches are re-attached to the wall, stem by stem, starting from the middle of the plant, working outwards, with the pruned tip of each branch bent down and attached to the one below.

Climbers such as 'Paul's Lemon Pillar' are a bit more reluctant than ramblers like 'Albertine' and the famous Rosa mulliganii on the frame in the centre of the White Garden, which are very bendy and easy to train.

Shrub roses

Once the wall roses are done, it's the turn of the border shrubs. They should be pruned before they come into leaf to prevent leaf buds and shoots from being damaged as their stems are manipulated. Depending on their habit, shrub roses are trained in one of three ways.

The tall, rangy bushes with stiffer branches (such as 'Charles de Mills', 'Ispahan', 'Gloire de France', 'Cardinal de Richelieu' and 'Camayeux') are twirled up a frame of four chestnut or hazel poles. Every pruned tip is bent and attached to a length below.

The big leggy shrubs, which put out great, pliable, triffid arms that are easy to tie down and train, are bent on to hazel hoops arranged around the skirts of the plant. Roses with this lax habit include 'Constance Spry', 'Fantin-Latour', 'Zéphirine Drouhin', 'Madame Isaac Pereire', 'Coupe d'Hébé', 'Henri Martin' and 'Souvenir du Dr Jamain'.

All the old and diseased wood is removed and then, stem by stem, last year's wood is bent over and tied onto the hazel hoop. You start at the outside of the plant and tie that in first and then move towards the middle, using the plant's own branches to build up the web and - in the case of 'Constance Spry' and 'Henri Martin' - create a fantastic height, one layer domed and attached to the one below. Without any sign of a flower, this looks magnificent as soon as it's complete, and in a couple of months, each stem, curved almost to ground level, will flower abundantly.

That leaves just the contained, well behaved, less prolific varieties ('Petite de Hollande', 'Madame Knorr', 'Chapeau de Napoléon', ( syn. Rosa x centifolia 'Cristata') and those that produce branches too stiff to bend ('Felicia' and the newish David Austin rose, 'William Shakespeare 2000'). These are pruned hard, then each bush is attached to a single stake, cut to about the height of the pruned bush and attached by twine. Without the stake, even these will topple under the weight of their summer growth.

For those who live in the North, where some roses are yet to leaf, you could get bending now. If your roses are already too advanced for this year, come and see how it's all done at Sissinghurst." from Sarah Raven.

"The 5 P’s For Easy Rose Growing

1. Planning

2. Preparation

3. Planting

4. Pruning

5. Preservation

Planning

Try to plan well in advance of purchasing your roses. Roses come in a multitude of sizes, habits and colours. They prefer a sunny position and a neutral or slightly acidic well drained soil. Certain roses will tolerate differing degrees of shade and some will thrive in poor soils. Do your homework.

Preparation

The area to be planted should be free of weeds and deeply dug with the addition of plenty of organic matter such as well rotted farmyard manure or garden compost plus bonemeal. Soil that has previously grown roses should be removed to a depth of 45cms and replaced with fresh soil from elsewhere. This should be completed well before planting to allow the soil to settle.

Planting

Bare root roses can be planted from November until March provided the soil is workable. Dig a hole large enough to accommodate the roots. Mix a handful of bonemeal with the excavated soil. Spread the roots out in the hole and gradually replace the soil firming well so the union (where the shoots meet the roots) is 2-3 cms. below the soil, water well. If conditions are very wet or frosty when your roses arrive they can be kept unopened in their packaging for a week or more and planted as soon as things improve.

Pruning

This is a way to maintain a healthy, productive and well balanced plant. Different types of roses require different strategies so see the group headings on the website for more detailed pruning guides. Always use sharp secateurs or loppers and try to prune just above an outward facing bud (where the leaf stalk meets the stem) with a cut sloping down away from the bud. Remove any dead, damaged or diseased wood before pruning.

Preservation

Roses can be long lived plants provided they are properly maintained. They require plenty of moisture and nutrients to stay healthy and flourish. In dry spells water well, especially in the first few years after planting. The application of a deep mulch in the spring will help to retain water. Feed twice a year on heavy soils (March and June) and more regularly on lighter soils with a good rose fertilizer or fish blood and bone. Pests and diseases are best controlled with good husbandry. There are some good organic products on the market now that can be used to help maintain your plants health. Any suckers (shoots growing from the rootstock) should be pulled off (not cut) as soon as possible." from Trevor White Old Fashioned Roses.

 

Rose Diseases

Black Spot
Black Spot attacks the leaves, usually from mid-summer onwards, often resulting in complete defoliation. Black or dark brown patches spread over leaves and often extend to the young stems. Each leaf that falls carries with it millions of spores which overwinter in the soil, ready for an attack the following season. The removal and burning of infected leaves, both from the bush and from the surrounding ground, will therefore help prevent the disease spreading to less susceptible varieties.
Experience has convinced me that regular overhead irrigation will control black spot, provided it is carried out overnight to avoid scorching the foliage. This should be done, at minimum intervals of 10 days, for about 5 hours on each occasion. From the point of view of cleanliness, a winter wash both of the plant and the surrounding ground with a solution of Jeyes Fluid helps to kill off any spores lurking on decaying leaves or in the soil and helps delay infection from the disease in early summer.

Alliums and other members of the onion family are said to ward off aphids, prevent rose blackspot and even make the scent of roses stronger.
Salvias come in a range of colours and make great partners for roses – they're long-flowering and their spire shapes give contrasting structure and interest. They also attract a huge number of beneficial insects and it's said that they help to keep mildew and blackspot at bay.

 

Crown Gall
This bacterial disease, prevalent throughout the USA and Canada, causes rough irregular galls on stems near the bud union. The only known control is to remove the galls and paint the wounds with a dilute solution of a suitable bleach (take advice at your local garden centre). If this is not effective the bush and the surrounding soil should be dug out, as the bacteria can live in the soil for up to 2 years after the infected plant is removed.

 

Powdery Mildew
Powdery mildew attacks roses from early summer onwards amd, if allowed to flourish, can be quite a serious problem on some varieties. The first signs are small patches of greyish-white powder, usually near the top of the young growing shoots and on the succulent young leaves. If not checked, these patches spread rapidly to cover the entire plant. In severe epidemics it will also extend to the more mature leaves and flower buds. The young leaves curl, distort and fail to develop, thus preventing the plant from functioning satisfactorily. Well-nourished plants, while not rendered immune, will suffer less than undernourished ones. Systemic fungicides are the best method of combating mildew. The over-use of nitrogenous fertilizers is often the cause of mildew, especially when mid-summer application leads to excessive growth in the autumn. Mildew may also follow summer drought, so try to keep the roses well watered during such weather.

 

Rust
Of all rose diseases, a bad infestation of rust can be most devastating. If conditions are right - it enjoys moist warm weather - susceptible varieties wil deteriorate rapidly and die. Small orange pustules attach themselves to the undersides of leaves and multiply rapidly until they have spread all over the plant including, on occasions, the stems and thorns. As the spores age, they turn to dark brown and eventually to black, killing the leaf in the process. They fall to the ground where the spores overwinter in readiness for the following season.
At the first sign of the disease all infected foliage should be removed and burned. Chemical control is difficult because spray has to be directed upwards on the undersides of the leaves. Oxycarboxin, a chemical available under several trade names, is quite effective. Varieties most prone to this disease tend to act as hosts, thus causing the less-susceptible ones to become infected. If rust is found to occur repeatedly on the same plants it is best to remove and burn them. 'Conrad F. Meyer' and 'Sarah Van Fleet', both Hybrid Rugosas, are particular culprits and should be kept out of gardens where rust has proved a problem.

 

Mineral Deficiences
Iron deficiency is probably the most common nutritional ailment of roses, this manifests itself in a yellowing of the leaves, especially younger leaves either on the margins, or along the veins, or both. The leaves eventually turn completely yellow and drop off. Since the deficiency commonly occurs in calcareous soils (Chalk), an application of sequestered iron to the soil in early spring should correct it. In the longer term, it is worth applying potash to the soil to help release locked-up iron. The other common deficiency is that of magnesium. Symtoms of deficiency with the leaves, especially the older ones, show chlorosis and are sometimes badly developed, especially at their apex. Epsom salts, applied to the soil once or twice a season in liquid form, will help rectify this. Where symptoms are markedly obvious, it can be applied as a foliar feed.

 

Balling of Flowers
Some old-fashioned roses, in common with some modern roses, do not like wet weather in summer. This is particularly true of the many-petalled, fully double varieties with tightly folded flowers. They can ususally endure it when open, but if prolonged rain occurs during the late bud stage, their outer petals will rot and congeal, thus preventing the flower from opening. Balling can become worse if strong sun-light follows rain, causing the petals to become encased in a crisp cocoon of decay, from which there is no escape. The whole flower then rots and falls off or, worse still, remains on the plant in a ruined, unsightly mess. Varieties particularly prone to this are the Bourbons 'Souvenir de la Malmaison' and 'Boule de Neige, and the Hybrid Perpetuals 'Baronne Prevos', 'Georg Arends' and 'Frau Karl Druschki'. Some of the Centifolias and Mosses are also prone.

" from Peter Beales Roses An Illustrated encyclopedia and grower's handbook of species roses, old roses and modern roses, shrub roses and climbers by Peter Beales. Published by Harvill in 1992.
ISBN 0-00-272165-1-pbk

Mottisfont Rose Gardens :-
If you’re inspired by the scented sights of our gardens and want to try growing roses yourself, here are some top tips from Assistant Head Gardener Jonny Bass:-

  • Healthy root system – Here at Mottisfont we use Mycorrhizal fungi religiously. It’s added into the soil around the roots when planting and will create a beneficial or symbiotic relationship with the plant to help produce new, fibrous roots.
  • Food – You can’t beat a good dose of well-rotted manure. Either dug into the soil or used as a mulch around the roses it will give excellent results and it’s 100 per cent organic and natural.
  • I would also recommend using Maxicrop Original Seaweed Extract on your roses and there is Maxicrop product that can be used on each area of your garden and houseplants, annually. Seaweed contains the same proportion of elements as are used by all plants and will be of immense use in your garden every year.
  • Pruning - When pruning your roses don’t be afraid to get stuck in. It’s important to have strong new growth coming up from the base and you should be looking to cut out some of the oldest wood every year."
     

Ivydene Gardens Rose Colour Wheel: Yellow Flowers in September

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Golden-yellow

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Golden-Yellow

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Deep Yellow

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Creamy-yellow

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Unfading Bright yellow

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Amber-yellow

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Yellow blends with apricot

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Medium yellow with lighter reverse

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Deep Golden-yellow

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Bright yellow

4 Rosa 'Keep Smiling' SUN, part shade
Ro
=Rose
May-Oct

bedding, hedge, cut-flower, shade, edge, stand-ard, fragrant

5 Rosa 'Golden Smiles'
SUN
Ro
=Rose
May-Oct

bedding, speci-man, stand-ard, fragrant

5 Rosa 'Baby Bio'
SUN
Ro=Rose
Rosa
May-Oct

bedding, hedge, pot, hips, not fragrant, thorny

5 Rosa 'Goldi-locks'
SUN
Ro=Rose
May-Oct

bedding, fragrant

5 Rosa 'Korre-sia'
SUN
Ro
=Rose
Rosa
May-Oct

bedding, hedge, pot, fragrant

5 Rosa 'Amber Queen'
SUN
Ro=Rose
Rosa
May-Oct

bedding, hedge, cut-flower, pot, fragrant

6a Rosa 'Double Gold' SUN
Ro=Rose
May-Oct

cut-flower, pot, fragrant, exhib-ition, speci-man

8 Rosa 'Behold' SUN
Ro=Rose
Rosa
May-Oct

bedding, cut-flower, pot, exhib-ition, edge, thorn-less, not fragrant

3 Rosa 'Flower Carpet Gold' SUN
Rosa
Rosa

May-Oct
bedding, ground cover, hips, stand-ard, banks, not fragrant, pot, edge

8 Rosa 'Chloe Star'
SUN
Rosa
May-Oct

edge, not fragrant, cut-flower, pot, exhib-ition, spec-iman

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Yellow

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Creamy-yellow
fades to very light yellow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8 Rosa 'Jemma Giblin' SUN
Rose
May-Sep

pot, fragrant, thorny

5 Rosa 'Goldi-locks'
SUN
Rose
May-Oct

bedding, hedge, fragrant, prickly stems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Golden-yellow ages to creamy-yellow

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Apricot, reverse shaded pink

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Golden-yellow, upper petals fade to pink, reverse apricot

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gold and amber

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golden-yellow with hints of orange ages to light yellow

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Deep yellow to mature flower, then yellow and red

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Lemon-yellow from open bud to death

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deep yellow

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Yellow ages to very light yellow

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Non-fading yellow

5 Rosa 'Arthur Bell'
SUN
Rosa
Jul-Sep

bedding, hedge, cut-flower, pot, poorer soils, fragrant, rain tolerant

3 Rosa 'Flower Carpet Amber' SUN
Rose
May-Oct

ground cover, not fragrant, pot

19a
Rosa 'Butter-cup'
SUN
Rose
May-Oct

bedding, fragrant, thorny

4 Rosa 'Whisky Mac'
SUN
Rose
May-Oct

Rust, Black Spot, bedding, cut-flower, pot, poorer soils, fragrant

4 Rosa 'Dutch Gold'
SUN
Rosa
May-Oct

bedding, cut-flower, exhib-ition, fragrant

4 Rosa 'Free-dom'
SUN
Rosa
May-Oct

bedding, hedge, pot, fragrant

4 Rosa 'Tom Foster'
SUN
Rose
May-Oct

bedding, exhib-ition, fragrant

5 Rosa 'Sun-sprite'
SUN
Rose
May-Oct

bedding, hedge, cut-flower, pot, edge, fragrant.
In world's top 10 roses

19a
Rosa 'Charles Darwin'
SUN
Rose
May-Oct

bedding, thorn-less, fragrant, cut-flower, pot, edge

4 Rosa 'Sunblest'
SUN
Rosa
May-Oct

bedding, cut-flower, pot, not fragrant

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Amber-yellow ages to light yellow

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Primrose yellow with frilled petal edges, ages towards white

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Light yellow aging to white

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Deep Yellow from bud to mature

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Lemon-yellow ages to light yellow

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Golden-yellow with apricot shading

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Golden-yellow ages to creamy-yellow

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Mid-yellow

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Light yellow ages to lighter yellow

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Light yellow ages to lightest yellow

5 Rosa 'Glenfi-ddich'
SUN
Rosa
Jul-Sep

bedding, hedge, pot, not fragrant

5 Rosa 'Irish Hope'
(HAR-exclaim)
SUN
Rose
May-Oct

bedding, cut-flower, edge, fragrant

8 Rosa 'Fairhope' SUN
Rosa
May-Oct

bedding, cut-flower, exhib-ition show winner, edge, not fragrant

8 Rosa 'Baby Love' SUN
Rose
may-Oct

bedding, ground cover, hips, not fragrant, pot, edge

5 Rosa 'City Livery'
SUN
Rose
May-Oct

bedding, fragrant, edge

5 Rosa 'Easy Going' SUN
Rose
May-Oct

bedding, standa-rdd, pot, fragrant, cut-flower, edge, thorny

5 Rosa 'Arthur Bell'
SUN
Rose
Jul-Sep

bedding, hedge, fragrant, cut-flower, pot, thorny

4 Rosa 'Grandpa Dickson'
SUN
Rose
Jul-Nov

bedding, hedge, cut-flower, pot, exhib-ition, poor soil, shade, not fragrant

19a
Rosa 'Charl-otte'
SUN
Rose
May-Oct

bedding, fragrant, cut-flower, pot,
black spot, mildew

8 Rosa 'Luis Desa-mero' SUN
Rose
May-Oct

cut-flower, show champ-ion in exhib-ition, edge, fragrant

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Butter-yellow ages to almost white

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Amber-yellow ages to light yellow

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Yellow ages to almost white

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Golden-yellow ages to cream

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Golden-yellow ages to lighter yellow

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Deep yellow ages to almost white

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Butter-yellow

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Golden-yellow

 

 

5 Rosa 'Absol-utely Fabulous' SUN
Rosa
May-Oct

bedding, poorer soils, fragrant, cut-flower, pot, edge, thorny

5 Rosa 'Amber Queen' SUN
Rose
May-Oct

bedding, hedge, stand-ard, fragrant, cut-flower, pot, edge, thorny

19a
Rosa 'Comte de Champ-agne'
SUN
Rose
May-Oct

bedding, fragrant, cut-flower, speci-man, edge

2 Rosa 'Day-break'
(Pemb-erton) SUN
Rose
May-Oct

bedding, hedge, poorer soils, fragrant, pot

5 Rosa Gold Spice'
SUN
Rose
May-Oct

bedding, hedge, pot, fragrant

19a
Rosa 'Graham Thomas'
SUN
Rose
May-Oct
bedding, hedge, cut-flower, pot, sp-eciman, poor soil, pergola, stand-ard, arch, fragrant

4 Rosa 'Glorious'
SUN
Rose
May-Oct

bedding, cut-flower, speci-man, edge, stand-ard, not fragrant

5 Rosa 'Golden Beauty'
SUN
Rosa
May-Oct

bedding, cut-flower, edge, stand-ard, fragrant, thorny

 

 

rosayorkshireladycflorogerltd1
Linen-white with primrose yellow ages to white

rosaguysgoldcflomidgarnonswilliams1
Canary-yellow

rosapeaceflot
creamy-yellow with pink edges aging to white with thick pink margins

rosacrownprincessmargaretaflomidcgarnonswilliams
Apricot centre with white petals at flower edge. Apricot ages to light yellow

rosaenglishgardencflomidgarnonswilliams1a1
Apricot-yellow ages to white

rosagoldencelebrationflomidcgarnonswilliams1
Deep yellow.

black spot

rosaelinacflomidgarnonswilliams1
Light yellow ages to white

rosafamilylifeflomidcgarnonswilliams
Yellow

rosagoldenweddingflomidcgarnonswilliams1
Golden-yellow

 

4 Rosa 'York-shire Lady'
SUN
Rose
May-Oct

cut-flower, exhib-ition, fragrant

4 Rosa 'Guy's Gold'
SUN
Rose
May-Oct

bedding, cut-flower, edge, not fragrant

4 Rosa 'Peace'
SUN
Rose
May-Oct

hedge, cut-flower, pot, exhib-ition, poorer soils, not fragrant

19a
Rosa 'Crown Princess Marg-areta'
SUN
Rose
May-Oct
bedding, climber, back of border, wall, cut-flower, specima-n, edge, fragrant

19a
Rosa 'English Garden'
SUN
Rose
May-Oct

bedding, cut-flower, pot, speci-man, stand-ard, fragrant

19a
Rosa 'Golden Celeb-ration'
SUN
Rose
May-Oct
bedding, cut-flower, pot, speci-man, stand-ard, fragrant

4 Rosa 'Elina'
SUN
Rose
May-Oct

bedding, hedge, stan-ard, poorer soils, not fragrant, cut-flower, pot, exhib-ition, edge

5 Rosa 'Family Life'
SUN
Rose
May-Oct

bedding, hedge, stand-ard, not fragrant, edge

5 Rosa 'Golden Wedding'
SUN
Rose
May-Oct

bedding, hedge, cut-flower, pot, poorer soils, pergola, stand-ard, not fragrant

 

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Yellow with amber shades ages to amber shades

rosaselfridgescflorogerltd
Lemon-yellow ages fast to light yellow

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Deep golden-yellow ages fast to cream and pink shades

rosahelenknightcflosgarnonswilliams
Canary-yellow

 

 

 

 

 

 

13 Rosa 'Laura Ford'
SUN
Rose
May-Oct

climber, pot, poorer soils, not fragrant, cut-flower

4 Rosa 'Self-ridges'
SUN
Rose
May-Oct

cut-flower, exhib-ition, fragrant

17 Rosa 'Golden Showers'
SUN
Rosa
Jun-Oct

climber, in tree, poor soil, north, shade, thorn-less, fragrant, speci-man

38
Rosa 'Helen Knight' SUN
Rose
May-Sep

bedding, hedge, speci-man, poor soil, hips, shade, edge, wall, not fragrant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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From Riverford on monday 17th June 2024 - "Wisdom to Live by
Where have all the flowers gone?
by
Olivia Wilson is a florist, grower and founder of British flower studio, Wetherly (wetherly.co.uk)

Up until the 1950's most flowers we encountered in the UK were grown in the UK. Then, huge investment from the Dutch government saw the first airfreighted blooms arrive, followed by the arrival of the 'Flying Dutchman' flower lorries in the 1980s. Market dominance was set and today 86 per cent of all UK cut flowers are imported. This is a huge change from the dedicated flower trains from Cornwall to London, filled with narcissi and violets. It seems almost inconceivable that the violet nosegay of the early 20th century, so delicate they lasted just a few days, could still be so appreciated for their perfume and beauty.
Flowers grown to be exported must be sturdy enough to survive transit. Many of them arrive in the UK via Holland from places as far flung as Ecuador and Ethiopia. To allow for this, flowers are deliberately bred to have ruler-straight stems (something you do not find in nature) and be fragrance-free; the biological effort required to smell sweet, using up energy that could otherwise prolong vase life. And so, a system's been created where forced flowers are regularly grown as monocultures, in places where pesticide use and worker's rights are less regulated, and corporations continue to prioritise economics over ethics or the environment.
The £1,400,000,000 UK floristry industry is dominated by the supermarkets (29% of people buy their blooms at Tesco) and British growers are not helped by the fact that there's presently no legal requirement to label the country of origin. Not to mention the fact that according to HMRC, the work I do as an agroecological flower grower is yet to exist. But this lack of goverment 'support for hort' gives individuals even more cause to champion the resurgence of British Flower Farms, many of which are listed at flowersfromthefarm.co.uk.
For me, witnessing a bud burst open is a meditation modern life provides less and less room for. Flowers are scientifically proven to bring happiness and reduce stress. I know, because I co-founded charitable enterprise, Bread & Roses, pioneering the use of floriculture therapy based on the research, and I have the anecdotal evidence to support it (wearebreadandroses.com - We run floristry training programmes to support women from refugee backgrounds to rebuild their lives in the UK. Our programmes are designed to improve participants’ vocational and English skills, supporting them to participate in society as they settle into life in the UK. They also give participants the chance to build new networks and enjoy the therapeutic benefits of working with flowers.). Naysayers may sniff at my nosegays, but I believe in the power of flowers."

 

Companion Plants for Roses:-

  • See How to use Companion Plants from David Austin Roses.
  • "Many roses are pruned in winter and aren't very attractive at this time. Underplant them with a succession of spring bulbs such as snowdrops, crocus, grape hyacinths, narcissi, early-flowering tulips and late-flowering tulips, before the roses start to bloom.
    Alliums come up year after year and their violet, globe-like flowers look great with early roses. Alliums and other members of the onion family are said to ward off aphids, prevent rose black spot and even make the scent of roses stronger.
    The perennial wallflower, Erysimum 'Bowles's Mauve', starts flowering in spring and continues through summer – a great foil for white, pink, crimson or red roses. It then continues to flower for the rest of the year, providing interest after the roses have faded. Keep deadheading it for the best results.
    Most lilies come into flower just as the first flush of roses is beginning to go over. Tall, blowsy Lilium regale bears beautiful, white, pink-flushed flowers with a delicious fragrance. It also makes a good cut flower.
    Roses look great underplanted with hardy geraniums. Purple-blue geraniums like 'Rozanne' look good with many colours of rose, while pale pink Geranium x oxonianum 'Wargrave Pink' looks especially pretty with crimson roses such as 'Darcey Bussell'.
    Salvias come in a range of colours and make great partners for roses – they're long-flowering and their spire shapes give contrasting structure and interest. They also attract a huge number of beneficial insects and it's said that they help to keep mildew and blackspot at bay.
    Verbascums begin flowering in May and are still going when roses begin to bloom. They come in a wide range of colours, including yellow, white and peachy orange (such as 'Clementine', shown here). Their tall spires contrast beautifully with roses.
    Nepetas form a carpet of blue and look especially good with pink, crimson, red and even yellow roses. Nepeta ‘Six Hills Giant’ can be quite vigorous, so if you're short on space, go for Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low'. They attract many pollinators, especially bees and hoverflies.
    Penstemons not only look great with roses – they also keep the show going once they've finished blooming, often well into autumn. In shades of purple, pink, crimson or white, they look lovely with apricot, cream and pink roses.
    English lavender, Lavandula angustifolia, especially the dark purple-blue ‘Hidcote’, looks wonderful with apricot, pink, crimson or red roses. When not in flower, it offers neat mounds of evergreen, aromatic foliage.
    Late-flowering clematis make the perfect planting partners for climbing roses, especially rambling roses, which flower only once in summer. Depending on the varieties you grow, you could have your rose and clematis flowering together or the clematis flowering after the rose has finished, extending the season of colour to your pergola or arch.
    Other plants to grow with roses
    Alchemilla mollis, Campanulas, Grasses such as Stipa tenuissima, Gaura lindheimerei and
    Asters" from Gardeners World.
  • Underplanting Roses - Companion Plants for Roses from Gardenia.
  • What should you not plant around roses?
    Avoid plant companions with extensive root systems, such as large shrubs, that will deplete the soil of the resources your roses need to stay healthy. Roses, like many plants, won't flourish if they have to compete for water and nutrients.

    "Roses thrive in almost any USDA hardiness zone, depending on the variety. They love the sun and need soil that drains well. Roses are also classified heavy feeders, needing nutritious soil lower in nitrogen. Constantly wet roots and soil will lead to a plethora of problems, especially root rot.
    With these conditions in mind, there are a few plants not suited to roses:
    Bunchberry - needs shade and lots of water to thrive.
    Toad Lilies - need well-draining soil but do best in full shade.
    Leopard Plants - have a love of shade and need slightly alkaline soil that is moist.
    Fuchsia - shade is a requirement for this plant to thrive, along with rich moist soil." from Blooming Backyard.
     

ROSE USE GALLERY PAGES
Rose Use Site Map
of pages with content (o)
Rose Use Introduction
Remainder of Rose Use Gallery Pages in table on left.

ROSE PLANT 2 GALLERY PAGES
FOLIAGE COLOUR
(o)Green 1
(o)Green 2
(o)Green 3

MODERN SHRUB ROSE TYPE SHAPE
(o)1 Recur Large-Flo
(o)2 Recur Cluster-Flo
(o)3 Ground-Cover Recur
(o)4 Hybrid Tea
(o)5 Floribunda
6 Dwarf Cluster-Flo
(o)6a Dwarf Large-Flo
(o)7 Polyantha
(o)8 Miniature and Patio
9 Non-Recur Large-Flo
(o)10 Non-Recur Cluster-Flo
(o)11 Ground-Cover Non-Recur

MODERN CLIMBER ROSE TYPE SHAPE
(o)12 Rambler Recur
(o)13 Large-Flo Recur
(o)14 Cluster-Flo Recur
15 Miniature Recur
(o)16 Rambler Non-Recur
(o)17 Large-Flo Non-Recur
(o)18 Cluster-Flo Non-Recur
19 Miniature Non-Recur
(o)19a-d English Roses - Austin Roses
 

For further details on the cultivation of roses, consult the The Rose Society UK. The Royal National Rose Society went into administration on 15th May 2017.

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ROSE PLANT 2 GALLERY PAGES

OLD GARDEN SHRUB ROSE TYPE SHAPE
(o)20 Alba
(o)21 Bourbon
22 Boursalt
(o)23 China
(o)24 Damask
(o)25 Gallica
26 Hybrid Perpetual
(o)27 Moss
(o)28 Portland
(o)29 Provence
(o)30 Sweet Briar
(o)31 Tea

OLD GARDEN CLIMBER ROSE TYPE SHAPE
32 Rambler Ayrshire
33 Bourbon
34 Boursalt
35 Tea
(o)36 Noisette
(o)37 Sempervirens

WILD ROSE TYPE SHAPE
(o)38 Non-Climbing
(o)39 Climbing

HIP COLOUR
(o)Hip Colour

BED PICTURES
(o)Garden Pictures

Camera Photo Galleries showing all 4000 x 3000 pixels of each photo on your screen that you can then click and drag it to your desktop;
as copied from the Topic Table on the left hand side:-

RHS Garden at Wisley
Plant Supports -
When supporting plants in a bed, it is found that not only do those plants grow upwards, but also they expand their roots and footpad sideways each year. Pages
1
, 2, 3, 8, 11,
12, 13,
Plants 4, 7, 10,
Bedding Plants 5,
Plant Supports for Unknown Plants 5
,
Clematis Climbers 6,
the RHS does not appear to either follow it's own pruning advice or advice from The Pruning of Trees, Shrubs and Conifers by George E. Brown.
ISBN 0-571-11084-3 with the plants in Pages 1-7 of this folder. You can see from looking at both these resources as to whether the pruning carried out on the remainder of the plants in Pages 7-15 was correct.

Recommended Rose Pruning Methods 13

Nursery of
Peter Beales Roses
Display Garden
Roses Pages
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13

Nursery of
RV Roger
Roses - Pages
A1,A2,A3,A4,A5,
A6,A7,A8,A9,A10,
A11,A12,A13,A14,
B15,
B16,B17,B18,B19,
B20,
B21,B22,B23,B24,
B25,
B26,B27,B28,B29,
B30,
C31,C32,C33,C34,
C35,
C36,C37,C38,C39,
C40,
C41,CD2,D43,D44,
D45,
D46,D47,D48,D49,
E50,
E51,E52,F53,F54,
F55,
F56,F57,G58,G59,
H60,
H61,I62,K63,L64,
M65,
M66,N67,P68,P69,
P70,
R71,R72,S73,S74,
T75,
V76,Z77, 78,

 

Susceptible to Black Spot.
Susceptible to Mildew.
Susceptible to Rust.


Website Structure Explanation and User Guidelines

Ivydene Gardens Other Roses S-Z Gallery:
Click on links below to see roses in other colours and different rose use for the Roses grown by R.V. Roger in 2009:-

Click for further details on WISLEY WISLEY Rose Plant Classification System:-

Rosa Wisley 2008 'AUSbreeze' is:-

  • Wisley 2008 is the Exhibition Name, the name it is introduced to the public by, the name that is used in retail and its cultivar name.
  • 'AUSbreeze' is the Registration Name, which is AUS to indicate that David Austin Roses Limited was its breeder and breeze was its name. Rosa England's Rose 'Auslounge' is described as England's Rose Varietal Name : Auslounge by Roses UK. So, besides the Registration Name, we also have the Varietal Name - see further naming problems in Rosa 'England's Rose' (AUSrace) page.

 

Normal Rose Plant Classification System:-

Now you should not confuse the above system with the usual retail name of Rosa 'Wisley 2008' (Ausbreeze) by Austin Roses where

  • 'Wisley 2008' is the cultivar name and
  • (Ausbreeze) is its Registration Name ( This is used in the trade to make absolutely certain that they know what the rose is). To differentiate the 2 parts of the Registration Name Ausbreeze would normally appear as AUSbreeze.


Link Index to
343 roses from the Alphabetical List of All Roses in the Rose Gallery from the Roses
(318 Rose Description Pages in the Rose Gallery) and
25 Rose Description Pages of those 343 roses in the Rose Use Gallery

 

G.
Gay Gordons Not available to buy in June 2014
2 Colours 1

Gentle Touch
Pink Pot Hed

Gertrude Jekyll
Pink Hed

Giggles
Pink Cut Exh Pot

Gioia

Gipsy Boy
Red Cli

Glad Tidings
Red Bed Cut Pot Hed

Glenfiddich
Yellow Bed Pot Hed

Gloire de Dijon
2 Colours 1 Pot

Gloria Dei

Glowing Amber
2 Colours 1 Bed Cut Exh Pot

Golden Chersonese
Yellow Bed

Golden Rambler
Yellow Cli Tre

Golden Showers
Yellow Cli

Golden Wedding
Yellow Bed

Goldilocks
Yellow Bed

Grace Abounding
2 Colours 1 Bed Pot Hed

Grace de Monaco
Pink Bed Pot

Grace Donnelly
2 Colours 2 Bed

Graham Thomas
Yellow Pot Hed

Great Double White

Gwent
Yellow Gro Pot
 

 

N.
Nevada
White Cli Hed Woo

New Dawn
Pink Cli

Nozomi
Pink Gro Pot
 

 

U.

 

Roses in this Gallery
Link Index contains the following:-

Rose Name Link followed by Rose Colour Link on next line:-

Other
Orange
Pink
Red
White
Yellow
2 Colours 1
2 Colours 2

followed by Rose Use:-

Arc for Arch, Pergola
Bed 1
, 2 for Bedding
Cli for Climber/Pillar
Cut 1, 2 for Cut-Flower
Edg for Edge of Border
Exh for Exhibition ,
Speciman
Fra 1, 2 for Fragrant
Gro for Ground-Cover
Hed 1, 2 for Hedge
Nor for North-facing Wall
Por 1, 2 for Tolerant of Poor Soil
Pot 1, 2 for Grow in Container
Shd for Tolerant of Shade
Tre for Climber in Tree
Woo for Woodland

 

Flower Shape
Cupped
Flat
Globular
High-Centered
Pompon
Rosette

Petal Count
Single
Semi-Double
Double 1, 2
Full
Very Full

If there is no colour following the plant name, this indicates that this name is either
a synonym of a Rose with a different retail name and its Rose Description Page already exists in this website
or
it is the Registration Name used by the Trade and the Rose Description Page of its retail name already exists in this website

.......................

 

Rose INDEX Page includes bloom colour thumbnail, rose use, height and width with link to its Rose Description Page.

 

A.
Acapulco
2 Colours 1 Bed

Adelaide d' Orleans
Pink Cli Hed Tre

Admiral Rodney
Pink Exh Woo

Affirm
Pink Bed Exh

Alba Maxima
White Hed Woo

Alberic Barbier
White Cli Pot Tre

Albertine
Pink Cli Tre

Alchymist
Yellow Cli

Alecs Red
Red Bed

Alexander
Red Hed Cut

Alistair Stella Gray

Aloha
Pink Cli Cut

Amber Queen
Yellow Bed Cut Pot

Amber Star
2 Colours 1 Bed
Cut Exh Pot

Amber Sunset
2 Colours 1 Bed
Cut Exh Pot

American Pillar
Pink Cli Gro Tre

Anabell
Orange Bed

Andeli

Annabelle

Apple Rose

Apricot Silk
2 Colours 1 Bed Cut

Apricot Sweet Dream

Arizona Sunset
2 Colours 2 Bed
Cut Exh Pot

Armosa

Arthur Bell
Yellow Bed Cut
Pot Hed

Arthur Bell Climbing
Yellow Cli Hed Tre

Arthur Merrill
Red Bed

Austrian Copper

Autumn
2 Colours 1 Bed
 

 

H.
Halle
Orange Bed Hed

Handel
2 Colours 1 Cli

Hannah

Hannah Hauxwell
Pink Pot

Hanne
Red Bed

Harry

Harry Wheatcroft
2 Colours 2 Bed

Heaven Scent
Red Bed Cut Pot Hed

Helens Trust
Red Bed Exh

Henri Martin
Red Hed

Hermosa
Pink

Hilde
Red Cut Exh

Honorine de Brabant
2 Colours 1 Cli

HORjemma

HORlexstrip

HORluisbond

HORminstrel

Hot Chocolate
Other Bed Pot

Hot Tamale
2 Colours 1 Bed Cut Exh Pot
 

 

O.
Old Glory
Red Cut Exh

Orangeade
Orange Bed Hed

Orange Sensation
Orange Bed Hed
 

 

 

"Roses UK is a joint marketing venture between BARB (British Association Of Rose Breeders) and the British Rose Group of the HTA (previously known as the British Rose Growers Association) aimed at maintaining and increasing the profile of the nation's favourite flower, the rose, through promotional activities.

Amongst its major activities is included responsibility for the organisation of the annual rose festival held at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.

Roses UK also manages the Rose of the Year trials - a competition that has been running since 1982 and one that  is designed to select, through nationwide trials,  the best of new rose introductions, entered by professional rose breeders, for a given year.

The Gold Standard Rose Trial, independently managed by NIAB (National Institute of Agricultural Botany in Cambridge) on behalf of the British Association of Rose Breeders (BARB) is also promoted by Roses UK.

ROSES UK IS NEITHER A RETAILER NOR WHOLESALER OF ROSES".

 

V.
Veilchenblau
Other Cli Tre

Vera Parker
Red Exh

Voice of Thousands
2 Colours 1 Bed
 

 

B.
Baby Bio
Yellow Bed Pot Hed

Baby Boomer
Pink Bed

Baby Carnaval

Baby Katie
2 Colours 2 Bed
Cut Exh Pot

Baby Masquerade
2 Colours 1 Bed
Cut Pot

Ballerina
2 Colours 1 Bed

Baron Girod de L'Ain
Red Hed

Barry Stephens
2 Colours 1 Bed
Cut Exh

BATamy

BATmercury

Behold
Yellow Bed Cut
Exh Pot

Benardella's Pearl

BENben

BENday

BENfebu

BENfig

BENhile

BENmagic

BENmfig

BENpete

Berkshire
Red Gro Pot

Berolina

Betty's Smile
Pink Bed

Big Chief
Red Cut Exh

Birthday Girl
Other Bed Pot Hed

Black Jack
2 Colours 1 Cli
Cut Exh

Blanc Double de Coubert
White Pot Hed

Blessings
Pink Bed Cut

Blossomtime

Blossom Time
2 Colours 1 Cli

Blue Monday

Blue Moon
Other Bed Cut Exh Pot

Blush Noisette
Pink Cli

Bob Woolley
2 Colours 1 Cut Exh

Bobby Charlton
Pink Cut Exh Pot

Bonica
Pink Gro Pot Hed

Bonn
Red Hed

Bonny Prince Charlies Rose

Breath of Life
Orange Cli Cut

BRIincog

BRIman

BRIstar

Buff Beauty
Yellow Pot Hed

Burnet Rose
 

 

I.
Iceberg (Climber)
White Cli

Iceberg (Shrub)
White Bed Cut Pot Hed

Incarnata

Incognito
2 Colours 1 Cut Exh

Ingrid Bergman
Red Bed Cut Pot

Irenes Delight
Pink Bed Cut

Irish Beauty

Irish Wonder

Irresistible
White Cut Exh
 

 

P.
Paddy McGredy
Red Bed Pot Hed

Party Girl
2 Colours 2 Cut Exh

Pascali
White Bed Cut Pot

Paul Crampel
Orange Gro Pot Hed

Paul Grampel


Pauls Himalayan Musk
Other Cli

Pauls Lemon Pillar
2 Colours 1 Cli Cut

Pauls Scarlet
Red Cli Tre

Pax
White Hed

Peace
2 Colours 1 Cut Exh Hed

Pearl

Pearl Drift
White Gro Pot

Peer Gynt
2 Colours 1 Bed Cut Exh Pot Hed

Penelope
Pink Pot Hed

Peppermint Ice
White Bed Cut

Perle d'Or
2 Colours 1 Exh

Phoebe's Frilled Pink

Picasso
2 Colours 1

Pierrine
Pink Cut Exh

Pink Grootendorst
Pink Pot Hed Woo

Pink Parfait
Pink Bed Cut Pot Hed

Pink Perpetue
Pink Cli

Pirouette

Portland Trailblazer

Premiere Ballerine

Prestige
Red Exh Hed

Prima Ballerina
Pink Bed Cut

Prosperity
White Hed

Provence Rose
 

 

W.
Warm Welcome
Red Cli Pot

Wedding Day Climbing
White Cli Tre
Woo

Wendy Cussons
Red Cut Exh

Whisky Mac
Yellow Bed
Cut Pot

White Baby Rambler

White Bath
White Pot Hed

White Moss

White Rose of York

Wilhelm
Red Hed

Winchester Cathedral
White Bed Pot Hed

Woburn Abbey
2 Colours 1 Bed
Cut Pot Hed

World Rose
 

 

C.
Cabbage Rose
Pink Woo

Caledonian
2 Colours 1 Bed

Camaieux
2 Colours 1 Cut
Pot Hed

Cantabrigiensis
White Woo

Caribia

Castle of Mey
Orange Bed

Catherine Cookson
2 Colours 1 Bed
Cut Exh

Cecile Brunner White
White Bed Pot

Chanelle
White Bed Hed

Chapeau de Napoleon

Charismatic

Charlotte
Yellow Bed

Chelsea Belle
2 Colours 2 Cut Exh

Cheshire Rose

Chicago Peace
Yellow Bed Cut Hed

Childs Play
2 Colours 2 Bed
Cut Exh

Chinatown
Yellow Bed Hed

Chloe Star
Yellow

City of Leeds
Pink Bed Hed

Clifton Moss

COCbaden

Coeur d'Amour

Columbian Climber
Pink Cli Cut Pot

Compassion
2 Colours 1 Cli Cut

Complicata
Pink Cli Exh Hed

Copper Delight
2 Colours 1 Bed

Cornelia
Pink Pot Hed

Crimson Glory
Red Bed

Crimson Glory Climber
Red Cli Cut

Crimson Rambler
Red Tre

Cuisse de Nymphe
 

 

J.
Jacobite Rose

JACnor

JACorca

JACpoy

James Mason
Red Pot Hed

Jan Guest
2 Colours 2 Bed

Jean Kenneally
Other Cut Exh

Jean Mermoz
Pink Bed Gro Pot

Jemma Giblin
Yellow Pot

Jilly Jewel
Pink Bed Cut Exh Pot

Jiminy Cricket
Red Bed Pot Hed

Josephine Bruce
Red Bed Pot

Just Jenny
Other Pot

Just Joey
Orange Bed Pot
 

 

Q.
Queen Elizabeth
 

 

 

The Royal National Rose Society is "is not only the world’s oldest specialist plant society but the foremost global authority on the cultivation and care of the rose. Established in 1876, the RNRS now has a membership that spans the globe and includes many affiliated horticultural societies and research libraries, as well as thousands of rose- loving individuals.

Today, the RNRS is best known for its flagship Gardens of the Rose at Chiswell Green in Hertfordshire, on the outskirts of St Albans. Opened 50 years ago by the then Patron of the Society, the Princess Royal, The Gardens of the Rose offer five acres of stunning displays of tens of thousands of roses, both traditional and contemporary, complemented by a huge selection of companion plants.

A major objective is the administration of the RNRS International rose trials which are open to both professional and amateur rose breeders. Visit our International Rose Trials page for some background to the trialling process.

The Society is also recognised as a governing body in the administration of showing and judging roses in the UK. Visit our shows area page for details of forthcoming events."

 

X.
X Rated
2 Colours 1
Cut Exh
 

 

D.
Daily Sketch
2 Colours 1 Bed Hed

Dancing Flame
2 Colours 2 Bed
Cut Exh Pot

Danse de Feu
Red Cli

Darius

Darling Jenny
2 Colours 1 Cut Exh

Dawn Chorus
Orange Bed

Daybreak
Yellow Pot Hed

Dearest
Pink Bed Hed

Debbie Thomas
Pink Cut Exh

Deep Secret
Red Bed Cut

Deidre Hall
Other Bed Cut Exh

Dianthiflora

DICjem

DieKOR

Die Welt
2 Colours 1 Bed Cut

Doctor Dick

Dog Rose
Pink Hed Tre

Don Charlton
Pink Bed Cut Exh

Doreen
2 Colours 2 Bed

Doris Morgan
Red Bed Pot

Doris Tysterman
Orange Bed Cut Pot Hed

Dorothy Perkins
Pink Gro

Double Delight
2 Colours 2 Cut Pot

Double French Rose

Double Gold
Yellow Cut Exh Pot

Dr Dick
2 Colours 2 Bed
Cut Exh

Dr John Dickman
Other Bed Cut
Exh Pot

Dublin Bay
Red Cli Hed

Duftzauber

Dutch Gold
Yellow Bed Cut Exh
 

 

K.
Katharine Zeimet
White Gro Hed

Katherina Zeimet

Katherine Zeimet

Kathleen
Pink Exh

Kathleen Harrop
Pink Bed Cli

Kazanlik
Pink Woo

Kiftsgate
White Cli Gro Tre

Kim
2 Colours 1 Bed Pot Hed

KINfancy

Kitty Hawk
Pink Cut Exh

Konigliche Hoheit

KORbell

Korona
Red Bed Pot Hed

KORpriwa

Korresia
Yellow Bed Pot Hed

Kristin
2 Colours 1 Bed Cut Exh
 

 

 

"Find That Rose, the guide for rose lovers in the UK is now in its 31st year (2014). This website is based on the variety and Growers details, and also gives you planting and care advice.
There are roses for every situation. Breeders over the last decade or so have increased the choice with Patio/Courtyard climbers...suitable for the smaller gardens where taller and wider climbers are just too big.

The Book Find That Rose is designed to:

Help you find the rose of your choice
To help you contact specialist Rose Growers and suppliers
Discover who supplies roses mail order
Advise you which rose growers export
Help retailers and local authorities find a wholesale grower

Details of the 31st Edition of Find That Rose….. the book:

Listing approx.  3,550 varieties available in the UK Approximately 200 new varieties listed in the 31st Edition.
46 growers/suppliers featured.
New for the 31st Edition - Dates of Variety Introductions.
Help in tracing a variety with a particular Christian name, or one for a special event.
Details on where you can see roses in bloom this summer.
All this and a Rose Discount voucher towards purchases of roses from select members.
To get the full pictures… i.e. the Book Find That Rose see request a Brochure"

 

R.
Rachel Kathleen
Red Bed Hed

Rambling Rector
White Hed Tre Woo

Red Coat
Red Cli Hed Woo

Red Devil
Red Cut Exh

Red Dorothy Perkins

Red Moss

Red Rose of Lancaster

Red Splendour
Red Bed

Regensberg
2 Colours 1 Bed Pot

Remember Me
2 Colours 1 Bed

Rosa arvensis

Rosa banksiae lutea
Yellow Cli

Rosa canina Dog Rose

Rosa x cantabrigiensis

Rosa x centifolia muscosa
Pink Exh

Rosa eglanteria

Rosa foetida bicolor
Orange Bed Cli Pot

Rosa gallica officinalis
Red Cut Pot Hed

Rosa gallica versicolor
2 Colours 1 Cut Pot Hed

Rosa glauca
Pink Cut Hed Woo

Rosa hugonis
Yellow Woo

Rosa lutea punicea

Rosa mulliganii
White Cli Gro Tre

Rosa multi-bracteata Cerise Bouquet
Red Cli Exh Woo

Rosa moyesii
Red Cli Woo

Rosa Mundi

Rosa nutkana Plena
Pink Pot Woo

Rosa pimpinellifolia
White Pot Hed Woo

Rosa pomifera

Rosa pteragonis cantabrigiensis

Rosa rubrifolia

Rosa rubiginosa

Rosa rugosa
Pink Hed Woo

Rosa rugosa alba
White Hed Woo

Rosa rugosa atropurpurea
Other Hed Woo

Rosa rugosa rubra

Rosa villosa
Pink Exh

Rosa x centifolia

Rosa x centifolia 'Cristata'

Rose Baby

Rosemary Rose
Red Bed Cut Pot Hed

Rose of Provins

Roseraie de l'Hay
Other Hed Woo

Rosy Cushion
Pink Gro Pot

Royal Gold
Yellow Cli Cut

Royal Highness
Pink Bed Cut Exh

Royal Salute
Red Cut Exh

Royal William
Red Bed Cut Pot

Ruby Baby
2 Colours 2 Cut Exh

Ruby Pendant
Other Cut Exh Hed

Ruby Wedding
Red Bed Cut Pot
 

 

Y.
Yellow Banksia

Yellow Cecile Brunner

Yorkshire Lady
2 Colours 1
Cut Exh
 

 

E.
Eglantine Rose

Elizabeth of Glamis
Orange Bed Cut Hed

Emily Gray
Yellow Tre

Ena Harkness
Red Bed

Ena Harkness Climbing
Red Cli Cut

Engineers Rose

English Miss
Pink Bed Pot Hed

Escapade
Other Bed Cut
Exh Pot Hed

Etoile de Hollande Climbing
Red Cli

Evelyn Fison
Red Bed Pot Hed

Excelsa
Red Gro Tre
 

 

L.
Lady Sylvia
2 Colours 2 Bed Cut Cut Pot

Lady Sylvia Climbing
Pink Cli Hed Tre

Lady Penzance
Pink Woo

Landora

La Seduisante

Laura Ford
Yellow Cli Pot

La Virginale

L.D. Braithwaite
Red Cut Gro Pot

Leicester Abbey
Red Bed

Liberty Bell
2 Colours 1 Bed Cut Exh Pot

Lili Marlene
Red Bed

Lincolnshire Poacher
2 Colours 1 Bed

Linville
2 Colours 2 Cut Exh

Little Amy
2 Colours 2 Bed Cut Exh Pot

Little Dorrit
Pink Bed Pot

2 Colours 2 Cut Exh

Little Muff
Pink Cut Exh

Living Fire
2 Colours 1 Bed Cut Hed

Lord Penzance
2 Colours 1 Hed Woo

Luis Desamero
Yellow Cut Exh

LYOgi
 

 

S.
Sanders White

Sanders White Rambler

White Gro Tre

Sarah Van Fleet
Pink Pot Hed Woo

SAVachild

SAVadouble

SAVahold

SAVahowdy

SAVamor

SAVascent

SAVor

Scentsational
Other Cut Exh

Schneelicht
White Hed Woo

Schneewittchen

Schoolgirl
Orange Cli

Scotch Briar

Seagull
White Tre

SEAsoon

Selfridges
Yellow Cut Exh

Shailer's White Moss
White Cli

Sherired

Signature
Pink Bed Exh

Silver Anniversary
White Cut Exh

Silver Jubilee
Pink Bed Pot Hed

Silver Wedding
2 Colours 1 Bed Cut Pot

Sir Neville Marriner
Pink Bed

Sissi

Skyrocket

Someday Soon
Yellow Cut Exh

Southampton
2 Colours 2 Bed Pot Hed

Souvenir de Claudius Denoyel
Red Cli

Spanish Beauty

Sparkle Berry

Spectacular

St Cecilia
Pink Bed Cut Pot Hed

Starship
Yellow Bed Cut Exh Pot

Sunbird

Sunblest
Yellow Bed Cut Pot

Sunset Boulevard
Pink Bed

Sunsprite

Super Star
Red Bed Cut Pot Hed

Susan Ann

Sweet Briar
Pink Pot Hed Woo

Sweet Caroline
2 Colours 1 Cut Exh

Sweet Dream
Other Bed Pot Hed

Sweet Dreams
 

 

Z.
Zephirine Drouhin
Pink Cli Tre

Zigeunerknabe
 

 

F.
Fairhope
Yellow Bed Cut Exh

Fancy Pants
2 Colours 2 Bed
Cut Exh Pot

Fantin Latour
Pink Hed Woo

Fee des Neiges

Felicia
Pink Exh Pot Hed

Fifi
2 Colours 1 Bed
Cut Pot

Figurine
2 Colours 2 Bed
Cut Exh Pot

Fimbriata
White Hed Woo
Hed

FOUmich

Fragrant Cloud
Red Bed Pot

Fragrant Delight
Pink Bed Pot Hed

Francois Juranville
Pink Gro Tre

Frau Astrid Spath
Pink Bed Pot

Frau Dagmar Hartopp

Freddie Mercury
2 Colours 2 Bed

Freddy Mercury

Fred Loads
Pink Exh Hed

Freedom
Yellow Bed Pot

Fresia

Friesia

Fru Dagmar Hartopp
Pink Gro Pot Woo

Fru Dagmar Hastrup
Pink

Fruhlingsduft
2 Colours 1 Hed
Woo

Fruhlingsgold
Yellow Hed Woo

Fruhlingsmorgen
2 Colours 1 Hed
Woo

FRYhunky

FRYminicot
 

 

M.
MACros

Madamme Alfred Carriere
2 Colours 1 Cli Cut Tre

Madamme A Meilland

Madamme Caroline Testout Climbing
Pink Cli

Madamme Gregoire Staechelin
Pink Cli

Madamme Isaac Periere
Pink Cli

Mme Neumann

Maidens Blush Great
Pink Cli Cut Hed Woo

Maidens Blush Small
Pink Cut Pot Hed Woo

Maigold
Yellow Cli Tre

Mainzer Fastnacht

Maltese Rose

MANglow

Margaret Hall
Pink Bed Cut Exh

Margaret Merril
White Bed Cut Pot Hed

Margo Koster
Orange Bed Gro Pot Hed

Marguerite Hilling
Pink Cli Hed Woo

Marlena
Red Bed Gro Pot Hed Hed

Masquerade
2 Colours 1 Bed Pot Hed

Masquerade Climbing
2 Colours 1 Cli

Matangi
2 Colours 1 Bed Hed

Max Graf
Pink Gro

McGredy's Sunset
2 Colours 1 Bed

McGredys Yellow
Yellow Bed Cut

Melanie Lemaire

Merlot
2 Colours 1 Bed Cut Exh

Mermaid
Yellow Cli

MICaroline

Michel Cholet
Other Cut Exh

Michelle Chole
t

Michele Meilland
2 Colours 1 Bed Cut Pot

MICpie

Mignon

Mike Thompson
Red Cut Exh

Minnie Pearl
Pink Cut Exh Pot

Miss Flippins
2 Colours 1 Cut Exh

Moonlight
White Hed

Morning Jewel
Pink Cli

Mother's Love
Pink Cut Exh

Mrs Herbert Stevens Climbing
White Cli Cut

Mrs Sam McGredy Climbing
Red Cli Cut

Muff's Pet
Pink Cut Exh

Myra
2 Colours 1 Bed
 

 

T.
TALchelsea

TALfairhope

Tanbakede

Tequila Sunrise
2 Colours 1 Bed Pot Hed

Thats Jazz
Red Cli Pot Tre

The Apothecay's Rose

The Blue Rose

The Crested Provence Rose
Pink Woo

The Fairy
Pink Bed Gro Pot Hed

The Field Rose
White Gro Hed Woo

The Queen Elizabeth Rose
Pink Cut Pot Hed

The Sweetheart Rose

The World

Thinking of You
Red Bed

This is The Day
Red Bed Cut Exh Pot

Tickled Pink
Pink Bed Exh

Tina Turner
2 Colours 1 Bed

TINeally

TINlove

TINluis

TINresist

TINx

Tip Top
Pink Bed Pot Hed

Tom Foster
Yellow Bed

Tony Jacklin
Red Bed Cut Exh Hed

Topsi
Red Bed Pot Hed

Tour de Malakoff

Trigintipetala

Tropical Twist
2 Colours 1 Cut Exh

Tropicana

Trumpeter
Red Bed Pot Hed

TUCflame

TUCkflip

Turners Crimson

Tuscany Superb
Red Cut Pot Hed

Twice in a Blue Moon
Other Bed Cut Pot

Typhoon
2 Colours 1
 

 

 

Companion Plants for Roses:-

  • See How to use Companion Plants from David Austin Roses.
  • "Many roses are pruned in winter and aren't very attractive at this time. Underplant them with a succession of spring bulbs such as snowdrops, crocus, grape hyacinths, narcissi, early-flowering tulips and late-flowering tulips, before the roses start to bloom.
    Alliums come up year after year and their violet, globe-like flowers look great with early roses. Alliums and other members of the onion family are said to ward off aphids, prevent rose black spot and even make the scent of roses stronger.
    The perennial wallflower, Erysimum 'Bowles's Mauve', starts flowering in spring and continues through summer – a great foil for white, pink, crimson or red roses. It then continues to flower for the rest of the year, providing interest after the roses have faded. Keep deadheading it for the best results.
    Most lilies come into flower just as the first flush of roses is beginning to go over. Tall, blowsy Lilium regale bears beautiful, white, pink-flushed flowers with a delicious fragrance. It also makes a good cut flower.
    Roses look great underplanted with hardy geraniums. Purple-blue geraniums like 'Rozanne' look good with many colours of rose, while pale pink Geranium x oxonianum 'Wargrave Pink' looks especially pretty with crimson roses such as 'Darcey Bussell'.
    Salvias come in a range of colours and make great partners for roses – they're long-flowering and their spire shapes give contrasting structure and interest. They also attract a huge number of beneficial insects and it's said that they help to keep mildew and blackspot at bay.
    Verbascums begin flowering in May and are still going when roses begin to bloom. They come in a wide range of colours, including yellow, white and peachy orange (such as 'Clementine', shown here). Their tall spires contrast beautifully with roses.
    Nepetas form a carpet of blue and look especially good with pink, crimson, red and even yellow roses. Nepeta ‘Six Hills Giant’ can be quite vigorous, so if you're short on space, go for Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low'. They attract many pollinators, especially bees and hoverflies.
    Penstemons not only look great with roses – they also keep the show going once they've finished blooming, often well into autumn. In shades of purple, pink, crimson or white, they look lovely with apricot, cream and pink roses.
    English lavender, Lavandula angustifolia, especially the dark purple-blue ‘Hidcote’, looks wonderful with apricot, pink, crimson or red roses. When not in flower, it offers neat mounds of evergreen, aromatic foliage.
    Late-flowering clematis make the perfect planting partners for climbing roses, especially rambling roses, which flower only once in summer. Depending on the varieties you grow, you could have your rose and clematis flowering together or the clematis flowering after the rose has finished, extending the season of colour to your pergola or arch.
    Other plants to grow with roses
    Alchemilla mollis, Campanulas, Grasses such as Stipa tenuissima, Gaura lindheimerei and
    Asters" from Gardeners World.
  • Underplanting Roses - Companion Plants for Roses from Gardenia.
  • What should you not plant around roses?
    Avoid plant companions with extensive root systems, such as large shrubs, that will deplete the soil of the resources your roses need to stay healthy. Roses, like many plants, won't flourish if they have to compete for water and nutrients.

    "Roses thrive in almost any USDA hardiness zone, depending on the variety. They love the sun and need soil that drains well. Roses are also classified heavy feeders, needing nutritious soil lower in nitrogen. Constantly wet roots and soil will lead to a plethora of problems, especially root rot.
    With these conditions in mind, there are a few plants not suited to roses:
    Bunchberry - needs shade and lots of water to thrive.
    Toad Lilies - need well-draining soil but do best in full shade.
    Leopard Plants - have a love of shade and need slightly alkaline soil that is moist.
    Fuchsia - shade is a requirement for this plant to thrive, along with rich moist soil." from Blooming Backyard.
     

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"Pruning roses - the sissinghurst method

Pruning roses the Sissinghurst way helps create those wonderful fountains of roses you see in summer gardens - delicious-smelling, out-of-control geysers of flowers that effuse all over the garden. Pruning roses like this means you don't get those boring little twiggy bushes, all leg and no body, surrounded by bare ground.

The Sissinghurst rose pruning technique originated at Cliveden with the Astors' head gardener Jack Vass, who moved to Sissinghurst in 1939.

Vita Sackville-West loved her roses, particularly the dark, rich Gallicas such as 'Charles de Mills', 'Tuscany Superb' and 'Cardinal de Richelieu', but it was Jack Vass who started to grow them in this exceptional way, and roses have been pruned and trained like this at Sissinghurst ever since. Other National Trust properties send their gardeners here to learn this ingenious technique.

The rose pruning philosophy can be summed up as "treat them mean, keep them keen". If you put every stem of a rose plant under pressure, bending and stressing it, the rose will flower more prolifically. The plant's biochemistry tells the bush it's on the way out and so needs to make as many flowers as possible.

THE SISSINGHURST ROSE PRUNING TECHNIQUE

Climbers and ramblers

The rose pruning season at Sissinghurst starts in November with the climbers and ramblers that cover almost every one of the terracotta brick walls.

First, the gardeners cut off most of that year's growth. This keeps the framework of the rose clear and prevents the plant from becoming too woody.

Next, large woody stems are taken out - almost to the base - to encourage new shoots. These will flower the following year.

The remaining branches are re-attached to the wall, stem by stem, starting from the middle of the plant, working outwards, with the pruned tip of each branch bent down and attached to the one below.

Climbers such as 'Paul's Lemon Pillar' are a bit more reluctant than ramblers like 'Albertine' and the famous Rosa mulliganii on the frame in the centre of the White Garden, which are very bendy and easy to train.

Shrub roses

Once the wall roses are done, it's the turn of the border shrubs. They should be pruned before they come into leaf to prevent leaf buds and shoots from being damaged as their stems are manipulated. Depending on their habit, shrub roses are trained in one of three ways.

The tall, rangy bushes with stiffer branches (such as 'Charles de Mills', 'Ispahan', 'Gloire de France', 'Cardinal de Richelieu' and 'Camayeux') are twirled up a frame of four chestnut or hazel poles. Every pruned tip is bent and attached to a length below.

The big leggy shrubs, which put out great, pliable, triffid arms that are easy to tie down and train, are bent on to hazel hoops arranged around the skirts of the plant. Roses with this lax habit include 'Constance Spry', 'Fantin-Latour', 'Zéphirine Drouhin', 'Madame Isaac Pereire', 'Coupe d'Hébé', 'Henri Martin' and 'Souvenir du Dr Jamain'.

All the old and diseased wood is removed and then, stem by stem, last year's wood is bent over and tied onto the hazel hoop. You start at the outside of the plant and tie that in first and then move towards the middle, using the plant's own branches to build up the web and - in the case of 'Constance Spry' and 'Henri Martin' - create a fantastic height, one layer domed and attached to the one below. Without any sign of a flower, this looks magnificent as soon as it's complete, and in a couple of months, each stem, curved almost to ground level, will flower abundantly.

That leaves just the contained, well behaved, less prolific varieties ('Petite de Hollande', 'Madame Knorr', 'Chapeau de Napoléon', ( syn. Rosa x centifolia 'Cristata') and those that produce branches too stiff to bend ('Felicia' and the newish David Austin rose, 'William Shakespeare 2000'). These are pruned hard, then each bush is attached to a single stake, cut to about the height of the pruned bush and attached by twine. Without the stake, even these will topple under the weight of their summer growth.

For those who live in the North, where some roses are yet to leaf, you could get bending now. If your roses are already too advanced for this year, come and see how it's all done at Sissinghurst." from Sarah Raven.

"The 5 P’s For Easy Rose Growing

1. Planning

2. Preparation

3. Planting

4. Pruning

5. Preservation

Planning

Try to plan well in advance of purchasing your roses. Roses come in a multitude of sizes, habits and colours. They prefer a sunny position and a neutral or slightly acidic well drained soil. Certain roses will tolerate differing degrees of shade and some will thrive in poor soils. Do your homework.

Preparation

The area to be planted should be free of weeds and deeply dug with the addition of plenty of organic matter such as well rotted farmyard manure or garden compost plus bonemeal. Soil that has previously grown roses should be removed to a depth of 45cms and replaced with fresh soil from elsewhere. This should be completed well before planting to allow the soil to settle.

Planting

Bare root roses can be planted from November until March provided the soil is workable. Dig a hole large enough to accommodate the roots. Mix a handful of bonemeal with the excavated soil. Spread the roots out in the hole and gradually replace the soil firming well so the union (where the shoots meet the roots) is 2-3 cms. below the soil, water well. If conditions are very wet or frosty when your roses arrive they can be kept unopened in their packaging for a week or more and planted as soon as things improve.

Pruning

This is a way to maintain a healthy, productive and well balanced plant. Different types of roses require different strategies so see the group headings on the website for more detailed pruning guides. Always use sharp secateurs or loppers and try to prune just above an outward facing bud (where the leaf stalk meets the stem) with a cut sloping down away from the bud. Remove any dead, damaged or diseased wood before pruning.

Preservation

Roses can be long lived plants provided they are properly maintained. They require plenty of moisture and nutrients to stay healthy and flourish. In dry spells water well, especially in the first few years after planting. The application of a deep mulch in the spring will help to retain water. Feed twice a year on heavy soils (March and June) and more regularly on lighter soils with a good rose fertilizer or fish blood and bone. Pests and diseases are best controlled with good husbandry. There are some good organic products on the market now that can be used to help maintain your plants health. Any suckers (shoots growing from the rootstock) should be pulled off (not cut) as soon as possible." from Trevor White Old Fashioned Roses.

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