Rose Varieties

	Sun Tan
	A striking spray rose with medium sized firm vibrant deep yellow blooms that maintains its colour on opening.

	Super Green
	A medium size rose that is bright lime green in colour, often raising the question, is this rose real? It has a large number of frilly petals giving it a most intriguing appearance as the flower slowly opens without fading. This rose of medium size in bud shows an intriguing lime green outer petal and light yellow centre, giving this vibrant rose a visual impact.

	Teasing Georgia Climbing
	A superb deep yellow cup-flowered rose, whose outer petals turn back and are a paler yellow. This is equally good as a climber or as a shrub and should grow to 8 - 10 ft. Medium to strong fragrance 8 ft - 10 ft.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles Climbing

This variety makes a superb and striking sight when grown as a climber. It bears large fragrant flowers of bright crimson coloring. They are of a nice, deeply cupped shape in the early stages; the petals turning back to give a less formal, more domed flower. They bend over with their weight, to give an elegant effect. The growth is robust and bushy with large, dark green leaves. There is a good old rose fragrance. This rose is excellent for cutting and displaying in the home. Named after the character from Thomas Hardy’s novel. 6 - 8ft.

	The Alexandra Rose
	A tall and rather spreading shrub bearing dainty, coppery-pink flowers with a yellow centre and pretty stamens. Its foliage shows signs of its Alba parent and the flowers have attractive, long conspicuous sepals on the opening bud. Hardy and disease-resistant. It has a soft Musk Rose fragrance. 5 ft. x 4 ft.

The Generous Gardener Climbing

A rose of delicate charm - its flowers being beautifully formed; their color a soft glowing pink at the center, shading to palest pink on the outer petals. When the petals open they expose numerous stamens, providing an almost water lily-like effect. It has strong, elegantly arching growth with polished dark green foliage. This rose would produce a wonderful effect towards the back of the border. It will also make an excellent climber. Like ‘Mortimer Sackler’, it is highly disease-resistant. There is a strong and delicious fragrance with aspects of Old Rose, musk and myrrh. The Generous Gardener has been named to mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the National Gardens Scheme which has, over the years, contributed so much to charity and made it possible for us to see so many beautiful gardens. 8 - 10 ft.

The Pilgrim Climbing

This is one of the most beautiful English Climbing Roses, producing nicely-shaped medium-large flowers. Each bud opens to reveal many petals, which form a shallowly-cupped rosette, eventually opening out quite flat. The colour is a very attractive, soft but pure shade of yellow, the petals paling slightly towards the edges. The flowers are produced freely, repeating well. The Pilgrim has a fine fragrance which is a perfect balance of tea and myrrh. The plentiful green foliage compliments the flowers perfectly. Up to 8 ft. The Pilgrim may be grown as an excellent shrub which will remain quite short, sending up just the occasional long shoot. These should be cut back to help retain a nicely-proportioned shrub shape.

	Tuscany Superb
	Perhaps a sport of Tuscany, to which it is very similar but less bushy and a little taller. The flowers are larger with more petals, and the stamens are less conspicuous. Deep crimson, fading to purple. 5 ft. X 3 ft.

	Violetta
	A large firm lilac bud with greenish outer petals that opens slowly into a well defined pinked lilac bloom with a noticeable spicy fragrance.

	White Lady
	The winner of the 2011 Rose Quality Competition at the Keukenhof awards in Holland in the spray rose category; ‘White Lady’ is a clear white variety with good bloom numbers on each stem in a even formation. It has smooth thornless stems and attractive dark green foliage that contrasts with its small pure white blooms.

	William Lobb
	(Old Velvet Moss). Dark crimson, quickly fading to a pleasing violet-grey. A tall robust rose; at its best at the back of the border, mingling well with other shrubs. Plenty of moss. Rich perfume. The best of the mosses. 6 ft. x 6 ft.

	Yellow Babe
	This mid yellow rose is a mutation of the very popular orange spray rose ‘Babe’ having all the same characteristics of good flower clusters and form, nice long thornless stems and clean semi glossy foliage. A welcome addition to the range.

Young Lycidas

This is a variety of classic Old Rose beauty. The flowers are quite large and deeply cupped even when fully open; the many petals arranged in a charming, rather informal way. Their colour is new to English Roses; a blend of very deep magenta, pink and red – the outer petals tending towards light purple – although this is in contrast to the outside of the petals, which are quite silvery in appearance. The flowers nod gracefully and are produced singly or in small groups on vigorous stems. Its growth will build up to form an attractive, bushy shrub of perhaps 1.2m/4ft tall by 90cm/3ft across. There is a delicious fragrance that changes markedly with the age of the flower; starting as a pure Tea scent and changing to a blend of Tea and Old Rose, with intriguing hints of cedar wood. ‘Young Lycidas’ would be an excellent choice to associate with English Roses and Old Roses in a rose border or in a mixed border with hardy plants. We were asked by The Friends of Milton's Cottage to name this rose to mark the 400th anniversary of the birth of the poet John Milton. ‘Lycidas’, one of the finest short poems in the English language. Interestingly, it was Milton who introduced the word ‘fragrance’ into the English language. 4 ft. x 3 ft. (1.2m x 0.9m)

Young Lycidas, Standard

This is a variety of classic Old Rose beauty. The flowers are quite large and deeply cupped even when fully open; the many petals arranged in a charming, rather informal way. Their colour is new to English Roses; a blend of very deep magenta, pink and red – the outer petals tending towards light purple – although this is in contrast to the outside of the petals, which are quite silvery in appearance. The flowers nod gracefully and are produced singly or in small groups on vigorous stems. Its growth will build up to form an attractive, bushy Tree Rose. There is a delicious fragrance that changes markedly with the age of the flower; starting as a pure Tea scent and changing to a blend of Tea and Old Rose, with intriguing hints of cedar wood. Named to mark the 400th anniversary of the birth of the poet John Milton. ‘Lycidas’, one of the finest short poems in the English language. Interestingly, it was Milton who introduced the word ‘fragrance’ into the English language.

	Yunita
	A medium sized vibrant hot pink spray with rounded buds.

	Zéphirine Drouhin
	(Bourbon) Although the individual flowers are not particularly fine in themselves, this is one of the best and most reliable of all climbers. Great quantities of fragrant, deep rose-pink flowers are produced with exceptional continuity. It is particularly happy on a north wall and may be grown as a shrub or for hedges. 12 ft.