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Windflower
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We are beginning to realise how particularly beautiful a rose this is. It bears its flowers high up on wiry stems, giving it an airy profile not unlike that of herbaceous anemones (or windflowers). The blooms commence as cupped buds and open to dainty, rather informal and slightly cupped flowers of soft lilac-pink. This is very much a rose for the border and should blend well with other plants of a sympathetic nature. This is not a showy rose but a number of discerning gardeners have said that they regard it as a most beautiful English Rose. It is remarkably disease-resistant and repeat-flowers well. Related to the Alba Roses.
There is a charming Old Rose fragrance, with hints of apple and cinnamon.
4 ft x 3 ft. |
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Wisley 2008
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This is a rose of exceptional delicacy and charm, perhaps more so than any other rose we know. The flowers are shallowly cupped and about 3 inches across; the petals arranged in a most perfect rosette formation – their colour being a very pure soft pink; the outer petals paling a little towards the edge. It bears some resemblance to an old Alba Rose such as ‘Queen of Denmark’. The growth is elegantly arching, producing its flowers along the stems and building up into a fine, vigorous shrub. This can reach up to 1.5m/5ft in height, although it can also be pruned back harder, when it can easily be maintained at around 3.5 to 4ft, as required. There is a delightful, fresh, fruity fragrance with hints of raspberries and Tea. It is a good choice for both formal and informal areas of the garden and also, perhaps, for a hedge.
Named for the famous RHS Gardens at Wisley, where many English Roses are planted. This variety should not be confused with a rose named ‘Wisley’ which, although beautiful, did not live up to our standards for health.
4ft x 2.5ft. (1.25m x 0.75m) |
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