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Floribunda. This rose is well named as it is in deed very 'Opulent'. Darkest red buds open to reveal large red blooms that are delightfully fluted and ruffled. A very generous rose with an abundance of blooms from spring until autumn. Soft fragrance, good strong, compact grower. PVR 1995.

I grow this rose in my garden and find it to be very reliable and a good performer. Seldom without a flower through-out the season.

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Gallica. Large fragrant flowers that are fully double appear throughout summer and are set against grey-green foliage. The blooms are a rich purple-crimson tone with fiery red centres. Strong upright habit and a good tolerance of poorer soils. Suitable for a robust hedge. From England around 1848.

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Hybrid Tea. This rose has won several international awards and is known as one of the very best fragrant red roses. Leathery dark green foliage and superb, exhibition quality, deep, rich, velvety, crimson blooms. A wonderful cut flower. Repeats well from summer to autumn. 1963.

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Climber Cluster Flowered. This rose certainly is the pride of the 'Parade' with large, fragrant and fully double blooms of rich cerise pink. The foliage is deep green and glossy. Generally healthy and easy to grow. Can be used as a pillar rose. Repeats well with a generous amount of blooms. 1953.

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Rugosa. This beautiful rose has a rich fragrance which is considered to be one of the best in the rose world. Large, double, bright red flowers which darken towards purple in the hot sun. Dark green bushy foliage and an upright habit. Originating from France in 1901.

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Rambler. Medium sized fragrant and fully double flowers that open flat. The flowers are coloured a rich salmon with coppery apricot overtones. Nice shiny foliage that also has tones of copper. Repeats on and off throughout the season especially if in a nice sunny spot. 1900.

It is a few years since I had 'Paul Transon' in my garden but it was a rose I always admired and enjoyed growing.

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aka Peace or Mme A Meilland

Hybrid Tea Std. Possibly the world's favourite, best known and best loved rose. A delicate soft yellow edged with pink. Lightly fragrant blooms on a very sturdy vigorous bush. Wonderful as a cut flower. Repeats well and shows good disease resistance. Multi award winner. 1945.

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aka AKA Eden Rose

Climbing Hybrid Tea. Large full blooms that look like little round cabbages but oh so much prettier. The flowers are creamy white with over tones of lavender pink. Nice fragrance. Strong vigorous grower with bright green generous foliage. 1987.

FYI Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1584) was a French Poet who was popular in court about the time of Mary Queen of Scots. He was also an avid gardener. The breeder, Meilland honoured him by the naming of this lovely rose. Poetic justice wouldn't you say?

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Std Weeper. A vigorous and hardy rose with arching branches smothered in neat shiny dark green foliage and masses of small deep pink double flowers in generous clusters. The flowers have a light and musky scent. Generally disease resistant. Wonderful accent rose. PVR 1983.

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Rugosa. The pretty pink blooms on this robust Rugosa rose have serrated frilly edges a bit like a Dianthus. Leathery dark green foliage and an upright habit. Free flowering from summer through to autumn. From the Netherlands - 1923. Something a bit different to ooh and aah over. Deciduous