Old Fashion and Heritage Roses
PAGE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ALL Gallica. An unusual rose that grows quite tall with strong arching branches. It bears single, deep pink simple flowers which aren't complicated at all. An attractive pale central zone highlights the prominent yellow stamens. Flowers mainly in summer. Good autumn hips and a soft fragrance
Complicata Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? New stock expected End of May, 2026. Waitlist now. Estimated price TBA. Payment on order.
Portland. A unusual rose with grey green foliage and large flowers of rich warm pink that emit a heady fragrance. The continuously produced flowers are excellent for cutting. Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Truly lovely and a reliable performer. 1863. Comte de Chambord Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? We will not have this plant 2025/26. China. This is such a pretty rose bred in France in 1902. The almost single blooms are shades of soft orange and pink highlighted with red. And oh the perfume. Flowers from summer to autumn. Lovely. Assume named after Zoe Talon AKA Comtesse du Cayla and mistress of Louis XVIII.
Comtesse du Cayla Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? We will not have this plant 2025/26. Moss. A typical moss rose with whiskered buds that open to quartered deep red to blackish purple blooms. Relatively small plant that has coarse foliage and lots of thorns but oh so beautiful in bloom. Fragrant and repeats well. Can be grown in a pot. 1873.
Deuil de Paul Fontaine Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? New stock expected End of May, 2026. Waitlist now. Estimated price TBA. Payment on order.
Damask. An enchanting old rose that became known around 1848 but is certainly older than that. The fully double purple blooms have an exquisite fragrance. The new foliage has a bronze tinge to it that contrasts nicely with the bright green, more mature leaves.
Duc de Cambridge Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? New stock expected End of May, 2026. Waitlist now. Estimated price TBA. Payment on order.
Gallica. Fully double pale pink blooms that carry a pleasant fragrance appear throughout summer. Dark grey-green foliage and an upright habit. Quite a vigorous grower that will tolerate poor soils and some shade. France 1829.
Duchesse de Montebello Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? This rose will not be available 2025. We are hoping to have it again in winter 2026, register your interest by adding to your Waitlist. Centifolia. A chance seedling classed as a Centifolia but some say it is a modern hybrid. No matter the heritage it is a truly beautiful rose with pink quartered blooms that have a strong sweet fragrance. The blooms appear in large clusters for a long period but do not repeat thereafter. C1940.
Fantin Latour Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? We will not have this plant 2025/26. Hybrid Musk. A delightful rose with glossy green foliage and clusters of beautiful rich pink, dainty, yet fully double blooms. The blooms are fragrant and appear continuously throughout the summer. Will tolerate some shade. 1928.
Felicia Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? New stock expected End of May, 2026. Waitlist now. Estimated price TBA. Payment on order.
Vigorous climber bearing clusters of small, creamy-white, fully double, cupped, rosette-shaped flowers often with a hint of pink. Well Scented. Makes an admirable climber, with dark green, glossy leaves offsetting the fowers to good effect. PVR Felicite et Perpetue Clg New stock expected Beginning of June, 2026. Waitlist now. Estimated price TBA. Payment on order.
Hybrid Perpetual. This rose would have to be one of the nicest striped varieties with semi-double blooms of pink and crimson. The blooms appear from mid-summer through to autumn and are nicely fragrant. Light green foliage, vigorous and upright. France 1921.
Ferdinand Pichard Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? We will not have this plant 2025/26. 
DOB unknown.
Habit: Arching
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 3m x 1.8m
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 0.9m x 0.6m
Jacques Cartier 
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 100cm x 100cm
Cecile Brunner Mutabilis Irene Watts 
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Brown
Mature Size (HxW): 90cm x 90cm
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 100cm x 100cm
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 1.5m x 1m
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 1.5m x 0.9m
Marie de Blois Mme Louis Leveque 
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 1.2m x 1.2m
Habit: Climbing
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): Climbing 
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 2m x 1.5m
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