Old Fashion and Heritage Roses
PAGE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ALL Bourbon. Firstly, this Rose has nothing to do with Vince Martin! Originating from France in 1874 it grows into a tall shrub that flowers abundantly in summer. The blooms are beautifully fragrant, fully double, globular and rose pink with splashes of deep carmine. Light green, healthy foliage
Commandant Beaurepaire We will not have this plant 2025/26. 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. Hybrid Musk. This is a pretty little Rose with clusters of semi-double, warm yellow flowers that fade to creamy-white as they age. Healthy and vigorous with attractive dark green foliage, repeats well. Nice fragrant too. 1913.
Danae Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? Currently sold out. New season roses available next winter. Add to your waitlist to be advised when next in stock. 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 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. Hybrid Musk, Shrub. Medium, semi-double, apricot blooms in large clusters with an open bloom form. Mild, tea fragrance. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Bred by Rev. Joseph Hardwick Pemberton (UK, 1922). Very disease resistant. Francesca We will not have this plant 2025/26. Rugosa. A robust Rugosa with large, heavy petalled, double, purplish-red flowers with mauve highlights. Beautiful strong clove fragrance. This rose has beautiful red hips that form after the flowers have finished in late summer-autumn. Vigorous, hardy and easy to grow. From the Netherlands. 1905.
Hansa We will not have this plant 2025/26. Bourbon. The heritage of this rose is unknown but general consensus by rose lovers is that it is one of the nicest striped roses to be found. Delicate shades of lilac and purple on a large cupped blooms complemented by lush foliage. Few thorns, plenty of blooms and a delicious fragrance. Lovely. Honorine de Brabant Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? Currently sold out. New season roses available next winter. Add to your waitlist to be advised when next in stock.
Commandant Beaurepaire was a French Army officer (1740-1792). His name can be found engraved on the Arch de Triomphe in Paris.
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 1.5m x 1.5m
Honorine de Brabant Souvenir de Monsieur Brueil 
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, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 1.5m x 1.2m
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): 2m x 1.5m
Reine des Violettes 
Habit: Upright
Mature Size (HxW): 1.8m x 1.8m
Danae 
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 1.5m x 1.2m
Roseraie de l Hay 
This rose can be trained successfully as a small climber.
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 1.8m x 1.5m
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