Species. Beautifully shaped pure white flowers with pronounced golden stamens and a sweet perfume appear amongst the grey-green foliage in early summer. The simple yet exquisite flowers are followed by nice orange hips in the autumn. Tolerant and hardy. From France some time before 1817.

Hybrid Tea. The medium-sized blooms are a lovely shade of deep yellow. An excellent garden rose and great for picking.

Floribunda. This rose has gorgeous pure white blooms on a compact bushy form. The fragrance is devine! Dark green foliage enhance the icy white flowers. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Austin Rose. The double full blooms of this gorgeous rose are large and deeply cupped even when fully open. They have a strong fragrance and are coloured a deep magenta shade with a silvery hue. A lovely rose, lasts well when picked, and will provide you with plenty of blooms to enjoy.

Now this is interesting - the Poet Milton introduced the word fragrance to the English language. This very fragrant rose is named after the Milton poem called 'Lycidas' to commemorate the 400th anniversay of Milton's birth. Don't worry there won't be a test when you buy the rose!

Hybrid Tea - Yellow blooms tinged with red, appear from late spring to autumn. Mild fragrance. Upright habit. Deciduous

Climber. This popular cottage garden rose is commonly known as the Thornless Rose as, you guessed it, the stems are thorn free. Semi-double, cheerful cerise blooms that are sweetly fragrant and decorate the plant from summer on-wards with their abundant display. From France - 1868.

Floribunda. This multi-coloured stunner is simply beautiful for picking, use in floral displays and bouquets. A vibrant dusting of burgundy with gold and white stripes on petals. Robust upright, healthy growing plant. Bred by Bob Matthews.