Yellow blends with apricot

Orange-red

Light Lemon-Yellow

Red blend with yellow reverse ages to maroon

Rose-red

Orange-pink

creamy-apricot flushed with salmon pink ages to light yellow

Red

Pink blend

creamy pink

Red

Apricot

Pink fading to red and white

Orange, pink and yellow ages through pink to white

Yellow and pink ages to light pink and light yellow

white blend ages to pink with white blend

Pink

Red blend, mid green with red edges

Pink

pastel pink and cream with yellow blush in centre ages to red

White and shell pink ages to lighter pink

Deep pink to golden-yellow base, edged red ages to deep pink

Yellow blend with red edges ages to red with yellow centre

White with pink edge

pinkish-red with silver reverse

Medium yellow with lighter reverse

Yellow blends with apricot

Orange and yellow ages to pink blend with light yellow centre

Bright yellow

Bright yellow

Orange/ yellow bicolour ages to pink with yellow centre

Amber orange with golden-yellow reverse ages to pink with yellow base

Rose-pink

Cerise flushed scarlet

Red and gold reverse

Pink

Golden-Yellow

Dark red

Peach
with a lighter reverse

Red and white

primrose yellow and white with pink edges ages to red and white blend

Deep pink

creamy-buff-yellow with hint of pink ages to pinkish- white

Pink

red and white with carmine edges

White blend

Creamy-yellow with pink edges ages to white with pink edges with creamy-yellow centre

Light yellow aging to white

white blend

Purple and cream

White with cream centres and salmon edges ages to pink and white blend

White with red edge

Shell Pink. mildew

Dark red with white reverse

Light Pink

Mauve or purple blend with yellow reverse ages to pink with red patches

Russet Red ages to red on dying flower

Red blend, white centre, white reverse

Apricot centre with white petals at flower edge. Apricot ages to light yellow

Yellow ages to almost white

coral-orange with yellow-cream reverse ages to white flushed with red

Mauve or purple blend

Creamy-yellow with pink edges ages to white with pink edges with creamy-yellow centre

Light yellow ages to lightest yellow

Apricot blend

Yellow-orange blend fades to pink and white blend

Yellow blend ages through orange edges to red edges on yellow

Mauve or purple blend

Once blooming of tiny Pink flowers

Red blend

Orange-red

Linen-white with primrose yellow ages to white

Pastel pink

Rosy-scarlet, reverse lighter

Yellow brushed red at the petal edges

creamy-yellow with pink edges aging to white with thick pink margins

Dark Red

Light yellow ages to white

Geranium red

Peach pink

golden-yellow with hints of orange ages to light yellow

Orange marked with salmon pink

Mid-pink

Deep Pink

Magenta-pink and white blended

Rose-pink

Coral-red ages to geranium- red

Apricot blend with yellow reverse ages to pink and white blend

Mauve

Crimson

Light Crimson

Orange-pink

Yellow blend

Red

Light pink. juvenile reddish-purple leaves mature to dark green

Deep yellow ages to almost white

Deep yellow.

black spot

Deep pink. Rust

Pure White

Orange-pink

Salmon-pink

Pink with pale orange in centre

Red

Yellow often flushed pink

Light pink

Apricot blend

Pure White

Deep pink

Butter-yellow

Mid-yellow

Pink with salmon shadings which pale with age

Rose-pink

Cream edged red

Pink blend with yellow reverse

Buff yellow with pink at the edges ages to greter margin of pink

Cerise-pink

Lemon-yellow from open bud to death

Medium pink

Yellow blend

Medium pink

Mid-red

Candy-pink

Medium pink

Blush-white

Blush-white

Salmon-pink, yellow reverse ages through lighter pink towards white

Orange-scarlet

Coral Pink

Red with pink reverse

Butter-yellow with red edge

Apricot blend

Apricot blend

Pink with pale orange in centre

Yellow brushed red at the petal edges

Pure White

is also Rosa pimpin-ellifolia

Apricot-yellow ages to white

Orange-pink with cream reverse ages to maroon

This rose changes colour drama-tically when opening without and/or "with sunshine."

Pink

Red to scarlet

Canary-yellow

Cerise

Mauve or purple blend

Cerise-pink to mature flower, then centre petals age to white

Speci-
man

Blush-lilac-pink

Primrose-yellow ages to cream

buff-apricot to orange

Geranium-red

Deep golden-yellow ages fast to cream and pink shades

Rose-pink

magenta flushed with deep purple ages to lilac-grey

Lemon-yellow ages fast to light yellow

Clear pink

Primrose-yellow ages to cream

Purplish-pink

Yellow with 'eggy' centres ages to white at the edges

pink with paler centres and gold stamens

Garnet red

White suffused pale powder pink

Yellow fades to creamy yellow

Tiny pink flowers

with un-pleasant smell

Site design and content copyright ©October 2014. Text box data has been extended for all roses in June 2024. Chris Garnons-Williams. (Site design and content copyright ©November 2009. Page structure amended in September 2012. Mail-order Nursery links updated June 2013. RHS Bowes-Lyon Rose Garden Rose Index added on right hand side in May 2014.)

DISCLAIMER: Links to external sites are provided as a courtesy to visitors. Ivydene Horticultural Services is not responsible for the content and/or quality of external web sites linked from this site.  

CLIMBER / PILLAR

"For a formal structure, rough-sawn timber is the least expensive of the prepared materials and should likewise be ready-treated with preservative. Upright poles or posts should be a minimum thickness of 4" (10cm) and should always be sunk at least 2' (60cm) into the ground. Rails and cross-members can be thinner than this but not less than 2" (5cm). Since the principal purpose of such structures is to provide support for climbing roses which will eventually cover them almost completely, the pattern created by criss-crossing timber need not - unless so desired - be very elaborate. What is important, in order to ensure long life, is the quantity and quality of the upright poles placed in the ground. The spacing of these poles is therefore crucial. The best rustic trellis has uprights placed at about 6' (1.8m) intervals. Rustic arches should be well anchored in the soil at each corner."

Ordinary trellis should be 1" (2.5cm) x 1" (2.5cm) timber in 6" (15cm) squares to carry the weight of the roses. A more simple form of support for climbers and ramblers is post and wire. 4" x 4" Posts can be set at 6' (1.8m) apart before attaching chainlink fencing from 2' (60cm) to 5' (1.5m) in height up the 6' above ground post. All end or corner posts should have additional straining posts to enable the chainlink to be stretched tightly.

See Climber / Pillar page for 10 Good old-fashioned Rambers for Trellis and Arch.

See Climber / Pillar page for 10 Good older Climbers for Trellises and Arches.

Climbing roses, if grown on walls, will need support. Starting at 18" (45cm) above ground drill holes in the centre of the brick to take screw-eyes in their plastic plugs. Vertically every 4th brick and then horizontally every second brick will provide the neccessary support structure. The top and bottom rows with each end column of short vine-eyes should have its screw thread fully screwed into the plug to provide a secure unbending vine-eye so that the wire can be stretched tightly between each end of each row. Then, the remaining 4" long screw-eyes with their 1" length of screw thread should have their screw thread fully screwed into the plug to give a 2" gap behind the wire stretched in the vine-eyes to allow air ventilation for the roses.

See Climber / Pillar page for 10 Good older Climbers and Rambers for colder shaded North-facing Walls.

EXHIBITION / SPECIMAN

Speciman roses can be planted to create a focal point by themselves, at corners of flower beds or enmasse:-
Rosa Centifolia muscosa please follow Mildew recommendation.

Ivydene Gardens Rose Use Gallery:

Rose Use: EXHIBITION or

PILLAR or

SPECIMAN

ROSE USE GALLERY PAGES
Rose Use Site Map
of pages with content (o)
Rose Use Introduction
Remainder of Rose Use Gallery Pages in table on left.

ROSE PLANT 2 GALLERY PAGES
FOLIAGE COLOUR
(o)Green 1
(o)Green 2
(o)Green 3

MODERN SHRUB ROSE TYPE SHAPE
(o)1 Recur Large-Flo
(o)2 Recur Cluster-Flo
(o)3 Ground-Cover Recur
(o)4 Hybrid Tea
(o)5 Floribunda
6 Dwarf Cluster-Flo
(o)6a Dwarf Large-Flo
(o)7 Polyantha
(o)8 Miniature and Patio
9 Non-Recur Large-Flo
(o)10 Non-Recur Cluster-Flo
(o)11 Ground-Cover Non-Recur

MODERN CLIMBER ROSE TYPE SHAPE
(o)12 Rambler Recur
(o)13 Large-Flo Recur
(o)14 Cluster-Flo Recur
15 Miniature Recur
(o)16 Rambler Non-Recur
(o)17 Large-Flo Non-Recur
(o)18 Cluster-Flo Non-Recur
19 Miniature Non-Recur
(o)19a-d English Roses - Austin Roses
 

For further details on the cultivation of roses, consult the The Rose Society UK. The Royal National Rose Society went into administration on 15th May 2017.

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ROSE PLANT 2 GALLERY PAGES

OLD GARDEN SHRUB ROSE TYPE SHAPE
(o)20 Alba
(o)21 Bourbon
22 Boursalt
(o)23 China
(o)24 Damask
(o)25 Gallica
26 Hybrid Perpetual
(o)27 Moss
(o)28 Portland
(o)29 Provence
(o)30 Sweet Briar
(o)31 Tea

OLD GARDEN CLIMBER ROSE TYPE SHAPE
32 Rambler Ayrshire
33 Bourbon
34 Boursalt
35 Tea
(o)36 Noisette
(o)37 Sempervirens

WILD ROSE TYPE SHAPE
(o)38 Non-Climbing
(o)39 Climbing

HIP COLOUR
(o)Hip Colour

BED PICTURES
(o)Garden Pictures

Camera Photo Galleries showing all 4000 x 3000 pixels of each photo on your screen that you can then click and drag it to your desktop;
as copied from the Topic Table on the left hand side:-

RHS Garden at Wisley
Plant Supports -
When supporting plants in a bed, it is found that not only do those plants grow upwards, but also they expand their roots and footpad sideways each year. Pages
1, 2, 3, 8, 11,
12, 13,
Plants 4, 7, 10,
Bedding Plants 5,
Plant Supports for Unknown Plants 5,
Clematis Climbers 6,
the RHS does not appear to either follow it's own pruning advice or advice from The Pruning of Trees, Shrubs and Conifers by George E. Brown.
ISBN 0-571-11084-3 with the plants in Pages 1-7 of this folder. You can see from looking at both these resources as to whether the pruning carried out on the remainder of the plants in Pages 7-15 was correct.

Recommended Rose Pruning Methods 13

Nursery of
Peter Beales Roses
Display Garden
Roses Pages
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13

Nursery of
RV Roger
Roses - Pages
A1,A2,A3,A4,A5,
A6,A7,A8,A9,A10,
A11,A12,A13,A14,
B15,
B16,B17,B18,B19,
B20,
B21,B22,B23,B24,
B25,
B26,B27,B28,B29,
B30,
C31,C32,C33,C34,
C35,
C36,C37,C38,C39,
C40,
C41,CD2,D43,D44,
D45,
D46,D47,D48,D49,
E50,
E51,E52,F53,F54,
F55,
F56,F57,G58,G59,
H60,
H61,I62,K63,L64,
M65,
M66,N67,P68,P69,
P70,
R71,R72,S73,S74,
T75,
V76,Z77, 78,

Website Structure Explanation and User Guidelines

There are 3 groups of roses, whose Rose Use Flower Images are compared in Rose Use Gallery and whose Flower Colour and Rose Type Shape are compared in the Rose gallery

There are 720 roses in this website:-

• 343 roses (the index of these are in the second table on the left at the bottom with a white background in the Rose Use Comparison Pages of Rose Use Gallery) from the
  • Alphabetical List of All Roses in the Rose Gallery from the Roses (318 Rose Description Pages in that Gallery) and
  • 25 Rose Description Pages of those 343 roses in the Rose Use Gallery or
• from Table of Excellent Shrubs in Rose Gallery or
• from Table for Excellent Climbers/Ramblers in Rose Gallery or
• 131 more roses (the index of these are in the third table with a white and sand backgrounds in the Rose Use Comparison Pages of Rose Use Gallery) from the
  • RHS Wisley Gallery A-F with 82 Rose Description Pages,
  • RHS Wisley Gallery G-R with 37 Rose Description Pages and
  • RHS Wisley Gallery S-Z with 12 Rose Description Pages , whose roses are mostly in the Jubilee Rose Garden or Bowes-Lyon Rose Garden at Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in Wisley with its Index of Roses in the right hand table of those Galleries or
• 14 more roses from the
  • 1 Rose Description Page from extra roses available from RV Roger Nurseries in late 2014 with its Index of Roses in the right hand table of that Description Page of that rose in the Rose Use Gallery or
  • Other Roses A-F with 1 Rose Description Page,
  • Other Roses G-R with 0 Rose Description Pages and
  • Other Roses S-Z with 12 Rose Description Pages with its Index of Roses in the right hand table of those galleries or
• 147 Roses with (the index of these are in the fourth table with a light blue background in the Rose Use Comparison Pages of Rose Use Gallery) only bloom, photo, rose use, rose name, rose class number, height and width in the Index menu on the right in
  • Other Roses A-F,
  • Other Roses G-R and
  • Other Roses S-Z galleries or
• 85 Roses with only bloom photo, rose use, rose name, rose class number, height and width in the Index menu on the right for the remaining roses from RHS garden at Wisley during 2013 in
  • Rose Wisley A-F,
  • Rose Wisley G-R,
  • Rose Wisley S-Z,
  • Rose Use and
  • Rose Bloom and Rose Class Number Comparison galleries
• Some more details about roses:-
  • See rose cultural details in Rose Care.
  • See close-up detail of roses from my digital photos within 4000 x 3000 pixel Camera Photo Galleries Index for 182 Roses from RV Roger Nursery,
    RHS Wisley Garden and Peter Beales Rose Display Garden R 1,R 2.
  • Growing Roses in Containers.
  • WISLEY WISLEY Rose Classification System
  • Further Plant Label and Path Foundation Comments

Bloom Colour

Rose Use:-
Bedding .
Climber / Pillar .
Cut-Flower .
Exhib-ition, Speciman.
Ground-Cover .
Grow in a Container .
Hedge .
Climber in Tree .
Woodland.
Edging Borders.
Tolerant of Poor Soil.
Tolerant of Shade.

Rose Cultivar Name (Regist-ration Name and Year of its Breeding)
/ Rose Class Number - see class below in middle section
/ Bowes-Lyon Bed identity

White background indicates that its Rose Description is only in this Index with links to Mail-order suppliers in Height and Width Column - Click
'Buy From' Menu on Help-Me-Find Website

Height x Width in inches (cms) -

1 inch = 2.5 cms

12 inches = 1 foot

2 feet = 24 inches = 60 cms

3 feet = 1 yard = 90 cms

40 inches = 100 cms

Bloom Colour

Other Rose
Uses on Page:-
Use on Arch,
Use on Pergola, Trailer Rose,
Wall
Rose, Standard Rose, Weeping Standard Covering Banks, Use in Green-house Cult-ivation

Rose Name / Rose Class Number / Bowes-Lyon Bed - see map below in bottom of middle section

White background indicates that its Rose Description is only in this Index with links to Mail-order suppliers in Height and Width Column - Click
'Buy From' Menu on Help-Me-Find Website

Height x Width in inches (cms) -

1 inch = 2.5 cms

12 inches = 1 foot

2 feet = 24 inches = 60 cms

3 feet = 1 yard = 90 cms

40 inches = 100 cms

'Winchester Cathedral' is a sport of 'Mary Rose' according to their internal plant records. Spectators must therefore beware of falling masonry!!!

It looks particularly beautiful in a mixed border mingling with other plants and perennials.

Comment

"Bush roses were bred for use in formal rose beds. The large-flowered bushes are best for formal rose beds near the house, and for cutting. Cluster-flowered bushes are ideal for beds of showy colour and could also be planted in groups at the front of a shrub border, or even singly. Cluster-flowered bushes are better suited to poor conditions, especially wet areas, because their flowers withstand rain better.

Choosing bush roses is a matter of personal taste, but there are do’s and don’ts. Choose either large-flowered bushes or cluster-flowered bushes. Do not mix them – the results can be very messy. Neither should varieties of large-flowered bushes be mixed in the same bed because mixed colours take from the effect of formal elegance.

The more showy cluster-flowered bushes can be mixed, but stick to two or three varieties – avoid the ‘fruit-salad’ effect. Try to match the varieties for height – use the taller ones to the back, or the middle of a bed, mixed border or island bed – and choose complementary colours. Research the variety and try to see it growing – visit St. Anne’s Rose Garden, Clontarf, Dublin, or a rose nursery during the flowering season.

Standard roses are used in the middle, or at the back of large rose beds, to add some height. They have long been used as specimens on their own, but less so nowadays. They could also be used in groups, or singly, in a shrub border behind low, non-competitive plants to give summer colour.

Being true shrubs, the shrub roses are best placed among other flowering and non-flowering shrubs. They bring colour to a shrub border in late spring and early summer. The shrub roses can also be planted as specimens on their own and some of them make good informal, secure hedges

The climbing habit of growth of climbing and rambling roses makes them ideal for covering walls and unsightly large objects. They can also be grown on flowering garden trees to give more interest, or on an old tree stump, pillar or pergola.

Miniature roses have become very popular for patio and container growing. They can also be used on rockeries, and as house plants." from Using Roses in the Garden by Ireland's Gardening Community.

An ADR rose is a winner in the German ADR rose trial (Allgemeine Deutsche Rosenneuheitenprüfung). No chemical pesticides have been allowed since 1997 and breeders often describe the trial as among the most challenging in the world.The trial is set up by a working group that includes the Bund deutscher Baumschulen (German nurseries association), rose breeders, and 11 independent trial stations in Germany. The trial results are analyzed by the Bundessortenamt (Federal Office of Plant Varieties).

Roses are tested over 3 years and criteria analyzed include disease resistance, hardiness, attractiveness, and habit. About 50 cultivars are judged annually and more than 2000 cultivars have been tested since the award's creation in the 1950s. Roses that no longer fulfill quality standards have their certificate removed. As of November 2013, 161 cultivars are recognized.

The Halycon Days Rose is an ADR rose.

See Rose Index for further details of the 720 roses