March 17, 2019June 7, 2020 by susurrus

More English Roses, Anyone?

Pale pink rose with many petals — Rosa ‘The Generous Gardener’ is a fragrant climbing rose

Roses with rounded blooms packed with many petals — ‘Wollerton Old Hall’ roses tumble in a scented garden

Pink, yellow and apricot roses — Shrub and climbing roses surround ‘The Pilgrim’ on an obelisk

An orange rose with buds

Rosa ‘Summer Song’ is a bold pinky orange colour

Rich golden-apricot roses with catmint

‘Lady of Shalott’ rose with catmint

Pink roses with poppies and geraniums — ‘Harlow Carr’ roses with geraniums and poppies in mum’s garden

A folly behind a garden of roses and perennials — Roses and perennials on the lower terrace at Bodnant Garden

Pink roses — Rosa ‘Princess Alexandra of Kent’ has huge flowers on sturdy stems

Yellow roses tumble over a white picket fence

Rosa ‘Golden Celebration’ at an RHS flower show

A peachy pink rose

‘A Shropshire Lad’, another fragrant climbing rose

A creamy white rose with several buds — Rosa ‘Tranquility’, a creamy-white rose with pretty sepals

These are English roses (except in the picture from Bodnant Gardens, other shrub roses, including old roses are mixed in). Completely out of season in gardening terms, but I felt we could all do with something to lift our spirits.

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Check out my earlier posts on roses

54 Replies to “More English Roses, Anyone?”

watchingthedaisies says:

March 18, 2019 at 1:56 pm

Such a glorious display Susan. I have both The Generous Gardener and Pilgrim. They bring such joy.
1. susurrus says:
  
  March 22, 2019 at 9:55 am
  
  I’m very fond of ‘The Generous Gardener’ myself. If anyone is ever tempted to buy a rose because of the name and have room for a short climber, that’s as good as any.
carolfromthecove says:

March 18, 2019 at 2:48 pm

Lovely.
1. susurrus says:
  
  March 22, 2019 at 9:55 am
  
  Thanks, Carol.
M.B. Henry says:

March 18, 2019 at 9:41 pm

Gorgeous photos!
1. susurrus says:
  
  March 22, 2019 at 9:56 am
  
  Thank you!
Irene says:

March 20, 2019 at 9:27 pm

These are beautiful! Would love to have them all in my garden. 😊
1. susurrus says:
  
  March 22, 2019 at 9:56 am
  
  Me too! 🙂
from dust of the earth says:

March 23, 2019 at 10:15 pm

So beautiful! These roses are absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.
Pat says:

April 10, 2019 at 12:31 am

I am really needing to see beauty and people doing good things. This was a perfect post.

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