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Week 8
This week, we looked at another cluster of rose groups - Bourbons, Portlands and Chinas. We also looked at sources of plants and information on the internet.
Here is the handout on the roses:
GARDENING FOR PLEASURE
Plant of the Week: Roses
China, Portland and Bourbon Roses
1 China
This group was developed from four roses derived from R. chinensis, which were introduced into Europe from China , in the late 18th and early 19th century. They were crossed with the existing European Roses to produce the Hybrid China, Portland, Bourbon and Noisette groups.
A pink form and a red form entered commerce in the West in 1792, and breeding quickly got underway, particularly in France and, to some degree, Italy. The reasons for their quick popularity were primarily their continuous bloom and, at least initially, the then-current rage for things Oriental. Their main difficulty was their lack of cold-hardiness.
They contribute much to the parentage of today's hybrid roses, and they brought a change to the form of the flowers then cultivated in Europe. Today's high-centred exhibition rose owes its form to the China genes, and the China Roses also brought slender buds which unfurl when opening. Compared with the older rose classes known in Europe, the Chinese roses had less fragrant, smaller blooms carried over twiggier, more cold-sensitive shrubs. However they could bloom repeatedly throughout the summer and into late autumn, unlike their European counterparts. Up until their introduction, the only cultivated roses with any repeat bloom were the Autumn Damasks. The flowers of China roses were also notable for their tendency to "suntan," or darken over time — unlike other blooms which tended to fade after opening. This made them highly desirable for hybridisation purposes in the early 19th century.
Chinas typically make, bushy, twiggy plants, often quite irregular in outline, although some, given time will even climb. They range in colour from deepest red and maroon through pink to white. Some hybridized with the Teas show warm tones of yellow, saffron, salmon, and orange. A China Rose may open yellow, then blend to crimson through gradations of orange and pink. This is the case with 'Mutabilis'. The Chinas broadened the colour range to include shades of yellow and a deep crimson that were not known to European garden roses before that time.
Cultivars of Tea parentage which did not show the blossom-form expected of Teas would be offered as Chinas. Some examples are: `Cramoisi Superieur', `Parsons' Pink China', `Eugene de Beauharnais', `Archiduc Charles', `Ducher', `Nemesis', `Mme. Eugene Resal', `Arethusa', and the green rose `Viridiflora'. "
Their rather tender constitution means they are best placed in more sheltered positions. In smaller gardens they can be hard pruned to maintain a more compact plant. China roses resent being pruned, yet can be developed into a hedge with careful trimming. Prune by deadheading with an eye to the shape you want. It is better to remove entire old canes rather than removing twiggy growth, as the flowers tend to grow on such twigs. Remove all dead, diseased and damaged wood in winter.
The work of Dr. Hurst traced China roses back to four garden roses known as the Four Stud Chinas (the dates indicate what is generally accepted as an official date of introduction to Europe): 'Slater's Crimson China' (1792), 'Parson's Pink China' (1793, Identical to 'Old Blush'), 'Hume's Blush Tea-scented China' (1809), and 'Parks' Yellow Tea-scented China' (1824) There may be evidence that the China Rose was known in Italy long before the official introduction dates. In Dr Hurst's own words: "The earliest trace of the introduction of the China Rose to Europe that I have been able to find is in the National Gallery, London, where there is a painting by the Florentine artist, Angelo Bronzino, dating from about 1529, which shews Cupid with hands full of Pink China Roses in the act of throwing them over Folly, who is embracing Venus. The small rose-pink flowers with translucent petals, incurved stamens, reflexed sepals, and small ovate shining leaflet are precisely those of the Pink China, and we may conclude that this Rose was cultivated in Italy early in the sixteenth century." There was a rose that was noted by Montaigne when he visited Ferrara, Italy, in November 1580. That Rose may have been a China because he was told it bloomed year round.
Cultivars
‘Archduke Charles’ (‘Archiduc Charles’) A free flowering bushy variety with a little more than single blooms of claret pink with paler reverses to the petals. 4 x 3’ LAFFAY France c. 1825.
‘Arethusa’ Ragged petals create rather muddled flowers are soft yellow with heavy orange and pink overlay. 3 x 3’ W.PAUL UK 1903
‘Bloomfield Abundance’ Hybrid Tea-like blooms although considerably smaller and borne in clusters in profusion continuously on a vigorous plant. Unusually for a China, a good hedging plant. 6 x 4' THOMAS USA 1920
‘Cécile Brünner’ (‘Maltese Rose’). A very free flowering little rose with delicate soft shell pink small blooms of H.T. shape in clusters. Can be a little temperamental and perhaps rather scruffy in growth. An excellent choice for a button hole. Continuous flowering over a long period. 4 x 2’ PERNET-DUCHER France 1881
‘Comtesse du Cayla’ A semi-double, fragrant blooms of vivid orange-pink with occasional red highlights. Angular and a little awkward in growth but very free flowering. The Comtesse du Cayla was the Chief Mistress of Louis XVIII. 3 x 3' GUILLOT France 1902
‘Cramoisi Supérieur’ (‘Agrippina’) A tidy rose for a China. Cupped flowers in large clusters are semi-double of bright, crimson-red with occasional white flecks. Very free flowering for a long period. A good candidate for a pot. 3 x 2’ COQUEREAU France 1832
‘Duke of York’ Double blooms in a variable mix of rose pink and white Free flowering and continuous. Bushy, branching habit, foliage very healthy. 3 x 4' W.PAUL UK 1894
'Eugène de Beauharnais' Stout and upright, with thick, fairly heavily thorned canes. Some authorities now believe this to be a Bourbon Hybrid. Resistant to fungal diseases, a small plant of about two feet tall, branching often, and sending up new canes from the base on a regular basis. The blooms are variable in colour, in a mix of rich purple, crimson, and red, often showing a flash of white at the centre. Can be single flowered in very hot weather. Eugene de Beauharnais was the son of the Empress Josephine, and was Viceroy of Italy. HARDY, 1838
‘Fabvier’ Double, bright crimson with occasional white flecks Healthy and free flowering. Produces lots of flowers over a long period making it a good candidate for mass bedding. 3 x 2’ LAFFAY France 1832
‘Fellemberg’ (‘La Belle Marseillaise’) Cupped, double flowers of bright pink to crimson are borne in clusters on a vigorous plant. Has a desirable tumbling habit if given freedom. A useful pillar rose if given support. Sometimes seen listed as a Noisette. 7 x 4’ FELLEMBERG Germany 1857
‘Grüss an Teplitz’ This rose has strong China characteristics and is probably best described as a Hybrid China. Crimson flowers become deeper with age, borne in clusters. Foliage has a tendency to mildew if good husbandry is not provided. Strong scented. Continuous flowering. 6 x 4' GESCHWIND Hungary 1897
‘Hermosa’(‘Armosa’, ‘Mélanie Lemaire’, Mme Neumann’) A rose for the smaller garden, delicate pale pink cupped blooms. 3 x 2' 1840
‘Hume’s Blush’ Syn Rosa x odorata, ‘Hume’s Blush Tea-scented China’
Blush pink double flowers, repeat flowering. This is the rose which was originally named Rosa x odorata, the name for hybrids between R. gigantea and Rosa chinensis. It was introduced to England from China in 1810 and grown in the garden of Sir Abraham Hume at Wortlebury; Hume was a keen chrysanthemum grower and the rose would have come with a cargo of chrysanthemums from the Fan Tee Nursery in Canton. ‘Hume’s Blush’ was illustrated by Redouté in around 1820 but had become lost in Europe by the mid-20th century until it was rediscovered growing in Bermuda. It forms either a bush, or a cascade hanging over a wall. Repeat-flowering but probably not very hardy. ‘Hume’s Blush’ Soon became one of the chief parents, with ‘Parks’ Yellow’, of the dwarf Tea roses, an important group throughout the 19th century. 2.5 - 5 feet
‘Le Vésuve’ Shapely buds opening loose and blowsy, sometimes in a quartered style, silvery-pink with deeper shadings. Good under glass. Very free flowering over a lengthy period. 3 x 3' LAFFAY France 1825
‘L'Ouche’ Cupped and fully double blooms of flesh pink with occasional yellow overtones emerge from pointed buds, continuously throughout the summer. 4 x 3' BUATOIS France 1901
‘Louis Philippe’ Medium sized blooms are deep pink through crimson and almost purple in places, occasional white flecks especially at the petal edges. Bushy habit.
2 x 2' GUÉRIN France 1834
‘Louis XIV’ Fully double, cupped flowers of very dark red almost black, will burn and become crisp if the sun is too strong. A good fragrance. Likes to be molly coddled. Foliage a little sparse and growth is sometimes awkward and angular. Even with these little faults this rose is one of the most popular Chinas, probably because of its deep red colouring. 2 x 2' GUILLOT FILS France 1859
‘Mme. Laurette Messimy’ Many semi-double flowers are bright salmon tinged pink and suffused yellow at their base. 2 x 2' GUILLOT France 1887
Mutabilis (‘Tipo Ideale’, Rosa turkestancica). Very unusual and individual. To begin with their colouring is of a honey to apricot but they soon assume deeper orange shades and by the time they are fully mature are a deep almost bronzy red. Flowers over a long period. Can reach 6', but more likely to remain dwarf, and will grow in a tub 3 x 2' Pre 1894
‘Old Blush’ (‘Parsons Pink’, ‘Monthly Rose’). Silvery-pink flowers with a deeper flush throughout the season. Upright in growth and relatively thorn free. Tougher than most of its group, tolerant of less than adequate soils and will cope with dappled shade, can be used successfully as a climber if supported. 6 x 4, Probably cultivated in China before 10th century. Introduced to Europe about 1752
Parks Yellow synonyms: Rosa x oderata 'Ochroleuca', Rosa indica 'Ochraleuca'
Called a China, and used in China breeding, but this climber is one of the first Tea Roses. Fragrant, repeat flowering. Up to 12 ft if grown as a climber. Introduced from China by Parks, 1824
‘Perle d'Or’ Clusters of buff-yellow flowers with pink shadings are small, shapely, fully double and perfumed. Growth is vigorous and well in rich green foliage. Continuous flowering. 4 x 2' DUBREUIL France 1884
‘Queen Mab’ Blooms are an unusual shade of orange and apricot shades with pink tones, the reverse of the petals flushed with lilac. A compact plant that is free flowering and bush. Flowers continuously over a lengthy period. 2 x 2' W.PAUL UK 1896
‘Sanguinea’ (‘Miss Lowes’ Rose’) A bright red deepening with age to crimson, single flowered cultivar. Flowers repeatedly throughout the summer. A seedling of ‘Slater’s Crimson China’ and important in the ranks of the Chinas. Twiggy angular growth. Happy if grown in a pot. 3 x 3’ Probably originated in China, discovered in 1887
‘Slater’s Crimson China’ (‘Old Crimson China’ ‘Semperflorens’). Bright red to crimson semi-double flowers are occasionally streaked with white. An upright, bushy plant that will behave like a small climber if planted against a wall. Continuous flowering. 3 x 3' Found in China and introduced to the UK by SLATER 1792
‘Triomphe de Laffay’ Large, white, flushed pink flowers on a plant of stocky growth. Flowers freely and continuously. Happy if grown in a tub but best without shade. 3 x 3' LAFFAY France c.1930
‘Viridiflora’ ( ‘The Green Rose’) This rose is really a novelty or collector's cultivar. It bears bracts rather than flowers of a nondescript green that are tinted brown, more in the fashion of a scabious than a rose. Highly unusual and ideal for a florist looking for something a little different. Healthy and will cope with poor soil and shade. 3 x 3' Origin unknown but circa 1833, although there is some evidence of an earlier date.
2 Portland
In the late 18th century a rose called 'Portlandica' appeared, which was the result of a chance cross, possibly between R. gallica 'Officinalis' and the Autumn Damask. 'Portlandica', named after the Duchess of Portland a rose enthusiast, when crossed with China derivatives produced the Portland group, the first of which was 'Rose du Roi'. This is not a large group but within it are some excellent very garden worthy roses. Some of the shorter varieties repeat flower excellently and are very fragrant. They are all neat and tidy making them ideal subjects for growing in a pot, even the larger ones. Equally they work well as hedging.
Cultivars
‘Arthur de Sansal’ Short growing with fully double, rosette styled blooms of rich purple-crimson. Highly scented and repeat flowering. Handsome foliage is sadly often marred by mildew. 3 x 2' CARTIER France 1855
‘Blanc de Vibert’ Double cupped white, flowers open flat, highly scented. Does not enjoy wet weather. Repeat flowering. 3 x 3' VIBERT France 1847
‘Comte de Chambord’ An outstanding rose. Growth is vigorous and erect with large matt grey green leaves. Blooms, often large for the size of the plant are full, many petalled soft rose pink with lilac overtones. Very fragrant indeed. Also most versatile in the garden, happy in a pot or in mixed or group planting. Long flowering season. The Comte de Chambord was disputedly Henry V of France from 2 to 9 August 1830. 3 x 2' MOREAU-ROBERT France 1860
‘Duchess of Portland’ (“The Portland Rose”). Most Portlands can be traced back to this rose in one way or another. A fantastic sight when blooming en-masse. Clear cerise red, single with bold golden anthers often seen dusted in pollen. A tidy plant that benefits from dead-heading to encourage further blooms. 3 x 2' Italy 1790
‘Indigo’ Upright with large purple red, fully double, fragrant flowers throughout the summer, although the colour does differ in different soils and various sun and shade factors. Repeat flowering. 3 x 2' LAFFAY France c.1830
‘Jacques Cartiér’ Full, flat flowers of clear pink with a strong scent. The mass of petals gives the flowers an appearance of being almost frilled. An excellent old variety with tidy growth and strong dark foliage. Good in a tub. Repeat flowering and tolerant of most situations. Jacques Cartier was a Breton-born explorer who claimed Canada for France. 3' x 2' MOREAU-ROBERT France 1868
‘Marbrée’ A full, sizeable rose of clear, rose pink, marbled white. Surprisingly for a Portland, very little fragrance. Tolerant of poor soil and a useful hedging variety. Repeat flowering. 4 x 3' ROBERT AND MOREAU France 1858
‘Pergolèse’ A lesser known Portland that should be better known. Clusters of small to medium sized flowers of rich purple-crimson, sometimes paling to soft lilac-mauve. Repeat flowering. 3 x 3' MOREAU France 1860
‘Rose de Rescht’ This rose was most probably brought from France to the Iranian provincial capital of Rescht c. 1807 during the French rapprochement and is possibly the red 'Toul-les-Mois'. It was rediscovered in Rescht Nancy Lindsay, an English garden writer and plant collector, in 1945. Excellent in the autumn when other roses have passed their best. Fuschia-red with purple tints. Very double, pompon-like, almost reflexed when fully open and scented. Abundant rich green foliage. Extremely good in a tub. Possibly introduced in 1843, but lost, and rediscovered in Persia in 1945. 3 x 2'
‘Rose du Roi’ (Lee’s Crimson Perpetual’) Large, semi-double flowers of red with tinges of violet and purple, quite loosely formed and highly perfumed. Can be prone to mildew but otherwise the foliage is good. Can be a little lax in growth habit. Repeat flowering. Sometimes listed as a Hybrid Perpetual. 3 x 3' LELIEUR France 1815
‘Rose du Roi à Fleurs Pourpres’ (‘Roi des Pourpres’, ‘Mogador’) Reddish violet blooms are fully double with the petals in a swirling pattern. Highly scented. A sport from “Rose du Roi”. Very beautiful, but sometimes rather open in its growth. Continuous flowering. 3 x 3 1819
3 Bourbon
This group is descended from seedlings of a chance hybrid found on the lle de Bourbon (Reunion Island), in the southern Indian Ocean, in about 1817, from where they take their name. The parents are believed to have been the Autumn Damask, ‘Quatre Saisons’ and the 'Old Blush China ', both of which were frequently used as hedging materials on the island. Bourbons were very popular and when crossed with R. x odorata produced the pink Tea Roses. They flower repeatedly on vigorous, frequently semi-climbing shrubs with glossy foliage and purple-tinted canes. They were first Introduced in France in 1823. Examples: 'Louise Odier', 'Mme. Pierre Oger', 'Zéphirine Drouhin' (the last example is often classified under climbing roses).
It was to become known as ‘Rose Edouard’ by the time it reached the neighbouring island of Mauritius from where seeds were sent to Paris, the best seedling of the batch was named and the reign of the Bourbon Roses began in Europe.
They are compact plants which flower spring to autumn on new wood. All have double flat flowers and large green foliage. They can be trained onto pillars, espaliered or as a bush. Deadhead to encourage repeat flowering. Peg down new canes to encourage blooms along the length. In autumn, shape the bush by reducing the length of the cane by half. Remove dead, damaged and diseased wood and twiggy bits.
By and large the Bourbon’s are a reliable group of roses. In habit they are diverse, from climbers that in some cases can be relatively vigorous through larger shrubs that lend themselves to the old fashioned method of ‘pegging down’ to those with more compact style. The flowers of a varied palette, differ in form throughout the range but generally repeat flower, often freely and many are very highly perfumed. Some have a tendency to black-spot and mildew but on the whole they are relatively healthy.
Cultivars
‘Adam Messerich’ Semi-double, blowsy blooms are luminous bright pink on lengthy strong stems. Continuous flowering well into the autumn months. Makes a successful climber. 5 x 4' LAMBERT Germany 1920.
‘Boule de Neige’ (‘Snowball’) A very well known rose. A handsome shrub with full, globular flowers of pure white with a strong fragrance. Two main flushes of flower in summer and autumn with the odd bloom in between. Shade tolerant and good for a hedge. 4 x 3' . LACHARME France 1867.
‘Bourbon Queen’ (‘Queen of the Bourbons’, ‘Reine des Iles Bourbon’ ‘Souvenir de la Princesse de Lamballe’) This rose does not usually repeat, but is a spectacle when in full flower. Blooms are semi-double with a goblet like form; rose pink and scented. Its arching, graceful habit gives the option of growing it as a small climber or pegging the branches down to form a fountain like shape. Tolerant of poor soil and shade. 6 x 4' MAUGET France 1834.
‘Commandant Beaurepaire’ Flowers being streaked and marbled in shades of pink purple and white. Can be used for hedging. Repeat flowering and tolerant poor soil and shade. Commandant Beaurepaire killed himself in 1792 rather than surrender Verdun to the Prussians. 4 x 4' MOREAU-ROBERT France 1874
‘Coupe d'Hébé’ A tall, willowy shrub that can be used as a climber. Ample, globular, perfumed, soft pink blooms repeat throughout the season. Can be susceptible to mildew. 5 X 5’ LAFFAY France 1840.
‘Fulgens’ (‘Malten’). Double, slightly unkempt bright cerise flowers, flecked crimson. Can be grown as a climber. Repeat flowering. 5 x 4' GUÉRIN France 1830.
‘Gipsy Boy’ (‘Zigeunerknabe’) Another of the most famous Bourbon varieties and quite a sight in full display. Medium double flowers are deep crimson, sometimes paler with golden yellow anthers. Highly scented. Vigorous with plentiful foliage. Tolerant of shade (where the flowers will be slightly deeper) and poorer soils. 6 x 4’ LAMBERT France 1909.
‘Great Western’ Only one flush of flowers but they are large, full and quartered, a lovely shade of maroon-purple and fragrant. Growth arching, vigorous. Will endure poor soil and shaded places fairly well. 5 x 4’ LAFFAY France 1838
‘Gros Choux d'Hollande’ One of the lesser known Bourbons. Blooms soft pink and very double with a rich perfume. Will produce occasional repeat blooms in late summer/ early autumn but not in abundance. 7 x 5’ VIBERT France 1830
‘Honorine de Brabant’ One of the less vivid of the striped roses, randomly decorated with stripes and streaks of lilac and pink. Fragrant. Especially good in autumn. Can be grown as a climber with support. 6 x 5’ Unknown breeder. 1840
‘Kronprinzessin Viktoria’ A sport of ‘Souvenir de la Malmaison’ with which it shares a beautiful formation of flower, the petals infurling to form equal quarters. Creamy-white with lemon centres and very highly scented. So sadly this rose hates wet weather when the blooms become balled and encased in their outer petals. Continuous Flowering. 4 x 3' Discovered: VOLLERT, Introduced: SPÄTH Germany 1888
‘La Reine Victoria’ Tthis rose does not require molly coddling it can be quite temperamental if planted in poor soil. Rich lilac-pink, goblet-like blooms are very fragrant. Long flowering. Can be prone to black-spot. Good grown in a tub. 4 x 3’ SCHWARTZ France 1872.
‘Leweson Gower’ (‘Malmaison Rouge’) Another sport of ‘Souvenir de la Malmaison’. Deep pink with slight overtones of red. Growth is wide and arching. Continuous flowering. 4 x 3' BÉLUZE France 1864
‘Louise Odier’ Well known and very beautiful. This cultivar has very double, camellia-like flowers of bright rose pink that are well perfumed and often produced in weighty, hanging clusters. A vigorous and perpetual rose. 5 x 4’ MARGOTTIN France 1851.
‘Mme. Ernst Calvat’ A sport of ‘Mme.Isaac Pereire’. Large, and fully double in soft rose pink. Well scented. A good, reliable variety that produces flowers freely and continuously over a long period. Tolerates shade and poor soil. 5 x 4’ SCHWARTZ France 1888.
‘Mme. Isaac Pereire’ An all time favourite. Huge shaggy blooms of crimson with touches of mauve. Intense perfume. Continuous Flowering. May grow as a climber.
7 x 5’ GARÇON France 1881.
‘Mme. Pierre Oger’ Very pale silvery-pink almost translucent blooms are cupped and have the form of small water lilies. A beautiful, scented rose on a bush of medium vigour. Good if grown in a tub. Can be troubled by black spot. Continuous flowering.
4 x 4' VERDIER France 1878
‘Mrs Yamada’ A maroon coloured sport of ‘Variegata di Bologna’. Flowers fragrant, cupped and fully double on a vigorous plant. Discovered by Peter Beales at the Barakura Gardens in Japan. Tolerant of poor soil and shade. Could be grown as a small climber. Continuous flowering. 6 X 5’ Discovered:P.BEALES Japan 2002 Introduced BEALES U.K. 2005
‘Parkzierde’ Extremely free flowering early in the season. Flowers of a scarlet-crimson shade are small in comparison to many roses and are borne in clusters on long stems amid dark green foliage. Quite lax in growth, especially when in flower due to the sheer weighty volume of them. 5 x 4' P.LAMBERT Germany 1902.
‘Prince Charles’ Not much is known about the origin of this rose. Blooms are crimson with veining in maroon, large and very fragrant. The plant is of medium build. Summer flowering and tolerant of poor soils and shade. 5 x 4' HARDY 1842
‘Rivers George IV’ One of the first Bourbons introduced. Double flowers of dark red to maroon. Very much shows the influence of the China side of its parentage in its growth and foliage. Summer flowering. 4 x 4' RIVERS U.K. 1817.
‘Robusta’ Rounded buds open to fully double open and quartered flowers of red-crimson-purple. Scented. Vigorous, healthy arching growth, can be a climber. Repeat flowering. 6 x 5' SOUPERT AND NOTTING Luxembourg 1877
‘Rose Edouard’ (‘Rose Edward’) Important historically as the first Bourbon rose. Deep pink flowers, fully double. Scented. Repeat flowering and tolerant of poor soil and shade. 6 x 6' BRÉON Ile de Reunion c.1818
‘Souvenir de la Malmaison’ Considered by some the most beautiful of all the Bourbons but awful in wet weather when its delicate blooms become at the least tatty and brown, at their worst balled and rotten. When not in this state it is indeed a superb rose of lovely blush white with face powder-pink shadings. Each bloom is beautifully proportioned and opens out to a flat quartered shape. Scented. Continuous flowering. 6 x 6’ BELUZE France 1843.
‘Souvenir de Mme. Auguste Charles’ Slightly fimbriated petals and fully double, shapely flowers of soft flesh pink. Bushy growth is covered with greyish green foliage. Repeat flowering. 4 x 4’ MOREAU-ROBERT France 1866.
‘Souvenir de St. Anne's’ Extremely good in autumn. A sport of ‘Souvenir de la Malmaison’, but semi-double soft pink. Highly scented. Continuous flowering. 5 x4’ HILLING U.K. 1950.
‘Variegata di Bologna’ Very pronounced stripes of purple on a creamy-white background. Continuous flowering and tolerant of poorer soil. 5 x 4’ BONFIGLOILI Italy 1909
‘Vivid’ One of the more brightly coloured of the Bourbons. Double blooms are scented, bright magenta pink with tones of red. Upright growth would make it useful on a pillar. Very vigorous and rather prickly. Summer Flowering. 5 x 4' W.PAUL U.K 1853
Zéphirine Drouhin Can be grown as a shrub or climber, thornless, cerise-pink, semi-double. A very fragrant shrub or climber. Continuous flowering. 10 x 6 BIZOT 1868
Jo Hanslip
November 2010
Additional sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ro
http://www.historicroses.org/
And here are the images:
China, Bourbon and Portland roses
And here is a list of sites I've come across in my internet travels. See what you think of them.
Web Sites
http://davesgarden.com/
http://www.shootgardening.co.uk/
Ebay
http://www.national-dahlia-collection.c
http://www.auriculas.co.uk/
http://www.thecrocosmiagardens.net/
http://www.ukwildflowers.com
http://www.allotment.org.uk/
http://www.rhs.org.uk
http://www.st-andrews-botanic.org/
http://www.cgf.net/
http://www.pfaf.org
http://www.plantoftheweek.org/
http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.u
http://www.thegardeningwebsite.co.u
http://www.birstall.co.uk/pages/trouble
http://www.plant-world-seeds.com/
http://www.nickys-nursery.co.uk/
http://www.thomasetty.co.uk/
http://www.secretseeds.com/
https://www.jelitto.com/haupt_en.h
http://www.larchcottage.co.uk/
http://www.cornwallgardens.com/
http://shop1.actinicexpress.co.uk/s
http://www.miniaturebulbs.co.uk/
http://www.amazon.co.uk
That should take you an hour or two...
Jo