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Old Roses
This heading is used to cover a collection of climbing and shrub roses that are mostly repeat-flowering. These historic roses with their bushy growth, nostalgic charm, old flower-form, overwhelming beauty and delicious fragrance become rightly more and more popular. You will find the class of each variety in the description.
Adélaide d'Orléans
Very beautiful and elegant rambler, with medium-sized, semi-double, white flowers in small, lovely clusters. Soft fragrance. Vigorous, lax growth. Almost evergreen. Abundantly flowering in spring of summer.
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Alba Maxima
De middelgrote, gevulde bloemen zijn crème-wit en geuren sterk naar oude rozen. De groei is krachtig. Fraaie, zeer oude struikroos, geschikt voor heggen. Rijkbloeiend in het voorjaar of in de zomer.
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Albéric Barbier
Generally regarded as one of the most beautiful climbers. The well-formed lemon-yellow buds, creamy-white flowers and the evergreen foliage offer an overwhelming, decorative sight. Flowers are large, loosely double and borne in trusses. Growth is vigorous, producing long, flexible stems with little thorns and creating a sea of flowers in June, with a very good second flush. Excellent for growing against north-facing walls, for climbing into trees, pergolas etc
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Albertine
Very fragrant flowers which appear in small clusters. The shapely buds open to large, double blooms of coppery-pink to salmon-pink colouring. Hardy, very vigorous, spreading and thorny growth. Long-flowering in mid-summer. Impressing rambler, which can be grown up into trees.
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Alchymist
The flowers are large, fully double, quartered and very fragrant. Their colour is yellow, deepening to apricot and gold. Vigorous, robust and hardy climber, that flowers with the charm of "English Roses".
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American Pillar
A robust and vigorously rambler with single, medium-sized, cupped flowers, which are freely produced in huge clusters. The flowers are carmine-pink with off-white centres and yellow stamens. Red hips after flowering. Very impressive rambler!
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Apple Blossom
The small, single, soft pink flowers with yellow stamens, bloom in large clusters and spread a soft fragrance. Vigorous growth, with arching branches, hardy. Suitable for semi-shade locations. Lovely rambler, abundantly flowering in spring or summer.
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Auguste Gervais
The large, semi-double, flat, apricot-yellow to copper-coloured flowers, bloom in large clusters and spread a strong fragrance. Vigorous growth. Hardy. Lovely rambler, abundantly flowering in spring or summer.
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Baron Girod de l'Ain
Appealing and unique rose with white tips on its crimson, slightly ragged edges. Wonderful, strong fragrance. Medium-sized, double, cupped, shapely flowers in small trusses, that repeat well. A vigorous, bushy shrub.
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Blanc Double de Coubert
The large, open, semi-double, snow-white flowers with striking orange-yellow stames bloom early and almost continuously, with an overwhelming fragrance. Vigorous, spreading growth. One of the most attractive white "Old Roses". Ideal for hedging.
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Bleu Magenta
The small, double, purple-violet flowers with yellow stamens, are slightly scented and bloom in large clusters. Vigorous growth, hardy. Suitable for semi-shady conditions. Beautiful old, abundfantly flowering, purple rambler.
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Blush Noisette
Medium-sized, loosely full, perfectly shaped flowers in large clusters, with a soft herbal fragrance. The graceful flowers open pink, turning soft pink to almost white when flowering. Powerful, healthy rose with a trustworthy growth and supple overhanging branches. Uniquely beautiful, old, abundantly flowering climbing rose, flowers to late Autumn. Also suitable as shrub rose.
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Blush Rambler
The small to medium-sized, semi-double, cupped-shaped, light pink flowers age to cream-white, bloom in large clusters and spread a moderate fragrance. Vigorous and upright growth. Prolific blooming in spring or early summer. Beautiful, almost thornless rambler.
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Bobbie James
Enormously vigorous climber with large heads of small, cupped, creamy-white, yellow-centred, single flowers, which are richly fragrant. Hardy rose suitable for cold climates. Lots of hips after blooming. An ideal rose for covering large walls, open spaces, pergolas or growing into trees.
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Boule de Neige
Small groups of exquisitely formed, camellia-like, very double, medium-sized, globular flowers of the purest white. Strong and delicious fragrance. Almost continuously flowering. Vigorous shrub with upright growth. One of the best Bourbons.
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Buff Beauty
One of the best Musk's, with large trusses of sweetly scented, medium-sized, double blooms, whose colour ranges from apricot to creamy-yellow. A vigorous, healthy and spreading shrub with arching, overhanging branches and dark green foliage. Constantly flowering over a long period, into autumn.
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Cardinal de Richelieu
One of the darkest roses bred. Small groups of medium-sized, globular, velvety dark-purple to violet-red flowers with a soft sweet scent. Bushy growth almost thornless. Free-flowering, showy shrub.
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Centifolia Muscosa
The original and most beautiful 'Moss Rose'. Small groups of medium-sized, very double, often quartered, at first globular later on flat shaped, deep pink flowers with a delicious strong scent. Buds are heavily mossed. Hardy, robust, vigorous growth. Free, early and long flowering beauty.
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Chapeau de Napoléon
One of the most charming of the old roses with flowers of exquisite beauty. Very sweetly scented, medium-sized, double, deeply cupped, clear pink blooms. The moss-like wings of the calyx can easily be mistaken for a Moss Rose, and resembles the cocked hat of Napoleon. Very healthy and trouble free shrub, excellent for borders, low hedging.
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Charles de Mills
Vigorous, robust Gallica, with large, shapely, fully double almost quartered, slightly scented flowers in rich crimson tinted with purple. On of the best Gallica-Roses.
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Chevy Chase
Large clusters of small, fully double, slightly fragrant flowers in an intensive red colour. Hardy and healthy plant with a very vigorouse growth, forming long branches. Exceptional beautiful, abundantly flowering. Ideal for pergolas, fences etc.
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Climbing Crimson Glory
Very large, full, double, velvety dark red, Hybrid Tea-shaped flowers. Very strong fragrance. Upright growth. Beautiful Hybrid Tea climber, that blooms in flushes throughout the season.
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Climbing Souvenir de la Malmaison
Climbing form of the beloved Bourbon shrub named after the famous rose gardens of Empress Josephine of France in Malmaison. One of the most beautiful Bourbons. Very large, shapely and fully double flowers of soft pink to silvery pink, with a delicious, overwhelming fragrance. At first the flowers are cup-shaped, later on flat and quartered. Generously blooming and repeat flowering.
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Comte de Chambord
Surely one of the most charming and loveliest of the old roses with large, fully-double, warm pink flowers in luxuriant trusses and a delicious rich fragrance. At first flowers are cup-shaped, later on flat and quartered. Bushy, compact growth and grey-green foliage with slightly ragged edges. Its very repeat flowering and small stature make it ideal for a small garden.
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Cornelia
Sprays of small, many-petalled, rosette-shaped, sweetly fragrant, apricot-pink flowers fading by age. Very vigorous, spreading, healthy growth. Abundantly flowering from May to October. Perfect for hedging, ground cover and as a solitary shrub.
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Dainty Bess
A number of very beautiful, five-leaved flowers in a soft pink colour, with striking red brown stames and wavy petals. Vigorous, upright and healthy growth. Striking, abundantly and repeat flowering, softly scented old tea rose.
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Etoile de Hollande
One of the best of all red climbing roses. The very beautiful, loosely double, velvety dark-red flowers are abundantly borne in great continuity. Very strong and sweet fragrance. Vigorous climbing Hybrid Tea.
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Félicité et Perpétué
Large clusters of tightly filled, pumpkin-like, cream-white flowers with a light pink glow. Splendidly fragrant. Strong, healthy growth habit; winter hardy. One of the best ramblers; flowers abundantly!
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Ferdinand Pichard
Generally regarded as one of the very best striped roses, carrying dense clusters of medium-sized, loosely-double, cupped flowers striped pink, white and crimson. This vigorous shrub repeats its flowering well and the blooms are richly fragrant.
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François Juranville
The medium-sized, double, flat, quartered, coral-pink flowers, bloom in large clusters and spread a fresh, fruity fragrance. Very vigorous growth. Large rambler, abundantly flowering in spring or summer. Suitable for semi-shade locations and for pergolas, trees, etc.
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Francis E. Lester
The small, single, blush pink flowers with white centre, bloom in large clusters. Strong, clove fragrance. Tall, upright and vigorous growth. Very disease resistant and hardy. Prolific blooming in spring or early summer. Very lovely rambler that produces decorative hips in autumn.
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Gallica
Mid-sized, single, cup-shaped, dark-pink flowers with a slight scent. Bushy, compact growth, almost thornless. Brownish-red hips after blooming. Hardy shrub that requires a sunny location and doesn't grown on sandy soils.
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Gallica Complicata
The large, single, flat flowers are deep pink and spread a strong fragrance. Bushy growth, almost thornless. Hips after flowering. Lovely, old Gallica-rose, abundantly flowering in spring or summer. Suitable for semi shady locations.
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Ghislaine de Féligonde
Trusses of small, double, sweetly scented, apricot-yellow flowers fading to creamy-white. Vigorous, robust growth with arching branches. Lovely red hips in autumn. Elegant, beautiful, abundantly blooming climber or shrub that repeats flowering.
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Gloire de Dijon
Wonderful climber with large, double, cupped and quartered, brown-yellow flowers covered with pink and gold. Strong and delicious fragrance. Hardy climber with upright, vigorous growth. Repeats flowering from early spring till late autumn.
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Gruss an Aachen
Clusters of medium-sized, very double, sweetly scented flowers that open in blush-pink, with peachy-apricot highlights and later fade to pearl-white. Bushy and low growth. Almost continuously flowering classic 'Old Rose'. The famous English rose breeder David Austin classifies 'Gruss an Aachen' as an 'English Rose'.
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Ispahan
One of the best Old Roses. Very beautiful shaped, large, double flowers with a strong fragrance. Long, opulent flowering in early-summer, tolertes semi-shaded conditions.
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Jacques Cartier
Large, fully double, quartered, soft pink flowers in small clusters with a very strong and delicious fragrance. Bushy, compact growth, robust, hardy and healthy. Repeat-flowering. Exceptionally beautiful old shrub.
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Kazanlik
Loose trusses on thin stems with double, medium-sized, soft pink flowers with creamy-yellow stamens and an overwhelming strong fragrance. Upright growth. This rose is used for the production of attar of roses in Kazanlik (Bulgaria) and has 30 petals, which explains the name "Trigintipetala".
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Queen of Denmark
Shapely, medium-sized, very double, quartered, silvery pink flowers, deeper pink towards the centre, with a green eye. Very strong fragrance. Bushy, upright shrub with elegantly overhanging branches. Trouble free. Marvellous old shrub, flowering on last year's stems.
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Kew Rambler
The small to medium-sized, single, blush pink flowers with white centre, bloom in large clusters. Sweet fragrance. Tall, upright and vigorous growth. Thorny. Blooming in spring or early summer is followed by a display of orange hips in autumn. Very lovely rambler. Tolerates semi-shady conditions.
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Kiftsgate
Huge heads of sweetly scented, small, single, creamy-white, yellow centred flowers followed by lots of small, red hips in autumn. Extremely vigorous, spreading, upright growth. A fine challenge for people who like to fight with their roses. Ideal for covering unsightly objects or growing into trees.
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Léda
The medium-sized, double, flat flowers are white with red edges and a green button-eye in the centre. Strong fragrance. Compact, well-branched growth, dark-green foliage; hardy. Healthy, abundantly flowering old Damask-Shrub.
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Little White Pet
The small to medium-sized, very full, pumpkin-like, bowl-shaped flowers are white with a hint of pink and grow in large clusters. Compact growth habit; low-growing, healthy. An elegant, abundantly and perpetually flowering garden and bed rose.
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Louise Odier
One of the best and most beautiful of the Bourbons. Its medium-sized, fully double, exquisitely perfumed flowers are at first cup-shaped, later on flat, globular and quartered. The warm-pink flowers have a hint of lilac and are generously, almost continuously produced in clusters. Strong, healthy and bushy growth. Also suitable for cutting!
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Lykkefund
Enormous trusses of medium-sized, semi-double, creamy yellow to white flowers with striking orange-yellow stamens and a strong fragrance. Hardy, vigorous, healthy growth, without thorns. Very abundantly flowering. Ideal for pergolas, fences or growing into trees.
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Madame Alfred Carrière
Plentiful of large, cupped, fully double, very fragrant, milky-white blooms blushed with pink. A good "Old Rose", as vigorous as ever, that blooms freely and continually. Hardy and healthy climber.
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Madame Boll
Surely one of the most charming and loveliest of the old roses with large, fully-double, warm pink flowers in luxuriant trusses and a delicious rich fragrance. At first flowers are cup-shaped, later on flat and quartered. Bushy, compact growth and grey-green foliage with slightly ragged edges. Repeated flowering and the small stature makes it ideal for a small garden.
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Madame Grégoire Staechelin
The large, semi-double, ruffled, soft pink flowers, bloom in small clusters and spread a delicious, sweet scent. Decorative hips. Vigorous growth, healthy. Lovely, old climber. Abundantly flowering in spring or summer.
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Madame Hardy
One of the most beautiful white roses, with medium-large, full, rounded, quartered, perfectly shaped, white flowers with green points in the heart. Very strong, unique herbal fragrance with a hint of lemon. Powerful, upright growth with overhanging branches. Light green healthy foliage. Flowers very abundantly in June/July.
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Madame Isaac Pereire
Widely held to be the most fragrant of all roses with huge, cupped, fully double, quartered, deep purplish-cerise flowers, that repeat flowering well. Vigorous growth. Magnificent climber, also suitable as shrub.
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Maiden's Blush
Clusters of loosely double, rosette-shaped flowers of soft pink to creamy white, with a delicious strong scent. Showy, robust shrub with arching, overhanging branches and grey-green foliage. Abundantly flowering in June.
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Maria Lisa
Small, single, bright reddish pink flowers with a white centre, in large clusters and a soft fragrance. Vigorous, climbing growth, almost thornless; hardy. Beautiful, abundantly flowering rambler, ideal for pergolas, fences etc.
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Mrs John Laing
This rose is regarded as one of the very best Hybrid-Perpetuals. The very large, showy, double, cupped flowers of silvery pink with a hint of purple are wonderfully well scented. Vigorous, bushy, upright and healthy growth. Highly recommendable, beautiful rose that repeats its abundant flowering well.
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Officinalis
Large, semi-double, bright carmine-red flowers fading with purple shades. Remarkable yellow stamens. Small, round, red hips in autumn. Healthy, almost thornless shrub with easy branching growth. Slightly fragrant.
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Paul Noël
Strongly fragrant, medium to large, double, salmon-pink flowers in small clusters. Vigorous growth. Abundant flowering in June with weaker repeat later in the season. Suited to grow over pergolas, trees etc. A beautiful, abundant flowering climber.
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Paul's Himalayan Musk
Huge sprays of pretty, small, loosely double, rosette-shaped, lilac-pink to blush pink flowers. Sweetly scented. Very strong, thorny and creeping growth. Hips after blooming, Very abundantly flowering, ideal for growing into trees, etc.
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Penelope
Vigorously, spreading and healthy shrub that flowers continuously and very freely. It produces large trusses of numerous, medium-sized, semi-double, fragrant flowers with golden stamens which open salmon-pink with apricot shades, later on fading to soft apricot-pink. Small red hips in autumn.
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Perennial Blue
The small, semi-double flowers are lilac pink to violet, have a good scent and bloom in clusters. Vigorous growth; healthy and hardy. Repeats flowering well provided that spent flowers are pruned back. Very suitable for rose arches, pergola's etc.
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Phyllis Bide
Elegant, little rambler bearing huge clusters of small, double, yellow-centred, pink flowers held on short branches, with a pleasing fragrance. Vigorous, good branching growth with lax, flexible stems. Repeats its opulent flowering throughout summer, well in to autumn.
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Rambling Rector
Small, semi double, very fragrant, white flowers with golden stamens, in large clusters. Very vigorous, climbing growth habit, healthy. Very free-flowering. Small hips in Autumn.
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Rambling Rosie
Small, semi-double crimson-red flowers with white center in very large clusters. Tall, climbing and spreading growth habit. Small, glossy, healthy foliage. Prolific flowering in flushes throughout the season. Wonderful display of colour. Ideal for covering walls, fences, trellises, arches etc.
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Raubritter
Beautiful, small, double, globular, clear pink flowers, mostly borne in clusters. Sweetly scented. Vigorous, dense, bushy growth with long arching branches. A unique, very free-flowering climber, that also can be used as sprawling shrub or for ground cover.
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Reine Victoria
Beautiful, elegant Bourbon with generous groups of globular, cupped, medium-sized, double flowers. The richly and sweetly scented, lilac-pink blooms repeat well and are perfectly held above the foliage.
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Rose de Rescht
Dense clusters of medium-sized, rosette-shaped, fully double, purple-red flowers that are a strongly fragrant and held well above the ample foliage. A hardy shrub with healthy, upright growth that repeats blooming well.
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Roseraie de l'Hay
One of the most loved Rugosas and very rewarding, for it is in flower almost constantly. The large, semi-double blooms are strongly scented and open flat. The flowers are crimson fading to pink-mauve with age and have creamy white stamens. Vigorous, thorny shrub, with spreading, dense growth and healthy apple-green foliage. Ideal for hedging.
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Sander's White Rambler
Large clusters of small, semi-double, rosette-shaped, yellow centred white flowers with a sweet scent. Vigorous growth. Impressive and very free-flowering Rambler.
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Seagull
The small, single, open, white flowers with yellow stamens, bloom in large clusters and spread a strong fragrance. Very vigorous, climbing growth, with small hips after flowering. Hardy. Very beautiful rambler, abundantly flowering in spring or summer.
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Souvenir de la Malmaison
Beloved Bourbon shrub named after the famous rose gardens of Empress Josephine of France in Malmaison. One of the most beautiful Bourbons. Very large, shapely, fully double flowers of soft pink to silvery pink, with a delicious, overwhelming fragrance. At first the flowers are cup-shaped, later on flat and quartered. Generously blooming and repeat flowering.
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Souvenir du Docteur Jamain
Beautiful, well-formed, double, medium-sized, velvety purple-crimson flowers with an extremely rich fragrance. Prefers a shady position to protect its exceptional beautiful colour from fading. A unique climber that repeats flowering and also can be grown as a shrub.
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Stanwell Perpetual
The medium to large, fully double, quartered, flat, soft pink flowers in clusters with a wonderful scent. Dense, spreading growth with arching overhanging branches, full thorns. Abundantly, repeat flowering, romantic shrub, easy to maintain.
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Super Dorothy
Large clusters of small, fully double, softly scented, bright pink flowers. Very vigorous, hardy growth, forming long shoots. Very disease resistent. Late, very abundant first blooming and repeat-flowering untill autumn. Can also be grown as a huge ground-cover.
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Super Excelsa
Large clusters of small, fully double, softly scented, rosy-red flowers. Very vigorous, hardy growth, forming long shoots. Very disease resistent. Late, very abundant first blooming and repeat-flowering untill autumn. Can also be grown as a huge ground-cover.
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Ulrich Brunner fils
Large, densely-petalled and cupped cherry-red flowers with the delicious fragrance of apple and vanilla. Strong, upright growth with long canes. Wonderful shrub, that repeats its rich flowering well.
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Variegata di Bologna
A remarkable shrub bearing sprays of medium to large, double, globular, cupped, pure creamy-white blooms striped and splashed with purple-crimson. Sweetly fragrant. A magnificent display in summer, slightly recurrent in autumn. Strong, slender and arching, overhanging growth
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Veilchenblau
Multiflora-Rambler mauve-blue up to 450 cm b6-7 S Bunches of small, loose, semi-double, richly scented, purple-violet to violet-blue flowers with a white centre and yellow stamens. A free-flowering, vigorous and hardy rambler, almost without thorns.
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Versicolor
Remarkable, large, semi-double, deliciously scented, soft-pink flowers irregularly striped with purple and with prominent yellow stamens. Healthy, good branching growth, almost thornless. Abundantly flowering with stems bending due to the sheer mass of flowers. A very showy and attractive shrub, ideal for low hedging.
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Violette
Clusters of small, semi-double, purple-violet-blue flowers with visible yellow stamens. Lovely, mild fragrance. Vigorous growth. Wonderful Rambler, abundantly flowering in spring or summer.
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Viridiflora
An extraordinary curiosity. Trusses of medium-sized, double, green flowers that are formed of small leaves instead of petals. Spicy scented. Continuously flowering. Suitable for cutting.
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Wedding Day
Huge clusters of strongly fragrant, single, white flowers with orange-yellow stamens. Extremely vigorous and spreading growth. Can be used as rambler, tree-climber or for covering large open spaces.
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William Lobb
Sprays of heavily mossed buds opening to rich, crimson-purple, medium-sized, loosely double, sweetly scented flowers that fade to a pleasing violet-grey. Vigorous, thorny growth, forming long branches. A showy and special shrub.
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Zéphirine Drouhin
One of the best and reliable climbers. Large groups of medium-sized, loosely double, strongly fragrant, deep rose-pink flowers, which are produced abundantly generous and with exceptional continuity. Vigorous growth, thornless. It can be grown on a north wall, or as a shrub or for hedges.
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