Shrub Roses

Abraham Darby

Pink peach-apricot flowers, very double, cupped, quartered, intense fragrance; vigorous, bushy, angular growth.

Beautiful flowers with a medium pink centre, lighter at edges, 6 cm., 53 petals, cupped, borne in clusters of up to 20, no fragrance; free-flowering; bushy, low (80 cm.) growth. Awards: ADR, 1983; AARS, 1987; Rose Hall of Fame, WFRS, 2003.

Cardinal Hume

Violet-purple flowers, 31 petals, cupped, borne in clusters of 3 or more, moderate, musk fragrance; repeat bloom; medium, spreading growth

Apricot flowers tinged pink, fading to light pink, rosette, 70 petals, borne singly and in small clusters, moderate fragrance; vigorous, upright, bushy growth.

Medium yellow flowers 7 cm, very double, borne in small clusters, moderate fragrance; growth bushy, branching, medium to 1 metre. Awarded Bronze Medal, Gifu, 2006

Dortmund

Red flowers with a white eye, 11-12 cm., single, open, borne in large clusters, moderate fragrance; recurrent bloom; foliage dark, very glossy; vigorous, climbing growth; awarded ADR, 1954; Gold Medal, Portland, 1971.

Deep pink flowers, reverse lighter, small, profuse, 15 petals, cupped, borne in sprays, slight fragrance; disease-resistant; vigorous, hardy, low, spreading growth. Awards: Gold Medal, The Hague, 1990; ADR, Germany, 1990;Gold Medal, Glasgow Rose Trials, 1993.

Graham Thomas

Rich deep yellow flowers, medium, 35 petals, cupped, borne singly and in small clusters, intense fragrance; recurrent bloom; vigorous, tall, bushy growth. Inducted into Rose Hall of Fame, World Federation of Rose Societies, 2009

Hanza Park

Lavender-pink flowers, double, slight fragrance; free-flowering; vigorous growth up to 2 metres.

Jude the Obscure

Medium yellow flowers large, 55-70 petals, globular, borne singly or in small clusters, intense fragrance; bushy, medium growth.

Heritage

Light pink medium sized flowers, full, cupped, intense fragrance; recurrent bloom; upright, bushy growth.

Light pink flowers, shaded peach, darker at edges, 8 cm., semi-double, cupped, borne in airy clusters, slight fragrance; occasional repeat; wide, bushy, medium growth

Light Touch

Pink to apricot flowers, medium, semi-double to double, shallow cup to flat, borne in large clusters, slight fragrance; tall, bushy growth up to 2 metres.

Lucetta

Pale peach flowers, semi-double to double, borne in small clusters; moderate fragrance; medium, spreading growth.

Blush white flowers, reverse blush pink, aging blush to white, large, 6 cm. , 18 petals, cupped, borne in clusters , moderate, fruity fragrance; repeat bloom; spreading, medium growth. Award: Gold Medal, Geneva, 1987.

Mary Rose

Large medium pink flowers, very double, cupped; intense fragrance; recurrent bloom; borne on upright, bushy growth.

Deep yellow flowers with 110-120 petals, rosette, are borne in clusters, slight fragrance; recurrent; vigorous growth to 1 metre. Award: Gold Medal, Durbanville, 1993.

Scarlet red flowers, large, semi-double, slight fragrance; foliage large, medium green, semi-glossy; spreading .80cm growth.

Red flowers with yellow eye, reverse pink with yellow tones, semi-double, flat, borne in sprays of 5 - 25, slight, sweet fragrance; recurrent; bushy, vigorous (2 m.) growth; awarded Gold Medal, RNRS, 1988; Golden Rose, The Hague, 1993.

Sally Holmes

Very attractive, large single blooms of soft white, tinged pink, with golden stamens; free flowering in large trusses, with long straight stems; dark green, glossy foliage on a dense bush up to 2 metres tall; one of the World's favourite roses inducted into the Rose Hall of Fame 2012.

The Prince

Dark magenta flowers, 125 petals, deeply cupped, flattens, borne singly and in clusters of up to 12, intense, old rose fragrance; recurrent; short upright, bushy growth to 1 metre.

White flowers with red edges, aging to white with red splashes and pink tones, double, cupped, borne in clusters, slight fragrance; recurrent; upright, bushy growth. Awards: Silver Medal, Rome, 2002; Silver Medal, Monza, 2002; Silver Medal, Kortrijk, 2002

White Cloud

Pure white flowers, yellow stamens, large, semi-dbl. to double, cupped, borne in clusters, moderate fragrance; recurrent; bushy growth to 1 metre.

White flowers with slight pink edge, slight yellow cast at times, 8 cm wide blooms, 60 -70 petals, cupped, borne in clusters, no fragrance, recurrent, large, spreading growth 1.2 to 2.0m width to .70cm high.