Bracteata - 1793

The Macartney Rose

Evergreen shrub climber. Large pure white blooms with gold stamens - like poached eggs. Summer flowering. Tolerant of shade. Very attractive foliage. Parent of Mermaid. 2.5m+. Out of stock for 2012.

Chinensis - very old

Peter Beales enthused about this treasure in our garden. Climber with nice dark matte foliage, blooms single pink with white eye. Healthy and very recurrent. Good to grow through trees or along fences. Tolerant of shade. 3m+.

Coryana - 1926

Large single deep pink blooms with yellow stamens produced in summer. Has slight fragrance. Forms a big shrub. Tolerant of poor soil. 1.8m.

Fortuniana - 1850

Fragrant, double creamy-white blooms, almost thornless. Dark glossy foliage. Needs a sunny sheltered position. Very beautiful. 4.5m.

Multiflora Watsonia - 1870

The Bamboo Rose. Unusual rose from Japan. Foliage is like bamboo with long narrow leaves marbled grey. Roses are tiny, in clusters and insignificant. Grow this plant for its foliage. Forms a low mound shaped bush with its trailing stems or can be trained up a fence. To 1.5m.

Paulii - 1903

Large single white blooms, prominent yellow stamens, prostrate growth. Some fragrance. Summer flowering. One of the first ground cover roses. Very prickly. Would cover 1-2 square metres.

Roxburghii Normalis - 1814

The Chestnut Rose. Flaky fuchsia-like bark, has large prickly fruits that look like chestnuts. Single blooms pale pink with deeper centres. Outstanding rose in autumn. Forms a large shrub.To 2.5m. We also have Roxburghii Plena, the double flower version.

Setigera - 1810

The Prairie Rose

A later flowering shrub-climber of great charm. Single deep pink-purple blooms. Long arching branches. tolerant of poor soil and shade. Flowers when many other roses have finished. It has taken off up a post and along a rope in our garden. To 3m.