Potted roses

Bush Roses - Hybrid Teas & Floribundas

Hybrid Tea roses have been the most recognisable class of rose for over a hundred years. They bear classic full flowers either singly or several to a stem. Many have a good fragrance and are excellent for cut flowers. Height ranges from 1m to 2m but averages 1.5m tall.

Floribunda roses bear flowers in large clusters, providing massive, colourful, long-lasting garden displays. As a class, they are hardier, easier to care for than their hybrid tea counterparts. They range from low growing varieties of 50cm high, but average at 1.2m. Well suited for use en masse, in pots or to form attractive borders and low hedges. Height indicates width.

heritage roses

Heritage Roses are any variety 75 years old or older. They are often sought after for their amazing variety of growth habit, foliage and hips which are complemented by the wide diversity of blooms. The majority have exquisite fragrance. They are often vigorous and can be found in old homesteads and cemeteries thriving on decades of total neglect.

Heritage roses can be split into two groups:
1. Once-Flowering - Gallicas, Mosses, Centifolias, Damasks And Albas, and Species Roses and Their Hybrids;
2. Repeat Flowerers - Teas, Hybrid China, Portland, Bourbons, Hybrid Perpetuals, Polyanthas,

Noisettes, Rugosas, Hybrid Musk, Early HT and Floribundas.

David Austin Roses

David Austin Roses ( English roses ) posses a unique charm with their beautiful full petalled, fragrant blooms and attractive shrubby appearance. These Modern Shrubs are versatile. Excellent for mixed borders and fit into any style garden. They can be cut for vases as a tight bud to open inside releasing a wide range of fragrances. The taller varieties make excellent short climbers.

Miniature Roses

These are the smallest of the roses with flowers that are usually less than 5cm across. Generally the bushes grow to no more than 50cm in height. Ideal for borders, pots or small gardens.

climbing roses

Climbers can be used in a multitude of situations, limited only by your imagination. For best results espalier the long canes into a horizontal position to promote lateral growth. Do not prune for the first two seasons and then only to remove dead wood and unproductive growth. Climbers flower best from two year old canes.

It is important to train the long canes in a horizontal position to promote bloom production. Allow time for the plants to establish themselves - flowers generally come off two year old wood. Do not prune until the third or fourth season and try to leave the long canes.

Please note: Some climbing roses below many not be catagorised to a Rambler, Climber or Pillar type growth. These varieties are shrub roses that can be trained as climbers and will generally have the growth habit of a Pillar climber.

Plant approximately 2 to 5m apart depending on the growth habit.