Favourite Roses
My roses are an obsession and I love adding
three or four new ones each year, although I seem to
be running out of room

Below are some of my favourites....

Rose Collection
Some Of My Favourites

Winner of the International Cut Flower of the Year 2000. Bright red petals with deep blood red stripes...

Nahema - a climbing rose with delicate almond/pink tones..huge perfume of citrus, peach, apricot, pear & rose...

My garden arch with Nahema on the left & Papi Delbard on the right..Papi Delbard - vigorous climber with a powerful perfume of citronella, rose, grapefruit, apricot peach and lychee...

Ebb Tide in full bloom. Dusky deep purple buds open into velvet plum. Has an intense clove fragrance...

France Libre in bud..A fiery yellow-orange rose, sometimes touched with pink on the outer edge..Photo here in full bloom soon !

Karl Lagerfeld...The Lagerfeld has a very strong and sweet fragrance, and sports long, straight stems.

The Lagerfeld rose is named after the designer Karl Lagerfeld and was introduced in 1986. This grandiflora hybrid features lavender rosebuds that fade to silvery lavender when the flowers open.

Camille Pissarro..Very hardy rose with bursts of red, pink, yellow & white changing from bud to open bloom..Large repeating flowers set off with dark green foliage...No perfume.

Hommage a Barbara. Intense deep blood-red colorings with beautifully fluted, outward curved petals which age to deeper rouge, almost black.

'Lady X' - Long perfect buds of pale lilac on an almost thornless stem makes this rose very popular for floral work. An excellent cultivar with about 35-40 petals.

Heaven Scent..As the name suggests, it has a strong, classic damask Rose fragrance... Blooms average 11cm across.

Magma is a stunning bi-coloured rose with yellow & red blooms on long, single stems with very few thorns..an excellent cut flower...
