Old Fashion and Heritage Roses
PAGE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ALL Moss. A typical moss rose with whiskered buds that open to quartered deep red to blackish purple blooms. Relatively small plant that has coarse foliage and lots of thorns but oh so beautiful in bloom. Fragrant and repeats well. Can be grown in a pot. 1873.
Deuil de Paul Fontaine Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? New stock expected Beginning of June, 2025. Waitlist now. Estimated price $45.99. Payment on order.
Damask. An enchanting old rose that became known around 1848 but is certainly older than that. The fully double purple blooms have an exquisite fragrance. The new foliage has a bronze tinge to it that contrasts nicely with the bright green, more mature leaves.
Duc de Cambridge Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? New stock expected Beginning of June, 2025. Waitlist now. Estimated price $45.99. Payment on order.
Gallica. Fully double pale pink blooms that carry a pleasant fragrance appear throughout summer. Dark grey-green foliage and an upright habit. Quite a vigorous grower that will tolerate poor soils and some shade. France 1829.
Duchesse de Montebello Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? This rose will not be available 2025. We are hoping to have it again in winter 2026, register your interest by adding to your Waitlist. Centifolia. A chance seedling classed as a Centifolia but some say it is a modern hybrid. No matter the heritage it is a truly beautiful rose with pink quartered blooms that have a strong sweet fragrance. The blooms appear in large clusters for a long period but do not repeat thereafter. C1940.
Fantin Latour Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? We will not have this plant 2025/26. Hybrid Musk. A delightful rose with glossy green foliage and clusters of beautiful rich pink, dainty, yet fully double blooms. The blooms are fragrant and appear continuously throughout the summer. Will tolerate some shade. 1928.
Felicia Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? New stock expected Beginning of June, 2025. Waitlist now. Estimated price $45.99. Payment on order.
Hybrid Perpetual. This rose would have to be one of the nicest striped varieties with semi-double blooms of pink and crimson. The blooms appear from mid-summer through to autumn and are nicely fragrant. Light green foliage, vigorous and upright. France 1921.
Ferdinand Pichard Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? We will not have this plant 2025/26. Hybrid Musk, Shrub. Medium, semi-double, apricot blooms in large clusters with an open bloom form. Mild, tea fragrance. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Bred by Rev. Joseph Hardwick Pemberton (UK, 1922). Very disease resistant. Francesca We will not have this plant 2025/26. Rugosa. A rose with simple exquisite beauty. Large, delicate, single, clear pink blooms with prominent stamens and a delightful fragrance. Blooms are followed by very large red hips and the autumn colour of the whole bush is splendid. Free-flowering throughout summer. Hardy and trouble free. 1914. Frau Dagmar Hastrup Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? New stock expected Beginning of June, 2025. Waitlist now. Estimated price $45.99. Payment on order.
aka Gloire Lyonnaise Hybrid Perpetual. Very large, fragrant, creamy white blooms with a lemon blush at the base. Handsome leathery foliage. This rose has a strong upright habit and with few thorns. Flowers appear from summer to autumn. France 1885. Deciduous
Gloire Lyonnaise Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? New stock expected Beginning of June, 2025. Waitlist now. Estimated price $45.99. Payment on order.
Rugosa. A robust Rugosa with large, heavy petalled, double, purplish-red flowers with mauve highlights. Beautiful strong clove fragrance. This rose has beautiful red hips that form after the flowers have finished in late summer-autumn. Vigorous, hardy and easy to grow. From the Netherlands. 1905.
Hansa We will not have this plant 2025/26. 
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Brown
Mature Size (HxW): 90cm x 90cm
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 100cm x 100cm
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 1.5m x 1m
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 1.5m x 0.9m
Marie de Blois Mme Louis Leveque 
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 1.2m x 1.2m
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 2m x 1.5m
Reine des Violettes 
Habit: Upright
Mature Size (HxW): 1.8m x 1.8m
Danae 
The large hips of Frau Dagmar Hastrup can be used for culinary purposes.
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 1m x 1m
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 1.2m x 0.6m
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 1.5m x 1.2m
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