Roses

Roses are frequently voted the most popular garden plant in the UK. There is a variety or type for every requirement; from patio roses for front of borders and pots to rambling roses for training into trees to native hedgerow varieties that are best for wild life.

We tend to stock up on roses throughout Autumn and Spring when the plants are dormant or in early stage of growth. These are the best time to plant your new roses so they can get established without the stress of trying to create blooms. We recommend using either well-rotted manure or rose compost to dig in deep into your border when planting roses. 

We sell roses throughout the summer but the varieties available might not be as extensive as early autumn and spring. Our roses are all UK grown.

Patio Roses

A patio rose is a miniature floribunda rose that can come in a variety of styles. Patio roses do not require too much maintenance and are smaller than the average rose. There are many varieties all with showy blooms, and many are highly scented.

Patio roses can grow between 18 and 24 inches high so the pots must cater for this and be around 36 inches deep to accommodate the root requirements.

Flower carpet

Once established, Flower Carpets can produce an astonishing display of up to 2,000 flowers from spring through to autumn. These roses are extraordinarily low maintenance and have exceptional disease resistance. When established their well-developed root system means they’re drought and low-water tolerant: surface roots take up available surface water while deeper roots access lower level water in drought conditions. Wonderfully low maintenance variety or rose, with no pruning required if your happy to let the rose grow naturally.

Hybrid Teas

Hybrid teas are an extremely popular type of rose. The name referring their creation by cross-breeding Hybrid Perpetual and Tea roses. This means they are both hardy and typically repeat flower, producing large flowers that open from long, straight stems which usually have one bloom per stem, making them great for using as cut flowers.

Floribundas

Floribundas are bushy, upright shrub roses characterised by clusters of flowers that repeat flower through summer and autumn (in contrast to hybrid teas which produce flowers singly on each stem). Each flower is smaller than hybrid teas but are produced in large clusters giving an impressive floral display.

Climbers- Patio

Patio climbing roses offer the perfect solution to a small planting area. With a height between 7ft and 8ft they perform well in small areas and can be kept in large pots or planted. These roses tend to feature similar qualities to floribundas in that they flower right through the season in a blaze of colour, but the flowers will be smaller on patio climbers.

Climbers

This is a vast family of roses of all flowering types. There is a massive selection of different heights, flower colours, sizes and types, some with fantastic scent others best for wildlife there is a rose for every fence, wall, tree, or even tumbling over a pergola or gazebo. These summer flowering beauties reward even the laziest gardeners with a multitude of flowers for very little effort, as they require minimal pruning.

Ramblers

Rambling Roses generally flower only once early in the summer. The individual blooms tend to be smaller than climbers and come in large trusses, but for sheer quantity of bloom they are unsurpassed. Although normally trained upwards to cover a large fence or wall, their lax nature also make them useful for trailing down slopes. Some of the very vigorous sorts can be trained up through trees or used to smother unsightly buildings.

Rosa canina and Rosa rugosa

Wild roses (also known as species roses) mostly have thorny stems, single, often fragrant, early summer flowers, usually in one flush, followed by fruits ('hips') if flowers are not deadheaded. They are very attractive to pollinators, especially bees.

Listed is a small selection of what we offer; Please phone 01158 714674 if the variety you require isn’t listed and for sizes and prices, a member of our plant area will be happy to help with all of your questions.