OLD WORLD ROSES

ROSE NAME 

COLOUR 

PERFUME

HEIGHT

AUTUMNALIS

Noisette 1812

clusters of creamy-white blooms

very slight

tall

BALLERINA

Hybrid Musk

clusters of small single white flowers with pink edging

moderate

medium

BELLE ISIS

1845

light pink blooms with slightly darker centre

spring flowering

good myrrh fragrance

medium/tall

BISHOP DARLINGTON

Hybrid Musk 1926

coral pink, opening to cream / peach

moderate

tall

BLUSH NOISETTE

Noisette 1817

blush lilac to pink

moderate

tall

BOULE DE NEIGE

Bourbon 1857             

white

good

medium/tall

CANARY BIRD

Hybrid Xanthina 1907

Single bright yellow

Spring flowering only

Fern-like foliage

tall

CARDINAL DE RICHELIEU

Gallica 1840

deep violet/purple

very slight

medium

CHARLES DE MILLS

Gallica

crimson-purple

spring flowering only

moderate

tall

COMMANDANT BEAUREPAIRE

Bourbon 1874

rose pink with purple / violet & cream stripes

strong

tall

COMTE DE CHAMBORD

Damask Perpetual 1860

medium pink

strong damask

medium

CONSTANCE SPRY

Hybrid Gallica 1961

light pink

good

tall       

CORNELIA

Hybrid Musk 1925                              

apricot-copper/salmon-pink

good

tall

DAINTY BESS

Hybrid Tea 1925                     

single, soft rose pink

slight

tall       

DUCHESS DE BRABANT

Tea Rose 1857

soft pink

very slight

medium/tall

DUPONTII

Hybrid Species 1817

single, creay-white

spring flowering only

good

tall

above 2m

ELMSHORN

Hybrid Musk 1951

deep pink

slight

tall

FANTIN LATOUR

Centifolia

soft pink

spring flowering only

light

medium/tall

FELICIA

Hybrid Musk 1928                              

soft pink-cream

strong

tall

FELLENBERG

Noisette x China 1835

deep pink / crimson

slight

tall

FRAU KARL DRUSCHKI

Hybrid Perpetual 1901

white

very slight

tall       

FRITZ NOBIS

1940

soft salmon-pink

spring flowering only

light

tall

GENERAL SCHABLINKINE

Tea Rose 1878

orange – pink / copper

moderate

medium

GLOIRE DE DUCHER

Hybrid Perpetual 1865

dark red

very slight

very tall

GRUSS AN AACHEN

Floribunda 1909

light pink to soft apricot

slight    

short

GRUSS AN TEPLITZ

1897

deep pink / crimson

strong

tall

HONORINE DE BRABANT

Bourbon 1916

blush pink with mauve & cream stripes

moderate

tall

KATHLEEN HARROP

Bourbon 1919

light pink

slight

very tall

LADY EDGEWORTH DAVID

Hybrid Tea 1939

soft pink

moderate

tall

LADY HILLINGTON

Tea Rose 1910

apricot-yellow buds, opening to buff-yellow blooms

moderate

tall

LA REINE

Hybrid Perpetual 1842

rose pink

moderate

medium

LE VESUVE

China 1825

silver pink / carmine highlights

slight

medium

LOUISE ODIER

Bourbon 1851

deep pink

good

Tall

To 3m tall

MAMAN COCHET

Tea Rose 1893

light pink /darker centre, yellow base

moderate

tall

to 2m

MARIE VAN HOUTTE

Tea Rose 1871

soft yellow / cream & pink blends

moderate

tall

MME. HARDY

Damask 1832

white

spring flowering

moderate

medium

MME. LOMBARD

Tea Rose 1878

orange - pink

slight

tall

MME. PIERRE OGER

Bourbon 1878

blush cream, lilac reverse

slight

medium / tall

MONS. TILLIER

TeaRose  1891

orange-pink blend

good

medium

MUTABILIS

China , before 1894

multi-coloured blooms of buff pink to copper

very slight

tall

NARROW WATER

Noisette 1883

lavender - pink

moderate

tall

above 2m

OLD BLUSH

China, before 1793

medium pink

mild

tall

to 3m

PAUL NEYRON

Hybrid Perpetual 1869

medium pink

good

tall