Princess Anne
Rosemore
Princess Anne
Golden Celebration
Cornelia
Port Sunlight
Lady of Shalott
Lady of Shalott
Penelope
Gertrude Jekyll
Cornelia
Jubilee Celebration
Jubilee Celebration
Lichfield Angel
Wild Edric
Noble Anthony
Princess Alexandra of Kent
Winchester Cathedral
Rosa x hibernica hips
Rosa x hibernica hips
Rosa x hibernica
Corvedale
Corvedale
Rosa californica
Charles Darwin
Kew Gardens
Kew Gardens
Lady Emma Hamilton
Lady Emma Hamilton
Lady Emma Hamilton
Lady Emma Hamilton
Skylark
Lady Emma Hamilton
Kew Gardens
Bonica ’82
Bonica ’82
Bonica ’82
Bonica ’82
Skylark
Bonica ’82
Skylark
Young Lycidas
Ballerina
Lichfield Angel
Lichfield Angel
Bonica ’82
Lady Salisbury
Lady Salisbury
The Lady Gardener
The Lady Gardener
The Lady Gardener
The Lady Gardener
The Lady Gardener
The Lady Gardener
Thomas a Becket
Graham Thomas
Thomas a Becket
Harlow Carr
Mortimer Sackler
Young Lycidas
Barbara Austin
Bonica ’82
Lady of Megginch
Bonica ’82
Geoff Hamilton
Geoff Hamilton
Compassion
Compassion
Sally Holmes
Sally Holmes
Sally Holmes
Sally Holmes
Sally Holmes
Lady of Shalott
Lady of Shalott
Claire Austin
Claire Austin
Schneeflocke
Stanwell Perpetual
Stanwell Perpetual
Stanwell Perpetual
The Herbalist
Mary Rose
James Galway
James Galway
The Poet’s Wife
Louise Odier
Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten
Blythe Spirit
Golden Celebration
Blythe Spirit
Blythe Spirit
Port Sunlight
Strawberry Hill
Strawberry Hill
Rose de Rescht
Bonica ’82
Bonica ’82
Lady of Shalott
Lady of Shalott
Lady of Shalott
Lady of Shalott
Princess Anne
Scarborough Fair
Tea Clipper
The Wedgwood Rose
Tea Clipper
England’s Rose
Lichfield Angel
Strawberry Hill
Maid Marion
The Lady’s Blush
Susan Williams Ellis
Susan Williams Ellis
Desdemona
Munstead Wood (at home)

Remember Remember the 5th of November, Gunpowder, treason and…. Roses? This floriferous rose garden certainly has other ideas about a quiet slide into senescence, leaf-drop and rose-hips – these are flower-packed shrubs with more to come.

Colour, fragrance aplenty and fresh, clean leaves in abundance. A remarkable display given it really is November and hardly any of the plants in this rose garden are showing signs of giving up. They are performing beautifully. The repeat-flowering David Austin varieties are here in force, modern shrubs such as Bonica ’82 are phenomenal and all backed up by the Pemberton Hybrid Musks in terms of sheer flower-power. The summer-flowering and species roses are giving us healthy foliage and green-appeal, with the start of the hip-hip-hooray season with flashes of scarlet and ruby (Rosa x hibernica in particular).

All in all a real treat and a surprise to see to many healthy flower-filled specimens this late in the year, to breathe in their appealing scent and to thank our lucky stars for rosarians like David Austin and his amazing team. Kew, I might add, have got it right with an amazing, well-tended, healthy and well-cared for display. Thank you.

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