Roses at Kew Gardens – Wild Roses, Old Roses, English Roses. A Grand Start and so much more to come…

and the new 2015/16 Handbook of Roses, which I picked up at the first RHS London Rose Show today... and a duck, at Kew Gardens, to round things off!! The Rose Garden at Kew Gardens today - with a lot of roses popping but still much, much, much more to come - a fine selection…

Mottisfont Abbey Rose Gardens – that’s the way to do it!

If you want to find just the right rose for your garden, to compare one variety over another, learn about their varying forms and habits and take inspiration from planting combinations and companions, this is the place to do it. Quite staggeringly beautiful. Everything.