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Situation and preparation of ground

Roses do best when given a bed to themselves in an open part of the garden. The soil should be well broken up and plenty of cattle manure, compost or sphagnum peat worked into top 45cm (18in).

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Roses - Alba Roses

The 'White Rose of York'.  An ancient European, probably a hybrid between Rosa Damascena and a form of Rosa Canina.  Available in the following very fragrant varieties, which are mostly stalwart erect shrubs of great garden value with elegant foliage of a notable greyish hue, particularly in the variety Celestial.  Pruning is as for Gallica Roses.

150-180cm (5-6 ft)
Fragrant
Overall:






£8.90
Celestial
SOLD OUT

We suggest GREAT MAIDEN'S BLUSH or KONIGIN VON DANEMARK as suitable alternatives.

This fine bushy plant has the most shapely buds of all; rich, warm pink in the folds,...

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180-240cm (6-8 ft)
Very fragrant
Overall:






£8.90
Great Maiden's Blush
A strong grower with greyish foliage. Flowers very full petalled, flat of a warm blush pink, fading at the edges to a cream pink. For pure rose sweetness in fragrance this is hard to beat

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150-180cm (5-6 ft)
Very fragrant
Overall:






£8.90
Konigin Von Danemark
Possibly a Damask rose, but in any case, one of the most lovely. The vivid scarlet pink shown in the unfolding buds remain in the centre of the open flowers after they have faded to their pale pink of unusual clarity.

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180-210cm (6-7 ft)
Very fragrant
Overall:






£8.90
Maxima
SOLD OUT

We suggest ALBA SEMI PLENA or GREAT MAIDENS BLUSH as suitable alternatives.

Also known as Great Double White, Mme Legras, Cheshire Rose, Jacobite Rose. Very similar t...

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