We have now planted all the roses around the border to the potager. The potager lies patient in hibernation, with the brown winter hornbeams and the bare-twigged rose bushes. Most are English roses, in particular David Austen varieties (although we are definitely not going for the one stop shop look). There are a few old fashioned and some French varieties and well as many China roses.
We took much inspiration from Austen's Shropshire rose garden, Albrighton...
The roses we chose were...
Pinks
Gertrude Jekyl
Rosa Centifolia Muscosa
Chatreuse de Parma
Wife of Bath
Heritage
Zephirine Drouhin Climber
Whites
Memoire
Avalanche
Princess of Wales
Purples
Lilac Rose
Blue Sky
Dioressence
Kathryn Mansfield
Yellows
Charlotte
Jude of Obscure
Molineux
Yellow Charles Austin
Oranges
Amber Flush
Tequilla Sunrise
Wild Fire
Mari Dot
Reds
Black Beauty
Lady in Red
Dublin Bay
Loving Memory
Greens
Rosa Chinensis var Viridiflora
(technically the above is a rose, but the flowerheads are made up of multiple septals instead of petals. It works great in white and green flower arrangements).Some more Austen Roses...
