Summer flowering Old Roses are historic beauties, full of intensely fragrant blooms, that will flower around mid summer, generally during June/July in the UK. The sheer mass of bloom is often unsurpassed by repeat flowering varieties. Many have been with us from ancient times but they reached their peak around 1840. The colour palette ranges from white through shades of pink to lilac, purple and maroon. With their subtle hues and matt foliage the overall effect is one of calm and beauty. Their petals are ideal for making rose water or pot-pourri.
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a.k.a 'Apothecary Rose' or 'Red rose of Lancaster'. Smothered semi double light crimson blooms. Very fragrant, good in pot-pourri. Summer flowering. Historically celebrated for its medicinal and culinary qualities. Size: 1.2m x 1.2m. -
Bears a large quantity of small clear pink globular flowers. A procumbent variety. Requires good husbandry. Light fragrance. Summer flowering.Perfect for pollinators. Size 0.6m x 1.5m. -
A.k.a. Rosa gallica 'Versicolor'. A classic old rose. Light crimson semi-double blooms, striped white. Summer flowering. Forms a bushy shrub. Rich fragrance. Size: 1.2m x 1.2m. -
A superb old rose. Very large striking quartered blooms of maroon and purple. Sweetly fragrant. Good dark foliage. Its vigour makes it one of the easiest Gallicas to grow. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x 1.2m. -
a.k.a Rosa glauca. Unusual shrub with purple red stems and leaves. Small single pink flowers. Copious display of red hips in autumn. Summer flowering. Size:2.1m x 1.5m. -
Large globular full blooms of clear pink with a heavy fragrance. Dark green foliage. Summer flowering. Requires support. Superb as a pillar or climbing rose. Size 3m x 1.8m. -
Madame Hardy is a pure white Damask rose with cupped blooms crammed full of petals. It has a distinctive green button eye. Lovely scent. Summer flowering. An upright shrub growing to around 1.8m x 1.5m. -
Gorgeous rich velvety maroon blooms showing golden anthers. Rich scent. Good foliage. Summer flowering. A well shaped bush. Size: 1.2m x 90cm. -
A.k.a 'The Jacobite Rose' and 'Great Double White'. Probably a sport of Alba Semi-Plena. A mass of fully double fragrant flowers. Wonderful lead-grey foliage and pale green stems with large prickles. Strong in growth. Summer flowering. 1.8m x 1.5m. -
A vigorous shrub bearing a multitude of large single pink blooms with a white center and golden stamens. Seems to thrive in some very poor conditions. Very healthy. Good scent. Great for pollinating insects. Summer flowering. Size: 2.4m x 2m. -
Leda, a.k.a. The Painted Damask, has pretty fully double blush white blooms with crimson tinged edges. Lovely greyish foliage. Summer flowering. Size: 90cm x 90cm. -
A superbly scented rose, Kazanlik is grown commercially in Bulgaria for rose oil. Loose double pale pink blooms in clusters. Light green foliage. Summer flowering. Size:1.8m x 1.5m. -
Single geranium red blooms with creamy stamens. Flagon-shaped hips. Vigorous growth. Healthy and hardy. Summer flowering. Size:2.4m 1.5m. -
A.k.a Rosa x alba 'Alba Semi-Plena'. The White Rose of York. Semi-double, fragrant pure white blooms. Strong growth with grey-green foliage. Polished red hips in the autumn. Grown for Attar in Bulgaria. Summer flowering. Size: 2m x 1.5m. -
a.k.a Old Velvet Moss. Clusters of double purple-crimson scented blooms which fade to lavender-grey. A vigorous grower. Suitable for the back of a border. Summer flowering. Size:2.1m x 1.6m. -
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Grouse is a densely growing very vigorous ground cover rose. Single pink to white blooms. Strongly scented. Excellent glossy healthy foliage. Summer flowering. Short unless given support. Size: 60cm x 3m. -
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Fully double blooms in clusters of palest pink fading to white. Flowers form balls as the outer petals reflex. Grey-green foliage. Flowering at midsummer. Size:1.2m x 1.2m. -
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The full blooms vary from dark crimson to purple with a button eye. Good scent. Sticky reddish moss has a pine fragrance.. Dark foliage. Repeat flowering. Size:1.5m x 1.2m. -
Double quartered blooms of blush pink. A graceful shrub with grey-green foliage. Perpetual flowering. Strongly scented. Good in most situations. Size:1.5 x 1.5m. -
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Agnes is a beautiful butter yellow Rugosa rose with large fully double blooms. Leathery foliage. Distinct lemon fragrance. Hardy and will perform well in coastal regions. Summer flowering. Forms a shrub 1.5m x 1.2m. -
Celestial originated in Holland. Soft pink double blooms. Grey green foliage. Very strong fragrance. Extremely healthy. Summer flowering. Size: 2m x 1.2m. -
Maiden's Blush, a.k.a. Cuisse de Nymphe, has blush pink blooms with muddled petals and lead-grey foliage. Sweetly scented. Good specimen plant, also makes a good hedge. Summer flowering. Size:1.5m x 1.2m. -
a.k.a Konigin von Danemark. Fully double quartered blooms of soft pink with a button eye emerging from bright pink buds. Grey green foliage. Very fragrant. Summer flowering. Size: 1.5m x 1.2m. -
Empress Josephine has rich pink double blooms veined with deeper shades. Petals are wavy and loosely arranged. Strongly scented. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x 1m. -
Nozomi displays dainty sprays of single pearl pink blooms en masse at midsummer. Dark green glossy pointed foliage. Scented. Garden worthy. Size: 30cm x 1.2m. -
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An excellent reliable Gallica of rosette formation. Rich pink fading to pale violet. Coarse green foliage overlaid with a bluish tinge. Highly scented. Summer flowering. Size:1.2m x 90cm. -
Fantin Latour has fully double flat flowers of blush pink produced in profusion. Summer flowering with a wonderful perfume, it has strong bushy growth with good foliage. Size: 1.5m x 1.2m. -
One of the most purple roses. Rich purple flowers with paler centers and pretty green button eyes. Very floriferous. Good scent. Lush dark green leaves. Summer flowering. Size: 1.5m x 1.2m. -
a.k.a Violacea. A tall upright bush bearing medium sized almost single blooms of purplish crimson with very pronounced golden stamens. Dazzling white streaks occasionally come from center of the petals. Good scent. Summer flowering. Size: 1.5m x 1.2m. -
Hebe's Lip, a.k.a. Rubrotincta Margined Hip, has scented semi-double white blooms with pink tinged edges in clusters. A tidy compact shrub with serrated mid green foliage. Summer flowering. Size 1.2m x 1.2m. -
Lovely full quartered cupped blooms of blush pink carried on a lax bush. Dark green foliage. Wonderful perfume. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x 90cm. -
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Small full blooms of rich dark purple-claret borne on slender branches. Lightly mossed buds. Neat dark foliage. Summer flowering. Size:1.2m x 0.9m.
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a.k.a Red moss. A vigorous shrub bearing lightly mossed buds which open into strong scented clusters of double bright red blooms. Dark green foliage. Summer flowering. Size:1.5 x 1.2m. -
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Chapeau de Napoléon (a.k.a. Napoleon's Hat, Crested Moss, Rosa centifolia 'Cristata') has buds topped with a unique frilled growth. Globular pink blooms. Scented. Summer flowering. Height 1.5m x Spread 1.2m. -
a.k.a The Holy Rose or Rosa sancta. Pretty single soft rose pink blooms. Dark green foliage. Slightly procumbent habit. Summer flowering. Size: 1m x 1.2m. -
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Sent from China by Wilson. Single crimson-red blooms with creamy stamens produced on a large shrub. Ornamental flagon-shaped hips in autumn. Summer flowering. Size:3m x 2.4m. -
Prince Charles has an abundance of flowers at Midsummer. Tyrian purple with deeper crimson veining. A vigorous yet lax variety best grown as a climber or pegged down. Summer flowering. Size:1.8m x 1.2m. -
a.k.a. The Wax Rose. A very refined Gallica. Highly perfumed blooms of blush pink with a deeper center emerge from tightly scrolled buds. Tidy upright plant with good foliage. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x 1.0m. (Duchesse d'Angouleme). -
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Celsiana displays clusters of semi-double pale pink blooms, with a strong musk fragrance. Good in semi-shaded position. Dense grey-green foliage. Summer flowering. Painted by many famous artists from the past. Size: 1.2m x 90cm. -
A large shrub bearing single flowers of deep pink. Ornamental flagon-shaped hips in the autumn which last well into the winter. Summer flowering. Size:2.4m x 2.0m. -
Perfectly formed rosettes of white with cream centers. Fragrant. A relatively thornless shrub with grey green foliage. Useful as a large shrub or small climber. Summer flowering. Size: 1.8m x 1.2m. -
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Grown from a seed bought over from roses growing by Omar Khayyam's tomb, which would now be found modern day Iran. Double spiky rich pink blooms open flat with a button eye. Strong fragrance. Soft pale grey-green foliage. Size: 1.8m x 1.8m. -
a.k.a Scarlet Fire. A vigorous shrub with a good display of single brilliant scarlet blooms with prominent golden stamens. Summer flowering. Does well in most situations. Large orange urn-shaped hips in Autumn. Size:1.8m x 1.8m. -
Mme. Zöetmans, a.k.a. Mme. Zoutmann, has clusters of very full milky-white blooms with a button of in-curved petals. Fragrant. Thorny but tidy growth with abundant mid-green foliage. Summer flowering. Size:1.2m x 1.0m. (Mme Zoetmans). -
Rosa californica 'Plena' has semi-double hollyhocks shaped lilac pink flowers. Produces some small orange red fruit in the autumn. Summer flowering. Size: 3m x 2m. -
Pink Leda has clear pink double bloom, with a dark pink edge which shows a button eye. Strong fragrance. Dark green healthy, greyish foliage. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x 1.2m. -
Raised in the Empress Josephine's gardens at Malmaison and named after Napoleon's second wife, Marie Louise is a popular damask with huge flat blooms of rich rose pink with mauve over tones. Strong perfume. Does well even in poor soil. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x 90cm. -
Botzaris has creamy white flat quartered blooms in beautiful clusters, with a strong sweet scent. Forms a compact shrub with dark green foliage. Summer flowering. Named after Marcos Botzaris, hero of Greek Independence 1790-1823. Size 1.2m x 1.2m. -
Pretty double loose blooms of pale pink striped purple-crimson fading to paler tones. Short compact bushy growth. Grey-green leaves. Good fragrance. A summer flowering rose. Size: 90cm x 90cm. -
a.k.a. Mme Herbert. Full quartered blooms. Purple crimson centers with lilac white outer petals. Good foliage. Wonderful scent. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x 90cm. (President de Seze). -
a.k.a 'Muscosa' 'Old Pink Moss'. Very double pink blooms emerge from very mossy buds. Both moss and flowers are highly scented. Summer flowering. Size:1.2m x 1.2m. -
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Fairly large pure white single blooms on a vigorous shrub with very distinct grey-green foliage. Virtually thornless. Sweetly scented. Summer flowering. Size : 1.8m x 1.2m. -
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Fully double quartered blooms, lilac pink on the edges with deeper pink centres. Dark green foliage. Grown by Empress Josephine at Malmaison but rarely seen today. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x 1m. -
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Perfect quartered blooms of pale pink with lighter edges. Strong myrrh fragrance. A tidy shrub with grey-green foliage. Good disease resistance. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x 1m. -
a.k.a. The French Rose. Perhaps the most important ancestor of all our garden roses. Single pink blooms with prominent golden stamens. A freely suckering shrub. Light green foliage. Bristly stems. Scented. Summer flowering. Size: 90cm x 90cm. -
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Clusters of full pale pink with a hint of salmon blooms. Pleasing fragrance. Leathery grey foliage on an arched bushy shrub. Very Healthy. Summer flowering. Size: 1.5m x 1.2m. -
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a.k.a Threepenny Bit Rose, Rosa elegantula 'Persetosa'. Tiny lilac pink flowers in abundance on a very graceful shrub with bristly stems. Ferny foliage turns purple in autumn with bright orange hips. Summer flowering. Size:1.5m x 1.5m. -
Probably a very old variety, Nancy Lindsay found Gloire de Guilan in Iran where it was used for making attar. The clear pink, silky-textured blooms are quartered and folded. Fresh green foliage. Good on poor soils. Summer flowering. Size: 1.2m x 1.2m. -
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Large flat quartered blooms of pure pink. Wonderful fragrance. Lovely pale green foliage. Summer flowering. Forms a bushy shrub with healthy foliage. Size:1.5m x1.4m. -
A Gallica hybrid of unknown origin. It has very full rosette blooms with a button eye. Flowers start dark violet but fade to mauve with a paler reverse. Light scent. Lax, arching, fairly thornless stems. Small dark leaves. Summer flowering. Size: 2m x 2m.
