Very thorny roses aren’t always burden to gardeners but can provide a hindrance for any unwanted guests. We have listed the most thorniest roses we grow, some are more so than others. For the most savage barbs the likes of ‘Cerise Bouquet’ and ‘R. sericea ‘Pteracantha” would make a great hedge. While unmatched in its density and size of thorns, ‘Wicker’ would be a perfect obstacle for a tall wall or structure.
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Rosa spinosissima ‘Firth of Forth'. Discovered by Trevor White. Lightly marbled blooms with pink veins. Masses of 5cm wide single flowers gradually open to pure white. Delicate musky fragrance. Size: 140cm x 120cm -
Peter's Persica is a unique climbing rose. The first Persica Climbing rose introduced by renowned rose breeder Chris Warner. Commemorates British broadcaster and writer Peter Seabrook MBE. Yellow semi-double blooms with red eye. Size 250cm x 100cm -
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A new Persica Hybrid. Eye of the Storm is cerise pink with semi double flowers which open to reveal a large dark eye. Mild fragrance. Compact bushy habit with outstanding disease resistance. Perfect for container growing or front of a border. Size 80 x 50cm. -
a.k.a Etendard. Double bright red flowers in clusters.Good glossy dark green foliage. Rigid growth Repeat flowering. Scented. Size 3m x 2.4m. -
Blooms orange scarlet in bud opening to salmon pink. Foliage coppery-crimson. Summer flowering. A vigorous climbing rose. Scented. Size: 5.5m x 3.6m. -
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A.k.a Fimbriata Bunches of small very pale pink to white flowers with quilled petals. Scented. Healthy foliage. Forms a large bushy shrub .More refined than most Rugosas. Repeat flowering. Size 1.2m x 1.2m. -
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A brand new addition to the Persica family and a Gold Standard award winner. Bright yellow single to semi double flowers open to reveal a large red eye. Mild fragrance. Compact bushy habit with outstanding disease resistance. Size 80 x 50cm. -
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Smiling Eyes is a Gold Standard award winner. A small, neat shrub bearing a mass of single apricot blooms with a distinct central blotch. Highly disease resistant. Good for a pot. Repeat flowering. Size 90cms x 90cms. -
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. -
Clusters of semi-double, pure white blooms with a frilly carnation-like appearance. Forms a robust, thorny shrub with leathery foliage. Repeat flowering. Size:1.2m x 0.9m. -
Named after the Norwegian explorer and just as tough. This violet-pink, semi-double Rugosa has charming yellow stamens. Ideal to be trained as a hedge, with its welcoming scent. Smaller in foliage and stature than most Rugosas. Repeats. Size 1.2 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. -
A new hybrid of Rosa persica. A.k.a.Blue Eyes. Clusters of buttermilk buds open into semi-double lilac white petals with a distinctive central purple blotch. Scented. Repeat flowering. 80cms x 80cms. -
La Belle Marseillaise, a.k.a Fellemberg, has trusses of double cupped bright crimson-cerise blooms. Good scent. Vigorous pliable stems. Red prickly thorns with dark foliage. Makes a good pillar rose. Perpetual flowering. Size 1.5m x 1.5m. -
Lovely semi-double petals of deep pink which are lightly streaked with white and show a yellow center. Healthy vigorous growth. Can be used as a small climber. Nice fruity fragrance. Repeat flowering. Size:1.5m x 1m. -
Striped tea-shaped blooms of bright red with pink and white texture running through. Mid green foliage. Good scent. Hardy. Continuous flowering. Size: 1m x 1m. -
Clusters of peachy pink quilled blooms. A large vigorous shrub. Leathery Rugosa foliage. Rare. perpetual flowering. Size: 1.2m x 0.9m. -
Rare. Huge single white flowers with a prominent boss of yellow stamens. Flowers late but continues up until frosts. Almost evergreen foliage. Needs a very sheltered site. Can be grown as a shrub but best as a climber. Supplied on own roots. Size 2m x 2m+ -
Leo's Eye has clusters of bright single orange vermilion blooms. Very thorny rambler. Summer flowering. Size:4m x 3m. -
Le Vesuve's pointed buds open in loose blowsy clusters of carmine pink with delicate red veins. Tea scent. Shiny green foliage with tints of copper. Angular growth. Likes a warm aspect. Repeat Flowering. Size:1.2m x 1.2m.
