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Old Roses
Gallica Roses

Old Roses

These are the true Old Roses of early European origin. They flower only once in the summer, but then provide us with a magnificent display. They are extremely tough-living almost indefinitely-and of course, have a wonderful fragrance. They require little pruning. This should take the form of the thinning out of weak and old growth. For larger flowers, the remaining growth may be reduced by one third, if desired. Excellent garden shrubs that flower in early summer only.

Gallica Roses

The Gallicas are probably the oldest of all garden roses. They were grown by the Greeks and Romans. In the 17th century the Dutch started to breed new varieties, and later the French continued their development on a very large scale. Among them are to be found some very fine roses with magnificent mixtures of colour - particularly among the crimson, purple and mauve shades - and they have beautiful flower formation. They form short bushy shrubs, many of which are quite suitable for small gardens.

| Alain Blanchard | Anaïs Ségalas | Assemblage des Beautés | Beau Narcisse | Belle de Crécy | | Burgundy Rose | Camaieux | Cardinal de Richelieu | Charles de Mills | Cramoisi Picoté | D'Aguesseau | Du Maître d'Ecole | Duc de Guiche | Duchesse d'Angoulème | Duchesse de Buccleugh | Duchesse de Montebello | | Georges Vibert | Gloire de France | Hippolyte | Ipsilante | Nestor | Pompon Panachée | President de Sèze | Rosa Gallica Officinalis | Rosa Mundi | Sissinghurst Castle | Surpasse Tout | Tricolore de Flandre | Tuscany | Tuscany Superb | Violacea (La Belle Sultane)

Damask Roses

The Damask Roses are another very old group, said to have originally been brought from the Middle East by the Crusaders. They usually have pleasing elegant growth, with nicely cut foliage and flowers held in open airy bunches. Nearly all of them are fragrant.

| Celsiana | Gloire de Guilan | Hebe's Lip | Ispahan | Kazanlik | La Ville de Bruxelles | Leda | Marie-Louise | Mme Hardy | Mme Zoetmans | Omar Khayyam | Petite Lisette | Quatre Saisons | St. Nicholas | York & Lancaster

Centifolia Roses "The Provence Rose"

The Centifolias form lax, open shrubs with many thorns and rather coarse leaves. Generally the flowers are large, globular and very fragrant. They have a tendency to hang their heads with the weight of the blooms; often with pleasing effect.

| Blanchefleur | Bullata | Centifolia | Chapeau de Napoléon | Cottage Maid | De Meaux | Fantin Latour | General Kleber | Juno | Paul Ricault | Petite de Hollande | Robert Le Diable | Spong | The Bishop | Tour de Malakoff | Unique Blanche | White de Meaux

Moss Roses

Moss Roses are in fact Centifolias that have developed, on the sepals of their flowers, a moss-like growth. This was the result of a sport or mutation. It frequently gives them an added attraction, particularly in the opening bud. They were at the height of their popularity in Victorian times.

| Blanche Moreau | Capitaine Basroger | Capitaine John Ingram | Comtesse de Murinais | Duchesse de Verneuil | Gloire des Mousseux | Henri Martin | James Mitchell | James Veitch | Japonica | Jeanne de Montfort | Little Gem | Louis Gimard | Maréchal Davoust | Mme De La Roche-Lambert | Mousseline | Nuits de Young | Old Pink Moss | René d'Anjou | Salet | Shailer's White Moss | Soupert et Notting | William Lobb

China Roses

These are pretty roses that flower with constant regularity throughout the season. They form twiggy bushes; ideal for intimate places around the house or in the front of borders, providing they can get plenty of sun. The foliage is similar to modern roses but smaller and more dainty. They have their own pleasant fragrance. They should have minimum pruning.

| Cécile Brunner Bush | Comtesse du Cayla | Cramoisi Superieur | Fabvier | Hermosa | Le Vésuve | Mutabilis | Old Blush China | Perle d'Or | Rival de Paestum | Sophie's Perpetual | Viridiflora

Portland Roses

A small but attractive group that was popular for a few years before the arrival of the Bourbon Roses. They are particularly valuable because they repeat flower well, while remaining very close to Old Roses in flower, foliage and fragrance. Useful for small gardens.

| Arthur de Sansal | Comte de Chambord | Delambre | Jacques Cartier | Marbrée | Portland Rose | Rose de Rescht | Rose du Roi | Rose du Roi à Fleurs Pourpres

Graham Thomas - Rose

• Graham Thomas Musk w White & White blend, Species (OGR)
• Graham Thomas dy Deep Yellow, English Rose (Shrub) 1983
• R. moschata 'Graham Thomas Old Musk' w White & White blend, Species (OGR)

GRAHAM THOMAS (1805-1869)

Graham Thomas - an English rose by David Austin

Graham Thomas - englische Rose

Rosier anglais x anglais 'Graham Thomas'

GRAHAM THOMAS - English Garden Roses

Graham Thomas English (Shrub)

The Mystery of the Musk Rose by Graham Stuart Thomas*

Graham Thomas - Englische Rose

Graham Thomas ® (Ausmas)

Graham Thomas ® (Ausmas) - Hochstamm 100 cm

Graham Thomas ® AUSmas, English Yellow Austin (GB) 1983 Strauchrose, Englische Rose, gelb-apricot dauerblühend sehr starker Teerosenduft, fast stachellos, dafür einige kräftige Stacheln, bewährt sich auch in unserem Klima. Silber Den Haag 1995; erhielt 2009 das Prädikat Weltrose. Eine der seltenen, sattgelben Strauchrosen; die Clematis Jackmanii Superba, paßt gut als Kontrast dazu, auch die purpurrote Clematis 'Warszawska Nike' gut als Partner. Graham Thomas, dem Rosensammler, Rosenkenner und Rosenbuchautor gewidmet, der 1968 mit der Victoria Medal of Honour geehrt wurde - mehr zu Graham Thomas hier / Rosenschild Graham Thomas

Graham Thomas, Austin, 1983

Graham Thomas (Inducted 2009)

Graham Thomas Clg - Rose

Graham Thomas Musk - Rose

Graham Thomas Old Musk - Rose

Graham Thomas, Standard - Rose

Heritage - Rose

Amity Heritage Roses (Rosenschule)

Heritage (Ausblush)

Heritage, an English rose by David Austin
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Heritage - englische Rose

HERITAGE - English Garden Roses

• Addo Heritage
• American Heritage
• Kingsmead Heritage

The Heritage Roses Group, formed in 1975, as a fellowship of those who care about Old Garden Roses, Species Roses, Old or Unusual Roses - particularly those roses introduced into commerce prior to the year 1867. Its purposes are to preserve, enjoy, and share knowledge about the Old Roses.

The Heritage Roses Group of the United States inspired the establishment of similar groups in Australia, England, New Zealand, and France.

In the USA, members are located across the country, in five different Regional Groups: SouthWest (includes all of California), NorthWest, SouthCentral, NorthCentral, NorthEast, and SouthEast - with a Regional Coordinator for each area.
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Heritage Roses (W3)

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Mottisfont Abbey - mit 350 Sorten historische Rosen

Roses

Our famous displays of traditional roses in the walled gardens are worth a visit in June. But don't forget that our gardens are beautiful throughout the year.

Old Garden Roses - OGR (W3)

Old Garden Roses (OGR)

Those roses in existence before 1867 - antique roses and species (wild) roses. Also referred to as Heritage Roses.

[From Gardening with Roses, by Judith McKeon, p. 15:] Old Garden Roses ... are further divided into two categories. Gallica, damask, alba, centifolia, and moss roses are all derived from a common ancestor, Rosa gallica, and are, for the most part, once-blooming. China roses and the China-influenced roses of the nineteenth century make up the other group. These are mostly repeat-flowering, and include the period roses China, Bourbon, Noisette, perpetual damask, hybrid perpetual, and tea roses.

[From Ibid, p. 17:] The old roses bloom in early summer with no repeat flowering (except for 'Autumn Damask', R. damascena var. bifera). Most are extremely hardy, disease-resistant, prickly, shrubs that grow and thrive with little attention from the gardener. They range in height from 3 to 6 feet (1 to 1.8 m) tall and their flower colors range from pure white through blush pink, deep pink, and rose to crimson, purple, and magenta. Bicolored and striped flowers, which are beloved for their novel effect, are found chiefly among gallicas.
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Old Roses (abbrev. OR, OGR, AR)

Glossary

• Antique Roses (See Catalogue) - See Old Roses.
• Bourbon Roses (See Old Roses) (See Catalogue) - Before the opening of the Suez Canal (1871) the Ile de Bourbon, now Reunion, east of Madagascar, was an important stopping point for French ships sailing between the Far East and Europe. By 1817, R. chips had been grown there, as had the Autumn Damask from Europe, and they were apparently planted together as mixed hedges. A French botanist, M. Breon, noticed an intermediate between the two types in such a hedge and moved it to his botanic garden whence seeds were sent to M. Jacques in Paris. He raised from them the original Bourbon rose, which was painted by Redout6 in i824. It had semi-double, bright pink flowers, good scent inherited from the Damask, and good autumn flowering. The Bourbon roses were bred by crossing this original Bourbon with Gallica and Damask hybrids.
• Boursault Roses (See Old Roses) - These large shrubs or semi-climbing roses raiesed in the early nineteenth century, were said to be derived from R. pendulina x R. chinensis, but their chromosome number suggests that either R.. majalis or R. blanda were used, not R. pendulina proper. R. blanda has also been used to breed thornless roses in the USA.
• Canina Roses (See Old Roses) (See Catalogue) - No entry yet.
• Centifolia Roses (See Old Roses) (See Catalogue) - (also called Cabbage Rose, Holland Rose, Rose des Peintres, or Provence Rose). The original Centifolia roses probably appeared around the end of the sixteenth century, from a cross between the Autumn Damask and an Alba. They make large, rather floppy bushes with very double flowers hanging on weak branches. A single or semi-double sport arose in the early nineteenth century, before which the group was sterile and the early varieties grown were all sports from the original cross.
• China Roses (See Old Roses) (See Catalogue) - China roses had been cultivated and new varieties produced on a large scale in China for many centuries before the first were brought to gardens in Europe in 1792. The dwarf, perpetual-flowering Chinas were mutants of the climber R. chinensis, some possibly hybridized with R. x odorata. This mutation has been observed in cultivation with Little White Pet being a dwarf perpetual-flowering sport of Felicite et Perpetue. The original introductions from China were Slaters Crimson, China introduced in about 1792, and Parsons Pink China, now called Old Blush, in 1793. The original Chinas are dwarf, Up to 2 m, but usually around 1 m, and rather tender with red or pink single or loosely double flowers.
• Damask Roses (See Old Roses) - There are two groups of Damasks, the Summer Damask, once-flowering, and the Autumn Damask which has a second flowering in the autumn. Both have been grown since ancient times. The Summer Damask is a hybrid between R. gallica and R. phoenicea, a native of the eastern Mediterranean which looks like R. multiflora, with hairy leaves. The Autumn Damask is a hybrid between R. gailica and R. moschata. They are rather less hardy than the Gallicas, often taller, up to 2.5 m, with usually richly scented, red, pink or white flowers in loose clusters.
• Damascena Roses (See Old Roses) (See Catalogue) - No entry yet.
• Eglanteria (Rubiginosa) Roses (See Old Roses) (See Catalogue) - No entry yet.
• English Roses: (abbrev. ER, DA) (See Modern & Old roses) (See Catalogue) - This new group of roses, often called David Austin Roses, was introduced in 1969 by David Austin of England. These roses are an attempt to combine the best traits of both Old Roses and Modern Roses. David Austin has attempted to produce roses with the classic flower forms and fragrance of the Old Roses on plants that repeat bloom like the Modern Roses. Some of the popular English Roses are Abraham Darby, Graham Thomas, Heritage, and Mary Rose. See the rec.gardens.roses FAQ for more information about English Roses.
• Filipes Roses (See Old Roses) (See Catalogue) - No entry yet.
• Foetida Roses (See Old Roses) (See Catalogue) - No entry yet.
• Gallica Roses (See Old Roses) (See Catalogue) - (Also called Rose of Provins) Grown since ancient times, these are varieties of Rosa gallica, a short suckering rose, native of southern Europe from France eastwards to central Turkey. They are very hardy, once-flowering, with strongly scented flowers ranging from pink, through crimson, to purple. Height up to 1.5 m.
• Hybrid Perpetual Roses (See Old Roses) (See Catalogue) - Over a thousand varieties of Hybrid Perpetual were raised in the latter part of the nineteenth century, of which probably less than a hundred survive today. The ancestor of this class was the Portland x China hybrid, Rose du Roi, which appeared in 1816. When crossed with both Hybrid Chinas (Gailica x China crosses) and Bourbons, in about 1835, a new class of Hybrides remontants or Hybrid Perpetuals was born. Some of the first were raised by Laffay, notably La Reine and Gloire des Rosomanes , the latest such as Arilaga in the early twentieth century. The Hybrid Perpetuals are usually rather coarse growing, usually red, mauve, pink or white, often with huge flowers and strong shoots which need to be pegged down so that they produce flowers along their length. Their Portland ancestry makes these hardier than the Noisettes, but they still need protection in cold areas.
• Macrantha Roses (See Old Roses) (See Catalogue) - Using R. x macrantha Daisy Hill, possibly a hybrid between R. canina and R. x alba, Kordes produced several hybrids, one of which, Raubritter, is exceptionally beautiful; unfortunately it is triploid and sterile, so no further generations have been raised. A similar breeders' dead end has been Cerise Bouquet, a hybrid between R. multibracteata and a Hybrid Tea; Crimson Glory.
• Macrophylla Roses (See Old Roses) (See Catalogue) - No entry yet.
• Moss Roses (See Old Roses) (See Catalogue) - Moss roses originate as mutations or sports on normal roses. The first is recorded in 1720. At present they are known to have appeared three times on Centifolia roses, and less often on Damask roses, in which the moss is stiffer and brownish. A single-flowered Centifolia Moss which appeared in the early nineteenth century enabled hundreds of Moss hybrids to be bred, in addition to the numerous sports that had appeared in the eighteenth century.
• Moyessi Roses (See Old Roses) (See Catalogue) - No entry yet.
• Old Roses (abbrev. OR, OGR, AR) (See Modern & English roses) - Sometimes called Old Roses, Old Garden Roses, Old-fashioned Roses or Antique Roses, these are the varieties of roses that existed before 1867 when the first Hybrid Tea was introduced. Some of the classes of Old Roses are the Albas, Bourbons, Boursaults, Centifolias, Chinas, Damasks, Gallicas, Hybrid Perpetuals, Mosses, Noisettes, Portlands, and Tea roses. Some of the Ramblers and Rugosas are considered Old Roses. As a group, Old Roses tend to be once blooming, though some are repeat bloomers. They tend to be more disease-resistant and require less maintenance than the Hybrid Teas which accounts for some of their popularity. There are exceptions to this, especially the China and Tea roses. The China and Tea roses are tender and disease prone, but are very important because they provide the repeat blooming genes to many classes of roses (notably Hybrid Teas). See the rec.gardens.roses FAQ for more information about Old Roses.
• Pimpinellifolia (Spinosissima) Roses (See Old Roses) (See Catalogue) - The early Scotch or Burnet roses raised in about 1900 were selections of R.. pimpinellifolia, some possibly crossed with R. pendulina to introduce red colour. Kordes, however, crossed varieties of the Burnet rose with Hybrid Teas, and produced a beautiful range of single-flowered shrubs such as Frufihlingsmorgen (1940) and Fruhlingsgold (1950).
• Noisette Roses (See Old Roses) - The forerunner of the Noisette rose was a hybrid between R. moschata and Parson's Pink China made by Champneys in 1802 in South Carolina and named Champneys' Pink Cluster. It was a climber with bunches of semi-double pink flowers but summer flowering only like R. moschata. Seeds of Champneys' Pink Cluster were raised by Phillipe Noisette in Charleston, and from these he selected Old Blush or R. noisettiana which was illustrated by Redoute in 1821. This, when crossed with Park's Yellow China, produced the climbing yellow Noisettes such as Desprez a fleur Jaune, yellow Tea roses, and finally, large-flowered climbers such as Marechal Niel.
• Portland Roses (See Old Roses) - Portland roses were named after Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, 2nd Duchess of Portland. The original, a hybrid between an Autumn Damask and R. gallica Officinalis, has been known since I 792. Portland roses were valued for their late flowering as well as their rich red colour, and were soon crossed with Chinas to produce the forerunners of the Hybrid Perpetual. In the nineteenth century, by crossing roses from the Orient with those from the west, new groups were developed. Among these were the Portland Roses, though few of them now remain.
• Rubrifolia Roses (See Old Roses) (See Catalogue) - No entry yet.
• Sweet Briar Roses (See Old Roses) - The most familiar of these hybrids of R. rubiginosa were made by Lord Penzance, using the semi-double form Janet's Pride, crossed with various China hybrids and R. foetida; these kept the scented foliage of the Sweet Briar which has been lost in later crosses.
• Tea Roses (See Old Roses) - The Tea rose, Rosa x odorata, is a hybrid between R. gigantea and R. chinensis, that occurred long ago in China, and many varieties were cultivated there. Two of these were introduced to Europe: the pale pink Humes Blush tea-scented China (1809) and Parks Yellow tea-scented China (1824), but unfortunately neither is now in cultivation in Europe. Their progeny, however, have survived, and a whole class of Tea roses was bred froth them, by crossing with Bourbons and Noisettes, These, when crossed with Hybrid Perpetuals, became Hybrid Teas. Tea roses are generally either climbers or small, sparse bushes, with a continuous succession of large flowers of great beauty, in shades of pink, buff or light yellow. They have few thorns and are rather tender (American hardiness zone VIT), growing best around the Mediterranean, in California and in Australia.

Old Garden Roses (OGR)

Old garden roses are quite hardy, often fragrant and usually bloom only once. In 1966, the American Rose Society defined old garden roses as those types that existed before 1867, the year the first Hybrid Tea was introduced. They vary greatly in form and include the following types.

Old Roses

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Heritage Roses

• BOYD, P. D. A. 2008f. 'Scots Roses - past and present'. Heritage Roses New Zealand. Vol. 29. no.3. December 2008. pp. 8-18. Shotened version of article published in OGR & Shrub Journal American Rose Society Vol 4, Issue No. 4. Web version of original full length article
• BOYD, P.D.A. 2007a. 'Scots Roses and other Pimpinellifolias: their rediscovery and conservation'. Rosa Gallica No. 5. Spring 2007. [Summary of presentation to International Heritage Roses Conference at Chaalis, France 12th - 15th June 2007] Web version available

peterboyd.com
Scots Roses: a new look at an exuberant group of old roses

Paper for the RNRS Historic Rose Journal on "Scots Roses: a new look at an exuberant group of old roses" Scots Roses 3

BOYD, P.D.A. 2004a. "Scots Roses: a new look at an exuberant group of old roses". Historic Rose Journal Royal National Rose Society. No 28 Autumn 2004 pp. 2-11. Web version available

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Old Garden Roses

2.2 Old Garden Roses

• 2.2.1 Alba
• 2.2.2 Gallica
• 2.2.3 Damask
• 2.2.4 Centifolia or Provence
• 2.2.5 Moss
• 2.2.6 Portland
• 2.2.7 China
• 2.2.8 Tea
• 2.2.9 Bourbon
• 2.2.11 Hybrid Perpetual
• 2.2.12 Hybrid Musk
• 2.2.14 Bermuda "Mystery" Roses
• 2.2.15 Miscellaneous

Austin, David - OraER
Old Roses and English Roses

Synopsis

David Austin, the proprietor of one of the countries leading rose nurseries, offers useful and informative pointers as to flower and bud form and development, shape and size of plant, foliage and fragrance. Illustrated throughout witha riot of magnificent colour photographs, this indespensable guide contains important information on rose cultivation with valuable advice on soil preparation, planting, pruning, feeding and diseases and pests. This is a book of undoubted value and importance, and will be greatly prized by rose-growers and rose-lovers, whether professional or amateur everywhere. 'Old Roses and English Roses' is the companion volume to 'Shrub Roses and Climbing Roses'.

Beales, Peter
Classic Roses
An Illustrated Encyclopaedia and Grower's Manual of Old Roses, Shrub Roses and Climbers

Beales, Peter (Autor)
An Illustrated Encyclopaedia and Grower's Handbook of Old Roses and Modern Roses, Shrub Roses and Climbers

Kurzbeschreibung

This contains "Classic Roses" and "Twentieth-Century Roses" in one volume. It covers the history of the rose, in the landscape, in shrubberies, in woodland, and in the garden, as well as their cultivation. It contains a dictionary of roses, a study of viruses, scent guides and garden plans.

Phillips, Roger (Autor)
Rix, Martyn (Autor)
Traditional Old Roses