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Old Roses
This heading is used to cover a collection of roses that are mostly repeat-flowering. These historic roses with their bushy growth, nostalgic charm, old flower-form, overwhelming beauty and delicious fragrance become rightly more and more popular. You will find the class of each variety in the description. Old Roses are used in beds, in groups of three, as solitary bush or as impenetrable hedge. Planting distance is depending on use and variety and varies in general between 60 and 100 cm. Most varieties are best planted in groups of three (planting-distance ± 45 cm). They will form one bushy, dense shrub that will flower more regularly and abundantly, creating a greater effect in the border.
Alba Maxima
De middelgrote, gevulde bloemen zijn crème-wit en geuren sterk naar oude rozen. De groei is krachtig. Fraaie, zeer oude struikroos, geschikt voor heggen. Rijkbloeiend in het voorjaar of in de zomer.
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Baron Girod de l'Ain
Appealing and unique rose with white tips on its crimson, slightly ragged edges. Wonderful, strong fragrance. Medium-sized, double, cupped, shapely flowers in small trusses, that repeat well. A vigorous, bushy shrub.
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Blanc Double de Coubert
The large, open, semi-double, snow-white flowers with striking orange-yellow stames bloom early and almost continuously, with an overwhelming fragrance. Vigorous, spreading growth. One of the most attractive white "Old Roses". Ideal for hedging.
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Boule de Neige
Small groups of exquisitely formed, camellia-like, very double, medium-sized, globular flowers of the purest white. Strong and delicious fragrance. Almost continuously flowering. Vigorous shrub with upright growth. One of the best Bourbons.
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Buff Beauty
One of the best Musk's, with large trusses of sweetly scented, medium-sized, double blooms, whose colour ranges from apricot to creamy-yellow. A vigorous, healthy and spreading shrub with arching, overhanging branches and dark green foliage. Constantly flowering over a long period, into autumn.
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Cardinal de Richelieu
One of the darkest roses bred. Small groups of medium-sized, globular, velvety dark-purple to violet-red flowers with a soft sweet scent. Bushy growth almost thornless. Free-flowering, showy shrub.
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Centifolia Muscosa
The original and most beautiful 'Moss Rose'. Small groups of medium-sized, very double, often quartered, at first globular later on flat shaped, deep pink flowers with a delicious strong scent. Buds are heavily mossed. Hardy, robust, vigorous growth. Free, early and long flowering beauty.
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Chapeau de Napoléon
One of the most charming of the old roses with flowers of exquisite beauty. Very sweetly scented, medium-sized, double, deeply cupped, clear pink blooms. The moss-like wings of the calyx can easily be mistaken for a Moss Rose, and resembles the cocked hat of Napoleon. Very healthy and trouble free shrub, excellent for borders, low hedging.
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Charles de Mills
Vigorous, robust Gallica, with large, shapely, fully double almost quartered, slightly scented flowers in rich crimson tinted with purple. On of the best Gallica-Roses.
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Comte de Chambord
Surely one of the most charming and loveliest of the old roses with large, fully-double, warm pink flowers in luxuriant trusses and a delicious rich fragrance. At first flowers are cup-shaped, later on flat and quartered. Bushy, compact growth and grey-green foliage with slightly ragged edges. Its very repeat flowering and small stature make it ideal for a small garden.
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Dainty Bess
A number of very beautiful, five-leaved flowers in a soft pink colour, with striking red brown stames and wavy petals. Vigorous, upright and healthy growth. Striking, abundantly and repeat flowering, softly scented old tea rose.
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Felicia
Medium-sized, semi-double, rosette-shaped flowers, blooming in large clusters in a silvery pink to salmon pink colour. Strong, sweet fragrance. Bushy growth with arching, overhanging branches. Attractive, free- and continuously flowering shrub!
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Ferdinand Pichard
Generally regarded as one of the very best striped roses, carrying dense clusters of medium-sized, loosely-double, cupped flowers striped pink, white and crimson. This vigorous shrub repeats its flowering well and the blooms are richly fragrant.
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Gallica
Mid-sized, single, cup-shaped, dark-pink flowers with a slight scent. Bushy, compact growth, almost thornless. Brownish-red hips after blooming. Hardy shrub that requires a sunny location and doesn't grown on sandy soils.
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Gallica Complicata
The large, single, flat flowers are deep pink and spread a strong fragrance. Bushy growth, almost thornless. Hips after flowering. Lovely, old Gallica-rose, abundantly flowering in spring or summer. Suitable for semi shady locations.
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Gruss an Aachen
Clusters of medium-sized, very double, sweetly scented flowers that open in blush-pink, with peachy-apricot highlights and later fade to pearl-white. Bushy and low growth. Almost continuously flowering classic 'Old Rose'. The famous English rose breeder David Austin classifies 'Gruss an Aachen' as an 'English Rose'.
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Ispahan
One of the best Old Roses. Very beautiful shaped, large, double flowers with a strong fragrance. Long, opulent flowering in early-summer, tolertes semi-shaded conditions.
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Jacques Cartier
Large, fully double, quartered, soft pink flowers in small clusters with a very strong and delicious fragrance. Bushy, compact growth, robust, hardy and healthy. Repeat-flowering. Exceptionally beautiful old shrub.
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Kazanlik
Loose trusses on thin stems with double, medium-sized, soft pink flowers with creamy-yellow stamens and an overwhelming strong fragrance. Upright growth. This rose is used for the production of attar of roses in Kazanlik (Bulgaria) and has 30 petals, which explains the name "Trigintipetala".
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Queen of Denmark
Shapely, medium-sized, very double, quartered, silvery pink flowers, deeper pink towards the centre, with a green eye. Very strong fragrance. Bushy, upright shrub with elegantly overhanging branches. Trouble free. Marvellous old shrub, flowering on last year's stems.
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Léda
The medium-sized, double, flat flowers are white with red edges and a green button-eye in the centre. Strong fragrance. Compact, well-branched growth, dark-green foliage; hardy. Healthy, abundantly flowering old Damask-Shrub.
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Little White Pet
The small to medium-sized, very full, pumpkin-like, bowl-shaped flowers are white with a hint of pink and grow in large clusters. Compact growth habit; low-growing, healthy. An elegant, abundantly and perpetually flowering garden and bed rose.
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Louise Odier
One of the best and most beautiful of the Bourbons. Its medium-sized, fully double, exquisitely perfumed flowers are at first cup-shaped, later on flat, globular and quartered. The warm-pink flowers have a hint of lilac and are generously, almost continuously produced in clusters. Strong, healthy and bushy growth. Also suitable for cutting!
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Madame Boll
Surely one of the most charming and loveliest of the old roses with large, fully-double, warm pink flowers in luxuriant trusses and a delicious rich fragrance. At first flowers are cup-shaped, later on flat and quartered. Bushy, compact growth and grey-green foliage with slightly ragged edges. Repeated flowering and the small stature makes it ideal for a small garden.
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Madame Hardy
One of the most beautiful white roses, with medium-large, full, rounded, quartered, perfectly shaped, white flowers with green points in the heart. Very strong, unique herbal fragrance with a hint of lemon. Powerful, upright growth with overhanging branches. Light green healthy foliage. Flowers very abundantly in June/July.
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Maiden's Blush
Clusters of loosely double, rosette-shaped flowers of soft pink to creamy white, with a delicious strong scent. Showy, robust shrub with arching, overhanging branches and grey-green foliage. Abundantly flowering in June.
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Mrs John Laing
This rose is regarded as one of the very best Hybrid-Perpetuals. The very large, showy, double, cupped flowers of silvery pink with a hint of purple are wonderfully well scented. Vigorous, bushy, upright and healthy growth. Highly recommendable, beautiful rose that repeats its abundant flowering well.
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Officinalis
Large, semi-double, bright carmine-red flowers fading with purple shades. Remarkable yellow stamens. Small, round, red hips in autumn. Healthy, almost thornless shrub with easy branching growth. Slightly fragrant.
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Penelope
Vigorously, spreading and healthy shrub that flowers continuously and very freely. It produces large trusses of numerous, medium-sized, semi-double, fragrant flowers with golden stamens which open salmon-pink with apricot shades, later on fading to soft apricot-pink. Small red hips in autumn.
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Perle d'Or
The small, very double, perfectly shaped, apricot mini-Tearose-flowers, bloom in large clusters and spread a strong fragrance. Compact growth, almost thornless and very hardy. Lovely old Polyantha rose, that blooms richly in flushes throughout the season.
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Reine Victoria
Beautiful, elegant Bourbon with generous groups of globular, cupped, medium-sized, double flowers. The richly and sweetly scented, lilac-pink blooms repeat well and are perfectly held above the foliage.
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Rose de Rescht
Dense clusters of medium-sized, rosette-shaped, fully double, purple-red flowers that are a strongly fragrant and held well above the ample foliage. A hardy shrub with healthy, upright growth that repeats blooming well.
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Roseraie de l'Hay
One of the most loved Rugosas and very rewarding, for it is in flower almost constantly. The large, semi-double blooms are strongly scented and open flat. The flowers are crimson fading to pink-mauve with age and have creamy white stamens. Vigorous, thorny shrub, with spreading, dense growth and healthy apple-green foliage. Ideal for hedging.
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Souvenir de la Malmaison
Beloved Bourbon shrub named after the famous rose gardens of Empress Josephine of France in Malmaison. One of the most beautiful Bourbons. Very large, shapely, fully double flowers of soft pink to silvery pink, with a delicious, overwhelming fragrance. At first the flowers are cup-shaped, later on flat and quartered. Generously blooming and repeat flowering.
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Ulrich Brunner fils
Large, densely-petalled and cupped cherry-red flowers with the delicious fragrance of apple and vanilla. Strong, upright growth with long canes. Wonderful shrub, that repeats its rich flowering well.
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Variegata di Bologna
A remarkable shrub bearing sprays of medium to large, double, globular, cupped, pure creamy-white blooms striped and splashed with purple-crimson. Sweetly fragrant. A magnificent display in summer, slightly recurrent in autumn. Strong, slender and arching, overhanging growth
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Versicolor
Remarkable, large, semi-double, deliciously scented, soft-pink flowers irregularly striped with purple and with prominent yellow stamens. Healthy, good branching growth, almost thornless. Abundantly flowering with stems bending due to the sheer mass of flowers. A very showy and attractive shrub, ideal for low hedging.
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Viridiflora
An extraordinary curiosity. Trusses of medium-sized, double, green flowers that are formed of small leaves instead of petals. Spicy scented. Continuously flowering. Suitable for cutting.
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William Lobb
Sprays of heavily mossed buds opening to rich, crimson-purple, medium-sized, loosely double, sweetly scented flowers that fade to a pleasing violet-grey. Vigorous, thorny growth, forming long branches. A showy and special shrub.
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