Roses for English Gardens

A blog about all roses, everywhere. The title "Roses for English Gardens" is a homage to the book of the same name by Gertrude Jekyll and Edward Mawley (1902) that was so influential in developing the "English style" in rose growing. Do you have a question about roses? Search for the "Questions" post on this blog and ask your question there.

05 June 2016

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Don't forget to Vote OUT in the referendum on June 23, 2016..... Picture: not the Euro... What do English roses have to do with the ...
27 September 2015

Choices, choices: what rose to buy in 1890

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Old gardening magazine are full of advertisements by rose nurseries touting their wares, usually mentioning at least some of their stock. T...

Black spot of roses and its control

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Rose black spot's Achilles heel Every rosarian sooner of later has to take a position on black spot. Personally, I don't do much...
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19 June 2014

Nuits de Young

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Nuits de Young (more authentically "Nuits d'Young") is a moss rose of a sumptuous black-purple, and is one of the darkest of ...
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Rosa x alba "Maiden's Blush"

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The various types of Rosa x alba (according to Hurst, a canina x damascena cross) are tough and vigorous. Miss Jekyll called it "a ...
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16 June 2014

Gloire de Dijon

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One of the greatest roses of all time. If one were designing a rose garden for the gods, "Gloire" would take its rightful place....
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13 June 2014

Rosa forrestiana

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This wild rose, from mountain scrub in Sichuan and NW Yunnan has (for a wild rose), unusually deep and bright red-pink flowers. It only ha...
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Professional scientist Rhodon has been passionate, in an amateur way, about horticulture for nearly 40 years. Born in England and steeped in the English gardening tradition, Rhodon started the "Roses for English Gardens" blog in Boston, Massachusetts and lived and gardened for many years near Seattle. Rhodon now lives in the UK.
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