English Rose

...sort. Make sure it's an English Rose. Go to any good garden centre and ask to be shown the roses. There are many growers but I always grow roses from David Austin so these are the type I shall tell you about. These roses are bred so that they not only look beautiful but flower almost repeatedly throughout the season. They all have the scent and the appearance of older roses. They all seem far more disease resistant than some of the older varieties. ...
...although the soil in my present garden is a little better. You can get all the growing advice you need from the garden centre, or books (remember they're free from the library) oe even look it up on the internet. The information is out there. And do we rember that we should always plant in autumn? Well maybe we should, but I don't. Get your rose in it's nice plastic pot. Choose it when you can see exactly what shape, colour and smell (Oh that ...

Marans 31.10.2005 · Read full review
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...as they typify the perfect English garden, I thought this was as good a place as any. The beauty of roses is that most types flower over long periods. Mine start to flower in about April, and providing the dead heads are removed keep flowering until about September. I think they give the English garden that good old fashioned look and because they are permanent if you buy a rose bush theres no question of getting value for money. When I first ...
...have a garden all planted with roses, but I was a bit frightened to know how and when to prune them. My father in law offered to come along and do the task in hand and did them while I was at work, when I arrived home I was nearly in tears. All that was left was a few sticks on each bush, I was convinced he had killed them! Next spring they absolutely flourished and grew back at an amazing rate with beautiful blooms. Needles to say my confidence ...

y2krosebuddie 24.03.2001 · Read full review
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The English Rose could be described as the british beauty. It comes in a whole range of colours although the most common is red and it's fragrance is clear and sweet. The flower has a very defined shape and is often seen as representational of love. COLOUR RANGE, SCENT & ROBUSTNESS: Red is the most common as for-said. This red has alot of intensity, and is almost a blood red. As deep as the colour is, so is its sweet fragrence and its symbolic ...
...is not so common: pink petals with a yellow interior. These roses are very delicate and are not as robust as the red rose. The shape is not so well defined either, nor the scent so clear and precious, but this is a softer and in some ways more beautiful rose and you can make a gentler statement by giving these. The most rare, but most beautiful roses around have white petals with a deep red interior. The white symbolising innocence and purity whilst ...

Kram_Eniarrol 16.03.2001 · Read full review
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