Old Garden Roses are also known as "Heirloom" or "Antique
Roses." They include a variety of hardy roses, including many hard
to find varieties. Find your Old Garden Roses in one of the largest selection
of grade #1 Old Garden Roses in the United States.
While most Old Garden Roses are very cold hardy, you should protect
them in the most severe winter areas as necessary. The Old Garden Roses
which have one distinct bloom period are noted as non-recurrent. With
few exceptions, most of these Old Garden Roses are grown in Canada on
multiflora rootstock. Click on a class name for a list of Old Garden
roses of that class.
| Alba (A) |
These elegant plants thrive even under difficult
cultural conditions, producing gorgeous bouquets with rich perfume
and spring bloomers. |
| Bourbon (B) |
"The Victorian Rose"—Large
flowers with intoxicating fragrance, all through the season! |
| Centifolia (Ce) |
We're talking old here—"Cabbage
Roses" are spring blooming only (non-recurrent) and very fragrant.
The flowers are globular and look like "cabbages." |
| Chinensis (HCh) |
These "Chinese" imports gave the
rose world recurrent blooming roses. They tend to be low and shrubby
with slight to moderate fragrance. |
| Damask (D) |
Damasks are known for their wonderful fragrance
and make good pot roses. Spring blooming only (non-recurrent). |
| Portland (P) |
This group of roses are a subset of the Damask
roses. The varieties we stock bloom spring into summer with highly
fragrant flowers. |
| Gallica (HGal) |
Known as "striped roses," gallica
roses tolerate shade, most are very fragrant, but alas, they bloom
only in the spring (non-recurrent). |
| Hybrid
Foetida (HFt) |
This rose species is the origin of modern
yellow roses. |
| Hybrid
Moyessii (HMoy) |
Large spreading plants, very easy-to-grow,
winter hardy and heavy crops of rose hips in the Fall. |
| Hybrid
Musk (HMsk) |
Originally hybridized by an English clergyman,
Joseph Pemberton, who in 1913 introduced 'Moonlight' and 'Danae'.
Most Hybrid Musk roses have a continual flowering season, spring into
summer. Shade tolerant and easy-to-grow. |
| Hybrid
Perpetual (HP) |
This wide and varied group of roses dates
back to 1830 from a complex background of Chinas, Portlands, etc.
Some bloom almost perpetually, but we'll say they are "recurrent." |
| Hybrid
Spinosissoma (HSpn) |
"Scotch Roses" are troublefree,
easy to grow and flower early in the season. Spring blooming only,
they are non-recurrent. |
| Moss (M) |
"Whiskered" roses are derived from
Centifoilas and Damasks with highly scented mossy sepals. Many are
non-recurrent. Not as popular today as before. |
| Noisette (N) |
Bred in America,
these roses love to "ramble" up trees and spill over hedges,
arbors, gazebos, you name it. Fragrant and recurrent! |
| Species (Sp) |
These "original" roses are a must
for the old-fashioned rose enthusiast. Blooming only in the spring—all
are non-recurrent. Great roses for "deer infested" areas. |
| Tea (T) |
These ancestors of modern teas originated
in China.
Notice the delicate form and color of the flowers. |
| Hybrid
Rugosa (HRg) |
In a word, TOUGH! Will grow most anywhere,
even shade! Most are fragrant, all have beautiful hips in fall and
winter. |
| Polyantha (Pol) |
The original "Landscape Rose"—easy-to-grow
in pots, border or small gardens. Loads of flowers. Prune with hedge
shears! |
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