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 Plant list: Summer roses
A whopping 90 per cent of gardeners still grow roses, but nowadays, they are often grown as part of a larger composition, or as a hedge, rather than in a rose garden. Particularly popular are shrub roses.
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| Latin name: | | Rosa gallica 'Versicolor' |
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| Common name: | | Rosa mundi |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Rose-red striped with white |
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| Leaf colour: | | Glossy green |
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| Height and spread: | | 75cm x 1m (2.5ft x 3ft) |
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An old and well-loved rose, neat and bushy. Particularly charming are the semi-double, slightly scented, flat flowers 5cm (2in) in diameter. Prefers full sun.
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| Latin name: | | Rosa ‘Schoolgirl’ |
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| Common name: | | Rose |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Apricot-orange |
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| Leaf colour: | | Deep green |
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| Height and spread: | | 2.7m x 2.2m (9ft x 7.2ft) |
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A rather lanky, stiff, large flowered, climbing rose with large leaves setting off the rounded, fully double, flowers which are 10cm (4in) across. Does best in full sun.
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| Latin name: | | Rosa ‘Maigold’ |
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| Common name: | | Rose |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Bronzy-yellow |
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| Leaf colour: | | Glossy green |
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| Height and spread: | | 2.5m x 2.5m (8.2ft x 8.2ft) |
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A vigorous early-flowering climbing rose with prickly arched stems. The flowers are semi-double, cupped, and 10cm (4in). It often has a second flowering in early autumn.
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| Latin name: | | Rosa ‘Peace’ |
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| Common name: | | Rose |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Pinky-yellow |
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| Leaf colour: | | Glossy green |
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| Height and spread: | | 1.2cm x 1m (3.9ft x 3.3ft) |
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A vigorous shrubby bush with large, double, pointed flowers up to 15cm (6in) in diameter born freely in clusters. A perennial favourite that prefers a spot in the sun.
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| Latin name: | | Rosa 'Gloire de Dijon' |
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| Common name: | | Rose |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Creamy-buff |
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| Leaf colour: | | Glossy green |
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| Height and spread: | | 4m x 2.5m (13.1ft x 8.2ft) |
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A vigorous, stiffly branched, thorny, climbing tea or noisette rose. It is quite late flowering, and the flowers are fully double, quartered rosette, 10cm (4in) across. Prefers full sun.
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