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We love: Summer Roses

Posted:20 July 2013

What an unexpected bonus, following the cold spring, lots of rainfall and the recent gorgeous sunshine, our roses at The Garden House are still looking spectacular and with the sun shining on them many are beautifully fragrant!

We have so many varieties here, many of them climbers scrambling happily over the row of old iron arches, all that’s left of the market garden greenhouse that once stood on this site – some of our favourites:

When choosing climbers look carefully at their habit some have very stiff stems and are not very suited to arches, for example Guinée, the darkest of crimson climbers with the rich and powerful fragrance.  However the wonderful Dorothy Perkins (soft pink but with little fragrance) for example, has quite flexible stems and makes an excellent rose for an arch. Try the beautiful creamy-white Albéric Barbier for a north facing situation or Cecile Brunner with its numerous palest pink buds opening to exquisite blooms it is happy in any position.

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