Originally called Pemberton Roses after the Rev. Joseph Pemberton who bred them between 1913 and 1926, these were the first really neatly proportioned, continuous flowering cluster roses.
His varieties remain popular ...
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Whilst not totally perpetual this group of roses will usually supply at least one second flush of flower each year. Most date from the early 1800’s and are the ancestors of modern day Hybrid Teas, they clearly disp...
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Whilst one huge family the Hybrid Teas have been around for many, many years. The first ‘La France’ was introduced in 1865.
Today we refer to roses as being either old fashioned or modern. Gallicas are old fashione...
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The devastation caused after a sawfly has laid her eggs on the leaves of roses can be visually alarming in a bad attack.
The parent actually injects the leaf with a chemical secretion that causes it to curl and p...
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There are two forms of mildew ‘powdery’ and ‘downy’.
Downy mildew is more likely to occur on roses grown under glass and is far less common than powdery mildew. Extreme differences between day and n...
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The correct title for this group of roses is a contentious subject. Early Hybrid Teas were exactly that, hybrids of the Tea roses but, over the years, the genealogy has become complicated. They were recently reclassifi...
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Called such because they are of such mixed parentage that there is not a particular group with which any have strong affinity. They are indeed a mixed bunch with few similarities except that they largely possess the qu...
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This is a beautiful group of roses. Not only are the flowers an attraction but the stems and un-opened buds are too.
They are endowed with moss like glands which, when touched, have a wonderful herb like fragrance...
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Peter Beales Roses Ltd
London Road
Attleborough
Norfolk
NR17 1AY
Peter Beales Roses & Sweet Briar Shop & Bistro, Attleborough, Norfolk
M...
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At our nursery in Attleborough we have 3 acres of English country rose gardens. The vast majority of our collection can be seen growing as mature plants, an excellent way of judging how your roses will loo...
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