Rose Types & Families

From Peter Beales Knowledgebase

In the pages that follow some wonderful roses are described and portrayed in photographs. There are literally thousands of roses in the world and it would be impossible to try and write about all of them so I have purely written about my favourite friends and the ones that I know best and although I have not counted them there must be around a thousand included.

They are divided into family groups, if you like a bit like humans. Each group having it’s own particular characteristics.

Shrub	Climbing	Rambler	Bush
Alba	Climbing Bourbons	Arvenis Ramblers	Floribundas
Bourbons	Climbing China Roses	Boursault Climbers
Centifolias	Climbing Floribundas	Filips Ramblers
China Roses	Climbing Hybrid Perpetuals	Multiflora Ramblers
Damask Roses	Climbing Hybrid Teas	Musk Ramblers
English Roses	Climbing Teas	Sempervirens Ramblers
Gallicas	Laevigata Climbers	Soulieana Hybrids & Ramblers
Hybrid Musks	Modern Climbers	Wichurana Ramblers
Hybrid Perpetuals	Noisettes
Hybrid Teas	Species Climbers
Modern Shrubs	Various assorted Climbers & Ramblers
Moss Roses
Piminellifolias
Polyanthas
Portland Damasks
Procumbent Roses
Rugosas
Species Roses
Sweet Briars (Eglanterias)
Teas

Standard Tree
Standard Tree Roses are simply varieties budded onto a host stem at specific heights.

Modern standards trees are budded at 3ft 6in (1m). When the rose is established at the top in will be approximately 5ft (1.5m) tall.

Shrub standards trees are budded at 3ft 6in (1m) and will become taller than their modern counterparts.

Weeping standard trees are propagated to be taller than the others, to allow the cascading branches further to tumble whilst maintaining the height of the overall plant.

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