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| Roses vary in colour from white through to yellows, oranges, reds and purples. The colour here represents the rose's colour if grown in sandy Norfolk soil in East Anglian weather conditions. If you garden in a different situation then the colour tones may vary. |
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| Bare root roses are available to order all year with despatch from November to March. | ||
| Container roses are available in spring and summer and ready pruned in late summer autumn. | ||
| Standard Tree roses are budded in 'Standard' form at varying heights. 2'6" for half standards, 3'3" for modern and full standards, 3'6" for shrub standards 4'6" for weeping standards.. |
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| Click on the letter to see roses starting with that letter. | ||
| Roses belong to many families such as the Portlands, Damasks, the modern families and many more. Different families have different charactaristics; the Damasks tend to be very double flowers with heavy scents, and the species tend to be single flowers with mostly little scent that attract varied wildlife. |
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Roses fall into many groups which more or less define their function in the garden. Groups include shrubs which tend to be full, waist height plants, climbers which climb up structures, ramblers with grow quickly up to 15m (40ft) or more although they tend not to repeat flower, and procumbent ground covering roses which are useful for sprawling closer to the ground |
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Search by the estimated eventual height of the plant.Plant mesurements are given as height by width. All heights quoted on the website are guide heights based on mature plants grown in Norfolk sandy soil conditions under East Anglian sun and so your eventual plant size may vary. |
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| Rose scent is so subjective that there was intense debate here at Peter Beales Roses on whether it should even be included on our website. But as it is such an important factor for many rose growers we have tried to provided scent strengths. These scent ratings have been compiled soley by Peter Beales himself to try and give total consistancy through out this very subjective topic. For example some roses smell intensely of citrus or myrh but there are some people who can simply not detect either fragrance! |
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| Roses vary in thornyness from totally thornless roses like Zephrine Drouhin and Kathleen Haropp through to very thorny roses like Kiftsgate and Mermaid, which are so big and thorny they are useful for using as security barriers where intruders may otherwise stray! Most roses have some thorns and some are extremely interesting and beautiful. |
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| Where possible we have provided the date of introduction for each variety. Some roses, especially the species roses which evolved naturally are so old that the rose community can only guess at the age so we have provided an estimate. |
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Single
 Normally five petalled blooms exposing stamens at the centre.
Cupped
 Goblet shaped flowers of varying numbers of petals.
Double
 Many petalled flowers.
High Centred
 Blooms open from very pointed buds.
Loosely Double
 Generally open, often flat, usually many petalled but sometimes has fewer petals.
Quartered
 Usually many petalled blooms with centre petals of open flowers clearly falling into four segments
Saucer Shaped
 Shallow cupped saucer shaped blooms.
Cushioned
 Densely packed petals forming usually convex shaped blooms.
Muddled
 Blooms with many disorderly petals in an attractive formation. |
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| Roses can either be single (a few petals), semi double (more petals) or double (lots of petals). |
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| Small bloom sizes are appx 2.5cm (1") across, while medium tend to be 5cm (2") to 75cm (3") across and large bloom sizes can be over 7.5cm (3") | ||
| Some roses, especially some of the hybrid teas and species roses can bear very interesting hips if not dead headed in the summer. These come in a variety of colours and can help bring birds and other wildlife into the garden, as well as add a dash of much needed colour in the autumn. |
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| Some roses, especially some of the hybrid teas and species roses can bear very interesting hips if not dead headed in the summer. These come in a variety of sizes and shapes from oval to flagon. |
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Suitable for growing:
| Some roses lend themselves to growing low down scrambling over beds, paving or any low part of the garden. | ||
| Some roses are suitable to be grown in a pot no smaller than 18" (45cm) in diameter. | ||
| If grown with support (oblisk etc) some shrub roses can be grown as a small climber. | ||
| Some roses have vigour and can survive and thrive when planted into a woodland. | ||
| Although no rose loves bad quality soil, some roses are more tolerant of poorer soils than other roses | ||
| Some roses are suitable for creating a hedge if planted at 12" to 24" intervals in a line. | ||
| Some varieties are worth growing for the ornamental value of hips | ||
| North wall conditions can be harsher than other aspects in terms of wind damage, frost and temperature changes. Some roses grow well in these conditions. | ||
| Although no rose enjoys shade, some are more tolerant of shade than others. All roses need at least 2 to 3 hours of direct sun a day, most need more. | ||
| Can be used to climb and ramble through small trees | ||
| If supported and pruned back, some climbing roses can be grown as shrub roses | ||
| Some rose varieties are worth growing for the colours of their autumn foliage | ||
| Some roses are suitable for growing in warm climates such as the South Europe, around the mediterranean and parts of the middle east. | ||
| Some roses are suitable for growing in colder climates, such as North Europe and Scandinavia. | ||
We hope you find what you are looking for. If not then don't hesitate to call us on:
0845 481 0277
Most of our container roses are finished until February 1st 2012 and the bare root rose season is now well under way. Now is the time to choose from our full range of over 1200 roses which will be delivered in bare root form between November 2011 and April 2012 for planting from any time between now and early spring 2012.
No other UK nursery gives you the sheer choice and quality of Peter Beales Roses - make sure your rose is a Peter Beales Rose.
We understand that as we have the largest commercial collection of roses in the UK that sometimes choosing a rose can almost be daunting, that is why in this article we have highlighted some of our best selling, healthy, free flowering roses.
There are many shrub type roses that are continuous flowering and scented but our firm favourites are:
Leah Tutu - Pictured Left - A vibrant, yellow/orange, fully double, classic style, scented shrub rose that is as colourful as its namesake. Growing up to 1m (3ft 3") this is a lovely and compact rose.
Macmillan Nurse - A creamy-white, classic style, scented, large shrub that will grow to about 1.5m (5ft) and flowers from early summer right through to autumn.
St Ethelburga - A delightful, pink, double bloomed, sweet perfumed rose that oozes elegance.
City of York - pictured right - A good rose producing clusters of semi-double, creamy-white flowers with lemon centres. Very vigorous and free flowering this climber grows up to around 2m (6ft 6").
Madam Alfred Carrière - Lovely clusters of white sometimes flushed soft pink,double flowers. Vigorous and good on a North wall which makes it attractive for darker parts of the garden. Very fragrant and grows to around 3m (10ft).
Blush Noisette - Lovely clusters of white sometimes flushed soft pink,double flowers. Vigorous and good on a North wall. A very fragrant climber that grows up to around 2m (6ft 6").
There are few better ground cover roses than the Flower Carpet range (Pink Flower Carpet pictured to the left) and we are currently the only UK rose company to sell the entire range.
The Flower Carpet roses in stock are: Amber, Coral, Gold, Pink and Red Velvet. Without exception they are healthy and very free flowering providing a 'carpet' of blooms throughout the summer into late autumn.
Bonica - a low maintenance firm favourite is still one of our best roses and you will find many specimen plants here at our nursery because, like the Flower Carpet range, it is very free flowering and works very well in containers.
Some people shy away from rambling roses as most 'only' flower once in early summer; we feel this is a real shame as the 4 to 6 weeks of flowers they do produce en masse can't be beaten by any other roses, full stop. Large roses (some 20-30ft) like Rambling Rector (pictured to the right), Sanders White and rosa Helenae will drench whatever structure they are covering with thousands of small blooms and will make you friends and neighbours stop in their tracks and simply say "Wow"! If you leave the flowers on and don't deadhead them many of these ramblers will produce beautiful hips in the autumn that add welcome colour after most of the garden starts to sleep for the winter.
Of course these are just a selection of our roses, but if you are just getting into roses then you really can't go wrong with all the varieties listed above. To see more information simply click on the links on this page to see more information, then place your order online for the roses before they sell out!
