June is when our gardens seem to come into their own. Its an excellent time for cottage gardens brimming with cornflowers, hollyhocks, lupins, delphiniums, peonies, irises and, of course, roses. June is romantic, sensuous and filled with excitement and promise.
June is Rose awareness month, and a fabulous time for roses, but it can also be confusing as there are literally thousands of roses to choose from. How will you know the best rose for your garden?
Lets start with shrub roses, they offer clusters of large blooms with an ‘old rose’ character, flower generously from summer to autumn and many are scented.
Floribunda roses produce clusters of flowers, also mostly scented. These roses flower profusely over a long period of time.
Celebration roses are often chosen for special occasions and in memory of a loved one. From Golden celebration to Sweet remembrance.
A Standard rose is a perfect statement plant. Great in borders or containers, they add instant height.
Ground cover roses, compact with horizontal branches and plenty of small blooms. Ideal for mass planting and low borders.
Rambling roses are vigorous shrubs that typically produce a mass of small flowers. They have long arching stems and can be trailed up a trellis, over a doorway or arch.
Climbing roses are spectacular scaling a wall or archway in the garden. The current trend is for vintage style, single, more open flower variety which appeals to pollinators. Great on garden walls, obelisks or fences.
Patio roses are compact, with smaller clusters of blooms that can repeat flower throughout summer. Ideal for smaller gardens and containers, they are easy to maintain and grow.
Hybrid tea roses are a favourite, with large single flowers, and long straight stems that are good for cutting. They are known for their scent and their beauty.
THE KING
OF ROSES
David Austin Roses are famous the world over, growing roses in Shropshire for over 60 years. David Austin developed a passion for plants from a very young age. His emphasis was on breeding roses with the character and fragrance of old garden roses but with the repeat-flowering ability and wide colour range of modern roses such as hybrid teas and floribundas.
Today, most David Austin roses are still grown by hand, just as it was at the very beginning. Every plant has been hand-budded, a traditional and intricate skill carried out by our experts millions of times each year.
