Variety, Rose Type, Bloom Color, Outstanding Qualities, Fragrance, Plant Size, Bloom Size & Form

*Bathsheba **Own Root (Climber) - apricot pink and soft yellow; repeat flowering 170-petal count short climber with a medium-to-strong myrrh fragrance; reaches 10 feet tall at maturity; large, full blooms with a cupped form

*Boscobel **Own Root (English Shrub rose) - red buds open to upward facing coral-pink rosettes; medium-to-strong myrrh scent with hints of almond, elderflower, hawthorn, pear, and almond; large blooms with around 78 petals, repeat flowering, 4 feet tall x 4 feet wide

Claire Austin **Own Root (Climber) - creamy white, 120-petal blooms; best for health and fragrance with a strong myrrh scent; can handle full-sun, partial-sun, and shady locations; a medium climber that reaches 12 feet tall; medium cupped form bloom of around 120 petals with the outer petals perfectly arranged in concentric circles, named for the daughter of David Austin Sr. and sister of David Austin Jr.

Darcey Bussell **Own Root (English Shrub rose) - deep, rich crimson-pink maturing to a hint of mauve; light-to-medium fruity fragrance; reaches 4 feet tall and wide at maturity; named for a highly acclaimed British ballerina

*Desdemona - (English Shrub rose) - peachy-pink buds open to gorgeous white; best for flowering and for its intense Old Rose fragrance with hints of almond blossom, cucumber, and lemon zest; reaches 4 feet tall by 3 feet wide at maturity; medium, chalice-shaped blooms with 52 or so petals

*Elizabeth **Own Root (English Shrub rose) - pale, apple-blossom pink and apricot paling to gentle blush white; exceptionally healthy and versatile; sweet and fresh fragrance with hints of lemon sherbet and Old Rose; can handle full-sun, partial-sun, and shady locations; medium-sized repeat-flowering blooms; 4.5 feet tall and wide at maturity; a majestic rose with clusters of medium-to-large rosettes named in honor of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the U.K.

Emily Bronte **Own Root (Shrub rose) - soft pink-apricot fading to cream; strong disease resistance; almost thornless; with a strong tea and myrrh fragrance with hints of lemon and grapefruit; 4 feet tall x 3.5 feet wide; large blooms with a neat and flat form

Eustacia Vye **Own Root (English Shrub rose) - mid-pink and apricot; rigorous shrub, best for health with a strong fruity fragrance; reaches 4 feet tall x 3 feet wide at maturity; red-tinged stems with blooms that begin as shallow cups, opening to full rosettes, revealing petals of a richer hue, which gradually pale over time

Gabriel Oak **Own Root (Shrub rose) - medium pink; best for flowering, best for fragrance with a strong fruity scent; 4 feet tall and wide, very shapely, broad, rounded shrub with mulberry purple stems and dark green foliage, giving the overall impression of richness and abundance, good for pots and containers and as a cut flower

Gertrude Jekyll - (Climber) - glowing bright pink; best for flowering and best for its strong, quintessential Old Rose fragrance; climbs 10 feet; can handle full-sun and partial-sun locations; an early bloomer with strikingly beautiful 80-petal flower on large, rosette-shaped blooms

Golden Celebration **Own Root (English Shrub rose) - rich yellow; best for fragrance with its strong tea scent with notes of Sauternes wine and strawberry; attracts bees; reaches 4.5 tall and wide at maturity; boasts very large, cup-shaped blooms with around 75 petals

Lady of Shallot **Own Root (climber) - orange, salmon-pink, golden yellow; best for flowering; large flowers with medium tea fragrance; can handle full-sun to partial sun locations; short climber reaching 8 feet tall; rich orange-red buds open to large chalice-shaped blooms, filled with loosely arranged, orange petals, the surrounding outer petals are salmon-pink with beautifully contrasting golden-yellow undersides

Lichfield Angel ** Own Root (English Shrub rose) - pale peachy-pink buds gradually open to cream, light musk fragrance, has very few thorns and can handle shady locations, a very large shrub reaching 5 feet tall and wide at maturity, large neatly cupped rosettes with 100 petals, named after an 8th Century limestone, sculptured panel discovered in Lichfield Cathedral in the U.K.

Nye Bevan **Own Root (English Shrub rose) - pale yellow paling to cream, can be grown in containers, light-to-medium myrrh fragrance, an uplifting rose bearing unusual open-cupped flowers, a medium shrub that reaches 3.5 feet tall and wide, the scallop-shaped, incurved petals are loosely yet generously assembled around a central boss of golden stamens, creating a soft, airy appearance

Olive Rose Austin **Own Root (English Shrub rose) - mid pink, light-to-medium fruity fragrance, best for flowering and best for health, can handle shady locations and great for cut flowers, 4.5 -1/2 feet tall x 3.5 feet wide at maturity, medium to large blooms with cupped rosettes

Princess Alexandra of Kent **Own Root (English Shrub rose) - bright pink, best for fragrance with its strong fresh tea changing to lemon and eventually hints of blackcurrant; and best for flowering with its full-petaled, deeply cupped blooms, each packed with 130 petals, can handle sun and partial sun locations, a well-rounded 5 feet x 4 feet shrub named for Princess Alexandra, an avid gardener

*Roald Dahl **Own Root (English Shrub rose) - apricot, light to medium tea scent, best for health, can handle shady locations and good for container gardening and cut flowers, medium, cupped rosettes with 55 or so petals, medium shrub reaches 4 feet tall x 4 feet wide at maturity and has only a few thorns, introduced in 2016 on the 100th anniversary of the children’s book author Roald Dahl’s birth

Strawberry Hill **Own Root - (Climber) - mid pink, best for fragrance with its strong myrrh scent, medium to large, cupped rosettes with 120 petals, a short climber reaching 10 feet tall at maturity, named after a gothic revival house in Twickenham, London, built by Horace Walpole

Teasing Georgia **Own Root - (English Shrub rose) - rich shade of yellow with outer petals falling back and fading to palest yellow, providing a most pleasing two-tone effect. Strong tea rose fragrance, can be used to decorate a pillar or obelisk, medium to large blooms, especially impressive in the fall, a medium climber reaching 12 feet at maturity

Tess of the d’Urbervilles **Own Root - (Climber) - bright crimson red, medium Old Rose fragrance; medium to large bloom size with deeply cupped form with 110 petals, a short climber reaching 8 feet at maturity, named after the heroine of Thomas Hardy’s novel

*The Generous Gardener **Own Root - (Climber) - pure glowing pink; best for fragrance with its strong delicious scent with aspects of Old Rose, musk, and myrrh; can handle full sun and shady locations; attracts bees; features large, full cupped flowers with 55 petals; when the petals open they expose numerous stamens, providing an almost water lily-like effect; a medium climber reaching 15 feet tall at maturity

*The Lady of the Lake - (English Rambling Rose) - pale pink with golden stamens, medium fruity fragrance, best for flowering with medium, semi-double, clustered blooms; can handle full sun, partial sun, and shady locations; a medium-sized rambler reaching 12 feet tall at maturity

*The Pilgrim **Own Root - (Climber) - soft yellow, a perfect balance of medium tea and myrrh fragrance, large, fully cupped blooms with 140 petals, medium climber reaching 12 feet tall at maturity, will quickly reach its full height and still produce flowers and leaves lower down the plant, named after the pilgrims in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

*The Poet’s Wife **Own Root - (English Shrub rose) - rich yellow, paling over time; best for fragrance with its strong fruity scent with a hint of lemon becoming sweeter and stronger over time; can be grown in containers; can handle full sun, partial sun, and shady locations; large, neat, full blooms with 77 petals; medium shrub reaching 3.5 feet tall and wide at maturity

Wollerton Old Hall **Own Root - (Climber) - buds have attractive flashes of red, opening to pale apricot, and paling to cream; best for fragrance with its strong myrrh scent with intense hints of citrus; a medium climber reaching 12 feet tall at maturity; medium, rounded, chalice-shaped blooms with 45 petals

*New to Stanley’s for 2024.
**Denotes a rose that was grown from cuttings from stock plants rather than from grafting onto a different rootstock.

NOTE: For information about these roses or how to grow roses send an email to: treesandshrubs@stanleysgreenhouse.com or call 865-573-9591, and ask for the trees and shrubs team. We will be happy to help you!