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Festival of Roses
New roses
Sweet Haze = 'Tan97274'
Sweet Haze = 'Tan97274' bred by Rosen Tantau, and introduced by Pococks Roses & Eurosa, can add the Rose of the Year 2008 accolade to its growing list of international trial awards. It produces large clusters of sweet scented lilac-pink flowers with brown stigma and dark yellow anthers. The glossy mid-green foliage has good disease resistance. Growing to a final height and spread of approx 70x70cm (28x28cm), this rose is suitable for container planting or would sit well at the front of a mixed border.
Hybridised roses with their complex petal arrangements are not generally a first stop for bumblebees seeking nectar or pollen; so the single flowers of Sweet Haze are rather more bee friendly than most. Recent reports about the dwindling UK bumblebee population has prompted Roses UK to promote the Bumblebee Conservation Trust in all its marketing activities for Sweet Haze.
Alderley Park = 'Frygladia'
Bred and introduced by Fryers Roses, this medium growing bushy floribunda produces a bountiful supply of large porcelain-pink flowers that are full petalled and formed in the old rose style. They are long lasting and fragrant. The plant is vigorous and easy to grow.
It is named for Astra Zeneca to mark the 50th anniversary of its major facility Alderley Park. Covering 400 acres, three-quarters of which remains woodland, water and farmland, Alderley Park is where several of the world's most important medicines have been discovered and developed.
Aphrodite = 'Tan00847'
Bred by Rosen Tantau and introduced by Apuldram Roses, this is a new variety in the Nostalgic Roses® range. Aphrodite produces large, full, cup-shaped flowers from initial spiral-shaped buds, carried singly or in small clusters. Its pink flowers have a spicy fragrance and an excellent vase life. Foliage is leathery, mid green and large, with a good resistance to fungal diseases.
'Garland's Gold'
'Garland’s Gold’ introduced by Bill LeGrice Roses. Named for the the Centenary of the Benenden Hospital in Kent, this floribunda rose has cupped, semi-double fragrant blooms. A vibrant orange when in bud, the flowers mellow to a strong apricot with a golden yellow centre highlighted by darker stamens, and a salmon reverse to the petals.
Specially selected for the occasion by head gardener Carol Head, it is named after the founder of the Benenden Healthcare Society, Charles Garland. The hospital was originally built by the society for the National Association for the Establishment and Maintenance of Sanitoria for workers suffering from tuberculosis.
George Best = 'Dichimanher'
Bred by Dickson Nurseries and introduced by Pococks Roses, this was named for the popular late footballer; a royalty from each rose sold will benefit the Foundation set up in his name. This cultivar is low growing and bushy and produces masses of cup-shaped blooms of dark red that fade to rosy pink. Foliage is dense, dark green and glossy.
Hope and Glory = 'Tan01360'
Bred by Rosen Tantau and introduced by The Cornish Rose Company and Eurosa. Named for England’s rugby union team, this dark red rose is both healthy and free flowering. The opulent buds open to large, full, cup-shaped and quartered flowers reminiscent of old roses. With a delicate scent, this cultivar makes an excellent cut flower. The flowers are complemented by the dark green, leathery foliage.
Moonshine = 'Tan97123'
Bred by Rosen Tantau and introduced by Style Roses. This rose produces large peony-like blooms of glowing white, like a full moon, with a pink blush and strong pink edges on attractive healthy red bronzed growth that matures to dark green. It flowers early and continues until late autumn, and its short, compact habit make this a great container, front bedding or standard rose.
New Beginnings = 'Korprofko'
Bred by Kordes and introduced by Mattocks Roses, this floribunda produces an abundance of lightly fragrant blooms of peach pink suffused with shades of pale peach. Glossy green foliage and a compact free-flowering habit makes this rose an excellent choice for planting in a mixed border or large container.
Port Sunlight = 'Auslofty'
Bred and introduced by David Austin Roses, this rose will prove a very useful cultivar for the garden, as it can be grown as a shrub or climber and is also extremely healthy. The apricot peach blooms are produced freely and have a strong pure tea fragrance.
Port Sunlight is a model historical village that was originally built by Lord Lever for the workers at his soap factory in the Wirral.
Wild Rover = 'Dichirap'
Bred by Dickson Nurseries and introduced by C & K Jones. Dickson’s says that this was the most ‘commented on’ rose in its fields over the last few years and described by one international rose grower as a ‘wizard’ of a rose!
With a sturdy, upright to bushy habit and growing to around 120-130cm (4-4.5ft) it produces evenly spaced and sweetly scented semi-double blooms. The buds start out as a deep claret, open to purple with beautiful yellow stamens and an ivory eye, and fade to mauve. Foliage is dense, large, semi-glossy and light to mid-green in colour. A healthy and vigorous rose, awarded a Silver Medal in Chile 2004.
You are my Sunshine = ’Frykwanko'
Bred and introduced by Fryers Roses, this bright golden-yellow hybrid tea is linked to the North West Air Ambulance, who will benefit from sales. The large beautifully formed flowers are scented and carried in profusion on a neat bushy plant - just the sort of rose to brighten a dull border or to give and bring a cheery smile to someone special.