Roses
These
most popular of plants feature conspicuously in all of the
Society's gardens, as well as in the work of the science staff.
At RHS Garden Wisley there are a number of rose collections.
In celebration of the Queen's Golden Jubilee in 2002, the
Rose Garden has been redeveloped in a new design to show off
the latest rose introductions in a contemporary setting.
The rose borders are graded according to colour, including large-flowered and cluster-flowered bush roses. They have been selected for disease resistance and longevity of flowering.
There is also a catenary of oak posts and ropes supporting twin chains of a variety of climbing roses.
Advice
Rose pruning guidelines.
Rose black spot: current advice
and research
Rose rust
Recent work at Wisley
Rose black spot research project
Further reading
Bailes, C. 1995, June. West Country roses. The Garden (RHS) 120(6): 326-331.
Gibson, M. 1997, October. Roses into fruit. The Garden (RHS) 122(10): 728-733. Ornamental fruit of roses.
Gibson, M. 1995, July. Joseph Pemberton's roses. The Garden (RHS) 120(7): 432-435.
Haw, S. 1996. Rosa wardii rediscovered? The New Plantsman 3(3): 134-137.
Lancaster, R. 1996, August. Rosa chinensis var. spontanea. The Garden(RHS) 121(8): 519.
Ogisu, M. 1996. Some thoughts on the history of China roses. The New Plantsman 3(3): 1152-157.
Richardson, J. 1996. Rosa acicularis: the Arctic or circumpolar rose. The New Plantsman 3(3): 147-150.
Rushforth, K. 1997. Rosa omeiensis Rolfe and its affinities to R. sericea Lindley. The New Plantsman 4(1): 39-46.
Whiteley, A.C. 1996. Rosa canina: the dog rose and its garden derivatives. The New Plantsman 3(3):131-133.