Having enthralled poets for millennia, from Omar Khayyam to Chaucer and Shakespeare, the rose is well deserving of its crown as the queen of flowers.
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Once flowering
Summer flowering roses such as the Apothecary’s rose* – the hallmark of many a herbal – and it’s striped sport Rosa Mundi† are steeped in mystery and romance.
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Remontant
Repeat flowering roses, like the delicious autumn damask ‘Quatre Saisons’, the first repeat flowering roses in Europe, and the ancient Old China Monthly rose‡ bring joy throughout the year.
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* Rosa gallica ‘Officinalis’ or Rosa gallica var. officinalis
† Rosa gallica ‘Versicolour’
‡ Rosa chinensis ‘Old Blush’