Smelling the Roses - English Rose Graham Thomas

The cup shaped flowers are of medium size. Their colour is an unusually rich, pure yellow that would be hard to match even among modern roses, and is entirely missing from old roses. There is a medium-strong, fresh tea rose fragrance, with a cool violet character typical of its colour group. It has attractive, smooth green foliage. Good repeat-flowering from early summer onwards. Named for one of the most influential gardeners of his time. Graham Thomas was a frequent visitor to our nursery and chose this rose himself.

Meaning of Roses Colors

Miniature Rose

This is a miniature rose. Seriously, this flower is the size of thumbnail and It has this marble pattern with white streaks on the pink petals and it was very hard to get a focus on the flower. This plant a bunch of these around the house. They are just too cute.

A happy rose-face, looking out from the shadow of its glossy leaves and a bud above roses flowering in answer to a soft, brilliant day.

A happy rose-face, looking out from the shadow of its glossy leaves and a bud above roses flowering in answer to a soft, brilliant day.  These blooms have a delightful effect from carrying two rose-colors at once - white with the faintest shade of pink pearl, and a warm rosy hue at the center. They are on a tall vine, "James Galway", and swing from an arbor in my cousin's garden, where they greet everyone with their sweet scent and many flower faces like this one.

Credit +Sarah Myers?

Beautiful Rose

This lovely rose fits in well with our English Old Rose Hybrids, however it has a little of the Leander group in its genetic make-up. This flower shows up in its rather shiny foliage. It is a stunning rose with flowers of an unfading, strong yellow. Indeed their formation is most pleasing, having a neat outer ring of petals enclosing an informal group of petals within. The growth is low and naturally rounded, making it an ideal rose for a position towards the front of the border. There is a rich fragrance with strong lemon tints at first, becoming sweeter and stronger with age.

Strawberry Hill English Rose

For Strawberry Hill holds a medium-sized, pure rose pink, cupped rosettes of excellent quality. And Nha gradually diminish to lighter pink on the edges of the petals, and ultimately expose glimpses of yellow stamens in the center. Blooms are beautiful in all stages. The growth is tall, strong and non-formal to some extent, with small groups of flowers held in brances arched slightly. Strawberry Hill is very healthy with shiny, lush foliage and dark. This is a wonderful choice for a position from the back of a mixed border, or the limits of shrub roses. Strong, bitter and delicious and (Heather) honey fragrance.