Simply the best

Simplythe best

If you’re looking for a new rose for your garden, why not choose a winner? Here, we celebrate three award-winning roses, and four of our current favourites

Every year, experts and breeders choose their ‘Rose of the Year’ and these roses have to be very special to make the grade. In recent years, there’s been a trend for soft apricot tones and light, fresh scents – a versatile combination. Once established, keep your new plant looking its best with specialist rose feed sprinkled around the base in spring and mid-summer, a thick mulch of compost in autumn to suppress weeds, and regular dead-heading of faded flowers. This should keep your roses flowering beautifully.

WO RTH Y W I N N E R S It’s A Wonderful Life The Rose of the Year for 2022 has frothy peach-pink blooms that keep appearing for many weeks. The judges loved its upright shape, its delicate scent, and its long-lasting flowers – ideal for romantic mixed borders and summer patio containers. H: 1m

ROSE OF THE YEAR 2022

Belle de Jour The 2021 Rose of the Year brings a ray of sunshine to borders and patio pots, with its frilled golden-yellow petals and intense fruity-vanilla fragrance. The long-lasting blooms make fantastic cut flowers, and it can even be grown as a low hedge. H: 1.2m Sweet Honey In a tough year, the 2020 Rose of the Year was a welcome highlight. A classic double bloom in mellow apricot, it has strong, bushy growth and an appealing fruity fragrance. Perfect for containers, hedging, borders and cut flowers. H: 1m

ROSE OF THE YEAR 2021

ROSE OF THE YEAR 2020

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Anne’s Rose Hot-pink blooms create a fashionable pop of colour throughout summer. Plant at the front of the border or in a pot to appreciate its compact shape and fresh scent. H: 90cm

Queen Bee Lightly scented amber-yellow flowers appear continuously from June to September on unusually low, bushy plants. Ideal for a sunny pot or border. H: 80cm

Alchemilla mollis is an ideal plant partner for roses – the velvety leaves and frothy lime-green flowers will soon swirl around the rose stems.

Pink Perfection A lovely repeat-flowering rose with swirling sugar-pink petals and a neat upright shape. Perfect in a border or a container, alongside cottage garden perennials. H: 90cm

Burning Desire A real show-stopper, the dramatic burnt-orange flowers also smell amazing. Enjoy its fiery blooms and bronze-tinted foliage in colourful summer borders. H: 90cm

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