Uncomplicated White

FEATURED ROSE Adélaïde d’Orléans

Rambling Rose 20ft (6m) An elegant, once-flowering, almost evergreen rambler with lax growth. Small pink buds open to semi-double flowers which fade from cream to white. They are held in small dainty sprays, hanging gracefully from the branch rather like blooms of a Japanese cherry. Light musk fragrance.

Bare Root Rose £21.50 Potted Rose £30.00

GET THE LOOK UNCOMPLICATED WHITE

White by its very nature is simple, elegant, timeless and uncomplicated. The epitome of versatility, it has a unique ability to sit equally at ease in a contemporary setting or against a traditional backdrop. Soft, unshowy yet unquestionably impactful, go for a breathtaking statement of simplicity by planting large areas in swathes of white.

BALANCED WHITE

There is nothing quite like the opulence of a blanket of pristine white roses draped nonchalantly in the green of a garden. Creating a wonderful balance of effortless elegance and understated impact, try training white climbing roses up brick walls or generously intersperse white shrub roses within a simple border for a calming perspective in perfect equilibrium with the green foliage.

BEST FOR HEALTH

Pictured above left: Tranquillity® (Ausnoble) English Shrub Rose is a vigorous shrub, full of pure white flowers which sit within its light green, bushy foliage. Ideal within a mixed border in a sunny spot, allowing the light to bounce off and brighten up your garden. Pictured above right: Susan Williams-Ellis® (Ausquirk) is a great, easy-going rose as she is exceptionally healthy, hardy and shade tolerant. She sits well in a pot or in a simple mixed border or rose bed where her blousy white blooms will balance perfectly with her green foliage. Bare Root Rose £21.50 Potted Rose £30.00

FEATURED ROSES Bobbie James

Rambling Rose 35ft (10m)

BEST FOR FRAGRANCE Tranquillity® (Ausnoble) English Shrub Rose 4ft (125cm) 4ft (125cm)

Bare Root Rose £21.50 Potted Rose £30.00

LAYERS of WHITE

When planning an outdoor space it is important to step back and consider the whole view. Layering a white rambling rose behind a border of white shrub roses will add depth and interest, both up close and from afar.

FEATURED ROSE Kew Gardens® (Ausfence) English Shrub Rose 4ft (125cm) 4ft (125cm)

Small single flowers are held in very large heads, rather like a hydrangea. Extremely healthy and almost thornless.

BEST FOR FLOWERING BEST FOR HEALTH Bare Root Rose £21.50 Potted Rose £30.00 Private Gardens, Bridgnorth, Shropshire

Rambling Rector Rambling Rose BEST FOR FRAGRANCE 25ft (7.5m) Bare Root Rose £21.50 Potted Rose £30.00

FARMHOUSE WHITE

For a softer, more rustic, informal approach to white, plant with a bit more freedom, selecting varieties which are slightly off-white or even cream. The effect is still fresh and classic but with the warmth of a country farmhouse kitchen.

Spill the blooms over the side of an old pot, along the cusp of a wall or over an obelisk in a walled garden for an elegant, effortless effect.

Félicité Perpétue

Rambling Rose 20ft (6m) Once-flowering in mid-July and almost evergreen, its creamy white pompon flowers hang in large clusters. Bare Root Rose £21.50 Potted Rose £30.00

SPOTLIGHT ON SUSAN WILLIAMS-ELLIS ®

(Ausquirk)

English Shrub Rose 3½ft (110cm) 3ft (90cm) BEST FOR HEALTH

A starry variety of pure white with exceptional health and slightly pointed petals

BLOOM Her blooms have a star-like quality in the way they shine pure white and how their slightly pointed petals reflex to create a textured dome shape. She has a delicate quality, almost like layers of tissue paper and there is a touch of yellow at her centre where she displays her shining stamens. A white sport of the pink English Rose ‘The Mayflower’.

BEHIND HER NAME Named after Susan Williams-Ellis the renowned designer and founder behind Portmeirion Pottery. Much loved for its iconic British style, many of Portmeirion’s designs feature roses.

FRAGRANCE She has a lovely, classic medium-strong Old Rose style fragrance to accompany her traditional Old Rose style blooms.

HOW TO USE HER She is remarkable in her disease resistance and a good selection for a spray-free garden. Tolerant, robust and particularly winter hardy, she will shine equally well in shadier or sunny spots. With her bushy, upright, twiggy growth, mix her willingly in a mixed bed or border with silver foliaged companion plants for company or plant with other white roses together in a single colour, multi-variety bed.

Kew Gardens® (Ausfence) English Shrub Rose with Cardoon ‘Cynara cardunculus’

Endless White

White en masse is a truly breathtaking sight. Impressive yet calming, it is easy on the eye as it accentuates the scale of an area. Plant profusely in a long border or to the side of a path for a blanket of white. For true simplicity, go for a single variety of crisp, warm or blush white blooms which will fade as they age, or for a touch more complexity, combine white varieties of different bloom styles.

Tranquillity® (Ausnoble)

English Shrub Rose 4ft (125cm) 4ft (125cm) Lichfield Angel® (Ausrelate)

English Shrub Rose 4½ft (140cm) 4½ft (140cm) Desdemona® (Auskindling)

English Shrub Rose 3½ft (110cm) 3½ft (110cm)

BEST FOR FLOWERING BEST FOR FRAGRANCE

Private Garden, Hertfordshire

CONTEMPORARY SIMPLICITY Plant large blocks of white roses for a contemporary approach to roses. This will sit equally well against a grand stone house as it will against a modern courtyard garden. For a coherent outdoor living look, match your garden furniture with your roses creating a calming outdoor space with a statement. The touch of fragrance will finish the effect perfectly.

Desdemona® (Auskindling) BEST FOR FRAGRANCE BEST FOR FLOWERING A medium shrub with peachy pink buds open to beautiful, white, chalice-shaped blooms, with a pinkish hue. The incurved petals create an arresting interplay of light and shadow. The strong Old Rose fragrance has hints of almond blossom, cucumber and lemon zest. It forms a most attractive neat, rounded, bushy shrub. Named after the tragic heroine of Shakespeare’s Othello.