The pink roses are Tam O’Shanter and were bred by David Austin. They are a beautiful deep pink colour in bud fading to mauve when the flower is fully open and of course they have a wonderful fruity fragrance.
The white rose is a climbing one… Rosa Iceberg. It flowers first in May then flowers continuously all summer as long as I keep dead heading it. I make sure that I cut a good length of stem off with the dead flowers which encourages new growth. It’s in a really sunny sheltered spot so this rose continues flowering well into autumn and winter. Some years I can cut roses from it on Christmas day.
