GROWING OLD ROSES

A beginners Guide

Old fashioned roses are making a comeback. The colours, shapes and scent of heritage roses are timeless and so different than our modern fashionable roses.I hope that this introduction into Old Roses will awaken you interest in these type of roses and to encourage you to grow these beautiful flowers in your garden. Chapter 1 will look at how we can use the old roses in the garden such as planting roses in a mixed border or growing roses into trees and over pergolas. Using roses in the garden allows us to be creative and develop our own taste. Learning more about planting and caring for roses and dealing with some rose diseases such as mildew will be described in chapter 2. There is a separate chapter (3) on pruning of old roses. When we mention the word “pruning” people seem to freeze. But pruning old roses does not need to be that difficult if we treat them the same as shrubs. The following chapters will look each at an individual class: the famous Gallica Roses in chapter 4, the diverse Damask Roses in Chapter 5, the refined White Roses in Chapter 6 and the Centifolia Roses with their gracious flowers in the chapters 7 (Provence Roses) and 8 (Moss Roses).