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Heirloom Garden Roses

This selection of roses is the pick of the heirlooms for modern gardeners. Our new rose garden at St Erth celebrates the old-world charm of heritage and species roses, combining them with other shrubs and perennials to create a true garden, not just a collection of plants.

OLD WORLD ROSE COLLECTION

OLD WORLD ROSE COLLECTION

PREORDER. Cultivate romance in your garden with an easy collection of heirloom bare root roses both fragrant and dreamy. The collection includes three old world rose varieties 'Madame Isaac Periere', Rugosa 'Roseraie De L'Hay' and climber 'Mutabilis' for wonder and beauty. PREORDER. BAREROOT ROSES WILL BE DESPATCHED FROM MID-JULY

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ROSE ‘ISPAHAN’

PREORDER. DAMASK, 1832: As heady and as fragrant as all Damask roses, the ‘Ispahan’ rose's origins are obscure and how the variety travelled to Europe is a little contentious. An English gardener named Norah Lindsay claimed to have found this cultivar in Persia. Or introduced from the Middle east to Europe during the 13th-century crusades. Full ...

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ROSE 'ALBERTINE'

ROSE 'ALBERTINE'

SOLD OUT FOR 2021 SEASON. PREORDER. WICHURANA RAMBLER, 1921: This vigorous rambler was developed in France and named by the Barbier Brothers. One of the most floriferous and intensely scented climbers. An incredible eight-week display begins with copper buds opening to sweetly fragrant, salmon-pink flowers, aging with grace to almost white. 'Alb...

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ROSE 'BLACK BOY'

ROSE 'BLACK BOY'

SOLD OUT FOR 2021 SEASON. PREORDER. AUSTRALIAN HEIRLOOM, 1919: Raised by Australia's own preeminent rose breeder Alister Clark, 'Black Boy' is still the most popular crimson climber. Outer petals are a deeper shade than within, and they darken with age to develop subtle purple-black markings. The first semi-double flowers are early, appearing mi...

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ROSE 'CREPUSCULE'

ROSE 'CREPUSCULE'

SOLD OUT FOR THE 2021 SEASON. PREORDER. NOISETTE, 1904: A breath taking, romantic showstopper when in full bloom, 'Crepuscule' translates from French as 'twilight', after its softly glowing butterscotch and yellow flowers. This almost thorn-less noisette climbing rose will straddle any frame, reaching up to 4m. Flowers in either singular or in c...

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ROSE 'KAZANLIK'

ROSE 'KAZANLIK'

SOLD OUT FOR 2021 SEASON. PREORDER. DAMASK, 1689: Ancient and treasured for the highly fragrant petals for oils and perfumes, Damask roses are named for their purported origin in Damascus, Syria. The Kazanlik rose is named for the town in Bulgaria where acres of roses are harvested for the 'Attar of Rose', the ingredient for perfumes, rose water...

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ROSE 'LORRAINE LEE'

ROSE 'LORRAINE LEE'

SOLD OUT FOR 2021 SEASON. PREORDER. AUSTRALIAN HEIRLOOM, 1924: When most roses are dormant during winter, this true phenomenon of the rose world is in full flower filling gardens with its wonderful sweet scent and colourful pinkish-apricot double blooms. Almost perpetually in flower, it’s superb as a shrub, hedge or rambling climber. Bred by ren...

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ROSE MADAME ISAAC PERIERE

ROSE MADAME ISAAC PERIERE

PREORDER. BOURBON, 1881: The opulent, dark-cerise flowers of this bourbon rose are enriched with the most intoxicating scent of all roses. The most sumptuous overlapping inner petals are delicately arranged, creating a quartered flower with each petal arching over the next in a pom-pom quill formation. The sublime flowers age gracefully to a sil...

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ROSE 'NANCY HAYWARD'

ROSE 'NANCY HAYWARD'

SOLD OUT FOR 2021 SEASON. PREORDER. AUSTRALIAN HEIRLOOM 1937: Almost never without a flower, `Nancy Hayward' is the perfect climbing rose and is continually smothered in vivid pink single flowers. Through breeding with Rosa gigantea, a towering climber from Burma and the Himalayas, Alister Clark strove to create repeat-flowering roses suited to ...

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ROSE 'SOUVENIR DE LA MALMAISON'

ROSE 'SOUVENIR DE LA MALMAISON'

SOLD OUT FOR THE 2021 SEASON. PREORDER. BOURBON, 1843: Delicate petals of soft-pink softening to cream are `quilled and quartered' in the centre, much like the David Austin varieties of today. Raised in Beluze, France, this spectacular Bourbon rose was named for the Empress Josephine's country house, Chateaux Malmaison, a superb cultivar for the...

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ROSE 'VEILCHENBLAU'

ROSE 'VEILCHENBLAU'

SOLD OUT FOR THE 2021 SEASON. PREORDER. MULTIFLORA RAMBLER, 1909: An early flowering, sweetly-scented heirloom rose bred in Germany. Unique in more ways than one, the flowers open with a hint of red against purple before aging through lavender and violet and finishing a charming dusky-pink. One of the best known and widely grown old-world ramble...

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Member Exclusives

Waves of Blue cut flower collection

Waves of Blue cut flower collection

Produces nature's finest, enchanting shades of blues and whites. Freshly picked, gathered and hand arranged, these plants give a long-lasting, elegant floral arrangement that is sure to impress. Includes Delphinium Butterfly Mix, Blue Sea Holly, Salvia Blue Monday and False Queen Anne's Lace.

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CITRUS STARTER PACK

CITRUS STARTER PACK

If you’re thinking about growing your own citrus at home, this is the ultimate starter collection. We’ve combined five of our favourite varieties to help you create your own citrus grove, including one plant each of Orange ‘Lane’s Late’, Lemon ‘Prior Lisbon’, Lime ‘Tahitian’, Tangelo ‘Minneola’ and Mandarin ‘Imperial’. Once established, you’ll b...

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2 year membership + Garden Calendar and 2 Seed Packets

2 year membership + Garden Calendar and 2 Seed Packets

Membership: MNE2CA2

Join the club and receive an exclusive gift, valued at $30. A stunning calendar featuring key dates, a guide to which seeds to sow each month and plenty of space to add your own events. Plus two free packets of some popular seeds – Tomato 'Black Cherry' and Lettuce Heirloom Mix.

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