Rose Encyclopedia

Starček ružový (Starček)

The original Moss rose, a sport of Rosa x centifolia dating from before 1696. Fully double, deeply cupped pink flowers with magnificent old-rose and balsamic moss fragrance. Once-flowering in early...

Starček ružový (Starček)

The original Moss rose, a sport of Rosa x centifolia dating from before 1696. Fully double, deeply cupped pink flowers with magnificent old-rose and balsamic moss fragrance. Once-flowering in early...

Turn Malakoff

Tour de Malakoff is a spectacular centifolia rose from 1856 whose enormous blooms shift from vivid magenta through violet to silvery mauve as they age. This lax-growing, heavily fragrant heritage...

Turn Malakoff

Tour de Malakoff is a spectacular centifolia rose from 1856 whose enormous blooms shift from vivid magenta through violet to silvery mauve as they age. This lax-growing, heavily fragrant heritage...

Meauxská ruža

Rose de Meaux is a historic miniature centifolia dating to at least 1637, producing tiny, perfectly formed pink pompom blooms on a compact bush barely 60 cm tall. Its surprisingly...

Meauxská ruža

Rose de Meaux is a historic miniature centifolia dating to at least 1637, producing tiny, perfectly formed pink pompom blooms on a compact bush barely 60 cm tall. Its surprisingly...

Klobúk Napoleona (Crested Moss)

A unique crested Centifolia discovered on a Swiss convent wall around 1827. Its spectacular buds, resembling Napoleon's hat, open to deeply cupped, intensely fragrant silvery-pink blooms. Once-flowering in early summer,...

Klobúk Napoleona (Crested Moss)

A unique crested Centifolia discovered on a Swiss convent wall around 1827. Its spectacular buds, resembling Napoleon's hat, open to deeply cupped, intensely fragrant silvery-pink blooms. Once-flowering in early summer,...

Nebeský svietnik (Acalypha celestialis)

Celestial is a pre-1797 Alba rose of ethereal beauty, producing soft shell-pink semi-double blooms that reveal golden stamens, set against classic blue-grey foliage. Hardy to zone 3 on a vigorous...

Nebeský svietnik (Acalypha celestialis)

Celestial is a pre-1797 Alba rose of ethereal beauty, producing soft shell-pink semi-double blooms that reveal golden stamens, set against classic blue-grey foliage. Hardy to zone 3 on a vigorous...

Fantin-Latour

Fantin-Latour is a magnificent Centifolia rose of mysterious origins, named by Graham Stuart Thomas after the great French flower painter. Its large, luminous blush-pink blooms of 100+ petals and rich...

Fantin-Latour

Fantin-Latour is a magnificent Centifolia rose of mysterious origins, named by Graham Stuart Thomas after the great French flower painter. Its large, luminous blush-pink blooms of 100+ petals and rich...