Tribute Roses

Bishop Darlington 1926 Thomas

Hybrid Musk shrub

Cream flowers with light pink shading, yellow center, light yellow undertones. Moderate fruity fragrance. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Canary Bird Rose 1907

Flowers early in the season, bearing bright canary-yellow two inch blooms with long copper-coloured stamens. Dark maroon hips. Medium sized shrub with graceful, spreading growth, chocolate-brown bark and dainty, fern-like, grey-green foliage

Erfert 1939 Kordes

Hybrid Musk Kordes 1933

Eva x Reveil Dijonnais. Pink blend Hybrid Musk with light red or deep pink blooms, medium, single (4 to 8 petals) bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Strong musk fragrance. Armed with thorns and prickles. Disease resistant.

Eva 1933 Kordes

Hybrid Musk

Saucer shaped vibrant red flowers. Blooms are single, medium size. Moderate scent. Quite thorny. Disease resistance.

Kazanlyk-Damask 1689

Kazanlyk-Damask 1689 syn 'Trigintipetala. Medium pink, double. Very Fragrant. Blooms mid Summer. Bush habit.

Mozart 1937 Lambert Hybrid Musk

This rose has brilliant scarlet, single flowers with contrasting golden stamens, which are produced along arching growth. There is only one crop in summer and the flowers are followed by superb, large, orange-scarlet, pear-shaped hips in the autumn.

Queen Elizabeth rose 1954 Lammerts

Not part of the Pemberton rose collection. Numerous clear pink, globular flowers on long upright stems, with large glossy leaves. Will grow up to 7' if pruned lightly. Indestructible.

Scarlet Fire 1952 Kordes in 1952

This rose has brilliant scarlet, single flowers with contrasting golden stamens, which are produced along arching growth. There is only one crop in summer and the flowers are followed by superb, large, orange-scarlet, pear-shaped hips in the autumn.

Souvenir de la Malmaison 1843 Beluze

This rose was named in memory of Empress Joséphine's famous garden at Malmaison. The delicate, blush pink flowers are large and very beautiful, but susceptible to rain damage and so better in dry climates. They are cup-shaped at first, later becoming flat and distinctly quartered. It is understood to be one of Joseph's favourite roses and one which he used in his breeding programme.

Standard Rose Savoy Hotel 1989 Harkness

Hybrid Tea

This rose was named in memory of Empress Joséphine's famous garden at Malmaison. The delicate, blush pink flowers are large and very beautiful, but susceptible to rain damage and so better in dry climates. They are cup-shaped at first, later becoming flat and distinctly quartered. It is understood to be one of Joseph's favourite roses and one which he used in his breeding programme.

Triar 1904 Lambertiana.

Flowers are creamy-white, tinged yellow, and are medium-sized, in large corymbs. It produces immense trusses all Summer, continuing through to Autumn. The beautifully shaped flowers are fully produced on long panicles. This rose was used by Joseph Pemberton in the creation of many of his new introductions.

Wilhelm 1934 Kordes

This rose has large double flowers of bright golden-yellow, flushed at the edges of the petals with orange-red, borne upon stout stems. Vigorous, erect and branching plants with shining bronze-green foliage.