Heirloom Roses, Old Garden Roses ,
Antique Roses

Heirloom Roses or Old Garden Roses, are those from any class that exsisted before 1867. That was the year the first Hybrid tea was introduced.

If the rose was discovered or hybridized after 1867, it is considered (old) if it is in one of these clases.

These Roses, are my favorites. As much as I love the Hybrid Teas, they don't do well in my northern climate. I've long since given up trying to grow them.

I find the Old Heirloom roses very beautiful, romantic sort of, and very hardy for me.

They are low maintenance- have a long life, and very fragarant- which is everything I want in a rose.

Blanc Double de Coubert

1892 Hybrid Rugosa. Semidouble This antique rose has a strong sweet fragrance, snow white 2-4 inch 18-24 petaled loose blooms. Good early to midseason bloom with all-season repeat. Paper like appearance of the petals reveal golden stamens. Plants grow 5-7 ft. tall.

Foliage is wrinkled. Red hips in the fall.

Beautiful colors of Heirloom Roses

F. J. Grootendorst

1918 Hybrid Rugosa

Small 1-1 1/2 inch, double bright red flowers are frilled like carnations. They bloom in large clusters throughout the summer on upright 3-5 foot plants- ( mine is over 5 ft!)

Leaves are small, leathery, wrinkled, and dark green.

Harrison Yellow

Around 1830 Double,cup shape blooms, measure 2-2 1/2 inches across.

Profuse early bloom is not recurrent.Flowers have showy yellow stamens.Bright yellow, extremely disease resistant.

Upright, spreading and arching- could be used as a small climber on a fence or trellis.

Blooms along the length of the long canes.

Attractive ferny foliage.

Bush grows to 7 ft. Very winter hardy

Very double- very Fragarant 3 1/2-4 inch flowers Color is a violet red that turns from Mauve to lavendar

Plants are thornless, growing 6-8 ft

Abundant midseason bloom with occasional fall repeat

(Although they are very hardy, my plants don't grow over 3 ft.)

Ferdinand Pichard

photo courtsey Henrique

Hybrid Perpetual

Vigorous upright bush grows 4-8 ft.

Clear pink blooms are striped scarlet. Fragrant

Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Medium light green foliage One of the better known and loved of the old garden roses.

Zephrine Drouhin

1868 Bourbon Rose

Large, double, deep rose pink color flowers with moderate fragrance 3 1/2 -4 inches across. Produced in great quantities

Prone to blackspot and mildew.

Grows 8-12 ft. tall

Thornless

stunning plant!

This climber is beautiful on a

Pergola or Arbor

This one was planted on an arbor at the entrance to my Herb garden. I lost it a few years back durning a really bad winter. I intend on replacing it in my rose garden soon! It was simply stunning! The number of blooms on the bush were incredible! notePlanted one this Spring!

American Pillar

The deep pink blooms have a white eye, and yellow stamens. 5 petals, 4" single flowers, have no fragrance.

The plant grows upright, 15-20 feet high, with medium green leathery foliage.

This is a vigorous plant that grows easily. It is shade tolerant and does well in most landscapes.

It is a one-time, but profilic bloomer, that produces super single-formed flowers. A real beauty!

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