Rosa sericea is probably the most widespread rose species in Asia, both geographically and in terms of altitude. It is found throughout the Himalaya from Nepal in the west across to SE Tibet and NE India in the east, into Burma and through Yunnan and Sichuan into central and southern China and north into Kansu andContinue reading “Widespread in the wild, scarcely known in cultivation: Rosa sericea”
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Wild roses in the garden
For those like William Robinson whose taste is inclined away from ‘fat, complex and overbred roses’, rose species can be a very satisfying contrast. Where there is space for them to flourish, they are a good enough reason on their own to justify a remark allegedly made by one of the Rothschilds, that ‘every garden,Continue reading “Wild roses in the garden”
Four super-performing tree-climbing roses at WHF
Yunnan in Western China is probably the epicentre of rose species – and many of them, such as members of the Synstylae group, have huge vigour, which they seem to pass on to their various hybrids. The best known is probably Rosa filipes, of which the remarkable ‘Kiftsgate’ is a form or hybrid. The typeContinue reading “Four super-performing tree-climbing roses at WHF”
White House Farm Garden and Arboretum 