Variegata di Bologna - Bourbon Rosebush

Creator: Bonfiglioli, Italy, 1909
Origin: mutation of “Victor Emmanuel”
Flowers: 8 cm
Height: 3 m

The success of the secular 'Variegata di Bologna' is explained mainly due to its exoticism. Its large, globular flowers streaked of a purple-crimson color and quite fragrant, has always caught great attraction among lovers of gardening. Nontheless this is a difficult plant to grow, once it is very susceptible to powdery mildew and black spot, which grows disproportionately
It is undoubtedly a rosebush just to be cultivated by devoted gardeners and in areas with low rainfall in spring.

Sanguínea - China Rose

Creator: Unknown, around 1824
Flowers: 6 cm
Height: 1, 25 m

Also known as "Bengal Cramoisi Double", "Blood-red China Rose," "La Sanguine" or "R. indicates bloody ", this China Rose is simple, but specially beautiful. The fragrant flowers of a bright red becomes purple after some time, have broad petals that fold in different ways giving the plant a particular size.
The leaves are small and dark and the flowers give way to small orange fruits. In hot climates this rose can reach 2 meters in height. Its flowering is continuous.

Britannia - Polianta Rose

Creator: Burbage, England, 1929
Flowers: 3 cm
Height: 60 cm

Quite imposing and full of energy, this rose provides a permanent "festival" of color and joy to the garden. The flowers, are of a simple red, with a white center and appear in multiple groups of thirty to forty year round.

Antoine d’Ormois - Gallica Rose

Creator: Vibert, France, 1835
Flowers: 6 cm
Height: 1, 5 m

The flowers of this rose have a subtle special pink color, one of the most beautiful I know. This rose is darker in the center of the flower and gradually evolves into a lighter color with reflections of white outer petals. The flowers are very bent, however ending up in an almost flat profiling. It is definitely not one of the most known gallicas. It is not even a lush plant. Flowering is delayed. And the flowers usually appear alone.
However and in spite of not having an exuberant character, this rose has a special distinction, able to satisfy the real connoisseurs

Victor Emmanuel - Bourbon Rose

Creator: Guillot Pére, France, 1859
Flowers: 9 cm
Height: 90 cm

Although this isn’t a vigorous rose, its flowers are of a beautiful crimson color and quite folded.
This is a rare Bourbon, with some affinities to the “Variegata di Bologna”
Victor Emmanuel II (1820-1878) was the first king of Italy.

R. Rugosa Rubra - Wrinkled Rose

Origin: Japan
Flowers: 10 cm
Height: 2 m

Also known as "R. Rugosa Atropurpurea" this rose produces beautiful ruby flowers, where the bright yellow stamens stand out. It blooms throughout spring and summer. On the threshold of autumn, one can easily highlight its orange reddish fruits. The foliage is similar to the "R. Rugosa".

Madame Edith Helen - Hybrid Tea Rose

Creator: Dickson, Ireland, 1926
Origin: seed of a “Mrs. John Laing”
Flowers: 12 cm
Height: 1, 5 m

After its introduction, and for some years, this rose was the favorite of the exhibitions. The flowers, quite fragrant, are filled with numerous petals of a bright pink color and the bush is vigorous and compact, disposing of healthy thorny foliage that is rarely attacked by mildew. Madame Edith Helen (1879-1959), the Marchioness of Londonderry, was responsible for the creation of the gardens of Mount Stewart in Northern Ireland.

Nur Mahal - Hybrid Musk Rose

Creator: Pemberton, Great Britain, 1923
Origin: “Château de Clos Vougeot” x a seed of a Hybrid Musk Rose
Flowers: 7 cm
Height: 3 m

This is another high quality rose created by the Rev. Joseph Pemberton, that can be used as a shrub or as a small climber. Quite imposing, this rose disposes of semi folded flowers and has a spices fragrance. These roses are bright red enhanced by golden stamens and a white center, with clearer lists on the reverse of the petals. The flowers appear in groups of ten to twenty-five against a backdrop of dense bright green foliage.
"Nur Mahal" is a tribute from Pemberton to the powerful woman of India´s Emperor Jahangir, to whom legend attributed the discovery of the famous " rose smell."

Miranda - Portland Rose

Creator: Arthur of Sansal, France, 1869
Height: 1, 5 m

Here is a "Portland" increasingly difficult to find.
Its flowers are large, folded, cup shaped and of a glossy pink color that appear in profusion in spring. Sometimes they can bloom again in late summer, but the flowers can not stand the rain and humidity. The foliage is bright green.

Canary Bird - Hybrid Xanthine Rosebush

Origin: Probably: “Hugonis Rose” x “Xanthine Rose”
Flowers: 5 cm
Height: 2 m

This is one of the first roses to bloom at the beginning of April. The flowering lasts about thirty days and is spectacular, despite the simplicity of the flowers of five petals, slightly fragrant, in a bright canary yellow.
The branches are dark and the leaves are small.
This is an elegant shrub that does not require special care.