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Have just been reminded that this is the last Sunday in endless January. Mustn’t wish our lives away, but I for one will be pleased to start a new month. Happy Sunday everyone, have a good day.
Little trouper ‘Perle d’Or’ flowering in mid-October. #roses 🌱
Little trouper ‘Perle d’Or’ flowering in mid-October. #roses 🌱
January 25, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Have just been reminded that this is the last Sunday in endless January. Mustn’t wish our lives away, but I for one will be pleased to start a new month. Happy Sunday everyone, have a good day.
Little trouper ‘Perle d’Or’ flowering in mid-October. #roses 🌱
Little trouper ‘Perle d’Or’ flowering in mid-October. #roses 🌱
Today’s #rose post is ‘Felicia’ a beautiful stalwart in this garden, as was Charlie Button. My handsome boy cat and one of my assistant gardeners, went over the rainbow 🌈 yesterday, this post is dedicated to him. 2010 -2026. 🌱
January 22, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Today’s #rose post is ‘Felicia’ a beautiful stalwart in this garden, as was Charlie Button. My handsome boy cat and one of my assistant gardeners, went over the rainbow 🌈 yesterday, this post is dedicated to him. 2010 -2026. 🌱
Looks like a rather wet #RoseWednesday for many of us. 🫤
Whatever your weather, have a good day, take care.
‘Burgundy Ice’ and ‘Lady of Shalott’. 🌱
Whatever your weather, have a good day, take care.
‘Burgundy Ice’ and ‘Lady of Shalott’. 🌱
January 21, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Looks like a rather wet #RoseWednesday for many of us. 🫤
Whatever your weather, have a good day, take care.
‘Burgundy Ice’ and ‘Lady of Shalott’. 🌱
Whatever your weather, have a good day, take care.
‘Burgundy Ice’ and ‘Lady of Shalott’. 🌱
Dreary grey skies, even more rain forecast, seemingly endless worrying & depressing world news… not what we needed on #BlueMonday
In a valiant attempt to cheer us up here’s Golden Beauty, Abbeyfield Gold, Honey Bee Mine and Golden Celebration.
Take care everyone. #roses 🌱
In a valiant attempt to cheer us up here’s Golden Beauty, Abbeyfield Gold, Honey Bee Mine and Golden Celebration.
Take care everyone. #roses 🌱
January 19, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Dreary grey skies, even more rain forecast, seemingly endless worrying & depressing world news… not what we needed on #BlueMonday
In a valiant attempt to cheer us up here’s Golden Beauty, Abbeyfield Gold, Honey Bee Mine and Golden Celebration.
Take care everyone. #roses 🌱
In a valiant attempt to cheer us up here’s Golden Beauty, Abbeyfield Gold, Honey Bee Mine and Golden Celebration.
Take care everyone. #roses 🌱
#ThrowbackThursday to Rose of the Year 2024 ‘Meteor’, the petals deepening in colour in bright sunlight.
Nonstop rain here today - little chance of sunlight!
Whatever your weather, have a good day, take care. 🌱
Nonstop rain here today - little chance of sunlight!
Whatever your weather, have a good day, take care. 🌱
January 15, 2026 at 10:38 AM
#ThrowbackThursday to Rose of the Year 2024 ‘Meteor’, the petals deepening in colour in bright sunlight.
Nonstop rain here today - little chance of sunlight!
Whatever your weather, have a good day, take care. 🌱
Nonstop rain here today - little chance of sunlight!
Whatever your weather, have a good day, take care. 🌱
A bright and frosty start for us on the south coast - a welcome interlude from incessant rain.
‘Gold Spice’, bred by Gareth Fryer, seen at #rhswisley #RoseWednesday
Have a good day everyone, take care. 🌱
‘Gold Spice’, bred by Gareth Fryer, seen at #rhswisley #RoseWednesday
Have a good day everyone, take care. 🌱
January 14, 2026 at 9:37 AM
A bright and frosty start for us on the south coast - a welcome interlude from incessant rain.
‘Gold Spice’, bred by Gareth Fryer, seen at #rhswisley #RoseWednesday
Have a good day everyone, take care. 🌱
‘Gold Spice’, bred by Gareth Fryer, seen at #rhswisley #RoseWednesday
Have a good day everyone, take care. 🌱
It’s damp & dreary so we’re delving into our archive in search of summer memories. ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’, a former Rose of the Year. Still very popular & with good reason - flowers freely, a pleasing scent & very healthy.
Have a good week everyone, take care. #roses 🌱
Have a good week everyone, take care. #roses 🌱
January 12, 2026 at 9:21 AM
It’s damp & dreary so we’re delving into our archive in search of summer memories. ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’, a former Rose of the Year. Still very popular & with good reason - flowers freely, a pleasing scent & very healthy.
Have a good week everyone, take care. #roses 🌱
Have a good week everyone, take care. #roses 🌱
Today we’re thinking pink, #roses that is.
Eustacia Vye, It’s A Wonderful Life, Felicia, Boscobel.
Wind, Rain, Snow - whatever your weather, hope you, your homes and animals are safe. Take care.
#stormgoretti #FridayPink #flowersonfriday 🌱
Eustacia Vye, It’s A Wonderful Life, Felicia, Boscobel.
Wind, Rain, Snow - whatever your weather, hope you, your homes and animals are safe. Take care.
#stormgoretti #FridayPink #flowersonfriday 🌱
January 9, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Today we’re thinking pink, #roses that is.
Eustacia Vye, It’s A Wonderful Life, Felicia, Boscobel.
Wind, Rain, Snow - whatever your weather, hope you, your homes and animals are safe. Take care.
#stormgoretti #FridayPink #flowersonfriday 🌱
Eustacia Vye, It’s A Wonderful Life, Felicia, Boscobel.
Wind, Rain, Snow - whatever your weather, hope you, your homes and animals are safe. Take care.
#stormgoretti #FridayPink #flowersonfriday 🌱
For the first #RoseWednesday of the year:
‘Coral Gardens’ Rose of the Year 2026.
Have a good day everyone, take care out there. 🌱
‘Coral Gardens’ Rose of the Year 2026.
Have a good day everyone, take care out there. 🌱
January 7, 2026 at 10:39 AM
For the first #RoseWednesday of the year:
‘Coral Gardens’ Rose of the Year 2026.
Have a good day everyone, take care out there. 🌱
‘Coral Gardens’ Rose of the Year 2026.
Have a good day everyone, take care out there. 🌱
‘Frosty Mornings’ a repeat flowering, scented rambling #rose. Grows to approx 12ft. Outstanding health. Bred by Davide dalla Libera, at Novaspina, Italy. Introduced in the UK by Warners Roses, available from Pocock’s Roses - www.garden-roses.co.uk
Have a good day everyone, take care! #roses 🌱
Have a good day everyone, take care! #roses 🌱
January 5, 2026 at 10:44 AM
‘Frosty Mornings’ a repeat flowering, scented rambling #rose. Grows to approx 12ft. Outstanding health. Bred by Davide dalla Libera, at Novaspina, Italy. Introduced in the UK by Warners Roses, available from Pocock’s Roses - www.garden-roses.co.uk
Have a good day everyone, take care! #roses 🌱
Have a good day everyone, take care! #roses 🌱
Not much to see in the garden in the way of #roses at the moment, so trawled through our pic archive to find an old friend - ‘Mrs Oakley Fisher’. Old Tea Rose, bred by Cant, 1921.
Happy Friday everyone, have a good day, stay warm and take care.
#fridayflowers 🌱
Happy Friday everyone, have a good day, stay warm and take care.
#fridayflowers 🌱
January 2, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Not much to see in the garden in the way of #roses at the moment, so trawled through our pic archive to find an old friend - ‘Mrs Oakley Fisher’. Old Tea Rose, bred by Cant, 1921.
Happy Friday everyone, have a good day, stay warm and take care.
#fridayflowers 🌱
Happy Friday everyone, have a good day, stay warm and take care.
#fridayflowers 🌱
A ‘Champagne Moment’ for the New Year!
Hope 2026 is all you want it to be.
Our best wishes for good health, happiness and fortune.
Marilyn and Ian, Roses UK.
#NewYear2026 #Peace #rosesuk #roses 🌱
Hope 2026 is all you want it to be.
Our best wishes for good health, happiness and fortune.
Marilyn and Ian, Roses UK.
#NewYear2026 #Peace #rosesuk #roses 🌱
December 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
A ‘Champagne Moment’ for the New Year!
Hope 2026 is all you want it to be.
Our best wishes for good health, happiness and fortune.
Marilyn and Ian, Roses UK.
#NewYear2026 #Peace #rosesuk #roses 🌱
Hope 2026 is all you want it to be.
Our best wishes for good health, happiness and fortune.
Marilyn and Ian, Roses UK.
#NewYear2026 #Peace #rosesuk #roses 🌱
For the last #RoseWednesday of the year:
You’re My Everything’, Rose of the Year 2025.
A bright, frosty morning here on the south coast - so much nicer than rain! Have a good day everyone, keep warm, take care, stay safe.
#newyearseve #roses 🌱
You’re My Everything’, Rose of the Year 2025.
A bright, frosty morning here on the south coast - so much nicer than rain! Have a good day everyone, keep warm, take care, stay safe.
#newyearseve #roses 🌱
December 31, 2025 at 9:39 AM
For the last #RoseWednesday of the year:
You’re My Everything’, Rose of the Year 2025.
A bright, frosty morning here on the south coast - so much nicer than rain! Have a good day everyone, keep warm, take care, stay safe.
#newyearseve #roses 🌱
You’re My Everything’, Rose of the Year 2025.
A bright, frosty morning here on the south coast - so much nicer than rain! Have a good day everyone, keep warm, take care, stay safe.
#newyearseve #roses 🌱
Anyone for ‘Peach Melba’?
Climbing rose, free flowering, light fruity scent, healthy foliage.
A former Rose of the Year.
I do believe it’s Monday! Have a good day, take care. #roses 🌱
Climbing rose, free flowering, light fruity scent, healthy foliage.
A former Rose of the Year.
I do believe it’s Monday! Have a good day, take care. #roses 🌱
December 29, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Anyone for ‘Peach Melba’?
Climbing rose, free flowering, light fruity scent, healthy foliage.
A former Rose of the Year.
I do believe it’s Monday! Have a good day, take care. #roses 🌱
Climbing rose, free flowering, light fruity scent, healthy foliage.
A former Rose of the Year.
I do believe it’s Monday! Have a good day, take care. #roses 🌱
‘We wish you a Merry Christmas and A Happy Year…’ 🎶 🌱
December 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
‘We wish you a Merry Christmas and A Happy Year…’ 🎶 🌱
Sending warm wishes for a wonderful Christmas.
Thank you all for the follows, likes & reposts, your continued interest is much appreciated.
We’re passionate about #roses, rose breeding & British growers, & next year will be no exception!
Marilyn & Ian, Roses UK. 🌱
Thank you all for the follows, likes & reposts, your continued interest is much appreciated.
We’re passionate about #roses, rose breeding & British growers, & next year will be no exception!
Marilyn & Ian, Roses UK. 🌱
December 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Sending warm wishes for a wonderful Christmas.
Thank you all for the follows, likes & reposts, your continued interest is much appreciated.
We’re passionate about #roses, rose breeding & British growers, & next year will be no exception!
Marilyn & Ian, Roses UK. 🌱
Thank you all for the follows, likes & reposts, your continued interest is much appreciated.
We’re passionate about #roses, rose breeding & British growers, & next year will be no exception!
Marilyn & Ian, Roses UK. 🌱
Counting my blessings, the dullest of mornings, - but at least it’s not raining!
Apart from endless crabapples, there isn’t much colour in the garden now, so flashback to September.
Felicia, Prosperity, Danae & Penelope - obliging hybrid musk #roses. Have a good day everyone. 🌱
Apart from endless crabapples, there isn’t much colour in the garden now, so flashback to September.
Felicia, Prosperity, Danae & Penelope - obliging hybrid musk #roses. Have a good day everyone. 🌱
December 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Counting my blessings, the dullest of mornings, - but at least it’s not raining!
Apart from endless crabapples, there isn’t much colour in the garden now, so flashback to September.
Felicia, Prosperity, Danae & Penelope - obliging hybrid musk #roses. Have a good day everyone. 🌱
Apart from endless crabapples, there isn’t much colour in the garden now, so flashback to September.
Felicia, Prosperity, Danae & Penelope - obliging hybrid musk #roses. Have a good day everyone. 🌱
Tis the Winter Solstice, one of the oldest pagan celebrations, marking the shortest day & the longest night.
Coincidentally, it is also the 4th Sunday of Advent, celebrating Hope, Peace, Joy & Love.
However you mark the occasion (or not) have a good day, take care.
Hybrid musk rose Pax. #roses 🌱
Coincidentally, it is also the 4th Sunday of Advent, celebrating Hope, Peace, Joy & Love.
However you mark the occasion (or not) have a good day, take care.
Hybrid musk rose Pax. #roses 🌱
December 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Tis the Winter Solstice, one of the oldest pagan celebrations, marking the shortest day & the longest night.
Coincidentally, it is also the 4th Sunday of Advent, celebrating Hope, Peace, Joy & Love.
However you mark the occasion (or not) have a good day, take care.
Hybrid musk rose Pax. #roses 🌱
Coincidentally, it is also the 4th Sunday of Advent, celebrating Hope, Peace, Joy & Love.
However you mark the occasion (or not) have a good day, take care.
Hybrid musk rose Pax. #roses 🌱
‘… A curse is on her, if she stay
Her weaving, either night or day,To look down to Camelot.
She knows not what the curse may be;
Therefore she weaveth steadily,
Therefore no other care hath she,The Lady of Shalott.’
Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Rose of the same name, David Austin Roses.
#roses 🌱
Her weaving, either night or day,To look down to Camelot.
She knows not what the curse may be;
Therefore she weaveth steadily,
Therefore no other care hath she,The Lady of Shalott.’
Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Rose of the same name, David Austin Roses.
#roses 🌱
December 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
‘… A curse is on her, if she stay
Her weaving, either night or day,To look down to Camelot.
She knows not what the curse may be;
Therefore she weaveth steadily,
Therefore no other care hath she,The Lady of Shalott.’
Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Rose of the same name, David Austin Roses.
#roses 🌱
Her weaving, either night or day,To look down to Camelot.
She knows not what the curse may be;
Therefore she weaveth steadily,
Therefore no other care hath she,The Lady of Shalott.’
Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Rose of the same name, David Austin Roses.
#roses 🌱
‘Rosa Mundi’ and ‘Rosa Centifolia Christata’ for #PinkFriday
Have a good day everyone, take care. #roses 🌱
Have a good day everyone, take care. #roses 🌱
December 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM
‘Rosa Mundi’ and ‘Rosa Centifolia Christata’ for #PinkFriday
Have a good day everyone, take care. #roses 🌱
Have a good day everyone, take care. #roses 🌱
Chawton Cottage’ scented, climbing #rose bred by Harkness and named after the Hampshire home of novelist #JaneAusten
Today marks the 250th anniversary of her birth.
#JaneAusten250
Have a good day everyone, take care. 🌱
Today marks the 250th anniversary of her birth.
#JaneAusten250
Have a good day everyone, take care. 🌱
December 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Chawton Cottage’ scented, climbing #rose bred by Harkness and named after the Hampshire home of novelist #JaneAusten
Today marks the 250th anniversary of her birth.
#JaneAusten250
Have a good day everyone, take care. 🌱
Today marks the 250th anniversary of her birth.
#JaneAusten250
Have a good day everyone, take care. 🌱
Blush Noisette, Crepuscule and Cornelia valiantly flowering on a damp December morning, soft sunlight breaking through the clouds.
Have a good day everyone, take care, stay safe. #roses 🌱
Have a good day everyone, take care, stay safe. #roses 🌱
December 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Blush Noisette, Crepuscule and Cornelia valiantly flowering on a damp December morning, soft sunlight breaking through the clouds.
Have a good day everyone, take care, stay safe. #roses 🌱
Have a good day everyone, take care, stay safe. #roses 🌱
Pantone have announced #colouroftheyear 2026:
Pantone 11-4201 Cloud Dancer. Described as ‘billowing white imbued with a sense of serenity’ & other baffling phrases. Confused? Me too! In the spirit of serenity here’s Rosa ‘Iceberg’ with mandevilla & agapanthus (varieties unknown). #RoseWednesday 🌱
Pantone 11-4201 Cloud Dancer. Described as ‘billowing white imbued with a sense of serenity’ & other baffling phrases. Confused? Me too! In the spirit of serenity here’s Rosa ‘Iceberg’ with mandevilla & agapanthus (varieties unknown). #RoseWednesday 🌱
December 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Pantone have announced #colouroftheyear 2026:
Pantone 11-4201 Cloud Dancer. Described as ‘billowing white imbued with a sense of serenity’ & other baffling phrases. Confused? Me too! In the spirit of serenity here’s Rosa ‘Iceberg’ with mandevilla & agapanthus (varieties unknown). #RoseWednesday 🌱
Pantone 11-4201 Cloud Dancer. Described as ‘billowing white imbued with a sense of serenity’ & other baffling phrases. Confused? Me too! In the spirit of serenity here’s Rosa ‘Iceberg’ with mandevilla & agapanthus (varieties unknown). #RoseWednesday 🌱