Learn About Roses, Rose Cultivation,  Roses and Culture and types of roses

Types of  roses

• Old Garden Roses

• Alba - also known as white roses. Are one of the oldest types of garden roses, brought into Britain by the romans.
• Gallica - The Gallica roses are from central and southern  Europe. These flowers bloom once each year usually in the summer.
• Damask - Brought from Persia to Europe between 1254 to 1276. Summer Damasks bloom once each year in the summer.
• Centifolia - also called Provence, raised in the seventeenth century in the  Netherlands.
• China - These roses have an amazing ability to bloom repeatedly in the summer and until the late autumn.
• Hybrid Perpetual - Are the dominant roses of Victorian England, they are derived from the Bourbons.
• Tea - A mixture between two of the original China Roses and Noisette roses. More tender than other old garden roses.
• Bermuda "Mystery" Roses - Very unique roses that are have grown in Bermuda for a century at least. These roses have an ability to bloom in hot and humid weather.
• Miscellaneous - There are also few smaller types such as Scots, Sweet Brier and some climbing types of old roses like Ayrshire, Climbing China, Laevigata, Sempervirens, Noisette, Boursault and Climbing Tea.

• Modern Garden Roses - knowing if you have modern garden roses can be quite confusing because many modern roses were old garden roses in their past. Modern roses are assigned to one of these two groups:

• Hybrid Tea - This is one of the most favorite rose of florists, they have one to six large flowers per stem.