18 Roses in a Backyard Rose Garden

   This spring I decided to document as many rose varieties I could find in my parent’s rose gardens. I’ve made a few photographs of them in the past, but I figured documenting them by name and variety (accurately) would be a good idea. Most of these roses fall into the categories of Rambler, Climbing, Old Garden, Shrub, Species, and David Austin’s English Roses. This is a sampling of those photographs – you can find all that I’ve made so far in my Roses Gallery.

New Dawn (Climbing Roses)

Rosa glauca – Red Leaved Rose (Species Rose)

Rosa rubiginosa Eglantine (Species Rose) was said to be Shakespeare’s favourite rose

Rosa rugosa – Fimbriata (Old Garden Roses)

Celestial (Old Garden Roses)

Rosa rugosa “Schneekoppe” or “Snow mountain” (Shrub Roses)

“Rosa mulliganii (Rambler Roses) “

Rosa macrantha (Species Roses)

Bonica (Shrub Roses)

Alba Meidiland (Shrub Rose)

Mary Rose (David Austin’s English Roses)

Rosa ‘Leda’ (Old Garden Roses)

‘Queen of Denmark’ (Königin von Dänemark) (Old Garden Roses)

“American Pillar” (Rambler Rose)

Graham Thomas (David Austin’s English Roses)

Rosa centifolia Fantin Latour (Old Garden Rose)

Dentelle de Malines (Shrub Roses)

The Polyantha Rose “The Fairy” (Shrub Roses)