Rosa arvensis  The Field Rose. Good for woodland and hedgerows. Medium sized pure white, single flowers with showy golden anthers. 20ft by 10ft

Rosa canina  Dog Rose. Ancient species. The most common wild rose native to Britain and Europe. Good in a woodland or wild setting. Beautiful blush pink single flowers with a sweet scent followed by orange hips rich in vitamin C. Used in rosehip syrup and makes a good homemade wine. 12ft by 8ft.

Rosa x dupontii – possibly as early as 1596. A tall pale green bush with early single off-white to pink flowers. Good hips, scented flowers with a beautiful coronet of stamens. Shade tolerant. 7ft by 4ft

Rosa helenae – 1907. Excellent used as a climber into trees. Fragrant creamy white flowers borne in dense clusters, later festooned by small oval red hips. 20ft by 15ft.

Rosa hugonis – 1899. Raised at Kew from seed sent by Father Hugo from China. Dainty ferny foliage. Single blooms of pale yellow cover the plant in Spring. Scented, small black hips. 8ft by 6ft.

Rosa moschata – The authentic musk rose with grey-green foliage and clusters of single white fragrant blooms until September. Very important in the formation of the Autumn Damasks and Noisette roses. 10ft by 6ft.

Rosa moschata ‘Nastarana’ - Persian Musk Rose. 1879. Flowers single white sometimes touched with pink borne in clusters. Continues flowering well into the Autumn. Shade tolerant. 12ft by 8ft.

Rosa moyesii ‘Geranium’ – 1938. Beautiful single waxy flowers of clear brick red. Striking autumnal pendulous hips a distinct feature. Tolerant of shade. Gracefully arching shape to 7ft by 4ft.

Rosa multiflora - late 18^th century. Large clusters of creamy white slightly fragrant flowers. Stems fairly thorn free. Small round red hips. Shade tolerant. 15ft by 10ft

Rosa nitida – A native of North America. A low suckering shrub with slender canes covered with many dark bristles and shining small leaves. Single pink flowers. Very fragrant. 2ft by 2ft.

Rosa pimpinellifolia ‘Altaica’ – c1818. Introduced from Siberia. A beautiful early flowering clone with large creamy primrose single flowers showing golden anthers in May, Black hips in autumn. Bristly brown stems and toothed greyish foliage. Parent of the popular Fruhlings series of roses. Very fragrant. 5ft by 4ft.

Rosa pimpinellifolia ‘Marbled Pink’. As for the species type except the blooms are double globular and streaked pink Very fragrant. 4ft by 4ft.

Rosa pimpinellifolia ‘Double Yellow’. One of the many hybrids of the Scotch or Burnett rose, this has double pale yellow globular blooms. Like the others very robust but retaining a delicate, fragrant charm. 5ft by 4ft.

Rosa pimpinellifolia ‘Dunwich Rose’ A recently discovered procumbent form which produces a solid mound of creamy white single blooms in the spring. The foliage, thorns and hips are otherwise similar to R. pimpinellifolia. 2ft by 4ft.

Rosa richardii - 1897. Known as the Holy Rose. Flowers are single, beautifully formed and soft rose pink. Doesn't mind the shade. Scented.3ft by 4ft.

Rosa rubiginosa (R.eglantaria, The Sweetbriar Rose). Single pink flowers borne on a prickly shrub with foliage that has the fragrance of green apples. 6ft by 6ft.

~ Lord Penzance 1894. A vigorous dense shrub with sweetly scented foliage. Orangey yellow single flowers followed by bright red hips. A good hedging rose. 7ft by 6ft.

Rosa rubrifolia ( R. glauca). Introduced before 1830. Unusual shrub with greyish plum red stems and leaves. Small pink flowers and a copious display of hips. 7ft by 5ft.

Rosa wichuraiana  - 1860. An almost evergreen procumbent species good in a natural setting. Single white scented flowers profusely in July. Dark red oval hips loved by birds. To 6ft high and often wider.

Rosa xanthina ‘Canary Bird’. 1908. A tall shrub with ferny foliage. Single scented flowers of rich canary yellow. 8ft by 6ft.

Stanwell Perpetual. 1838. R. pimpinellifolia hybrid. Double quartered blooms of blush pink on a prickly shrub with lovely grey-green foliage. Strong scent. Repeats well. A beautiful rose that survives cold and dry conditions. Perpetual flowering. Jun-Nov. 5ft by 5ft.

Wickwar 1960. Seedling of R. soulieana. Short to medium tough climber or shrub. Small grey – green leaves and single cream flowers, very fragrant. Tolerates shade and wind. 12ft by 5ft.