United Kingdom – Teo Joo Guan

‘Carey’ Rose【凯丽】

MissSJ — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 16:35:26 +0000

‘Carey’ rose is pink with a moderate rose fragrance and a whiff of cedar wood smell. The average flower diameter is 8 – 10 cm in cupped, quartered bloom form with a cluster of yellow stamens. Bred in the United Kingdom before 2011, ‘Carey’ rose plant can grow to a height of 1.2 m and a width of 90 cm with large foliage and 3 to 5 leaflets.

‘Miranda’ Rose

MissSJ — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 02:05:44 +0000

‘Miranda’ rose has a darker shade of pink at the centre and gradually faint out to a lighter hue at the outer petals. When it first blooms, there are light green streaks at the petal edges. One notable trait of ‘Miranda’ rose is a knot in the middle of the flower. It has a mild fragrance with a raspberry flavour. The flower size is 7 – 9 cm with around 120 wavy petals in cupped shaped form. ‘Miranda’ rose plant bred in the United Kingdom in 1997 can grow to a height of 80 cm – 1 m.

‘Psyche’ Rose

MissSJ — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 02:45:58 +0000

‘Gabriel Oak’ Rose

MissSJ — Sun, 30 Oct 2022 12:56:03 +0000

Bred by David Austin

‘St Ethelburga’ Rose

MissSJ — Sun, 30 Oct 2022 05:48:21 +0000

Rosa ‘St Ethelburga’ was named after a church in London which was destroyed by a bomb in World War II and now restored as a Centre for Peace and Reconciliation. St Ethelburga rose has a graceful pink shade but expect the demure exterior to have thorns on the stems. If you like strong smelling fragrance, this old fashioned rose has plenty of it. The flowering is continuous throughout the year. St Ethelburga roses were launched in 2003 by Peter Beales from the United Kingdom.

‘The Alnwick Rose’

MissSJ — Sun, 30 Oct 2022 05:21:04 +0000

‘Alnwick Castle’ or ‘The Alnwick Rose’ has a moderately strong Old Rose fragrance with raspberry notes. The pink flowers are 7 cm wide on average with a cupped bloom form in small clusters. Bred in the United Kingdom in 2001, ‘The Alnwick Rose’ plant can grow to a height of 1.25 m and a width of 90 cm with a slightly upright, bushy shrub.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone filmed on location at Alnwick Castle in autumn 2000. The following year, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (the second film in the series) used Alnwick Castle for shooting.

~ Alnwick Castle ~

‘Ella’ Rose

MissSJ — Sun, 30 Oct 2022 02:44:05 +0000

Breed by David Austin, mild fragrance.

‘Pretty Jessica’ Rose

MissSJ — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 19:04:17 +0000

‘Pretty Jessica’ rose has strong myrrh and an Old Rose fragrance. The average flower diameter of 9 cm consists of many petals between 65 to 75. Pretty Jessica is very hardy and known to have a high tolerance under the full sun despite her demure pink appearance. ‘Pretty Jessica’ rose plant bred in the United Kingdom in 1983 can grow to a height of 75 cm – 1.2 m and a width of 60 – 90 cm.

‘Bishop’s Castle’ Rose

MissSJ — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 09:40:19 +0000

‘Bishop’s Castle’ rose has a sweet pink colour with a strong aroma of Old Rose fragrance. The flower size is medium, around 8 cm with cupped bloom form and bears rounded buds. The petal count is approximately 80. The ‘Bishop’s Castle’ shrub rose plant bred in the United Kingdom in 2007 can grow up to 1.2 m high. Bishop’s Castle is a small market town in the southwest of Shropshire, England.

‘English Garden’ Rose

MissSJ — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 12:09:42 +0000

‘English Garden’ rose has an apricot core surrounded by layers of white outer petals. As the rose matures, the orangey heart develops to cover a large area of the flower. The English shrub rose comes with a moderately strong tea fragrance bred in the United Kingdom in 1986. The ‘English Garden’ rose plant can grow to a height of 1 m and a width of 70 cm – 1.2 m and capable of repeated blooming. #DA