Choosing Roses

100% replacement guarantee Remember the Swane's 100% credit or replacement Guarantee is your key to confidence. Details on the How to Order page. Brief descriptions of the types of bush roses follows and these largely refer to the flower type. Tree or Standard roses Tree or 'standard' roses mostly have those varieties grafted into the top of a tree-like stem. Hybrid Tea: (HT) Classic, long-stemmed, generally perfumed, cut flower roses. Most produce one or more perfect blooms per stem and all varieties make good cut flowers which last well. Image here is Summer of Love. Grandiflora:(Gr) Strong, lusty, continuous blooming roses which produce clusters of hybrid tea-like flowers. Make an excellent hedge which will deter intruding animals and people. An example of tall variety is Heart of Gold. Not as tall but equally free flowering is About Face, pictured here. Floribunda:(F) As hedges, borders, to line paths or foundation plantings and in large pots floribunda roses flower abundantly, and are quick to repeat. Try Tuscan Sun,any of the Iceberg group like Burgundy Iceberg. Image here is One Love Polyantha:(P) These bear massed clusters of smaller blooms of an old fashioned nature. China Doll pictured Shrub:(Sr) These are the thoroughly modern rose that provides absolute hardiness on a smaller and more functional bush that is often also a ground cover. Usually these varieties have a low petal count but makes up for that with huge flower numbers. Beach Blanket pictured here. Climbing:(Clg) Climbing roses are more often more vigorous forms of their parent. Climbing rose forms appear on many of the most favourite varieties. Climbing roses throw more elongated stems that can be tied and trained to a support creating a lovely effect. Climbing roses can take longer to establih than their parents and will generally be appraoching their best after their 3rd year in the ground. Try High Society