The showy Polyantha rose 'Red Fairy' is cloaked with large clusters of cascading deep red scentless flowers from July to September. The dozens of red blooms are produced on branching stems with disease resistant glossy green foliage as a backdrop. Rose 'Red Fairy' is a reliable choice for a sunny border or in a container on the patio. Cut some of the flowers for an indoor display too, there are masses of them so you won't notice that they've gone! Height: 75cm (30). Spread: 100cm (39).
If you're searching for a rose that will brighten up your cottage garden in the late summer and early autumn, consider Rose 'The Fairy'. This hardy shrub flowers in July, producing pretty, pink blooms in abundance. Its glossy leaves and graceful, arching stems can be trained into a small hedge. Alternatively, the Rosa can be grown in a sunny, cottage garden border, where it will prove itself to be deserving of the RHS AGM it holds. Height: 60cm (2'). Spread: 90cm (3').
Here's a little beauty for the rose garden or a sunny border: a fully double old-fashioned white rose with wide open flowers and many layers of petals, shown off to great effect against the glossy dark green foliage. Rose 'White Fairy' is a paler version of the popular polyantha rose, 'The Fairy' and it makes a lovely cut flower. Height: 75cm (30). Spread: 100cm (39).
Yellow roses are said to signify friendship, and this hardy shrub will surely prove a great friend to any keen gardener when it flowers in midsummer. Although the blooms of Rose 'Yellow Fairy' don't give off an aroma, their double-flowered nature and warm, golden colour more than make up for their lack of scent. What's more, the plant boasts glossy, green foliage, which will fit nicely into any sunny patio container or cottage garden border. Height: 1m (3'3). Spread: 1m (3'3).