Roses in our garden: Gertrude Jekyll
Rosa ‘Gertrude Jekyll’ (registered cultivar name: Ausbord) is one of the most iconic and successful English Roses ever bred by David Austin. Introduced in 1986, it was recently voted the “World’s Favourite Rose” (2025) by the World Federation of Rose Societies. It is globally revered for producing what is widely considered the absolute quintessential, textbook . . . . .
Roses in our garden: William Lobb
Rosa ‘William Lobb’ (also famously known as ‘Old Velvet Moss’) is a historic, mid-19th-century Moss Rose bred in France by Jean Laffay in 1855. It is highly prized for its theatrical colour transformation, powerful old rose fragrance, and the unique pine-scented, furry “moss” covering its buds and flower stalks. ‘William Lobb’ is a massive, vigorous . . . . .