Lovely and elegant old roses, varieties more than 100 years old, are, in truth, not morally superior to vulgar modern Hybrid Teas, but you wouldn't know this by talking to an old-rose rosarian. Sure, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The annual message I love being able to repeat is this one: what a year in Britain for roses. Yet again they ...

Homes built before World War II often contain surprise roses in their gardens. They are often very large old plants that border on brambles, while some may be simply an overgrown rootstock or others ...

I'm one of those people who feels like a garden isn't complete without roses. In my work as a professional gardener, I've grown and tended many varieties of roses, from miniatures to climbing to ...

Q: What is the most strongly perfumed rose you have come across? What is the most strongly perfumed red rose? This is for a religious occasion. I need the scent to fill the air when blooms are brought ...

Liesbeth Cooper almost missed a letter saying she had won a prestigious international rose award.The letter from Dr. Tommy Cairns, president of the World Federation of Rose Societies (WFRS) was sent ...

Both beauty and beast, the 'Mermaid' rose produces creamy-yellow, fragrant blooms on wickedly thorny long canes that can snatch you off your riding mower. "She's a mean rose," said Mike Shoup, an ...