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Better than a Moat and Drawbridge: Old Garden Roses
If you are looking for fast-growing plants that will create a barrier but also be beautiful, try old garden roses.

Landscaping with Old Garden Roses
Using both once-blooming and repeat-blooming old roses in the landscape.
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Selecting an Old Garden Rose
Here is a list of the recognized rose classifications for Species and Old Garden Roses and ideas for using rose plants in various garden designs and landscape situations.
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Alba Roses (Rosa alba)
Alba roses are one of the Old Garden Rose classes and are characterized by their white, or nearly white flowers. But that's not all these lovely rose bushes offer...
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English Alba Hybrid Roses
These English Roses are developed from Alba roses giving them the wild-rose daintiness, gently nodding flowers and a lighter scent than other English Roses.
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Ayrshire Roses (Rosa arvensis)
Ayrshire roses have been used for hundreds of years in a variety of ways in gardens. Find out why, and how to care for your own piece of Old World charm!
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Bourbon Roses Reblooming Antiques
Bourbon roses were the first of the Old Garden Roses to have a repeating bloom period. These antique roses range in color and form but were very popular and fragrant...
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Centifolia Roses (Rosa centifolia)
Highly fragrant, gently nodding flowers - these are the "roses with a hundred petals". Find out more about how to use and care for Centifolia Roses.
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Creating Beds and Borders
A gardening book that highlights garden planning, design, plant selection and special techniques shared by some of the top gardeners in America.
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David Austin English Roses Review
Started many years ago by David Austin's vision of breeding Old Garden Rose vigor with repeat blooming and color features of hybrid tea roses, this company knows a rose.
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English Musk Rose Hybrids
English Musk Roses are related to Noisettes and Hybrid Musk Roses so they tend to have paler foliage, more delicate flowers and great disease resistance.
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Fragrant Garden Perennial Plants
What could be more wonderful than strolling through a flower garden full of scent and fragrance? Here are some top perennial picks for a pleasing fragrant filled garden.
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Harvest and Autumn Themed Garden
Plant names are rich with charm and description. These annuals, perennials and shrubs all have fall, autumn or harvest themed names.
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The English Roses by David Austin
A review of the book by master rosarian and breeder, David Austin who brought English Roses to gardeners world-wide as he shares the struggle to produce the perfect rose.
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