PLANT OF THE WEEK

ROSA ‘GRAHAM THOMAS’

AT this time of year, roses are at their most beautiful.

There are so many to choose from but this week it’s Rosa ‘Graham Thomas’, a beautiful English rose from the David Austin breeders.

Its tall habit makes it a good climbing rose with a delicious fragrance and the most wonderful rich yellow cupped blooms.

Voted the world’s most popular rose in 2003, it was named after one of the most influential gardeners of his time.

He gathered a collection of old roses which formed the basis of the National Collection at Mottisfont Abbey in Hampshire.