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'Sweet Honey'
Long-flowered, medium-sized, multi-flora variety with classic Hybrid Tea blooms of warm, creamy apricot. Strong, bushy, upright habit with good disease resistance. Modest fragrance. Good for pots, borders or even a low hedge. H: 90cm (3ft), W: 70cm (2¼ft). Price: £18.50 (potted), £15.45 (bare-root from November). From: www.classicroses. co.uk; tel: 01953 454707.
'Friends'
Hybrid Tea variety with beautiful, buttercupyellow blooms and a medium fragrance. £1 will be donated to Greenfingers Charity for ever rose sold online or purchased at a Blue Diamond garden centre. H: 90cm (3ft), S: 70cm (2¼ft). Price: £12 bare-root (from November), £17.99 potted (from April 2020). From: www.fryersroses.co.uk; tel: 01565 755455 or Blue Diamond garden centres.
'Flanders'
Named for those who lost their lives in the First World War, this compact shrub produces clusters of red, slightly scented blooms with bright yellow centres. Ideal for pots and massed planting. Very disease resistant. H/S: 45cm (1½ft). Price: £17.95 (potted), £16.15 for 3 (bare-root from November). From: www. classicroses.co.uk; tel: 01953 454707.
'Florida Sunset'
Dainty, ruffled petals are the hallmark of this compact Hybrid Tea rose with mediumstrength fragrance. Good disease resistance. Ideal for small borders or in containers. £1 will be donated to the Dianne Oxberry Trust for every rose sold online or bought at a Blue Diamond garden centre. H: 85cm (2¾ft), S: 60cm (2ft). Price: £14.99 bare-root (from November), £17.99 potted (from April 2020). From: www.fryersroses.co.uk; tel: 01565 755455, or from Blue Diamond garden centres.
'Reach for the Stars'
Blooms change from apricot-yellow to peach, with a spicy fragrance. Glossy, diseaseresistant foliage. Grow up pillars and pergolas or as a large shrub 2-3m (6-10ft). £1 will be donated to the Alder Hey Children’s Charity for every rose sold. Price: £14.99 bare-root (from November), £17.99 potted (from April 2020). From: www.fryersroses.co.uk; tel: 01565 755455, or from Blue Diamond garden centres.