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Despite never been in the major league of rose breeding, my own county of Cambridgeshire has still played it's part going back to at...

As far as I know their are just two roses bred by William Archer, who ran a nursery in the tiny village of Monk's Horton near Ashford in...

In the late 1970s Peter Beales was approached by the Norwich Brewery to name after their bitter. Though Peter thought it was a suitable...

Situated 12 miles from Belfast, the Clandeboyne Estate in 2021 privately name three Colin Dickson roses, which none of them will ever be...

To celebrate their 150th anniversary in 2019, Girton College had a rose named after one of their founders and their first headmistress....

First introduced in 1962, having been based on the 1921 King's Ransom pattern, the Old Country Roses range of bone china soon became...

Situated in Castle Park at Colchester is a delightful rose that we visited in 2022 and is part of the 11 ha Castle Park, while the castle...

One of the first signs of spring in our garden is the appearance of daffodils, most of which have been planted in pots. There are...

The Cambridgeshire village of Littleport, which is on the Great Ouse, was the home of the gladioli and rose breeder, Dr P.A. Hendley,...

A summer flowering rose, Rosa Mundi is one of my favourite despite its short flowering season and it being very prone to get mildew....

In recent years there has been confused over this Pemberton rose as there appears to two claiming to be his, so lets try to solve this...

Today a wholesale rose nursery, the Wisbech Plant Company was founded in the Cambridgeshire Fenland Town of Wisbech by "Bill" Tysterman...