Come with us on a tour of the gardens of Asthall Manor, located in Burford (in the Cotswolds). The rambling roses are almost too good to be true--head gardener Owen Vaughan takes us on a journey.
Rosa ‘Rambling Rector’ sends a cheery message out to the world, scrambling over the wall from inside the garden.
Rosa ‘Scentimental’, is a floribunda introduced in 1997 and not technically an old rose, except for our purposes.
Rosa ‘Bonica’, pink in summer and orange in winter, when it is covered with rose hips (USDA zone 4a).
Rosa ‘Albertine’ (pink, USDA zone 4a)) mixing with an unknown pale yellow rose which is officially Rosa ‘Céline Forestier’.
One of the most captivating roses is another mystery, in a beguiling pink, with large hips in winter. Owen says “It could be Rosa ‘Lyda’.”
Climbing over one side of a peaked roof, and falling down the other, Rosa ‘Rêve d’Or’, USDA zone 7.
Rosa ‘Rêve d’Or’ is a dream of golden apricot that goes brilliantly with other colors.