The Fairy Rose

The Island Bed houses a small collection of roses, most of which were already planted here when we arrived. The Fairy Rose grows as a weeping standard at the front of the border by the grass archway.

I love the late flowering time of The Fairy Rose, and also the pretty colour combination it makes with the neighbouring yellow flowering Hypericum. These two flower at the same time in summer.

A Weeping Standard Rose

Having a tall standard is the perfect way to see its pretty clusters of small pink flowers. The only problem I have with my standard rose The Fairy is that it's annoying to prune. I never manage to clean out the dead wood properly.

I have a number of The Fairy roses scattered throughout my garden - these are the normal low growing bushes, and many have been grown on their own roots as cuttings.

My big book of roses says lots of nice things about The Fairy rose - and mentions how particularly nice it is as a weeping standard. Ha! I knew that!