Honorine de Brabant Striped Rose

One of my favorite striped roses is the old-fashioned shrub rose Honorine de Brabant. She started life unfairly squashed into a shady garden, rudely kept in place by a wooden cage. Now she enjoys sunnier times in the Dog-Path Garden over the water race.

Upon being shifted to the airy spaces over the water race she's rewarded me with strong growth and beautiful blooms. It's quite simple really - all a 'regal and temperamental' rose requires (the quote comes from my big rose book) is fresh air and sunshine.

The Best Striped Rose

I bought Honorine de Brabant originally on the advice of a trendy garden magazine who claimed this was the best striped rose. I'm glad I took notice, way back then. These days I'm not such an avid reader of the trendies...

Honorine de Brabant could well be one of the most historic old-fashioned roses I grow in the Moosey garden. She's a good Bourbon, non-alchoholic of course! My rose book says she is one of the most popular roses in the whole world.