The following is a selected list of rose varieties and cultivars which currently (2017) hold the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
List of roses This sortable list allows users to view roses alphabetically by breeder, colour, etc. - as well as ordering them by size if required. Clicking on the double arrow a second time reverses the alphabetical order.
↑ shows the maximum height in metres. ←→ shows the maximum spread in square metres. Notes indicates sources of names where known. Repeat flower indicates whether the variety has a single flush of flowers in summer, or further flushes of flowers through the season.
Cultivar Breeder Yearbred AGMawarded Flower colour Type Repeatflower Scent ↑ ←→ Image Notes = 'Ausled' Austin 1996 2012 pink (peach) English yes strong 1.5 1.5 A Shropshire Lad = 'Peafanfare' Pearce 2006 2012 pink (light) hybrid tea yes strong 1.0 1.0 A Whiter Shade of Pale = 'Wekvossutono' Carruth 2004 2012 yellow floribunda yes strong 1.0 1.0 Absolutely Fabulous Adélaïde d’Orléans Jacques 1826 1993 white climber no light 5 4 Princess Adélaïde of Orléans Alba maxima (R. × alba) - <1500 2012 white alba no strong 2 2 Alba Semiplena (R. × alba) - <1629 1993 white alba no strong 2.5 1.5 Alba semiplena = white, semi-double Albéric Barbier Barbier 1900 1993 cream rambler no light 5 4 Albertine Barbier 1921 1993 pink (salmon) rambler no strong 5 4 = 'Harlex' Harkness 1972 1993 vermilion hybrid tea yes light 2 1 Alexandre Girault Barbier 1907 2012 pink (carmine) rambler yes strong 8 4 Alibaba Warner 2006 2012 pink (azalea) climber yes medium 3 Ali Baba Alister Stella Gray Gray 1894 2012 yellow (light) noisette yes medium 5 Aloha Boerner 1949 2002 pink (rose) climber yes medium 4 2.5 || Aloha = 'Harroony' Harkness 1984 1993 apricot floribunda yes medium 1 1 Andrewsii see R. spinosissima Anna Ford = 'Harpiccolo' Harkness 1980 1993 orange miniature yes none 0.4 0.4 Anna Ford = 'Tan00847' Tantau 2006 2012 pink shrub yes medium 1 0.5 Aphrodite Apothecary Rose see R. gallica officinalis Arthur Bell McGredy 1964 1993 yellow (pale) floribunda yes medium 1 1 Arthur Kinmond Bell Ballerina Bentall 1937 1993 pink-white hybrid musk yes light 1.5 1.5 R. banksiae 'Lutea' - - 1993 yellow climber no light 12 4 Beau Narcisse Miellez <1824 2012 crimson gallica no strong 1.5 1.5 =Beautiful Narcissus Belvedere Jacques 1829 2012 pink (light) rambler no strong 8 = 'Korpinka' Kordes 1992 2002 pink groundcover yes none 0.5 1.5 Berkshire Blanche Double de Coubert Cochet-Cochet 1893 1993 white rugosa yes medium 1.5 1.5 = double white from Coubert Bleu Magenta 1933 1994 purple rambler no light 4 4 = 'Pejamblue' James 2006 2012 mauve floribunda yes none 1 1 Blushing Lucy Williams 1938 2012 pink (light) rambler no strong 5 4 Bobbie James Sunningdale 1961 1993 white rambler no strong 8 8 = 'Meidomonac' Meilland 1982 1993 pink groundcover yes none 1 1 = 'Tandolgnil' Tantau 2001 2012 yellow (deep) floribunda yes medium 0.8 0.8 = 'Frycalm' Fryer 1998 2012 salmon-orange hybrid tea yes medium 0.8 0.8 Britannia Buff Beauty' Bentall 1939 1993 buff hybrid musk yes medium 1.2 1.2 = 'Korbilant' Kordes 1991 2012 pink hybrid tea yes strong 1.2 1 Canary Bird see R. xanthina 'Canary Bird' Cantabrigiensis Hurst ~1922 1994 yellow (pale) shrub yes light 2.5 2.5 Cantabrigiensis = 'Meirivoui' Meilland 2012 pink patio yes light 0.5 Cécile Brünner Ducher 1880 1994 pink (pale) polyantha yes medium 1 1 Cécile Brünner see also Climbing Cécile Brünner Célèste - <1740 1993 pink (pale) alba no medium 1.5 1.5 Celsiana - <1732 2012 pink (light) damask no strong 1.5 1.5 R. × centifolia 'Cristata' Kirche 1827 1993 pink centifolia no strong 1.5 1.5 = 'Chewcreepy' Warner 2000 2012 pink (light) shrub light 0.5 1 1 Cerise Bouquet Tantau 1937 1993 pink shrub no medium 4 4 = 'Korvanaber' Kordes 1999 2012 cream floribunda yes light 1.2 1.2 = 'Harmisty' Harkness 2005 2012 cream-apricot hybrid tea yes strong 1.2 1 Charles de Mills - <1790 1993 purple gallica no strong 1.5 1.5 = 'Tanellepa' Tantau 1994 2012 pink hybrid tea yes strong 1.5 1.2 = 'Auspoly' Austin 1994 2002 yellow (pale) shrub yes medium 1 1 Chinatown Poulsen 1962 1993 yellow-pink floribunda yes strong 1 1 Chinatown = 'Frykristal' Fryer 2005 2012 crimson hybrid tea yes medium 1 0.8 Climbing 'Cécile Brünner'RHS Plant Selector Rosa 'Climbing Cécile Brünner' (ClPoly) AGM / RHS Gardening Ardagh 1904 1993 pink (pale) climber yes medium 4 4 Climbing Étoile de Hollande Leenders 1931 1993 red climber yes strong 6 Climbing Iceberg Cant 1968 1993 white climber yes medium 4 4 Climbing Lady Hillingdon Hicks 1917 1993 yellow climber yes medium 4 2.5 Climbing Madame Butterfly Smith 1926 2012 pink (light) climber yes medium 5.5 Madama Butterfly 'Compassion' Harkness 1972 1993 apricot-pink climber yes medium 3 2.5 'Constance Spry' Austin 1961 1993 pink climber no strong 3 3 Constance Spry Cornelia Pemberton 1925 1993 apricot-pink hybrid musk yes strong 1.5 1.5 = 'Korstarnow' Kordes <2002 2012 white floribunda yes medium 0.5 0.5 Yorkshire = 'Wekroalt' Weeks 1999 2012 red-white stripes floribunda yes medium 1.1 1 = 'Fryclimbdown' Fryer <1990 2012 red (dark) climber yes light 2.5 1.8 = 'Ausquest' Austin 2000 2012 cream English yes light 1.2 1 Daisy Hill Smith ~1900 2012 pink (light) hybrid macrantha no strong 2.5 1.5 R. × damascena var. semperflorens <1633 2012 pink damask yes strong 1.5 1.2 Semperflorens = "repeat flowering" = 'Fryfestoon' Fryer 2004 2012 pink climber, ht yes light 2.5 2 Dancing Queen = 'Ausdecorum' Austin 2005 2012 red shrub yes medium 1 1 Darcey Bussell = 'Dicquasar' Dickson 1991 2002 orange hybrid tea yes light 0.8 0.8 Dawn chorus (birds) De Resht - <1900 1993 purple-crimson Portland yes medium 1 1 Debutante Walsh 1901 2012 pink (light) rambler strong 3 0.6 Diamond Kordes 1992 2012 white patio yes none 0.6 0.4 = 'Fryblissful' Fryer 1999 2012 red climber yes strong 3 Dortmund Kordes 1955 2002 red shrub yes none 2.5 1.8 Dortmund = 'Macdub' McGredy 1975 1993 red climber yes light 2.5 1.8 Dublin Bay Duc de Guiche <1810 1993 purple-crimson gallica no strong 1.5 1.5 Guiche, Pyrénées-Atlantiques = 'Tan97159' Tantau 2005 2012 orange-pink hybrid tea strong 0.75 0.75 Duchess of Cornwall Duchesse de Montebello Laffay 1824 1993 pink (pale) gallica no medium 1.5 1 Duchess of Montebello Dupontii (snowbush rose) Dupont 1817 2012 white-yellow shrub medium no 2 2 Easlea's Golden Rambler Easlea 1932 2002 yellow rambler no medium 8 4 = 'Harpageant' Harkness 2006 2012 orange-pink floribunda yes light 0.9 0.7 = 'Harflow' Harkness 1996 2012 yellow (apricot) floribunda yes medium 0.9 0.9 'Elina' = 'Dicjana' Dickson 1984 1993 yellow (pale) hybrid tea yes light 1 1 = 'Harpade' Harkness 1967 1994 mauve floribunda yes strong 1.2 1.2 = 'Fryworthy' Fryer 1996 2012 yellow hybrid tea yes medium 1 1 Étoile de Hollande see Climbing Étoile de Hollande = 'Pejbigeye' James 2008 2012 lilac hybrid tea yes medium 0.9 0.9 Fantin-Latour - ~1900 1993 pink (pale) centifolia no medium 1.5 1.5 Henri Fantin-Latour = 'Poulmax' Poulsen 1989 2002 pink (pale) floribunda yes light 1 1 Felicia Pemberton 1926 1993 pink hybrid musk yes medium 1.5 2.5 Félicité Parmentier Parmentier 1836 1993 pink (pale) alba × damask no medium 1.5 1.5 Félicité et Perpétue Jacques 1827 1993 white rambler no medium 8 4 Félicité et Perpétue = 'Harwelcome' Harkness 1992 2002 orange floribunda yes medium 1 1 Ferdinand PichardRHS Plant Selector Rosa 'Ferdinand Pichard' (Bb) AGM / RHS Gardening Tanne 1921 1993 pink-white stripe bourbon yes medium 1.5 1.5 R. filipes 'Kiftsgate' 1954 1993 white rambler no medium 12 8 Kiftsgate = 'Noa97400a' Noack 2005 2012 apricot groundcover yes no 1 1 Flower Carpet Coral Noack 2001 2012 red (coral) groundcover yes light 1 1 = 'Noalesa' Noack 2001 2012 yellow groundcover yes no 1 1 = 'Noare' Noack 1998 2012 red groundcover yes no 1 1 = 'Noa83100b' Noack 2000 2012 red groundcover yes no 1 1 = 'Noason' Noack 1990 2012 yellow groundcover yes light 1 1 = 'Noaschnee' Noack 1991 2012 white groundcover yes no 1 1 = 'Frycassia' Fryer 1998 2012 salmon-orange mini-patio yes medium 0.5 0.5 Flower power Fragrant Delight Tysterman 1978 1996 orange-pink floribunda yes strong 1 1 Frances E. Lester Lester 1946 1994 white-pink rambler no medium 8 4 François Juranville Barbier 1906 1993 pink (pale) rambler no light 8 4 Fred Loads Holmes 1968 1993 orange-red floribunda yes strong 2 1.5 = 'Fryjeru' Fryer 2006 2012 salmon-pink floribunda yes no 0.75 0.75 = 'Dicjem' Dickson 1984 1993 yellow hybrid tea yes strong 0.75 0.75 = 'Cocnanne' Cocker 1993 2002 pink floribunda yes light 0.75 0.75 = 'Korapriber' Kordes 2006 2012 pink (light) floribunda yes medium 0.75 0.75 Fritz Nobis Kordes 1940 1993 pink (rose) floribunda no light 2.5 1.5 Fru Dagmar Hastrup Hastrup 1914 1993 pink rugosa yes medium 1 1.5 Frühlingsgold Kordes 1937 1993 yellow (pale) hybrid spinosissima no strong 2.5 2.5 Frühlingsgold = "Spring gold" Frühlingsmorgen Kordes 1942 2012 pink hybrid spinosissima no medium 2 1.5 Frühlingsmorgen = "Spring morning" R. gallica var. officinalis (apothecary's rose) - - 1993 pink gallica no medium 1 1 Apothecary R. gallica 'Versicolor' (rosa mundi) - <1581 1993 pink-white stripe gallica no medium 1 1 Gardeners' Glory Warner 2005 2012 yellow climber yes medium 3 3 Général Kléber Robert 1856 2012 pink (light) moss no strong 1.2 1.2 = 'Dichimanher' Dickson 2007 2012 red (deep) miniature yes none 0.6 0.5 George Best Geranium (moyesii hybrid) - 1938 1993 scarlet moyesii no no 2.5 1.5 Gertrude Jekyll = 'Ausbord' Austin 1986 1994 pink English yes strong 1.5 1 Gertrude Jekyll Ghislaine de Féligonde Turbat 1916 2012 apricot hybrid multiflora yes medium 4 2 R. glauca - - 1993 pink shrub yes medium 2.5 2,5 Gloire de France Hardy 1836 2012 pink gallica no medium 1 1 Golden Beauty Kordes 2001 2012 yellow floribunda yes no 0.8 0.8 = 'Ausgold' Austin 1992 2002 yellow English yes medium 1.5 1 = 'Horanymoll' Horner 1997 2012 yellow climber strong 5 2 = 'Korgolgat' Kordes 1995 2012 yellow climber yes medium 4 2 = 'Korholesea' Kordes 2002 2012 yellow floribunda yes light 0.9 0.9 = 'Frykeyno' Fryer 2006 2012 yellow floribunda yes 1 1 = 'Cocjabby' Cocker 1993 2002 pink (salmon) floribunda yes strong 1 1 = 'Auskeppy' Austin 2001 2012 apricot English yes strong 1 1 = 'Ausmas' Austin 1983 1993 yellow English yes medium 1.5 1.5 Graham Thomas = 'Korliegra' Kordes 1995 2012 red (deep) hybrid tea yes light 1 0.8 Great Maiden's Blush - 1400 2012 white alba no strong 2 1.5 = 'Korteilhab' Kordes 1998 2012 pink (light) miniature yes strong 0.6 0.8 Gruss an Aachen Geduldig 1909 2012 pink (light) polyantha yes light 0.5 0.5 =Greetings to Aachen = 'Tantoras' Tantau 2000 2012 pink (light) floribunda yes light 2 1.2 = 'Coctarlotte' Cocker 2001 2012 apricot hybrid tea yes medium 0.75 0.5 Henri Martin Laffay 1862 2012 magenta moss no strong 2 1.5 = 'Kortenay' Kordes 1991 2002 pink shrub no light 0.45 1 Hertfordshire = 'Wekcisbako' Carruth 2001 2012 red shrub yes light 1.2 1 Home run Honorine de Brabant Tanne 1916 2012 pink (light) bourbon yes strong 2 1.2 = 'Wekpaltlez' Carruth 2002 2012 russet floribunda yes medium 0.9 0.9 = 'Korzuri' Kordes 1992 2002 white hybrid tea yes medium 1 0.8 = 'Kordes' Kordes 1958 1993 white floribunda yes medium 1 1 Iceberg see also Climbing Iceberg Impératrice Joséphine Descemet 1815 1993 pink gallica no strong 1.5 1 Joséphine de Beauharnais = 'Peaperfume' Pearce 1991 1996 orange (light) hybrid tea yes strong 1 1 Indian summer = 'Poulman' Poulsen 1984 1993 red (dark) hybrid tea yes medium 1 1 Ingrid Bergman = 'Dicwitness' Dickson 1999 2012 red-yellow floribunda yes light 1 1 When Irish Eyes Are Smiling = 'Diciluvit' Dickson 2007 2012 cream hybrid tea yes medium 0.8 0.6 Isn't She Lovely Ispahan - 1827 1993 pink damask no strong 2.5 2 Isfahan = 'Harwanna' Harkness 1988 1994 white shrub yes strong 1.1 0.9 Jacqueline du Pré = 'Korfloci 01'