Nothing says cottage garden like roses. Timeless, fragrant, and cheerful—these classic roses are lovely choices to help create the charming and inviting environment of the English countryside. Whether you prefer the climbing, rambling, shrub, or tea variety; you are sure to find something to fit your own style in this list of timeless cottage-garden rose varieties.
More information on cottage gardens and roses
Low-Maintenance Roses with Amazing Fragrance
A Simple Approach to Pruning Roses
Two Steps for Pruning Climbing Roses
Landscaping With Antique Roses
Five Traditional Elements of a Cottage Garden
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Plant Guide‘Gertrude Jekyll’ English shrub rose
This rose with an influential namesake has beautifully cupped double blossoms of rich pink.
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Plant Guide‘Climbing Pinkie’ Polyantha rose
This fragrant rose blooms nonstop from June until frost, with vivid pink, semidouble blossoms.
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Plant Guide‘Graham Thomas’ English shrub rose
This notable rose has quartered-rosette, double blossoms of rich yellow.
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Plant Guide‘Fair Bianca’ English shrub rose
This David Austin rose grows to only 2-1/2 feet tall.
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Plant Guide‘Duchesse de Brabant’ tea rose
This scented rose was reputed to be a favorite of Teddy Roosevelt.
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Plant Guide‘Purple Pavement’ rugosa rose
'Purple Pavement' has large, ruffled blossoms with a purple-red color and strong fragrance.
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Plant Guide‘Rev d’Or’ rose
This climbing rose has lax canes and stems, so the blooms nod down at you from above.
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Plant Guide‘Black Jade’ rose
A miniature, upright rose with glossy, dark green leaves and very dark red flowers from spring to fall, 'Black Jade' reaches only about 2 feet tall.
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Plant GuideRosa ‘Basye’s Purple’
This outstanding rose has single, fragrant blossoms of rich cabernet-red.
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Plant Guide‘Mermaid’ rose
This R. bracteata and hybrid tea cross bears large, single, soft-yellow blossoms (to 5 inches across) with a deeper-hued center and conspicuous, ruddy-orange stamens.
