Updated information. March 2025
NEW Growers added Ashridge Nurseries & Cottage Memories nursery have now been added to this site. There varieties and full nursery details are now complete.
If you are a grower not included and would like to be then please contact for details email findthatgrose.co.uk.
There is still time to plant bare root roses. You have this month and depending on weather conditions or where in the country you live into early April. Make sure you have the area all ready to plant, as you should plant within a day or two of receiving your plants. You may receive ready pruned plants, if not let the plants settle and prune around the 3rd week of this month or two weeks after planting . Just follow the suppliers instructions. If not ready pruned All BUSH ROSES (Hybrid Tea, Floribunda and “Patio” and Miniature) Standard, Half Standard and Patio/Quarter Standard roses should be pruned. back to within 2 to 3 eyes of the crown (ie the union between the understock and the cultivated rose) MODERN SHRUB ROSES SUCH AS “ENGLISH ROSES” AND “RENAISSANCE” can benefit by cutting back the stem by 50% ALL OTHER CLASSIFICATIONS such as Climbing roses will not need any further pruning, but do check for any die back on stems which should be cut out. During dry weather make sure you keep newly planted roses well watered. Established roses can look after themselves es as there roots seek out the water table.
If you wish to move plants in your garden then do this as soon as possible. If the roses still have a lot of top growth then cut this back by at least half. You will no doubt cut through some of the root system but this should not harm the plant(s). Also make sure you have the new area is prepared for them. Let them settle in before completing pruning.
Some suppliers will have stopped supplying bare root roses, which it is cheaper to purchase. However if you purchase containerised roses in March it is likely that they will have only been potted for a few weeks. When potting the root system often has to be cut to be accommodated in the pot. So do follow the suppliers instruction; which may mean keeping them in the pots for some weeks. During that time they will continue to establish themselves. Again the supplier should indicate when to plant.
March is the month to prune established roses, so get into the garden when the weather is fine! Pruning is easy. Just don’t be frightened. If you are concerned seek further advice.
All BUSH ROSES (Hybrid Tea, Floribunda and “Patio” and Miniature) Standard, Half Standard and Patio/Quarter Standard roses should be pruned
Prune within 2 to 3 eyes of the previous year’s growth. If you cannot see an ‘eye’ don’t worry still cut back as the ‘eye’ will develop from under the bark. At the same time take out some of the old wood from the crown.
RAMBLERS, GENERAL SHRUBS AND SPECIES ROSES AND WEEPING STANDARDS. These are better pruned in November. Retaining all rod-like growth, remove all weak and underdeveloped shoots and cut back the flowered stems.
RUGOSA ROSES. Once the height you require is attained this can be sustained by controlled pruning.
REPEAT FLOWERING CLIMBERS, COURTYARD AND “PATIO” CLIMBERS. Little pruning will be needed in the first few years. As they become established prune these preferably in February but if they have not been done then do so now removing weak shoots, and cut back rod-like growth, and flowered stems. Endeavour to take out some older shoots from the base of the plant.
MODERN SHRUB ROSES SUCH AS “ENGLISH ROSES” AND “RENAISSANCE”. These can be pruned this month If a large specimen bush is required, treat like any other shrub rose. However if space is limited or if you need to promote stronger growth remove some old growth and cut back remaining growth by 50%.
You might like to have the New Rose of The Year for 2025 which should be widely available The rose is ‘You’re My Everything’ See illustration; growers are listed in the variety section.
Do not be too eager to start pruning roses, wait until the latter part of February and assess the weather conditions and predictions. At least do not prune roses supplied this season before the 3rd week in March.
Please give British growers/suppliers (who in the main are small businesses) a boost by purchasing from those listed on this website. With the ever increasing costs in the pipeline; including Government N. Insurance and minimum living wage they need all the help they can get.
The site is loosely based on the 38th Edition* of Find That Rose covering season Autumn 2020-Summer 2021. Most growers have now given me updated details of the varieties they now offer.
ALL SUPPLIERS LISTED ON THE SITE HAVE BEEN INVITED TO UPDATE THEIR VARIETIES, MOST HAVE SUPPLIED THEIR LIST AND THIS YOU WILL FIND NOTED IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL GROWERS DETAILS. MORE ARE COMING FORWARD SO PLEASE GO BACK TO THE SITE FREQUENTLY. Equally if you cannot find the information you need on the site, then please do use the contact form to submit your question or email findthatrose.co.uk
New varieties are always being added; the site includes the Rose of The Year 2022 ‘ It’s A Wonderful Life ‘ ‘Peach Melba ‘ Rose of The Year for 2023 and ‘Meteor’ Rose of The Year for 2024 and NOW Rose of The Year 2025 ‘You’re My Everything’.
Do also remember that just because a name of a rose comes up on the internet it doesn’t necessarily mean it is in commerce in the U.K. It maybe that our climate is not suitable for a particular variety, or it may have ceased being produced due to various reasons.
Angela Pawsey (Editor)
UPDATING FOR AUTUMN 2024-SUMMER 2025. If you are a grower/supplier and can supply a ‘proper’ list of varieties which have been grown in the U.K and would like to be included, please use CONTACT FORM to ask for further information.
*Find That Rose was a published booklet for over 38 years (the first of the Finder nursery books) but the cost etc. has meant the website is now the only way to obtain the basic information the book was based on; varieties and growers.
The original domain for this site was www.findthatrose.net. Using www.findthatrose.co.uk is better as it identifies where this site is based.
Every effort is made to be as accurate as possible and is produced with the complete support of those growers and outlets featured. In many cases other rose finding sites just indicate the name of a variety and little else. Many varieties cease to be produced each season as new varieties take their place. Some sites give names of varieties no longer in production and many are not U.K. based.
I am not promoting the the book as this is now out of date, but will willingly try to help with any questions and to see if I can locate new varieties which have not been covered. Please use the Contact form. .
Angela Pawsey –Editor
The Rose Society UK
With the demise of the Royal National Rose Society in May 2017, a group of enthusiastic amateur rose lovers formed The Rose Society UK. Their first aim was to protect the many Rose Shows where they competed. The Society has however become a very well respected Society which still takes part in Shows and have several affiliated Societies. Their mission is to promote roses and rose growing. They are a mind of information with lots of ‘publications’ including a quarterly magazine. The membership fee remains the same as in 2017 at a very modest £10 a year. Although essentially an online Society they can provide a mail order service but this may cost a little more. Such a bargain in these days, and a must for all rose lovers. For further information go to their website www.therosesociety.org.uk
