Updated information. April 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.
We are now moving into the time when containerised roses will be on sale. Some growers/suppliers do not put up their varieties just yet as in most cases they will not yet be ready to plant. So do go back to their websites regularly. If you buy plants now most will advise you to keep them in the pots for a few more weeks whilst their root systems get established. It is important to make sure that the compost does not come away from the roots as you plant. They will continue to grow whilst in the pots!. Do make sure that you regularly water the plants particularly as we do seem to be in a very dry circle of weather.
If you have purchased bare root roses it will be essential to keep these well watered, particularly those planted in the last few weeks. Also make sure that they have been pruned. If you have not pruned established roses then still do so. Whilst March is the month to prune established roses, better late than never so even if you have new growth coming, follow these instructions.
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%.
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 general costs they face; including Government N. Insurance and hike in minimum living wage they need all the help they can get. When you look at the price of a rose do remember that a rose plant ready for sale takes sometime to produce. Stocks planted Jan-March this year are ‘budded’ with the cultivated rose this summer but will not be ready to lift until Autumn 2026. During that time there are certain procedures to follow and also general care to be maintained. Also many varieties are subject to royalty payments to the Breeder. Usually on all the plants of that variety budded. So if the plant fails or not sold the Grower still has to pay this royalty. Remember a rose can give you pleasure for decades with simple care.
Most cheap offers in newspapers are for varieties not subject to royalties because the time has run out, also they are often more susceptible to disease.
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
