Updated information. July, 2026
ROSE OF THE YEAR 2027 has been launched and a picture is featured here. The floribunda (cluster flowered) variety is ART DECO. This Kordes bred roses should be available to order now for supply from this autumn, so that it will be in bloom in gardens this time next year 2027! At present, as I am only just getting variety lists from growers/suppliers to update entries the list of growers is in its infancy. Keep coming back to the site during the coming weeks/months.
I am now requesting and receiving variety lists for their coming season Two of the most comprehensive and interesting lists have just been received and I will be working on these in the next week or two. Peter Beales, and Roger of Pickering. Once completed this will be shown on the Grower details pages.
New. Shortly Eastcroft Roses (Rochester Kent)will be listed. Retail growers. In meantime they are busy at present selling containerised. View details www.eastcroftroses.co.uk
NEW for 2025-2026 season We welcomed Spring Reach Nursery.
If you are a grower or stockiest of high quality U.K Grown Roses AND not included and would like to be, and can provide a detailed list, then please contact for details email findthatrose.co.uk. There is no charge
If you are seeking a rose with a particular Christian name (which could be hidden e.g Bloom of Ruth) I have now been able to include ‘A Rose Named Just For You’ ( a popular item when Find That Rose was an annual publication) on the website. Also updated is Roses for That Special Person or Event. If you have any ideas for further expansion of this item please use the Contact form.
I am increasingly seeing newspapers adverts for cheaply priced roses (of various types) being marketed by colour and not name. Please be aware that roses should not be marketed by colour; all roses have a commercial name and should be sold by name and have these names on their labels. Also like all plants they should be accompanied by a plant passport, which allows traceability. Most modern roses are also covered by royalties etc. and this information is usually on the label. Also now having reach the end of the bare root season, really isn’t it to late to be advertising?
June proved to have difficult weather conditions but roses are very resilient, particularly if they have been allowed to develop root systems which go down to the water table. If you have established roses in the ground and water them this gives them mixed messages as to where their roots will go. Do they go towards the water near the surface or continue to seek the water table. Water is a valuable commodity and also not free! However do water roses planted last autumn etc. and also those in permanent containers. When possible water early morning or late evening. I often use my washing up water for my tubs!
Containerised roses are available now When purchasing, make sure that the temporary containers they come in are a reasonable size. Don’t be tempted with 2 litre pots etc. Most bush roses should be available in 4 litre pots. Climbers and shrub roses usually 5.5 litre. Standards 10 litre. Make sure that you keep these plants well watered.
The established roses I have seen look to be growing well with plenty of blooms and most will have had their first flowering period. Once flowered remember to deadhead them. Follow the shoots back to a five leaflet leaf and cut there. If you do a disease preventative spraying programme do keep this up. Don’t wait for diseases to appear; it is far more difficult to tackle diseased plants than prevent. New and old roses will be more susceptible to disease. Also more modern varieties are usually healthier as disease resistance is a priority for breeders
If you need any further guidance look at the planting guide which was produced many years ago by the HTA, or use the contact form and ask your question(s).
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 and proposed new working regulations in the pipeline means 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 2027. 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.
I AM AT PRESENT CONTACTING ALL SUPPLIERS LISTED ON THE SITE FOR THEIR VARIETIES FOR AUTUMN 2026-SUMMER 2027. AT PRESENT IN THE GROWERS GENERAL DETAILS IT WILL INDICATE WHEN THEY LAST UPDATED THEIR VARIETIES If you cannot find the information you need on the site, then please do use the contact form to submit your question email findthatrose@btinternet.com
New varieties are always being added; the site includes the various 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 Rose of The Year 2025 ‘You’re My Everything’. The Rose of the Year 2026 ‘Coral Gardens’ and now ‘Art Deco’ Roses of The Year 2027.
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 2026-SUMMER 2027. 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. There is no cost.
*Find That Rose was a published booklet for over 38 years (the first of the U.K .Finder nursery books) but the cost etc. has meant the website is now the only way to obtain the basic information the book was focused on; varieties and growers. The last Find That Rose was the 38th Edition* of Find That Rose covering season Autumn 2020-Summer 2021. The website covers the latest season.
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 with no indication that they no longer in production and many sites are not U.K. based. In recent years I have left the name of a variety where there is no grower; but do not despair as when updating sometimes a variety which has been recorded like this ‘comes back’ and this season update has seen nearly a 100t have returned.
I am not promoting 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. They are also heavily involved with the Rose Trials. 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. They also sell some sundries. Such a bargain in these days, and a must for all rose lovers. For further information of this very proactive Society go to their website www.therosesociety.org.uk
