What would be your top ten roses

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    As a rose enthusiast i was wondering what peoples top ten roses would be?

    HERE ARE MINE: :)

    Product Price Quantity Total Remove
    [​IMG] William and Catherine (Ausrapper) - Bare Root Roses £15.50 £15.50

    [​IMG] Just Joey - Bare Root Roses £10.00 £10.00
    [​IMG] Margaret Merril (Harkuly) - Bare Root Roses £10.00 £10.00

    [​IMG] Rhapsody In Blue (Frantasia) - Bare Root Roses £12.99 £12.99
    [​IMG] Silver Jubilee - Bare Root Roses £10.00 £10.00
    [​IMG] Strawberry Hill (Ausrimini) - Bare Root Roses £15.50 £15.50
    [​IMG] The Alnwick® Rose (Ausgrab) - Bare Root Roses £14.50 £14.50
    [​IMG] Fragrant Cloud (Tanellis) - Bare Root Roses £10.00 £10.00
    [​IMG] Abraham Darby (Auscot) - Bare Root Roses £13.50 £13.50
    [​IMG] Lady of Shalott (Ausnyson) - Bare Root Roses £15.50 £15.50
     
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    Roses are wonderful flowers I must say- all of them-
    I cannot tell you any name in particular, I just like them all and their perfume...
     
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      I have just started digging a bed in my present garden for roses, I haven't had roses for twenty years and miss them. Although I can't create a list at the moment, one of the first I will be investing in is 'Kings Ransome', a rose recently shown on GC by Armandii. :)
       
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        Oooh now that's a tough one....
        Felicia..
        Jacques Cartier..
        New Dawn....
        Gertrude Jekyll...
        Heritage....
        Albertine.....
        Geoff Hamilton...
        Generous Gardener....
        Rambling Rector....
        St.Swithun.....
        I could go on and on and on....:wub2:
         
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          Thanks sheal!
           
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          I'm fairly new to roses, but the ones I have are the nicest I've seen ...

          Teasing Georgia
          Lady of Shalott
          Lady Emma Hamilton
          Jude the Obscure
          Gertrude Jekyll
          Sceptre'd Isle
          Princess Alexandra of Kent
          Mutabilis

          This unnamed patio rose which I bought from B&Q and which was supposed to be a Double Delight (but I am doubly delighted it wasn't because I love the scent and shape of the blooms). It's just a shame it doesn't appear to be repeat flowering :dunno:

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          I do have a few other roses, but they wouldn't be my favourites.

          I have space for one more potential favourite and I think it's going to either be the new Royal Jubilee from David Austin, or else a nice buttermilk cream one which I am searching for ideas on.
           
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            In no particular order - but the rose that has performed best for me with the minimum of grief has been Felicia.....


            Souvenir de la Malmaison
            Madame Alfred Carriere
            Felicia
            Gertrude Jekyll
            Graham Thomas
            Tess of the d'Urbervilles
            Abraham Darby
            New Dawn
            Heritage
            Crepuscule
             
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              Mmmmmmm, there are so many great roses out there that a Top Ten list seems a bit small!!! But here's some of the one's in my garden so I guess they'd be on my Top Ten list. I do usually only have scented repeat flowering roses whether they're Climbing, Shrub, T roses, or Patio, but I forgive some and get them anyway.

              Rosemoore
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              White Sky Liner
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              King's Ransom
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              Trumpeter
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              Bright Future
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              Orange and Lemon
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              White Cloud
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              Masquerade
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              Crazy for you
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              Compassion
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              Alchemist
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              Oops that's 11..........told you it was too short a list.:loll:
               
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                i keep tinking of extra ones too:redface: thanks armandii
                 
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                I love all roses so my top ten changes frequently with the exception of this one,for what it represents,what it stands for and what the rose world owes to its existence,it will always be No 1 for me:)




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                  Hi Armandll I just love that Masquerade :) One I am definitively going for,the colour's
                  are incredible :dbgrtmb:
                   
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                  Hi Woo, Masquerade was bought dry root for 10/- from a Supermarket called FineFare, which became Gateway, which became Asda, which has been bought by Walmark but still retains the name, nearly 30 years ago........so I've had good value out of it.:snork: I think it's a brilliant rose where you can have different colours of flowers in one spray due to the flower changing colour, from yellow to red, as it gets older. It's also a real favourite of mine for all that.........and for sentimental reasons as well.:hapydancsmil:
                   
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                    This one's for you, Woo. It shows Masquerade with good intense colours.

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                    It has given me much pleasure looking at it year after year, I must admit.:snork:
                     
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