Old Garden Roses are Alba, Gallica, Damask and Centifolia Roses that were introduced before the American Civil War.

Old Garden Roses are Rosa alba, Rosa centifolia, Rosa damascena, Rosa gallica or Alba, Centifolia, Damask and Gallica Roses that were introduced roughly before the American Civil War (specificly before the introduction of the Hybrid tea). A collection of pictures and availability information is linked to the underlined blue link. These are the iron clad few from my perspective. Easy to grow, most of them bloom for several weeks in June sometimes followed by fruit. Very fragrant, winter hardy and disease free (and I wont carry them if they aren't photogenic). Though their bloom often seems short they usually compensate by producing hundreds of flowers at the same time. My hand shows how large the flowers are in relation to each other. No particular order, you should look at all of them.

Old Rose Rosa 'alba 'maxima', (<1500, no picture yet) zone 4 to 8, 6 feet tall, non recurrent, double white flowers,

Old Rose Rosa alba Semi-Plena,

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Old Rose Rosa centifolia 'Anais Segales' (1837), zone 4 thru 8, classed as a centifolia or a gallica (Vibert, 1837), 4 feet x 4 feet, blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer, large double, pinkish red, strongly fragrant, ("Roses" Beales, 145),

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Old Rose Rosa gallica Apothecary's Rose, Rosa gallica 'officinallis', Red Rose of Lancaster, (<1500), ("The Encyclopedia of Roses" McKeon, 77, zones 3-8), ("The Natural Rose Gardener" Walheim, 49), ("The Organic Rose Garden" Druitt, 109), ("David Austin's English Roses" Austin, 60), ("Designing With Roses" Lord, 17, 130), ("Growing Roses For Small Gardens" Gibson, plate #2), ("Landscaping with Antique Roses" Druitt & Shoup, page 128, zone 3), blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer,

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Old Rose Rosa damascena bifera Autumn Damask, Quatre Saisons, Four Seasons, Castilian, Old Castilian, Rose des Quatre Saisons, Rosa bifera, Rosa bifera semperflorens, Rosa damascena bifera, Rosa damascena semperflorens, Rosa semperflorens, Rose of Castille, (<1600), ("The Organic Rose Garden" Druitt, 110) ("Growing Roses Organically" Wilde, 129, zones 4-10, DR-1/1) (Taylor's Guides "Roses" Ondra, page 43, zones 4-7), ("Landscaping with Antique Roses" Druitt & Shoup, page 40 & 133, zone 4), blooms in flushes throughout the year

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Old Rose Rosa gallica Belle de Crecy, (1829), 4'x3', (DR 0/1), non-recurrent, fragrant (fff), ("Growing Roses Organically" Wilde, 130, zones 3-10, DR-0/2), (Taylor's Guides "Roses" Ondra, page 52, zones 4-8), hybrid gallica, 4x3, blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer,

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Old Rose Rosa alba Celestial, Celeste, (ANCIENT), '("Best Rose Guide" Phillips & Rix, 53, zone4 (-30f)), ("The Encyclopedia of Roses" McKeon, 88, zones 3-8), ("Classic Roses" Beales, fllf:198), ("Growing Roses Organically" Wilde, 154, zones 3-10, 0/0) (Taylor's Guides "Roses" Ondra, 33, zone 5), ("Landscaping with Antique Roses" Druitt & Shoup, page 135), blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer,

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Old Rose Rosa damascena Celsiana, (<1732), ("Best Rose Guide" Phillips & Rix, sh46, zone4 (-22f)), ("The Encyclopedia of Roses" McKeon, 89, zones 3-8), ("David Austin's English Roses" Austin, 13), ("Classic Roses" Beales, fl:185), (Taylor's Guides "Roses" Ondra, page 44, zones 4-8), ("Growing Roses Organically" Wilde, 154, zones 4-10, DR-0/0), ("Landscaping with Antique Roses" Druitt & Shoup, page 131, zone 3), blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer,

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Old Rose Rosa centifolia (<1600) blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer,

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Old Rose Rosa gallica Complicata (<1800), non recurrent, 10X6, 5 petaled flowers 4 inches across, ("Best Rose Guide" Phillips & Rix, sh33, zone 4), ("Roses" Beales, 148, exceptional, even in poor soils.), ("The Encyclopedia of Roses" McKeon, 97, zones 4-8), ("The Art of Gardening with Roses" Thomas, sh34 & 35), (Cruse, 62), ("Roses Of America" Scanniello, 60), ("Classic Roses" Beales, 155), (Taylor's Guides "Roses" Ondra, page 53, zones 5-8), blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer,

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Old Rose Rosa centifolia Crested Moss, Cristata, Chapeau de Napoleon, (1827), zone 5 to 9, 6 feet tall, non-recurrent (Sunset Book "Roses" White, 102), (Taylor's Guides "Roses" Ondra, page 62, zones 5-9) Moss Rose, up to 6 feet tall, fragrant, double pink flowers up to 3 inches across. blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer,

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Old Rose Rosa gallica Duchesse de Montebello (1824), gallica or hybrid china, zones 4 thru 8, (laffay, ), 5 feet x 3 feet, blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer, strongly fragrant, light pink,

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Old Rose Rosa alba Felicite Parmentier (1836), alba rose, zone 4 to 8 (parmentier, ), 5 feet x 3 feet, blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer, strongly fragrant, fully double, pink

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Old Rose Rosa alba Great Maidens Blush, or Cuisse de Nymphe or Nymph's Thigh or La Virginale or La Seduisante or The Seductress or Incarnata or Maidens Blush, (<1400), blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer,

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Old Rose Rosa Harisons Yellow', Harison's Yellow, Harrison's Yellow, Old Scotch Rose or Hybrid Foetida Rose, blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer,

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Old Rose Rosa centifolia Red Moss Henri Martin (1862), 'Red Moss', moss rose, zones 4 thru 8, 5 feet x 5 feet (laffay, ), blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer, 2.5 inch strongly fragrant reddish semi double to double flowers

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Old Rose Rosa gallica Hippolyte (1842), gallica Rose ("Roses" Beales, 144), ("The Art of Gardening with Roses" Thomas, sh43), (Taylor's Guides "Roses" Ondra, page 54, zones 4-9), 6 feet x 6 feet blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer, dark red to purple, strongly fragrant,

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Old Rose Rosa damascena 'ISPAHAN' Old Damask Rose, (<1832), 'Isfahan', 'Pompon des Princes', 'Parfum d'Ispahan', non recurrent, ("Best Rose Guide" Phillips & Rix, 48, zone 5 (-13f)), ("The Encyclopedia of Roses" McKeon, 120, zones 3-8), (Cruse, 48), ("Classic Roses" Beales, fl:186), (Taylor's Guides "Roses" Ondra, page 44, zones 5-9), ("Landscaping with Antique Roses" Druitt & Shoup, page 132, zone 3, non-recurrent, ), pink flowered damask, 5 feet tall, 2.5 inch flowers, fragrant, blooms in early summer (flowers on old wood only), 0/0(1995), pg 317 blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer,

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Old Rose Rosa alba Konigin Von Danemark, Queen of Denmark, (1826), 5 feet tall, non-recurrent, 'Queen of Denmark', 'Naissance de Venus', ("Best Rose Guide" Phillips & Rix, 52, zone4 (-30f) one of the best), ("The Encyclopedia of Roses" McKeon, 124, zones 3-8), ("Growing Roses Organically" Wilde, 167, zones 3-10, DR-0/0), ("Beautiful American Rose Gardens" Dorra, 153), (Scanniello, 64), ("Classic Roses" Beales, fllf:201), ("500 Popular Roses For American Gardeners" Barron's, 76) (Taylor's Guides "Roses" Ondra, 35, zone 4-8), blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer,

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Old Rose Rosa gallica La Belle Sultane or Violacea, (1815), (Taylor's Guides "Roses" Ondra, page 54, zones 4-8), ("Best Rose Guide" Phillips & Rix, 34, zone 5), ("Roses" Beales, 151, R. gallica violacea), ("Roses Of America" Scanniello, 60), ("The Organic Rose Garden" Druitt, 64), ("Classic Roses" Beales, 160), Hybrid gallica, semi-double purplish flowers up to 5 inches across, introduced 1795, 5'X4', non-recurrent, blooms for up to 6 weeks in late spring to early summer,

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Old Rose Rosa damascena Painted Damask Leda, (1827), non recurrent, ("Best Rose Guide" Phillips & Rix, 44, zone5 (-13f)), ("The Encyclopedia of Roses" McKeon, 126, zones 3-8), ("The Art of Gardening with Roses" Thomas, sh73), ("Classic Roses" Beales, fl:187), ("500 Popular Roses For American Gardeners" Barron's, 80) ("Growing Roses Organically" Wilde, 142, zones 4-10, DR-0/0), (Taylor's Guides "Roses" Ondra, page45, zones 4-9), 3x4 feet, pink to white with red edge, damask shrub, blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer, DR 0/0,

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Old Rose Rosa damascena Madame Hardy (1830), non recurrent, ("The Encyclopedia of Roses" McKeon, 129, zones 4-8), ("The Art of Gardening With Roses" Thomas, sh58), (Sunset Book "Roses" White, 104), ("Beautiful American Rose Gardens" Dorra, 157), ("Classic Roses" Beales, 55), (Taylor's Guides "Roses" Ondra, page 46, zones 5-8), white Damask, blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer, (flowers on old wood only), named for the wife of the head gardener for the Empress Josephine (Mr Hardy),

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Old Rose Rosa alba Madame Plantier (1835), zone 3, 4 feet tall, blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer, double, white,

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Old Rose Rosa centifolia (<1600), ("Classic Roses" Beales, 23), zones 4 thru 9 , 5'x5', blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer, fragrant, pink flowers with 100 petals,

Old Rose 49) Rosa gallica versicolor Rosa Mundi or 'Rosamond'

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Old Rose Rosa portlandica Rose du Roi (1812) several flushes of bloom

Old Rose Rosa damascena Trigintipetala, Kazanlik (<1850), zone 5, 5 feet tall, blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer, pink

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Old Rose Rosa gallica Tuscany Superb (1837), blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer, ("Growing Roses Organically" Wilde, 148, zones 4-10, DR-0/0), ("Roses" Beales, 152, superb), ("David Austin's English Roses" Austin, 12), ("Classic Roses" Beales, 165), 4'X3', sport of 'Tuscany', introduced by Paul in 1848, semi-double flowers of velvety dark red. golden stamens in center. strongly perfumed,

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Old Rose Rosa centifolia Old Velvet Moss, William Lobb (1855), ("Classic Roses" Beales, fl:183), 'Duchesse d'Istrie', 'Old Velvet Moss', Introduced by Laffay of France. Semi-double scented flowers that are a mix of purple, magenta, grey and pink. 8x5 feet blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer,

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Old Rose Rosa damascena York and Lancaster (1551, no picture yet), zone 3, 5-7 feet tall, blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer, white and pink flowers

additional pictures to add later;

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