Tom's Rose Garden

A polyantha with small, but perfect and fragrant pink flowers. The bush form of this rose is three to four feet in height and, after a wonderful early summer blooming, has repeated. The flowers look like tiny hybrid tea blooms. My wife bought me this rose (her first rose purchase for me) and we planted it over the grave of our cat, Mouse. Makes a beautiful memorial.

"Shrub rose of medium vigour, usually not over 4 ft often rather less, distinguished by small neat foliage and numerous miniature blooms of perfect form. Flowers scented, thimble-like in size, pale blush-pink, slightly deeper in centre, buds long-pointed. Mid-June and recurrent throughout summer. Its pruning should be limited to the cutting out of weak growth with occasional removal of older branches, but it should not be pruned too hard. A valuable rose for its neat appearance and for cutting; it is surpassed for garden display by its climbing form." The Dictionary of Roses by Gault & Synge

Spring 1997

This bush has a lot of new growth, but because it is so dense, there is also a lot of blackspot. Hopefully, this is the plant's natural way to thin out the center for better air flow.