At Hennessy’s we stock a huge range of roses – at any time during the season having up to 150 different varieties! So if you are looking for a red flowered patio rose, a yellow climber, a white ground cover, a pink floribunda, a ‘blue’ hybrid tea, a 12inch miniature or a huge rambler... we’ve got it!

Our Favourite Roses: (in no particular order)

• Elina – always rates high in rose grower opinion polls as one of the best and healthiest of all Hybrid Teas. The flowers open pale-primrose, maturing to ivory. If I’m not mistaken this variety was chosen by the public as their favourite in St. Anne's Rose Garden in Dublin.
  
• Just Joey – unmistakable due to its unique colouring – coppery orange. Beautiful and reliable, it was voted the world’s favourite in 1994, which doesn’t stop it getting our vote.
  
• Remember Me – another coppery orange variety, and another popular rose. We love the foliage on this plant - it's almost reason enough for growing it. Still if its flowers you’re after then it won’t disappoint. Each flower is borne in a cluster, but remember it is also a Hybrid Tea.
  
• Many Happy Returns – this rose has the lot: its one of the first to flower, bears attractive hips in autumn, makes a great present, and its blush pink flowers are fragrant too.
  
• Sweet Dream – quite simply the best patio rose and also tops the RNRS popularity poll. Peachy colour on well-formed blooms – growth is neat and disease resistance is good.
  
• Kent - a ground cover rose may not be everyone’s ideal when it comes to their favourites, but this one is a bit special. The bush is neat and the large trusses of white flowers stand up well to poor weather. This is also a good plant for a pot.
  
• Compassion – beautifully shaped flowers, apricot-pink colouring and outstanding scent make this one of favourite climbing roses. Perfect for a wall or pillar.
  
• Gloire de Dijon – big buff-yellow flowers, sweetly scented, starting early in the season and finishing late. This wonderful rose has been around since 1853 and is still one of the best.
  
• Sally Holmes – this modern shrub rose is really quite different. Large white flowers are borne in clusters above the foliage to great effect.

Roses @ Hennessy's

The Romans started it. Or was it the Greeks. Maybe it was the Persians or the Chinese, although the Egyptians did it too. Oh well, whoever started it we’re still doing it thousands of years later. Growing roses, that is.

An awful lot has changed in the world of roses since the fall of the Roman Empire. In fact an awful lot has changed in the world of roses in the past 20 years. New varieties continue to appear, Patio Roses and Ground Cover Roses have now been moved into separate classifications, Minature Climbers have been introduced and David Austin’s name will forever be linked to modern, reliable, fragrant, repeat flowering roses with an old-fashioned look.

One thing has remained constant, though, and that is that everybody loves a rose, be it a 10cm mini marvel or a 10m monster flower show. Choosing the right rose is not always easy.
Take a while to browse through our Rose Catalogue, or even better why not drop in and we will give you some expert advice on picking the right rose for the right place...