Old European Garden Roses are the hybrid roses that were seen in European gardens in the eighteenth century prior to the onslaught of Rosa cheniesis. Cheniesis was discovered in china. Cheniesis is first known rose which flowers repeatedly from early autumn to late summer. Old European Garden Roses are fragrant and cold hardy. They are not as highly disease resistant as has often been reported. The five classes of Old European garden roses are: Gallica, Damask, Alba, Centifolia, and Mosses. Hardy Repeat-Blooming Old roses are almost the complete rose. They offer outstanding hardiness, disease resistance, beautiful flowers and wonderful fragrance. They don’t however, offer recurrent summer blooming.
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