Roses for Shady Areas

Planting roses in shady spots is an excellent way to add colour and charm to often overlooked parts of your garden. While it is often thought that roses prefer sunny locations, many varieties can thrive with just four to five hours of sunlight daily.
Repeat-flowering English roses, as well as other repeat-flowering shrub Roses like hybrid musks, rugosas, and ground covers, are particularly well-suited for partial shade. Varieties like Gallicas, Damasks, and Albas, which bloom only once, also do well in these conditions, as do climbers and ramblers, making them ideal for north-facing walls and other less sunny spots.

Featured rose Emily Bronte^® (Ausearnshaw)

English roses suitable for shady areas

English roses are a fantastic choice for bringing life to shaded parts of your garden. These roses are hardy and versatile, offering beautiful blooms and rich foliage even with limited sunlight. They are low-maintenance and adapt well to different garden conditions, making them ideal for spots that don't get full sun.

Eustacia Vye^® (Ausegdon) is an exquisite English Shrub Rose celebrated for its exceptional health and fragrance. This rose boasts soft, glowing apricot-pink blooms, each packed with delicately ruffled petals. The flowers start as shallow cups and open into full rosettes, revealing richer hues that gradually pale over time. The blooms are borne on red-tinged stems, adding to their striking appearance.

Dame Judi Dench^® (Ausquaker) is well-known for its exceptional health and beauty. This rose has large, informal rosettes in a beautiful apricot-orange colour that gradually lightens towards the edges, creating a stunning visual effect. The blooms come from striking red-tipped buds, revealing ruffled petals and a charming button eye. This rose is exceptionally resistant to rain damage, with petals that neatly fall off.

Featured rose Kew Gardens^®

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English climbing roses suitable for shady areas

Climbing roses are perfect for adding vertical interest and a touch of romance to shaded garden spaces. They can adorn walls, trellises, and pergolas, transforming a shady corner into a floral spectacle. These vigorous and adaptable roses often produce abundant blooms with minimal sunlight.

Gertrude Jekyll^® (Ausbord) is renowned for its exceptional fragrance and prolific flowering. This rose is versatile as a short climber and can even be pruned to form a stunning shrub rose. It is among the first English Roses to bloom each season, and its perfectly scrolled buds open into large, rosette-shaped flowers of bright, glowing pink, creating a heady and vibrant display in the garden.

The Generous Gardener^® (Ausdrawn) is an enchanting English Climbing Rose celebrated for its beautifully formed flowers and delightful fragrance. The blooms nod gracefully on the stem, and as the petals open, they expose numerous stamens, creating an almost waterlily-like effect. Disliking direct sunlight, the glowing pale pink blooms of The Generous Gardener^® are ideal for brightening and adding a romantic touch to any garden setting.

Climbers for north-facing walls

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