Queen Mary’s Rose Gardens is one of the most beautiful places to see in London and enjoy the unmistakable smell of roses. This rose park is the most abundant rose garden in London. Surprisingly roses growing in the garden are not well documented. Queen Mary’s Rose Garden does not have a map of rose plantings, so it can be hard to make sure that you saw all of them during your visit or recall the name of the rose that you liked in the garden after your visit. So I created the complete list of roses growing at Queen Mary’s Rose Gardens in 2022.
Rose gardens are within the inner circle of Regent’s Park (along with the open-air theatre). Queen Mary’s Gardens opened in 1932 and is London’s largest collection of roses. The rose planting was renewed by the landscape architects, Colvin and Moggridge, in the 1990s. According to the Royal Parks website they planted 12,000 roses inside the garden and 85 different varieties. But there are also many other beautiful flowers, including about 9,000 begonias. And the shrubbery is all planted to give you a sense that you have some seclusion from busy London. In a word, it’s a flower lover’s paradise.
The Complete List Of Roses growing at the Queen Mary’s Rose Gardens
The complete list contains over 100 varieties of roses growing at Queen Mary’s Rose Gardens. Please note that it contains the names of all labelled roses in the garden, and there are some roses in the garden that did not have name plates during my visit, so their names are not captured in this article. I hope this list will help you plan your visit and find your favourite rose among so many beautiful ones in this delightful park!
List Of Roses growing at the Queen Mary’s Rose Gardens inside Regent’s Park – Single variety flower beds:
There are 84 numbered flower beds with roses of one variety inside the rose park. Those are:
1 – Ingrid Bergman
2 – Rock & Roll
3 – All My Loving
4 – Song And Dance
5 – Garden Glory
6 – Pink Perfection
7 – Nostalgia
8 – Belle Epoque
9 – Keep Smiling
10 – Precious Time
11 – Lovely Lady
12 – Pride of Cheshire
13 – ?
14 – Just Joey
15 – Creme Caramel
16 – Tintinara
17 – Silver Shadow
18 – Inspiration
19 – Rachel
20 – Donatella
21 – Champagne Celebration
22 – ?
23 – Tiamo
24 – Saffie Rose
25 – Adrianna
26 – Westminster Pink
27 – Charisma
28 – Chandons Beauty
29 – Especially For You
30 – Pride of England
31 – Linzi’s Smile
32 – Silver Anniversary
33 – Take it Easy
35 – Double Delight
36 – Blessings
37 – ?
38 – Golden Anniversary
39 – Heart Felt Thanks
40 – Claret
41 – ?
42 – Jack’s Wish
43 – Diamond Jubilee
44 – Blue For You
45 – Perception
46 – Caroline Victoria
47 – Golden Anniversary
48 – ?
49 – ?
50 – Singing In The Rain
51 – Octavia Hill
52 – Princess Alice
53 – Harper Adams
54 – Arctic Blue
55 – Iceberg
56 – Burgundy Ice
57 – Gorgeous
58 – Twilight Zone
59 – Annick
60 – ?
61 – Lucky!
62 – Your Lovely Eyes
63 – Free Spirit
64 – Free Spirit
65 – Champagne Moment
66 – Living Wish
67 – Gordon’s College
68 – Red Abundance
69 – Tickled Pink
70 – Absolutely Fabulous
71 – Robert Winston
73 – Belmonte
74 – Britannia
75 – Apple Jack
76 – Colorific
77 – You’re beautiful
79 – Dorothy’s house
80 – Eternity
81 – Southern Belle
82 – Hot Chocolate
83 – Easy Going
84 – Doris Day
Some roses don’t have a name tag anymore, so I put a question mark sign “?” instead of their name. Please let me know if you know the names of those varieties.
List Of Roses growing at the Queen Mary’s Rose Gardens inside Regent’s Park – Mixed varieties flower beds:
There are also garden borders with various roses. Varieties that are planted inside those flowerbeds don’t have numbered nameplates, so I decided to group them into a separate list.
A-lister Stella Gray
Adelaide D’orleans
Anne Boleyn – English rose
Cariad – English rose
Celsiana – Old rose
Charles de Mills – Old fashioned rose
Charlotte
Crown Princess Margareta – (Auswinter) – English rose
Cupid
Darcey Bussell
Elegantyne – (Ausmak) – English rose
Etoile de Hollande
Fighting Temeraire
Gentel Hermione – (Ausrumba) – English rose
Golden Celebration – English rose
Grace – (Auskeppy) – English rose
Graham Thomas – (Ausmas) – English rose
Harrow Carr – English rose
Ipsilante – Old rose
James Galway – (Auscrystal) – English rose
Kew Gardens
L D Braithwaite – (Auscrim) – English rose
Lady Emma Hamilton – (Ausbrother) – English rose
Lady Hillingdon
Lady Salisbury – English rose
Lichfield Angel – (Ausrelate) – English rose
Mme Alfred Carriere
Mme Gregoire Staechlin
Mme Plantier
Molineux – English rose
Mortimer Sackier
Munstead Wood
Port Sunlight
Portland rose – Old rose
Princess Anne
Prosperity – Shrub rose
Queen of Denmark
Queen of Sweeden
Rosa Californica Plena – Wild rose
Rosa Longicuspis
Rosa Marie Viaud
Rosa Mundi – Old rose
Rosa Setipoda
Rosa Sweginzowii – Wild rose
Rose Virginia – Wild rose
Roseraie de I’Hay – Shrub rose
Scarlet Fire – Modern shrub rose
Scepter’d Isle
Silver Moon
Skylark
Sophy’s rose
Susan Williams Ellis – English rose
Tam O’shanter
Tea Clipper – (Ausrover) – English rose
The Alexandra rose
The Alnwick Rose
The Herbalist
The Mayflower – English rose
The Pilgrim – English rose
Wisley 2008 – (Ausbreeze) – English rose
Young Lycidas – (Ausvibrant) – English rose
Rose tags at the Queen Mary’s Rose Gardens
In case you are interested, this is what rose tags look like at the Queen Mary’s Rose Gardens. They seem to be from different times, so have inconsistent designs.
