There will be six new varieties of English roses launched at Chelsea:

Official pictures and descriptions:

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Cariad (AuspanierÂ) English Musk hybrid.

A large, airy shrub with dainty, grey-green foliage.

The flowers, which are held on thin, wiry stems, are a

soft rose pink and semi-double in form. Early in the

season the fragrance is myrrh with a touch of tea at

the bud stage, becoming a spicy musk when open.

Later in the season the musky scent is more in

evidence, with elements of orange peel and almonds.

An ideal garden shrub that will mingle naturally with other plants in the mixed border. It has excellent resistance to disease. The name ÂCariad is Welsh for ÂLoveÂ.

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EnglandÂs Rose (ÂAusloungeÂ) Old Rose hybrid.

A particularly reliable cultivar with medium-sized,fully-double flowers of pure, deep, rose pink. The flowers have an attractive button eye and are shallowly cupped, the outer petals eventually reflexing back. EnglandÂs Rose flowers more or less continually from June right through to the end of the season in October or even November. The flowers are attractively held in large clusters. This is a very weather resistant rose and even in periods of continual rain, the blooms do not ball and the petals drop

cleanly. It will make an attractive bushy shrub about 4ft tall and 3ft across although it could easily get taller if pruned lightly. An ideal cultivar for planting in a rose border or mixing in with perennials. The fragrance is particularly good  strong, warm, spicy with a classic Old Rose character.

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Maid Marion (ÂAustobiasÂ) English Musk hybrid. Maid Marion can produce superbly formed flowers, with buds that start as rounded cups with large outer petals enclosing numerous smaller petals within. These open to a perfect rosette-shaped flower in the form of a saucer; the outer petals forming a perfectly rounded rim. Their colour is clear rose pink. The growth is relatively upright but quite bushy and compact. Initially thefragrance is a soft myrrh  as the flower ages it becomes more fruity with a distinct clove character. 3ft x 3ft.

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An exciting new development that may lead to a new group of

English Roses. As a young flower, the colour is deep pink - almost red - gradually fading to pure, deep pink as it matures. The undersides of the petals have a hint of yellow. Flowers over a very long period, in large clusters, providing colour from June to the frosts. The leaves are shiny, dark green and particularly healthy. The compact, bushy growth makes it suitable for formal and informal borders or for hedging. Medium to light tea fragrance. 3

x 2ft.

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Susan Williams-Ellis (ÂAusquirkÂ) Old Rose hybrid. A chance white stem from the popular pink ÂThe MayflowerÂ, with rosette-shaped flowers, strong fragrance and good health. It flowers early (usually late May/early June) and continues until the harder frosts. Extremely winter hardy. Strong Old Rose fragrance. Ideal for the border, hedging or a container. 4 x 3ft. Susan Williams-Ellis was a pottery designer and co-founder of Portmeirion Pottery.

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The LadyÂs Blush (ÂAusoscarÂ) Alba hybrid. A charming semi-double cultivar. The flowers start as elegant,

pointed buds and open into rounded cups of pure soft pink

with a creamy-white eye in the centre. The stamens are soft

yellow with golden yellow pollen and a prominent red ring at

their base, which accentuates the centre. This is a healthy

cultivar, perfect for all types of borders and especially effective when combined with annuals or perennials in mixed borders. It will grow into an attractive, rounded bushy plant of about 4 x 3ft. Named for the 125th anniversary of The Lady magazine, which is the oldest weekly magazine for women.

So enjoy! Jana