Between the croquet grounds and the boat house site was a rose garden, currently being replanted with up to 60 varieties named in O'Reilly journal entries.
Although many of the old cultivars have vanished, a recent renewed interest in antique roses have made many less common varieties available again through British and North American nurseries and catalogues.
| A Dozen Roses Planted in the O'Reilly Rose Garden | |||
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Marie Van Houte -also called 'the gem' 1871 |
Mme Falcot 1858 |
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Safrano 1839 |
Prince Camille de Rohan 1861 |
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Ulrich Brunner Fils 1882 |
Gloire de Dijon 1853 |
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La France -first hybrid tea rose 1867 |
Mme Honors Defresne 1886 |
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Sunset 1883 |
Magna Charta 1876 |
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Comtesse de Barbantanne 1858 |
Souvenir de la Malmaison 1843 |
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For more information about roses, link to the old roses page, written by Brent C. Dickerson, author of "The Old Rose Advisor". This link will take you to another website.
Go to To list of O'Reilly roses.
Go to To Kitchen Garden.
Return to Garden Tour index page.
