My Lovely Friend fl Rose Catalogue Autumn 2019 – Spring 2020 Leading Rose Specialist for over 250 Years! (Est. 1765) Registered office: Nayland Road, Mile End, Colchester, Essex CO4 5HA Directors:- Chairman and Joint Managing Director (Farm) – Martin Pawsey; Joint Managing Director (Nursery) – Roger Pawsey; Tel: (01206) 844008 Company Secretary – Angela Pawsey. Fax: (01206) 855371 Cants of Colchester Ltd. Registered No. 00197047 England. VAT No. GB 102 2460 33. Email: [email protected] We are members of various organisations. National Farmers Union, www.cantsroses.co.uk Essex Chambers of Commerce, British Association of Rose Breeders Whilst we know many people now use the internet, plenty of you still prefer a hard copy of our catalogue! So here is our Autumn 2019- Spring 2020 catalogue. Although our Council now promotes Colchester as Britain’s First City, we Sat Nav? prefer to say that from the oldest recorded Town of Colchester we bring you the oldest recorded Rose Specialists in the United Kingdom. Still run Use CO4See page 46 5HA by the family and enthusiastic staff. We celebrated 250 years in 2015 Quick Guide to Contents • This year we are privilege to introduce a new salmon pink fragrant floribunda rose from Gareth Fryer which we have named by popular Address, phone, fax, email ................................................................................2 demand “My Lovely Friend” Illustrated on the front cover this will be Business terms ..........................................................................................................25 exclusive to Cants customers this season. Cash & Carry times and terms .................................................................46 • Other new varieties include as always the Rose of The Year. The Rose Catalogue and container prices .................................................................11 of The Year for 2020 is a floribunda rose called “Sweet Honey”. Bred Colour picture labels ...........................................................................................21 by Kordes of Germany Container Roses Mail Order ..........................................................................3 • We are continuing to add further dark purple mauve varieties to our Data Protection .......................................................................................................25 selection. This time the hybrid tea variety “Twilight Zone” considered Export Orders ...........................................................................................................47 one of the deepest purple Hybrid Teas. Also another useful short Find That Rose .......................................................................................................33 growing purple floribunda “Midnight Blue” Gift Tokens ....................................................................................................................4 • Looking for a good fragrant yellow hybrid tea there is the new variety Gold Standard Roses..........................................................................................21 “Golden Delicious” Guarantee ........................................................................................................................3 If you are in the vicinity particularly during the summer months please Hours of Business ..................................................................................25 & 46 do pay us a visit as most varieties can be viewed in our container area and small display garden. Also you can obtain expert advice, purchase roses How to find us (map) .........................................................................................46 (according to season) and related sundries. Please be assured we have not Key to Codes ................................................................................................................3 moved but the road system has become a little complicated. Order/dispatch of roses ....................................................................................24 Order Form ..................................................................................................... Centre PLEASE STUDY THE MAP AND RELATED NOTES ON PAGE 46. ALSO SEE BACK COVER. PLEASE NOTE THAT SOME Personal Gift Scheme ...........................................................................................4 SAT NAV (CO4 5HA) MAPS ARE NOT UP TO DATE AND MAY Planting & Pruning Guide ...........................................................................34 DIRECT YOU ONTO BOXTED ROAD. THERE IS NO ENTRY Planting in Tubs .....................................................................................................35 TO US FROM THE BOXTED ROAD. REGRETFULLY WE Pruning Demonstrations/Raising Money for Charities ......20 ARE NOT ALLOWED PROMINENT DIRECTION SIGNS. Sundries .........................................................................................................................44 Your popular questions answered ............................................................45 Website ..............................................................................................................................2 VISIT CANTS NEW COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITE THE ROSE TYPES WE GROW We launched in May 2018 our new comprehensive website. We believe Climber; “Patio” Climbers; Repeat Flowering Climbers; this is the best website we have had and is phone and tablet friendly. Ramblers Courtyard Climbers ...............................................................36-42 As in the past our website is based on our latest catalogue, which can also be viewed online. All varieties are illustrated and in some cases we Cluster Flowered Bush.................................................................................14-19 will elaborate on the catalogue description. “English” Roses ..................................................................................................30-32 The site also includes some family history. Floribunda ...........................................................................................................14-19 The site is under review and consistently evolving, so it pays to visit Ground Cover Roses ......................................................................................20-21 frequently! We will have some special offers from time to time. These will Hybrid Teas ............................................................................................................5-11 appear on the website. There is further help for those who have difficulty Large Flowered Bush .......................................................................................5-11 in finding us with more pictures of the area! Old Fashioned Roses ......................................................................................26-33 Orders can be placed online for bare root, containerised roses and sundries “Patio Roses” ........................................................................................................22-24 depending on season. Payment can be made through either a PayPal Renaissance Roses ............................................................................................29-30 account or by credit/debit card managed by Stripe. Whilst ordering online Rugosa Roses ................................................................................................................33 is completely secure, if you have any problem or prefer you can always order by phone; fill in order form or in person. Shrub & Species ................................................................................................26-28 Standards; Half Standards; Weeping Standards; Speciality Visit https://www.cantsroses.co.uk Standards and Patio Standards .............................................................12-13 2 Container Roses Key to Codes On colour illustrations Climber Gold Standard by Mail Order cl c/cl Courtyard™ Climber Roses see page 21 Please note the prices shown in this catalogue apply to English Roses traditional bare-rooted roses (Autumn 2019-Spring E fl Floribunda 2020), which are supplied from November to early Ground Cover April. As a guide prices for containerised roses are gc h/t Hybrid Tea approximately 20-25% more. The extra costs cover “Patio” type the temporary pot, high quality soil based compost p p/cl Patio Climber and general maintenance etc. With the exception of r Rugosa all forms of Standard roses, we offer a Mail Order R Renaissance Roses service for containerised roses, normally from mid- s Shrub & Species April to early October. Each containerised rose has a Disease Resistance Guide colour picture tag and is packed into a smart specially We observe the possibility of diseases under a regular designed box and delivered by carrier with full spraying programme and mark varieties accordingly. Any planting and aftercare advice. Due to the packaging variety which has a major problem is normally dropped materials, weight etc. the carriage and packing charges from our selection. Those we retain with no indication are higher than for bare-root of disease resistance are grown due to popular demand. and is based on the packing GR Good Resistance and delivery charge for one AR Average Resistance to general disease plant. For any more plants TM The main disease possibility is a tendency to mildew there is additional smaller Fragrance charge per plant to cover Sense of smell is personal and even we who work at Cants individual box