Rose arch

There’s a reason why this Crépuscule rose is one of the few left in our garden. It’s virtually thornless, it has a pleasant fragrance, and it repeat flowers through most of the summer months, with the emphasis on spring. Year after year.

This year, no doubt because of the wetter than usual winter, it is looking magnificent. Paladian and I set up the arch about 15 years ago and every second year we cut it back hard.

Larger roses.

If you fancy roses, here’s some more info.

'Crépuscule' is a shrubby climber with small, copper-gold flowers that change with age. When they're young the flowers are light orange but they fade to a deep cream with time.

The word crépuscule means twilight, which describes the colour very well. The perfume is a good rose perfume with spicy overtones. The wonderful thing about this rose, apart from the fact it's got almost no thorns, is that it flowers for most of the year - a good 10 months in most years.