List of Award of Garden Merit roses

The following is a selected list of rose varieties and cultivars which have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[1]^[2]

List

Dimensions show the maximum height times the maximum spread in square metres.

Variety	Hybridiser	Year	Awarded	Flower colour	Type	Repeat-flowering	Fragrance	Dimensions	Ref^*
A Whiter Shade of Pale	Pearce	2006	2012	light pink	hybrid tea	yes	strong
Absolutely Fabulous	Carruth	2004	2012	yellow	floribunda	yes	strong
Adélaide d’Orléans	Jacques	1826	1993	white	species climber	no	mild		^[3]
Rosa × alba 'Alba Maxima'	-	<1500	2012	white	alba	no	strong
Rosa × alba 'Alba Semiplena'	-	<1629	1993	white	alba	no	strong
Albéric Barbier	Barbier	1900	1993	cream	rambler	no	slight	32.0m²	^[4]
Albertine	Barbier	1921	1993	salmon pink	rambler	no	strong	32.0m²	^[5]
Alexander	Harkness	1972	1993	vermillion	hybrid tea	yes	mild
Alexandre Girault	Barbier	1907	2012	carmine-pink	rambler	yes	strong
Alibaba	Warner	2006	2012	azalea pink	climber	yes	moderate
Alister Stella Gray	Gray	1894	2012	light yellow	noisette	yes	moderate
Aloha	Boerner	1949	2002	rose pink	climber	yes	medium	10.0m²	^[6]
Amber Queen	Harkness	1984	1993	apricot	floribunda	yes	moderate
Anna Ford	Harkness	1980	1993	orange	miniature	yes	none
Aphrodite	Tantau	2006	2012	pink	shrub	yes	medium
Arthur Bell	McGredy	1964	1993	pale yellow	floribunda	yes	medium	1.0m²	^[7]
Ballerina	Bentall	1937	1993	pink & white	hybrid musk	yes	slight	2.5m²	^[8]
R. banksiae 'Lutea'	-	-	1993	species yellow	climber	no	slight	48.0m²	^[9]
Beau Narcisse	Miellez	<1824	2012	crimson	gallica	no	strong
Belvedere	Jacques	1829	2012	light pink	rambler	no	strong
Berkshire	Kordes	1992	2002	pink	shrub	yes	none
Blanche double de Coubert	Cochet-Cochet	1893	1993	white	rugosa	yes	medium	2.5m²	^[10]
Bleu Magenta	Grandes Roseraies du Val de Loire	1933	1994	purple	rambler	no	slight	16.0m²	^[11]
Blue for You	James	2006	2012	mauve	floribunda	yes	none
Blushing Lucy	Williams	1938	2012	light pink	rambler	no	strong
Bobbie James	Sunningdale	1961	1993	white	rambler	no	strong	64.0m²	^[12]
Bonica	Meilland	1982	1993	pink	floribunda	yes	none
Bowled Over	Tantau	2001	2012	amber	floribunda	yes	moderate
Britannia	Fryer	1998	2012	salmon-orange	hybrid tea	yes	moderate
Buff Beauty	Bentall	1939	1993	buff	hybrid musk	yes	medium	2.5m²	^[13]
Buxom Beauty	Kordes	1991	2012	pink	hybrid tea	yes	strong
Cantabrigiensis	Hurst	~1922	1994	pale yellow	shrub	yes	slight	6.0m²
Carefree Days	Meilland		2012	pink	patio	yes	mild
Cécile Brünner	Ducher	1880	1994	pale pink	polyantha	yes	medium	1.0m²	^[14]
Célèste	-	<1740	1993	pale pink	alba	no	medium	2.5m²	^[15]
Celsiana	-	<1732	2012	light pink	damask	no	strong
Rosa × centifolia 'Cristata'	Kirche	1827	1993	pink	centifolia	no	strong
Centre Stage	Warner	2000	2012	light pink	shrub	no	mild
Cerise bouquet	Tantau	1937	1993	pink	shrub	no	medium	16.0m²	^[16]
Champagne Moment	Kordes	1999	2012	cream	floribunda	yes	mild
Chandos Beauty	Harkness	2005	2012	creamy apricot	hybrid tea	yes	strong
Charles de Mills	-	<1790	1993	purple	gallica	no	strong	2.5m²	^[17]
Charlie’s Rose	Tantau	1994	2012	pink	hybrid tea	yes	strong
Charlotte	Austin	1994	2002	pale yellow	shrub	yes	medium	1.0m²	^[18]
Chatsworth	Tantau	<1990	2012	pink	patio	yes
Chinatown	Poulsen	1962	1993	yellow(-pink)	floribunda, cl.	yes	strong
Claret	Fryer	2005	2012	crimson	hybrid tea	yes	moderate
Climbing Cécile Brünner	Ardagh	1904	1993	pale pink	climber	yes	medium	16.0m²	^[19]
Climbing Étoile de Hollande	Leenders	1931	1993	red	hybrid tea, cl.	yes	strong
Climbing Iceberg	Cant	1968	1993	white	climber	yes	medium	16.0m²	^[20]
Climbing Lady Hillingdon	Hicks	1917	1993	yellow	tea, cl.	yes	moderate
Climbing Madame Butterfly	Smith	1926	2012	light pink	hybrid tea, cl.	yes	moderate
Climbing Shot Silk	?		1993		hybrid tea, cl.
Compassion	Harkness	1972	1993	apricot pink	climber	yes	medium	10.0m²	^[21]
Constance Spry	Austin	1961	1993	pink	climber	no	strong	6.0m²	^[22]
Cornelia	Pemberton	1925	1993	apricot pink	hybrid musk	yes	strong	2.5m²	^[23]
County of Yorkshire	Kordes	<2002	2012	white	floribunda	yes	moderate
Crazy for You	Weeks	1999	2012	red & white stripes	floribunda	yes	medium
Crimson Cascade	Fryer	<1990	2012	dark red	hybrid tea, cl.	yes	mild
Crocus Rose	Austin	2000	2012	cream	English rose	yes	mild
Daisy Hill	Smith	~1900	2012	light pink	hybrid macrantha	no	strong
Rosa × damascena var. semperflorens		<1633	2012	pink	damascena	yes	strong
Dancing Queen	Fryer	2004	2012	pink	hybrid tea, cl.	yes	mild
Darcey Bussell	Austin	2005	2012	red	shrub	yes	moderate
Dawn Chorus	Dickson	1991	2002	orange blend	hybrid tea	yes	mild
De Resht	-	<1900	1993	purple-crimson	Portland damask	yes	medium	1.0m²	^[24]
Debutante	Walsh	1901	2012	light pink	rambler	no	strong
Diamond	Kordes	1992	2012	white	patio	yes	none
Dizzy Heights	Fryer	1999	2012	red	hybrid tea, cl.	yes	strong
Dortmund	Kordes	1955	2002	red	shrub	yes	none
Dublin Bay	McGredy	1975	1993	red	climber	yes	mild
Duc de Guiche		<1810	1993	purple-crimson	gallica	no	strong	2.5m²	^[25]
Duchess of Cornwall	Tantau	2005	2012	orange-pink			strong
Duchesse d'Angoulême	-	<1824	2012		centifolia, gallica	no
Duchesse de Montebello	Laffay	1824	1993	pale pink	gallica	no	medium	1.5m²	^[26]
Dupontii	Dupont	1817	2012	white	species /wild	no	moderate
Easlea's Golden Rambler	Easlea	1932	2002	yellow	hybrid tea	no	medium	32.0m²	^[27]
Easy Does It	Harkness	2006	2012	orange-pink	floribunda	yes	slight
Easy Going	Harkness	1996	2012	golden-yellow	floribunda	yes	moderate
Elina	Dickson	1984	1993	pale yellow	rambler	yes	slight	1.0m²	^[28]
Escapade	Harkness	1967	1994	mauve	floribunda	yes	strong
Especially for You	Fryer	1996	2012	yellow	hybrid tea	yes	moderate
Eyes for You	James	2008	2012	lilac	Hybrid Hulthemia persica	yes	moderate
Fantin-Latour	-	~1900	1993	pale pink	centifolia	no	medium	2.5m²	^[29]
Fascination	Poulsen	1989	2002	light pink	floribunda	yes	slight	1.0m²	^[30]
Felicia	Pemberton	1926	1993	pink	hybrid musk	yes	medium	4.0m²	^[31]
Félicité Parmentier	Parmentier	1836	1993	pale pink	alba × damask	no	medium	3.5m²	^[32]
Félicité Perpétue	Jacques	1827	1993	white	rambler	no	medium	32.0m²	^[33]
Fellowship	Harkness	1992	2002	orange	floribunda	yes	medium	1.0m²	^[34]
Ferdinand Pichard	Tanne	1921	1993	pink/white stripe	bourbon	yes	medium	2.5m²	^[35]
R. filipes 'Kiftsgate'		1954	1993	white	rambler	no	medium	100.0m²	^[36]
Flower Carpet Amber	Noack	2005	2012	apricot	shrub	yes	no
Flower Carpet Coral	Noack	2001	2012	coral-red	shrub	yes	mild
Flower Carpet Red Velvet	Noack	1998	2012	red	shrub	yes	no
Flower Carpet Scarlet	Noack	2000	2012	red	shrub	yes	no
Flower Carpet Sunshine	Noack	1990	2012	yellow	shrub	yes	mild
Flower Carpet White	Noack	1991	2002	white	shrub	yes	strong
Flower Power	Fryer	1998	2012	salmon-orange	mini-patio	yes	moderate
Fragrant Delight	Tysterman	1978	1996	orange-pink	floribunda	yes	strong
Frances E. Lester	Lester	1946	1994	white/pale pink	rambler/hybrid musk	no	medium	32.0m²	^[37]
François Juranville	Barbier	1906	1993	pale pink	rambler	no	slight	32.0m²	^[38]
Fred Loads	Holmes	1968	1993	orange-red	floribunda	yes	strong
Free Spirit	Fryer	2006	2012	salmon-pink	floribunda	yes	no
Freedom	Dickson	1984	1993	yellow	hybrid tea	yes	strong
Friend for Life	Cocker	1993	2002	pink	floribunda	yes	mild
Friends Forever	Kordes	2006	2012	light-pink	floribunda	yes
Fritz Nobis	Kordes	1940	1993	floribunda	rose-pink	no	mild
Fru Dagmar Hastrup	Hastrup	1914	1993	pink	rugosa	yes	medium	1.5m²	^[39]
Frühlingsgold	Kordes	1937	1993	pale yellow	hybrid spinosissima	no	medium	6.5m²	^[40]
Frühlingsmorgen	Kordes	1942	2012	pink	hybrid spinosissima	occasional	moderate
R. gallica officinalis 'Apothecary rose'	-	-	1993	pink	gallica	no	medium	1.0m²	^[41]
R. gallica versicolor 'Rosa mundi'	-	<1581	1993	pink/white stripe	gallica	no	medium	1.0m²	^[42]
Gardeners Glory	Warner	2005	2012	yellow	climber
Général Kléber	Robert	1856	2012	light pink	moss	no	strong
George Best	Dickson	2007	2012	dark red	miniature	yes	no
R. moyesii 'Geranium'	-	1938	1993	scarlet	moyesii	no	no	3.0m²	^[43]
Gertrude Jekyll	Austin	1986	1994	pink	English	yes	strong	1.5m²	^[44]
Ghislaine de Féligonde	Turbat	1916	2012	light yellow	hybrid multiflora	yes	medium
R. glauca	-	-	1993	pink	shrub	yes	medium	6.0m²	^[45]
Gloire de France	Hardy	1836	2012	pink	gallica
Golden Beauty	Kordes	2001	2012	yellow	floribunda	yes	no
Golden Celebration	Austin	1992	2002	yellow	English	yes	medium	1.5m²	^[46]
Golden Future	Horner	1997	2012	yellow	climber		strong
Golden Gate	Kordes	1995	2012	yellow	climber	yes	moderate
Golden Memories	Kordes	2002	2012	yellow	floribunda	yes	mild
Golden Smiles	Fryer	2006	2012	yellow	floribunda	yes
Gordon's College	Cocker	1993	2002	apricot blend	floribunda	yes	strong
Grace	Austin	2001	2012	apricot blend	English	yes	strong
Graham Thomas	Austin	1983	1993	yellow	English	yes	medium	3.0m²	^[47]
Grande Amore	Kordes	1995	2012	red	hybrid tea	yes	mild
Great Maiden's Blush	-	1400	2012	white	alba	no	strong
Grouse 2000	Kordes	1998	2012	light pink	miniature	yes	strong
Gruß an Aachen	Geduldig	1909	2012	light pink	polyantha	yes	mild
Happy Retirement	Tantau	2000	2012	light pink	floribunda	yes	mild
Heart of Gold	Cocker	2001	2012	apricot	hybrid tea	yes	moderate
Henri Martin	Laffay	1862	2012	red	moss	no	strong
Hertfordshire	Kordes	1991	2002	pink	shrub	occasionally	mild
Home Run	Carruth	2001	2012	red	shrub	yes	none to mild
Honorine de Brabant	Tanne	1916	2012	light pink	bourbon	yes	strong
Hot Chocolate	Carruth	2002	2012	russet	floribunda	yes	moderate
Ice Cream	Kordes	1992	2002	white	hybrid tea	yes	moderate
Iceberg	Kordes	1958	1993	white	floribunda	yes	medium	1.0m²	^[48]
Impératrice Joséphine	Descemet	1815	1993	pink	gallica	no	strong		^[49]
Indian Summer	Pearce	1991	1996	orange	hybrid tea	yes	strong
Ingrid Bergman	Poulsen	1984	1993	dark red	hybrid tea	yes	medium
Irish Eyes	Dickson	1999	2012	red & yellow	floribunda	yes	mild
Isn't She Lovely	Dickson	2007	2012	cream	hybrid tea	yes	moderate
Ispahan	-	1827	1993	pink	damask	no	strong
Jacqueline du Pré	Harkness	1988	1994	white	shrub	yes	strong
Joie de Vivre	Kordes	2006	2012	light pink	shrub	yes	mild
Just Joey	Cants of Colchester	1972	1993	copper pink	hybrid tea	no	medium	1.0m²	^[50]
Keep Smiling	Fryer	2004	2012	yellow	hybrid tea	yes	moderate
Kent	Poulsen	1985	2002	white	shrub	yes	moderate
Kew Gardens	Austin	2008	2012	white	English	yes	none to mild
King's Macc	Fryer	2002	2012	apricot blend	hybrid tea	yes	strong
Königin von Dänemark	Booth	1816	1993	pink	alba	no	strong
Friesia	Kordes	1973	2012	yellow	floribunda	yes	strong
La Rose de Molinard	Delbard	2007	2012	pink	shrub		mild to strong
La Ville de Bruxelles	Vibert	1837	1993	pink	damask	no	strong
Lady Emma Hamilton	Austin	2005	2012	orange	English	yes	strong
Lady of Shalott	Austin	2009	2012	apricot	English	yes	strong
L'Aimant	Harkness	1994	2002	light pink	floribunda	yes	strong
Lancashire	Kordes	1991	2002	dark red	ground cover	yes	none
Laura Ford	Warner	1989	1993	yellow	miniature, cl.	yes	mild
Lawinia	Tantau	1980	1996	pink	hybrid tea, cl.	occasionally	strong
Leaping Salmon	Pearce	1983	2012	orange-pink	hybrid tea, cl.	yes	strong
Leverkusen	Kordes	1954	2002	light yellow	floribunda, cl.	yes	mild
Lichfield Angel	Austin	2006	2012	cream	English	yes	none to mild
Light Fantastic	Dickson	2006	2012	white	floribunda	yes
Little Rambler	Warner	1994	2002	light pink	miniature, cl.	yes	strong
Love & Peace	Lim & Twomey	1991	2012	yellow blend	hybrid tea	yes	moderate
Love Knot	Warner	1999	2012	red	miniature, cl.	yes	mild
Lovely Lady	Dickson	1983	1993	salmon	hybrid tea	yes	medium	1.0m²	^[51]
Lucky	Fryer	2005	2012	lilac-pink	floribunda	yes
Madame Alfred Carrière	Schwartz	1875	1993	white	noisette	yes	strong	20m²	^[51]
Madame Grégoire Staechelin	Dot	1927	1993	pink	climber	no	medium	32m²	^[52]
Madame Hardy	Hardy	1831	1993	white	climber	no	medium	2m²	^[53]
Madame Knorr	Verdier	1855	1993	pink	hybrid perpetual	scattered	strong
Magic Carpet	Jackson & Perkins	1993	2002	mauve blend	ground cover	yes	strong
Maigold	Kordes	1953	1993	yellow	climber	no	medium	6.5m²	^[54]
Margaret Merril				white	floribunda	yes	strong	1m²	^[55]
Mary Rose				rose pink	floribunda	yes	medium	1.5m²	^[56]
Mermaid				white	climber	yes	medium	32m²	^[57]
Molineux				yellow	shrub	yes	medium	01m²	^[58]
New Dawn				pale pink	climber	yes	medium	6.5m²	^[59]
Nuits de Young				maroon	moss	no	medium	01.5m²	^[60]
Paul's Himalayan musk				pale pink	rambler	no	slight	100m²	^[61]
Penelope				white	hybrid musk	yes	medium	1m²	^[62]
Penny Lane	Harkness	1998	2002	flesh pink	climber	yes	medium	6m²	^[63]
Perle d'Or				pale apricot	shrub	yes	strong	1m²	^[64]
Rambling Rector				white	rambler	no	medium	64m²	^[65]
Rhapsody in Blue	Cowlishaw	<1999	2012	mauve	shrub	yes	strong
Roseraie de l'Haÿ				purple	rugosa	yes	medium	6.5m²	^[66]
R. rugosa 'Alba'				white	rugosa	yes	medium	6.5m²	^[67]
Simply the Best	McGredy	1998	2012	apricot	hybrid tea	yes	strong
Spanish Beauty see Madame Grégoire Staechelin
Summer Time	Warner	2003	2012	light yellow	patio, Cl.	yes	moderate
Sweet Haze	Tantau	1997	2012	pink blend	floribunda	yes
The Fairy				pink	polyantha	yes	none	1m²	^[68]
Tuscany Superb				deep purple	gallica	no	slight	1m²	^[69]
Veilchenblau				violet	rambler	no	slight	16m²	^[70]
R. x odorata 'Mutabilis'				yellow/pink	china	yes	none	2.5m²	^[71]

Withdrawn AGM-Roses

Variety	Hybridiser	Year	Awarded	Flower colour	Type	Repeat-flowering	Fragrance	Dimensions	Ref
Arthur Bell, Cl.	Pearce	1978	2001	yellow	climber	yes	strong		^[72]
Belle de Crécy	Roeser	1836	1993	mauve	gallica	no	strong		^[73]
Canary Bird	-	<1945		yellow	shrub	yes	slight	10.0m²	^[74]
Cardinal de Richelieu	Parmentier	<1847	1993	purple	gallica	no	strong	1.0m²	^[75]
City of London	Harkness	1986	1993	white	floribunda	yes	strong		^[3]
Comte de Chambord	Robert and Moreau	<1858	1993	rose	Portland	yes	strong		^[3]
Golden Showers	Lammerts	1950	2002	yellow	climber	yes	medium	10.0m²	^[76]
Madame Isaac Pereire	Garçon	1881	2002	pink	climber	no	strong	6.5m²	^[77]
Nevada	Pedro Dot	1927	1993	white	shrub	yes	slight

Notes

^* when not stated otherwise, the information is taken from the following two sources:

a) AGM list for ornamentals, March 2014

b) helpmefind.com

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