In A Class Of Their Own… Apricot Roses

Apricot roses are a favourite with gardeners who want the best of both worlds – soft pastel colours that also have an intensity of colour that stands up to our long, sunny days.

- Ludwig Taschner

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Apricot and salmon-pink roses are a pleasing combination, especially when enhanced by splashes of blue delphiniums and an ornate blue urn as a focal point that draws the eye through the bed of roses. The tall-growing Eco-Chic ‘Clocolan’ is the star of the show, edged with the classically pickable blooms of ‘Happy Home’. Just beyond ‘Clocolan’, almost out of sight, is the fragrant, soft-pink ‘Perfumery’ and the apricot-cream ‘Garden and Home’. The last of spring’s yellow and orange poppies add a bit of pizazz! In autumn, when apricot and pink shades are even more intense, this bed will be simply unforgettable.

Apricot roses are a favourite with gardeners who want the best of both worlds – soft pastel colours that also have an intensity of colour that stands up to our long, sunny days.

British gardener Monty Don regards apricot as an elusive colour, and he is right. At the lighter end of the spectrum, apricot mixed with cream and pink produce dreamy specimens like ‘Moonlight Panarosa’, ‘Amarula Profusion’ and the climber ‘Crepuscule’.

At the other end of the spectrum, deeper-toned apricot roses edge towards bronze, like