Gardens: rose bushes - in pictures

For modern gardens... Rosa 'Munstead Wood' has voluptuous, dark velvet blooms the colour of port that look fabulous among grasses or herbs. It also boasts a knockout scent and good disease resistance. Height and spread 90cm x 70cm. Buy davidaustinroses.com. Photograph: Alamy

For modern gardens... Rosa 'Long John Silver' is a beautiful rambler that will coat a pergola or shed in ivory flowers for weeks in summer. Or let it romp into a tree. Height and spread 4.5m x 3m. Buy classicroses.co.uk. Photograph: Garden World Images

For shady gardens... Rosa 'Stanwell Perpetual' has arching stems that produce blowsy, shell-pink, perfumed flowers all summer. Plant amid foxgloves and Campanula persicifolia. Height and spread 1.5m x 1.5m. Buy Order one bare-root ‘Stanwell Perpetual’ rose for £12.99 or two for £15.99 (prices include free UK mainland p&p). To order, call 0330 333 6856, quoting ref GU26, or go to guardian.co.uk/offers/plants. Supplied as bare-roots. Delivery from this month. Photograph: Alamy

For shady gardens... Rosa 'Ghislaine de Féligonde' is a rambler that reaches just 2.5m. Small flowers flush different shades of apricot, orange and cream as they age. Height and spread 2.5m x 2.5m. Buy crocus.co.uk. Photograph: Marianne Majerus Garden Images

For scent... Rosa 'Jude The Obscure' is a disease-resistant rose whose peach-gold petals exude a delicious, fruity odour. Height and spread 1.2m x 1.2m. Buy davidaustinroses.com. Photograph: Alamy

For scent... Rosa 'Quatre Saisons' is a grande dame centuries old whose pink flowers emit a regal smell. Also sold as Rosa x damascena var. semperflorens. Height and spread 1.2m x 90cm. Buy oldroses.co.uk. Photograph: GAP Photos

For containers... Rosa 'Wildeve' does very well in a pot thanks to its small size and arching habit. It produces an abundance of baby-pink flowers with a fresh, clean scent. Height and spread 1m x 70cm. Buy davidaustinroses.com. Photograph: Garden World Images

For containers... Rosa gallica 'Camaieux' is a 19th-century Gallica rose with stripy white and pink petals, like a bowl of raspberries and cream, plus a delicate perfume and arching growth that flatters a pot. Height and spread 90cm x 90cm. Buy cantsroses.co.uk. Photograph: GAP Photos

For wildlife... Rosa 'Sweet Haze' has single lilac-pink flowers with golden stamens that look wonderful dotted among lavenders at the front of a border. Height and spread 70cm x 70cm. Buy ashwoodnurseries.com. Photograph: GAP Photos

For wildlife... Rosa 'Fru Dagmar Hastrup' is a good doer, producing huge goblets of pink all summer and laughing off disease. She has about her something of the wild, so suits informal gardens. Height and spread 1.2m x 1.2m. Buy classicroses.co.uk. Photograph: GAP Photos