Underutilised and underrated, shrub roses are superior to many other species used as shrubs with long flowering times, the propensity for repeat flowering and a display of hips come Autumn.

Coming in a huge range of sizes and types, scrub roses owe this to the fact they are a collection of roses that do not fit in other groups. Thus, one can find species roses (wild types), old-fashioned roses (those before the hybrid tea) and modern ones with characteristics of the floribunda and hybrid tea.