10 Grand Roses for a Truly Breathtaking Garden
Written By Gracielinda Poulson, Founder & Creative Director
Some roses don’t just bloom; they unfold like stories. Their petals open slowly until each flower becomes a moment you want to linger with. These ten roses offer that rare, breath-catching presence: full, abundant blooms that feel timeless, romantic, and utterly unforgettable. - and most of them are wildly fragrant! If you're longing for roses that make your garden feel like a place where dreams wander and seasons linger, these are the beauties that will meet you there.
Sweet Mademoiselle™
Bloom size: 5-6"
Petal count: 35+
Fragrance Level: 10/10
Sweet Mademoiselle is a tender, luminous beauty. Her petals blush in shades of warm peach and soft pink, sometimes lighter, sometimes deeper, always ethereal, as if she changes her gown with the weather.
Her blooms are generous and fully petaled, opening in a way that feels gentle, feminine, and full of quiet charm. With her sweet fragrance and graceful presence, she brings a softness to the garden that is utterly captivating, like a whispered memory carried on warm air.
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Yves Piaget
Bloom size: 5–6″
Petal count: 80-100+
Fragrance Level: 10/10
Yves Piaget unfurls in grand, deeply cupped blooms of rich raspberry pink, each flower bursting with more than 80–100 ruffled petals. The texture is plush, almost peony-like, a rose dressed in couture layers, full of movement and delight.
And the fragrance… Intense, sweet, citrusy-rose perfume that fills the air with joy. It is one of the most beloved scents in the rose world: bright, romantic, and impossible to resist.
In the garden, Yves Piaget is exuberance made visible. In the vase, she becomes the star of every arrangement. Her blooms are extra large, lush, full, and breathtakingly feminine, like a bouquet meant for a grand celebration.
Peace
Bloom size: 5-6″
Petal count: 40+
Fragrance Level: 10/10
Peace is a rose that seems to hold the softness of early morning light within its petals. Blends of buttercream yellow and blush pink wash over each bloom like watercolor, opening into cups so large and serene they look as if they've floated out of another era.
There’s a quiet grace to this rose, a sense of stillness, of gentle hope, no wonder gardeners have adored it for generations. When it opens fully, it feels less like a flower and more like a benediction.
Loves Me, Loves Me Not™
Bloom size: ~5½″
Petal count: 200+
Fragrance Level: 10/10
Loves Me, Loves Me Not is a rose for those who love extravagance, the kind of bloom that looks like it could have been clipped from an old romantic painting. With over 200 petals tucked into each enormous flower, this rose unfurls slowly, luxuriously, revealing layer after layer of deep pink softness.
Its fragrance drifts like nostalgia itself: sweet, fruity, and reminiscent of childhood summers. In the vase, it feels almost too beautiful to be real.
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Princesse Charlene de Monaco®
Bloom size: 5″
Petal count: 100+
Fragrance Level: 10/10
This rose is romance incarnate. Her blooms open in soft apricot and blush tones that seem kissed by evening light. Princesse Charlene de Monaco™ is delicate, feminine, and impossibly lovely.
The petals are silky and abundant, forming a cupped shape that feels right out of a Southern France garden. And her fragrance, sweet, gentle, and beautifully floral, makes her the sort of rose you want to collect by the armful and bring inside, letting her perfume become part of your home.
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Eden Climber® Red
Bloom size: 4-5″
Petal count: 100+
Fragrance Level: 5/10
For lovers of classic romance, this climbing rose is pure poetry. Its deep red blooms are rich and velvety, each one a luxurious rosette that drapes from canes like jewels.
Climbing along an arbor, trellis, or old garden gate, it transforms ordinary spaces into enchanting passageways, places where love letters might be exchanged or secrets whispered at dusk. There is an old-world elegance to this rose that feels timeless and intensely heartfelt.
Chicago Peace
Bloom size: 5-6″
Petal count: 45+
Fragrance Level: 9/10
If Peace is the quiet sunrise, Chicago Peace is the sunset - bold, warm, and breathtaking. Its enormous blooms glow with waves of coral, strawberry pink, gold, and apricot.
The petals unfurl with a dreamlike opulence, each one touched by a warm, luminous gradient that feels almost painted by hand. There is a lushness to this rose, a sense of passion and nostalgia intertwined, making every bloom feel like a cherished memory come to life.
In the garden or in the vase, Chicago Peace brings drama wrapped in softness, beauty wrapped in warmth.
Romantica® Moonlight
Bloom size: 5–6″
Petal count: 60–100
Fragrance Level: 9/10
Romantica® Moonlight feels like a rose born from dusk itself, soft, luminous, and touched with quiet magic. Her petals open in creamy shades of ivory and pale blush, often kissed with hints of warm apricot at the center. As the flower expands, she takes on the look of a vintage garden rose, full and glowing, like moonlight resting on silk.
Her fragrance is gentle and enchanting, drifting through the garden in a way that feels soothing and tender. There is a tranquility to her and a dreamy, wistful beauty that invites you to pause, breathe, and soak in the moment.
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Rouge Royale
Bloom size: 5–6″
Petal count: 100+
Fragrance Level: 6/10
A rose of pure drama and deep, velvety devotion.
Rouge Royale opens in lush, fully petaled cups of dark crimson layered with black cherry and wine-red undertones. Rouge Royale's blooms are so rich they seem almost velvet-draped. Each flower unfolds slowly, revealing a fullness that feels decadent, sumptuous, and unabashedly romantic.
Her fragrance is extraordinary: intense, sweet, and old-fashioned. Rouge Royale has a perfume that lingers like a whispered promise.
In the garden, she brings a sense of depth and passion, a moodier counterpart to the peaches and blushes around her. She is the rose you grow when you want a touch of elegance, mystery, and sweeping romance.
Polka®
Bloom size: 5–6″
Petal count: 50+
Fragrance Level: 5/10
Polka® is a rose of pure old-world romance. Her petals gather in generous, deeply cupped rosettes that feel both vintage and wildly alive, glowing in tones of warm apricot, pale gold, and sunlit coral.
As a climber, she drapes herself over arbors and trellises with irresistible charm, transforming simple entrances into storybook passages. Her blooms appear in waves, each one opening with a silky, layered fullness that feels tender and poetic.
There is something unmistakably wistful about Polka, as if she carries a little bit of late afternoon light with her wherever she blooms.
