Welcome to the Peter Beales Roses Media Centre

Britain’s own Peter Beales Roses has an unrivalled breadth of experience and archive of wisdom about growing and tending the ‘Queen of Flowers’. Whilst roses – like most flowers – prefer to bask in beautiful warm sunlight, some varieties are markedly more tolerant of partial shade than others and can be safely planted against walls or other parts of the garden that might not get full sun. Here, we take a look at the best roses for planting in those shadier spots.