Most are fragrant and extremely disease resistant. Some bloom with many colors on a single plant. As with most Chinas, the effect is in the whole shrub rather than the blossom form. Damasks The most amazing rose in my garden is a Damask, Celsiana .Mine started its life in poor soil, yet, depite being in the stranglehold of a runaway wisteria, grew quickly to 8 feet. In June it is literally covered with thousands of blush pink roses of amazing fragrance.
Damasks are really old garden roses, having been grown in biblical times.
Renowned for their fragrance, they normally bloom in white or shades of pink. Once-bloomers, some have a bloom period of up to two months, while a few, like Kazanlik and Quatre Saisons repeat. Kazanlik , by the way,is the rose grown in fields all over Bulgaria to produce the famous attar of roses so important to the perfume industry. Most damasks have arching canes and flowers that bloom in small clusters. These are only five of the many, many types of antique roses you might want to try in your garden.