–Christmas is the perfect time to display our red roses – inside the house as well as outside. READ MORE:* Homemade fertiliser for bigger, better roses* Best roses for repeat flowering* Why roses fail to grow - and how to fix themDAVID UNWIN/STUFF 'Dublin Bay'. Add to that a strong resistance to diseases, and you have the perfect red climber. But I think I would choose 'Papa Meilland', introduced in 1963 by Allain Meilland and named to honour his grandfather who began the great French rose-growing dynasty. 'Papa Meilland' has petals of darkest velvety red and enough perfume to fill the room.

Source: Stuff December 02, 2018 12:11 UTC