Peonies are one of my absolute favourite garden flowers, with their pretty, bowl-shaped ruffled blooms, heady scent and spectrum of colours. But as much as I love seeing them come into bloom in my garden, the one thing I hate about peony season is that it just doesn’t last long enough. So in my quest for a longer-flowering alternative with the same appeal, I’ve been recommended these expert-approved gorgeous garden rose varieties that you’d swear were peonies.
Garden roses are bred to provide beauty and fragrance in a garden setting. Unlike standard roses used by florists, which tend to be small, pointed, and petals rotated around a single…
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