Around 1840, nurserymen started hybridizing botanical roses with garden varieties. They were striving to obtain vigorous ramblers and climbers with flowers comparable to Teas and Hybrid Perpetuals*.
These experiments have gone on until present times, often with wonderful results. These plants, which can be called "Second Hybrids" are often used by garden designers to create masses of flowers and to shape gardens and parks.
Some varieties of "Second Hybrids" repeat.
Below we list these roses following in alphabetical order the name of the 'species' from which they are derived.
We start with hybrids of R. arvensis, then we proceed with the ones of R. banksiae, R. bractaeata, R. eglanteria, R. foetida, etc. up to and including R. wichuraiana. Regarding this last rose, several experts say that most of the roses known as R. wichuraiana hybrids are instead hybrids of R. luciae.