 It is claimed that the "Rosa filipes" 'Kiftsgate' is the largest rose in Britain measuring x 90 feet x high at last measurement, as reported on the Kiftsgate website.It was planted in 1938 and named by Graham Stuart Thomas in 1951.The same official website says that it would be even larger were it not cut back, and the owners fear for the integrity of the beech tree which it has colonised owing to the weight of its foliage.