In recent years I have switched to buying simpler roses with open flowers that pollinators can access. Still DA so I get the perfume and repeat flowering but nowhere near as heavy.
Which ones do you have Obelixx and are the blooms more upright in habit?
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Your roses look fantastic Marlorena. As you say they seem to be better in their 3rd year as you might expect. I've only got one in a big pot, the grandly named " Alissar, Princess of Phoencia". It was a £5 reject in the GC and I nearly threw it away last year but this year it does look much healthier after lots of tlc.
Lizzie, thanks, I'm glad you liked them. I don't have ''Alissar..'' I think that's one of those Hulthemia hybrid roses, but at least you got it at a good price.. it's quite an unusual one and not connected with David Austin's..
Nollie - Jacqueline Du Pré, Breathless Charm (offspring of a DA rose), Disco Lemonade (dreadful name but nice rose by same Belgian nurseryman) The Lark Ascending, Fighting Temeraire and an offspring of Kiftsgate from my Belgian garden.
Can't really say how they're doing as they're all still in pots having come from my Belgian garden when we moved here in 2016 or else been bought here and put in pots because we had a drought which meant I couldn't prepare their new home - soil rock hard. They look fine so far and have just had a major dead-heading and tidying session and a generous feed to top up their spring feed.
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Marlorena, what a fabulous array of roses! I am inspired to keep mine now. May I know the names of the pink, yellow roses and some of the other ones that are in the pics?
Hi MMflower, thanks so much, so glad you like my roses. I can tell you some of the ones in the pictures. Top photo.... Yellow is 'The Poet's Wife'... pink [left of centre] is 'The Herbalist' and yellow on tall obelisk top left is 'The Lark Ascending', amongst others.
second photo... a close shot of yellow 'The Poet's Wife'..next the purple 'Forever Royal'..then light pink 'Scepter'd Isle' on short obelisk... then tall obelisk I have 'The Generous Gardener' and 'Baronne Prevost' an old 19th C rose..
3rd photo.. a closer look at 'Scepter'd Isle'.. looking backwards to purple 'Forever Royal' and yellow 'The Poet's Wife'...
those are the main roses in my photos... thanks again..
I should add that the strongest scent is probably 'Scepter'd Isle' very strong myrrh/honey scent. I also love 'The Generous Gardener' that has a strong sweet scent, really nice. 'The Poet's Wife' has quite a pronounced lemon citrus scent, I love that too..
Thanks Obelixx, I really like the look of Jaqueline du Pre, it might be replacing my HC!
Browsing David Austin’s website it does say Alan Titchmarch has nodding blooms on arching stems, so maybe that’s a hint it’s never going to hold its blooms well.
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Can't really say how they're doing as they're all still in pots having come from my Belgian garden when we moved here in 2016 or else been bought here and put in pots because we had a drought which meant I couldn't prepare their new home - soil rock hard. They look fine so far and have just had a major dead-heading and tidying session and a generous feed to top up their spring feed.
I can tell you some of the ones in the pictures.
Top photo....
Yellow is 'The Poet's Wife'... pink [left of centre] is 'The Herbalist' and yellow on tall obelisk top left is 'The Lark Ascending', amongst others.
second photo...
a close shot of yellow 'The Poet's Wife'..next the purple 'Forever Royal'..then light pink 'Scepter'd Isle' on short obelisk... then tall obelisk I have 'The Generous Gardener' and 'Baronne Prevost' an old 19th C rose..
3rd photo..
a closer look at 'Scepter'd Isle'.. looking backwards to purple 'Forever Royal' and yellow 'The Poet's Wife'...
those are the main roses in my photos... thanks again..
I also love 'The Generous Gardener' that has a strong sweet scent, really nice.
'The Poet's Wife' has quite a pronounced lemon citrus scent, I love that too..
Browsing David Austin’s website it does say Alan Titchmarch has nodding blooms on arching stems, so maybe that’s a hint it’s never going to hold its blooms well.