Great to see all the different roses folk’s have, heres my list, noting this year’s new additions:
HotBorder: Wild Rover - new Warm Welcome Crimson Shower RD Braithwaite x 3 - 2 new Gruss an Tepliz - new Darcy Bussell Lady of Shallott Munstead Wood x 3
OrangesandLemonsBorder: Golden Celebration Lady Emma Hamilton x 3 Absolutely Fabulous x 3 - new Charles Darwin - in pot pending move
East (cottagy) Garden: Gertrude Jeykll Harlow Carr Munstead Wood Susan Willian Ellis Kew Gardens Iceberg Climbing - new Albrighton Rambler Madame Hardy x 3 - new, in pots for now. Rosa Rugosa Hansa 3 x unknown white, pink and blush hybrid tea roses (inherited)
As you can see, the majority are DA. Blackspot is a problem here with tropical style downpours in summer but how I am wishing for rain at the moment, its been dry since December!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I happened to be in the US this week and came across roses called ‘Knockout Roses’. These are apparently bulletproof and have a long flowering season. Sounds too good to be true.
i couldn’t resist, so got a couple to try in my UK garden.
Anyone else here had any experience of growing these american roses in the Uk?
No, I don't grow these but they've been popular in the U.S. for the last 20 years or so... they are floriferous roses, no scent as I understand it... I've seen some great photos of them well grown... the people who tend to grow these want easy carefree roses... the trade off is that they don't have much character.. some people think they're rather monotonous because they are over planted, especially in municipal gardens..
...best of luck with yours.. they've not been available over here for too long...
..do show us some photos of these if you can though, I'd love to see them and how they grow here.. thanks...
Interesting that Yviestevie has The Mayflower and Nollie has Susan Williams-Ellis.. they're actually the same rose just in a different colour... I've heard they're very fragrant, full of damask scent..
I like the sound of an oranges and lemons border too...
..that's ok, I just mentioned it in case anyone wasn't aware... some roses produce what are known as 'sports', whereby a rose produces a stem, an offshoot, that has a flower of a different colour to the original... this can then be propagated by cuttings and grown on, grafted to a rootstock, and then you have a different rose to market.. this is what they do... sometimes a 'sport' can be either less vigorous or more vigorous than its parent plant... or otherwise just the same except for colour..
One of the best known roses, a floribunda called 'Iceberg' has produced many sports.. there is a climbing version, and a Pink Iceberg, then that sported to Brilliant Pink Iceberg which in turn sported to Burgundy Iceberg... I have this last one in my garden..
Sometimes these sports are discovered in other countries first.. Pink Iceberg and Brilliant Pink Iceberg were both discovered in Tasmania, but Burgundy Iceberg was discovered in New South Wales, Australia..
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u looking at any new roses for this year?
Hot Border:
Wild Rover - new
Warm Welcome
Crimson Shower
RD Braithwaite x 3 - 2 new
Gruss an Tepliz - new
Darcy Bussell
Lady of Shallott
Munstead Wood x 3
Oranges and Lemons Border:
Golden Celebration
Lady Emma Hamilton x 3
Absolutely Fabulous x 3 - new
Charles Darwin - in pot pending move
East (cottagy) Garden:
Gertrude Jeykll
Harlow Carr
Munstead Wood
Susan Willian Ellis
Kew Gardens
Iceberg Climbing - new
Albrighton Rambler
Madame Hardy x 3 - new, in pots for now.
Rosa Rugosa Hansa
3 x unknown white, pink and blush hybrid tea roses (inherited)
As you can see, the majority are DA. Blackspot is a problem here with tropical style downpours in summer but how I am wishing for rain at the moment, its been dry since December!
i couldn’t resist, so got a couple to try in my UK garden.
Anyone else here had any experience of growing these american roses in the Uk?
No, I don't grow these but they've been popular in the U.S. for the last 20 years or so... they are floriferous roses, no scent as I understand it... I've seen some great photos of them well grown... the people who tend to grow these want easy carefree roses... the trade off is that they don't have much character.. some people think they're rather monotonous because they are over planted, especially in municipal gardens..
how does the mayflower perform for u by the way as I just purchased it the other day?
I like the sound of an oranges and lemons border too...
One of the best known roses, a floribunda called 'Iceberg' has produced many sports.. there is a climbing version, and a Pink Iceberg, then that sported to Brilliant Pink Iceberg which in turn sported to Burgundy Iceberg... I have this last one in my garden..
Sometimes these sports are discovered in other countries first.. Pink Iceberg and Brilliant Pink Iceberg were both discovered in Tasmania, but Burgundy Iceberg was discovered in New South Wales, Australia..