@Marlorena I look forward to your rose thread. Yes, I am up in the Sierras, northeastern California, yet only about an hour away from the dreadful Camp Fire. I do live in the middle of the forest, (though my garden is at the edge of a valley) where forest fires are a constant threat! I thought I would post this rose that I have lost the name of, from my old notes, could it be a Florence Delattre? Any ideas?
@edhelka .. thanks, there's now no need to show any more photos for this purpose, as I could see on your previous photos what I wanted to see..
...I check the growth habit, buds, foliage etc.. your rose also appears to have few thorns... all adds up to 'Mme. Alfred Carriere' I would say... early flowers are often not entirely typical ,.. sometimes smaller than they will be in a couple of weeks or so.. see what you think about the scent, when you get a fuller flush going on..
@emsgrdn .. that's a beautiful rose, but no not Florence Delattre .. well, I don't think so. it's not a rose I know well.. the foliage and bloom colour look wrong for that rose, from what I can see.... do you remember where you got this rose from?... it looks more like a Gallica rose.. do you just get the one flush?...
OK, thank you very much. Do you have any tips for growing/training/pruning this one? I can give it space if needed but can't let it grow completely uncontrolled.
@edhelka … I'm glad you asked that question, because I was going to suggest something and I didn't want you to think I was interfering.. but those two very upright canes you've got there reaching the top of the trellis... they are bare in the middle, so what I would do is untie them and they should be flexible enough for your to turn the left one down a little so it's more diagonal and the right one the same.. that way you should get buds breaking along those canes producing more flowers from lateral shoots...
Always keep roses in control.. I do that too... never let them get beyond your needs, but at the same time, you do need to give roses like this some leverage, sideways if not up... it's not a rose for hard pruning...
@Marlorena I will try that. I was thinking about that but wasn't sure if it is better to try to bend them (and if it is doable) or just cut them... and I was lazy
@edhelka is your rose almost thornless? I can't see any thorns in the pictures.. have a look for me and let me know, because there's another rose that has suddenly occurred to me, and I just want to make sure, but that one has numerous thorns.. quite large ones.. thanks.. if you find any let me see a picture if you can...
So I decided to pair my Arthur Bell rose with Clematis President and Clematis multi-blue in the end instead of the Piilu (I have now planted up the Piilu along a different fence to shine on it's own).
I will like another rose that would compliment my Arthur Bell and the blue-purple clematis. Any suggestions please?
Hello and welcome from me too, @emsgrdn. Would love to know what your climate is like and how you find growing roses there? What sort of roses do you grow? Do post some photos! I live in northern Spain (north-west of Girona near a mountainous volcanic region). I have UK-like winters, hot summers and summer rains, which means I get a lot of blackspot. This is my third season growing roses and I have a lot to learn still, plus grappling with a very unpredictable climate. USDA 8b.
Following the earlier LD Braithwaite, here is my first bloom on a new rose, Gruss an Tepliz. I was expecting some others to break before now, but this one sneaked up on me:
Two others nearly there, Golden Celebration and Lady of Shallott:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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...I check the growth habit, buds, foliage etc.. your rose also appears to have few thorns... all adds up to 'Mme. Alfred Carriere' I would say... early flowers are often not entirely typical ,.. sometimes smaller than they will be in a couple of weeks or so.. see what you think about the scent, when you get a fuller flush going on..
Always keep roses in control.. I do that too... never let them get beyond your needs, but at the same time, you do need to give roses like this some leverage, sideways if not up... it's not a rose for hard pruning...
So I decided to pair my Arthur Bell rose with Clematis President and Clematis multi-blue in the end instead of the Piilu (I have now planted up the Piilu along a different fence to shine on it's own).
I will like another rose that would compliment my Arthur Bell and the blue-purple clematis. Any suggestions please?
Many thanks.
Following the earlier LD Braithwaite, here is my first bloom on a new rose, Gruss an Tepliz. I was expecting some others to break before now, but this one sneaked up on me:
Two others nearly there, Golden Celebration and Lady of Shallott: