@matt_fender Matt I am loving your rose, and thanks for informing us about it... I had been wondering about this one for some time.. that foliage too !.. gorgeous.. just leave it be as for development, they don't like to be rushed.. it's looking great and needs nothing else but a usual June feeding for now... please bear in mind though that heights given by Austin are conservative - they don't want to frighten people - their roses often grow much larger than stated... for 12 foot you can probably read 15-20 after a few years... but these are easily controlled so it's not a problem..
Do show more photos as the season progresses, I am keen to learn more about this rose..
@MMflower@Fire... thank you.. that's ok.. and I love singles.. that For Your Eyes Only is lovely, I've often looked at it... I have several singles, love them.. I think people ignore them too much, preferring the fuller bloom, yet gardens should have a mix I think..
Love your reds Fire... you don't see many people with Niphetos… please show photos if you can... I'd love to see them... I mean c'mon... I want all the lowdown on these lovely roses...
Fire, re Niphetos.. I know you're in London, so it should survive there, but it's a tender Tea rose and probably wouldn't survive in East Anglia without greenhouse protection.. if the rose came from Beales, which I suspect it did, then it should be the correct variety.. as noted by others who know more about it.. but if you do happen to get a cold winter, it will need protection I think...
Unusual and not often seen... great to know you have it..
It's never seemed to have had any problem with snow or frost. Or any problems at all. It looks like an old plant - at least 20 years. Maybe not Niphetos after all. I'll post flowers when they pop.
My container deep secret rose has rose scale. It doesn't seem as bad as last year when I scraped them off with a wet toothbrush. What I'm wondering is, does it matter if the scales fall on the soil? There's a few on the stems at the moment but they're rubbing off really easily. Will the insect continue to live in the soil or will it die?
@Eglantyne those thorns are wonderful, at least in someone else's garden... I admit I got rid of that rose because of them, but you've caught them brilliantly there in the sunlight.. I know what you mean about the dogs.. I've got one too and I have to engineer all sorts of methods to limit his tendencies, which is to dig up bare root roses and fling them across the garden..
@B3 someone else will have to help there, as this isn't something I deal with except when I had an Acer, I got scale all down the trunk and I just scraped it off onto the soil... I'm not saying that's right or wrong mind...
That's what I've done! What's done is done, I'll just get to keep on top of it and rub them off as I see them. If it's the same ones crawling up the stem every time, maybe I'll wear them out😉
@Eglantyne Nice photos. To be honest, although it probably sounds crazy, I like thorny roses. It feels like the correct world order roses should have thorns. I think about them as pretty and evil, something like cats which are cute but deadly predators. For thorns, the contestants in my garden are Gertrude Jekyll and Gentle Hermione, both very scary roses
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Do show more photos as the season progresses, I am keen to learn more about this rose..
Love your reds Fire... you don't see many people with Niphetos… please show photos if you can... I'd love to see them... I mean c'mon... I want all the lowdown on these lovely roses...
Unusual and not often seen... great to know you have it..
I scraped them off with a wet toothbrush.
What I'm wondering is, does it matter if the scales fall on the soil? There's a few on the stems at the moment but they're rubbing off really easily.
Will the insect continue to live in the soil or will it die?
I know what you mean about the dogs.. I've got one too and I have to engineer all sorts of methods to limit his tendencies, which is to dig up bare root roses and fling them across the garden..
@B3 someone else will have to help there, as this isn't something I deal with except when I had an Acer, I got scale all down the trunk and I just scraped it off onto the soil... I'm not saying that's right or wrong mind...
What's done is done, I'll just get to keep on top of it and rub them off as I see them. If it's the same ones crawling up the stem every time, maybe I'll wear them out😉
For thorns, the contestants in my garden are Gertrude Jekyll and Gentle Hermione, both very scary roses