@Nollie … either / or... but if I had to just get one it would be 'Mme IP'.. it's incomparable when in full flush.. I grow a similar one called 'Mme. Letuve de Colnet'... and its scent is I think equal to Mme IP.. I got it from Fabien Ducher in France.. ..the blooms are a bit smaller but there's more lilac around the edges..
Thanks @Marlorena, if only I had space for them both, but I think I will stick to the original plan of a Mme. IP. And another beautiful rose above!
On the subject of rose spacing/planting one in front of the other, has been discussed on both your rose threads... when I first bought from David Austin the planting notes said to plant in threes 50cm apart, so I assume its still works to plant the same type so close together? That seems to work ok for me, so far, for the smaller roses but I see they have now revised that advice to include a table of planting distances according to the ultimate size of the shrub. I’m glad I saw that latest advice as otherwise I would have planted my two additional LD Braithwaites far too close to the original!
I did underplant an Iceberg climber against a fence with Munstead Wood (50cm in front) and am now wondering if I left enough space...
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
With regard to underplanting roses -which I think we discussed in this thread -it was one of them anyway, I've just been looking at my Albertine, which is has gone crazy! There must be at least a hundred buds on it and it's travelling a good ten foot left and right. (Fortunately plenty of room)
It used to be underplanted by some large euphorbia Wulfeniis, which I hoiked out a couple of years ago. Then it was a very small climber even though it was a good few years old.
So be careful what you use to underplant, it can stunt the rose.😊
Out of interest, B, had your trained/pruned it or does it have hundreds of buds by its own design. I have been training my climbers and have about ten buds on each plant.
It's doing its own thing. I gave it a handful of fertiliser a couple of months ago and I cut back if it's in the way of the path. I would say that it is a mature plant five or more years old I prune off the blossoms when they finish. That's all. It faces east.
Just sharing my joy at my first rose bud this year / this garden with people who will get it (other half tries to be excited but....) inherited from previous owner so don’t know what it is but it already smells AMAZING! might have sniffed up an aphid or two in my enthusiasm though 😬 does anyone know what type of rose it might be based on the leaves - they are quite veiny and the stems look fuzzy if that makes sense rather than thorny ...
Great to have your first bloom. I hope you have many more this season, and perhaps get the bug for roses too...!
This is Rosa rugosa 'Alba'... if when it opens it has 8 petals or less, which looks like it, but if it has 10 or more petals,, then it would be one called 'Blanc Double de Coubert'... nice French name...
Yes please do @fizzwhizz I can't guarantee I will know them, but it's fun to try.. someone else might anyway.. ...not much blooming at the moment, too early and nights too cold, but 'Marie Nabonnand' [clg Tea, 1938], is always quick off the mark... a scent to die for..
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I grow a similar one called 'Mme. Letuve de Colnet'... and its scent is I think equal to Mme IP.. I got it from Fabien Ducher in France..
..the blooms are a bit smaller but there's more lilac around the edges..
On the subject of rose spacing/planting one in front of the other, has been discussed on both your rose threads... when I first bought from David Austin the planting notes said to plant in threes 50cm apart, so I assume its still works to plant the same type so close together? That seems to work ok for me, so far, for the smaller roses but I see they have now revised that advice to include a table of planting distances according to the ultimate size of the shrub. I’m glad I saw that latest advice as otherwise I would have planted my two additional LD Braithwaites far too close to the original!
I did underplant an Iceberg climber against a fence with Munstead Wood (50cm in front) and am now wondering if I left enough space...
It used to be underplanted by some large euphorbia Wulfeniis, which I hoiked out a couple of years ago. Then it was a very small climber even though it was a good few years old.
So be careful what you use to underplant, it can stunt the rose.😊
I prune off the blossoms when they finish. That's all. It faces east.
This is Rosa rugosa 'Alba'... if when it opens it has 8 petals or less, which looks like it, but if it has 10 or more petals,, then it would be one called 'Blanc Double de Coubert'... nice French name...
...not much blooming at the moment, too early and nights too cold, but 'Marie Nabonnand' [clg Tea, 1938], is always quick off the mark... a scent to die for..