Lovely colour, I've got a Rhapsody in blue, just planted this winter. It's covered in buds - was one of the first to start growing them so hoping mine will flower soon.
... so if anyone has any idea what these are that might be another clue...
Hi @Nollie , you're not alone! Just spotted this "lovely" Oxythyrea funesta half asleep in the heart of one of my rose flower carpet Yellow Sunshine (aka Rosa 'Noason' 'Celina').
I know forum members are expecting pics of roses in situ in this thread, but I thought you might like this bouquet of my 'Mme Alfred Carrière' roses. I very much like their unpretentious look and, of course, their lovely fragrance.
Roses I regret planting: 'Paul's Himalayan Musk' up the farmhouse we used to live in, in Northumberland. It was stunning in bloom, but it doesn't repeat flower, and was way to vigorous for even our biggish 2-storey house, always trying to lift the slates and come in the windows.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Yes, I have some happy, naive baby Austin and other roses too @edhelka, looking fresh and lovely, but I know it won’t last as blackspot has already set in on their big siblings. BS is non-discriminatory here, so its not just the DAs. The summer rains have started earlier than usual this year, so it's perfect hot and humid blackspot heaven.
I’m not knocking DA, there are half a dozen I wouldn’t be without, just that there are other things out there and I am gradually spreading my rose wings.
Seems so far that it’s the rampant ramblers that are most cause for regret!
@Papi Jo I must admit to preferring the more easily remembered ‘White-spotted Evil Rose Muncher’. I have been picking off a fair number of them, along with a few earwigs to boot.
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@Papi Jo I must admit to preferring the more easily remembered ‘White-spotted Evil Rose Muncher’. I have been picking off a fair number of them, along with a few earwigs to boot.
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."
... and that which you call ‘White-spotted Evil Rose Muncher’
I regretted Pilgrim, because it was was so tightly packed and those 'triple' roses look fake to me. I moved it after two years in and replaced it with Guinee and EdH. Also I got a Little Arthur Bell from a rose show - more as a memento of the show than because I had anywhere good to put him. I gave him to a friend who loves him. He loves her too - and is romping away.
I realise I have such a specific idea of how I want things to look in the garden. It's quite odd to have such a clear vision - fairly unbeknownst to me. I s'pose I spend such a lot of the winter dreaming about the design and plants that the vision takes on a life of its own. It does mean that if a rose doesn't look quite right its like having a stone in my shoe for months. On the up-side, when something works - like Ena Harkness or Niphetos - it's beyond delightful. My obsessions feel validated every day I go outside.
Right now I'm obsessing about needing more height. I can't wait to get my Lemon Queen and cosmos going. It will be a great relief to fill out the space.
I know forum members are expecting pics of roses in situ in this thread, but I thought you might like this bouquet of my 'Mme Alfred Carrière' roses. I very much like their unpretentious look and, of course, their lovely fragrance.
Beautiful. I bought some of my flowers in this week for the first Posie of the year 🌹
@Papi Jo yes their appetite is not diminished by their new name, they probably see it as a challenge Your Mme. AC are lovely, unpretentious yet elegant.
Just to prove Lady Emma Hamilton is not a bad rose, although it’s more of a weird blue-tinged apricot than this photo in late sun shows:
Harlow Carr, not a keeper, year three and still floppy with downward-facing blooms:
Gertrude Jekyll, a keeper, despite it’s vicious thorns:
Absolutely Fabulous (Julia Child) is the last of my new bare root roses to break bud, but it looks as if it might be a good yellow:
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First bloom of Rhapsody in Blue.
It really is purple in my eyes, not a great bloom but there are others on the way do and I do like the open flower, great for bumbles 🐝
Lovely colour, I've got a Rhapsody in blue, just planted this winter. It's covered in buds - was one of the first to start growing them so hoping mine will flower soon.
I’m not knocking DA, there are half a dozen I wouldn’t be without, just that there are other things out there and I am gradually spreading my rose wings.
Seems so far that it’s the rampant ramblers that are most cause for regret!
@Papi Jo I must admit to preferring the more easily remembered ‘White-spotted Evil Rose Muncher’. I have been picking off a fair number of them, along with a few earwigs to boot.
Beautiful.
I bought some of my flowers in this week for the first Posie of the year 🌹
Just to prove Lady Emma Hamilton is not a bad rose, although it’s more of a weird blue-tinged apricot than this photo in late sun shows:
Harlow Carr, not a keeper, year three and still floppy with downward-facing blooms:
Gertrude Jekyll, a keeper, despite it’s vicious thorns:
Absolutely Fabulous (Julia Child) is the last of my new bare root roses to break bud, but it looks as if it might be a good yellow: