My Kew Gardens, which gets mostly morning and midday sun and then is in dappled shade, got totally fried in the June/July heatwaves here, lost all it’s leaves and has been dead-looking since. Now the temps have eased off and we had some heavy rain, it is recovering slowly and growing new leaves. Climbing Iceberg shares these conditions and although the leaves were fine, it too gave up blooming after the heat hit.
@Marlorena I have a query for you regarding Mme. Hardy, give my experience above...
I have three in pots, awaiting planting out in similar conditions to the above. After those heatwaves, I am now wondering how suitable they are for that spot, or whether I should plant more heat-resistant white roses there?
Would my Madames do better in a yet more shady spot somewhere or do they need at least some sun to thrive? Anyone you know grow her in a hot climate?
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@Nollie ... your rose would bloom best with more sun, it's not a rose for a shady spot... two things to point out... it needs winter chill to bloom at all, you get that where you are in N. Spain... second, in your climate it should start flowering what late April through May and perhaps early June?... it won't flower beyond that when your temps get really hot... so you would just need to water it occasionally.. I don't see a huge problem there with those roses... if it was a repeat bloomer then some shade might be necessary for later blooms...
I might have said before but Kew Gardens is not suitable for warm climates... it's not released in Australia and not advised for hot areas apparently...although some people are trying to grow it.. it's really a rose for more northern climes... if you look on HMF you won't see any pictures of it from warm climates... which is sort of telling... ....but it seems to be doing reasonably well for you.. so fingers crossed..
Brilliant advice as ever, thanks @Marlorena, I will stick to the plan with the Mme H’s and give them some sun. It’s my first once-flowering rose, so I was unsure of the drill, but you have set my mind at rest.
Kew Gardens was so beautiful early on in the season, I will persevere with it for another year and see how it goes. I am hoping this year’s extreme heat was a one off, but I fear we will may see more of that...
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
...let's have some photos... as it's coming towards the end of the season, you are welcome to show off any companion plantings with your roses.. I like annuals as much as anything, so colourful Busy Lizzies are my favourite, especially the pinks, whites and purples but I don't mind the reds and oranges either..
Roses in September can produce the most richly tinted flowers...
'Ballerina'... 'Blush Noisette'... some 'Munstead Wood's'... scent is very good right now...
..garish 'Oranges 'n Lemons'... actually I like this, it reminds me of the Painter series of roses, named after Claude Monet..Edgar Degas.. Marc Chagall... etc... I think it should have been named likewise...
'Lavender Ice'.. a Tantau rose.. more lilac pink..
Surfinia petunias... ..my favourite colour of the buzy lizzies, but really I like them all.. I'm not afraid of colour in anyone's garden..
'Mme. Antoine Mari'... one of my favourite roses and out blooms many Austins… but it's an acquired taste...
Now we have had some rain and the temperatures have finally mellowed, Lady of Shallot has finally come back. She had been on a three month sulk:
Lady Emma Hamilton, on the other hand, never stopped all summer, here looking luminous in the morning sunshine:
What pretty colors on those two, Nollie. Funny, I just this morning watched an old movie on tele about Lord Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton, played by Lawrence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. What consummate acters they both were, in all their roles. And this rose does her career justice.
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@Marlorena I have a query for you regarding Mme. Hardy, give my experience above...
I have three in pots, awaiting planting out in similar conditions to the above. After those heatwaves, I am now wondering how suitable they are for that spot, or whether I should plant more heat-resistant white roses there?
Would my Madames do better in a yet more shady spot somewhere or do they need at least some sun to thrive? Anyone you know grow her in a hot climate?
I don't see a huge problem there with those roses... if it was a repeat bloomer then some shade might be necessary for later blooms...
I might have said before but Kew Gardens is not suitable for warm climates... it's not released in Australia and not advised for hot areas apparently...although some people are trying to grow it.. it's really a rose for more northern climes... if you look on HMF you won't see any pictures of it from warm climates... which is sort of telling...
....but it seems to be doing reasonably well for you.. so fingers crossed..
Kew Gardens was so beautiful early on in the season, I will persevere with it for another year and see how it goes. I am hoping this year’s extreme heat was a one off, but I fear we will may see more of that...
Roses in September can produce the most richly tinted flowers...
'Ballerina'...
'Blush Noisette'...
some 'Munstead Wood's'... scent is very good right now...
'Lavender Ice'.. a Tantau rose.. more lilac pink..
Surfinia petunias...
..my favourite colour of the buzy lizzies, but really I like them all.. I'm not afraid of colour in anyone's garden..
'Mme. Antoine Mari'... one of my favourite roses and out blooms many Austins… but it's an acquired taste...
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