One thing rose people perhaps take more notice of than more casual rose growers, are the sepals on roses.. Here are a couple of mine that I think are fun to watch develop..
..this is 'Marie Nabonnand'.. a French Tea rose... the sepals, the 'ears' that enclose the bud here are swept back and remind me of an elegant lady, perhaps 1920's..wearing one of those feathers in her hat, that you see in old photos.. it's just so poised and so .. French...
...this is 'Mme. Delaroche-Lambert'.. a 19thC Moss rose... you can see the mossy covered sepals surrounding the buds...
...this Austin rose 'Thomas a Becket' has sepals that rise well above the buds, quite elegant and swish...
..actually this rose is so well named because when the buds starts to open, it's blood red.. and takes the sinister shape of a hood, like that of a medieval monk... if you can see that in it..
oh here's another one... this is 'Armada'... a climbing Floribunda rose.. I absolutely love it... introduced by Harkness roses in 1988 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Spanish Armada 1588.. Cleverly named too... the flower form is reminiscent of the Spanish morion helmet worn at the time...
That last rose is very striking Marlorena. The posts on hard water were very interesting and I've just realized I very rarely water my roses using tapwater but rely on rainwater and the water butts, so that's probably why they look ok.
...that's ok.. I did get the hose out today to clean up one of my roses covered in greenfly... it was swamped by them.. and the ladybirds are too busy mating..
LD Braithwaite opening very slowly, nearly there...it's gone cool here so I think you will beat me, Marlorena... not thats it a competition or anything
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I’ve still only got the 1 bud that could open before may but others are still quite small so at least mid may for them whereas a lot of my roses still have no signs of flowerbuds yet although this warmer weather should help push a lot of them on!!
Yours are 1st season I think Daniel, so bound to take longer... they will catch up in later years as they establish...and start to bloom earlier..
@Nollie... sorry I didn't see your post.. sometimes this forum works in strange ways, when I post something I do not always see a post above mine until much later in the day.. then it magically appears..
It wouldn't be too often I would beat a spanish garden for early blooms... but a few of mine are noted Spring blooming Tea roses, so it's not unusual to get flowers on these in late April..
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One thing rose people perhaps take more notice of than more casual rose growers, are the sepals on roses..
Here are a couple of mine that I think are fun to watch develop..
..this is 'Marie Nabonnand'.. a French Tea rose... the sepals, the 'ears' that enclose the bud here are swept back and remind me of an elegant lady, perhaps 1920's..wearing one of those feathers in her hat, that you see in old photos.. it's just so poised and so .. French...
...this is 'Mme. Delaroche-Lambert'.. a 19thC Moss rose... you can see the mossy covered sepals surrounding the buds...
...this Austin rose 'Thomas a Becket' has sepals that rise well above the buds, quite elegant and swish...
..actually this rose is so well named because when the buds starts to open, it's blood red.. and takes the sinister shape of a hood, like that of a medieval monk... if you can see that in it..
this is 'Armada'... a climbing Floribunda rose.. I absolutely love it... introduced by Harkness roses in 1988 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Spanish Armada 1588..
Cleverly named too... the flower form is reminiscent of the Spanish morion helmet worn at the time...
...I hope you can see it too...
I'm hoping my first bloom opens overnight..
First day of rosebud fondling this year. The ones I can't reach will have to look after themselves.
...anyone having lunch outside today?...
@Nollie... sorry I didn't see your post.. sometimes this forum works in strange ways, when I post something I do not always see a post above mine until much later in the day.. then it magically appears..
It wouldn't be too often I would beat a spanish garden for early blooms... but a few of mine are noted Spring blooming Tea roses, so it's not unusual to get flowers on these in late April..
then I might have a garden worthy of roses I hope haha!!