...they don't like to be rushed... but in reality despite this nice weather, it's much too early for most roses to be flowering in UK apart from some very early types which most people don't grow... some of my Austins don't have a single bud on them and a number of others probably won't flower before end May or early June...
Whilst we're waiting for our roses, here's a little potted history, just to bore anyone looking in, to death.. I love historical roses.. 'Blush Noisette'... this has connections to the American Revolution..
In 1775-6 Charleston, South Carolina, an amateur rose breeder called John Champneys was ostracised for siding with the British during the War of Independence.. most people were of British extraction but he felt strongly about his English connections.. he had to flee back to England for a time to escape the persecution..
On returning to Charleston some years later early 1800's, he restarted his rose breeding and bred a climbing rose he called 'Champneys Pink Cluster'...
From this rose he gave seeds to a friend called Philippe Noisette, a florist.. who in turn passed some onto his brother in Paris, Louis Noisette... between them, no one is absolutely sure which, produced 'Blush Noisette'... which was introduced in 1814...in Europe.. this started the Noisette class of roses, of which the Austin 'Malvern Hills' is a recent descendent...
I like to think this rose, 'Blush Noisette' is a daughter of the American Revolution, in a way..
..my rose today... shrub, climber or rambler it's versatile.. and continuous blooming..
last summer... strongly scented of cloves.. and a scent that wafts nearby..
My first bloom has just opened... I do grow a few oddballs which won't appeal to many people and this is likely one... 'Bengal Crimson' [Tea/China before 1820]… nearly always the first rose to flower for me.. they are usually red in May, but outside of that.. pink..
..with shelter it will climb to 8 foot or more.. with exposure, a short bush..
Brought these two verve bare root roses from B&Q, supposed to be £4 each but when i got to the counter they charged me £6.50. Maybe because we are at the end of the bare root season they were reduced.They have some foliage due to them being outside in the garden part of B&Q. Don't know what variety they are as they have no names on the tag just said one is a climber and the other a bush.
Too chilly last night for bloom to open... I keep telling myself it'll be tomorrow... ...anyone having lunch outside today?...
We had lunch outside, went to daughter 2 who lives about 40 mins from Bordeaux. All the family, my 4 children and 13 grandchildren were there, lovely sunny day. There were 3 climbing roses out on her house, one was the Eden Rose, one pink and one peach with red flushed bugs and big flowers. My roses are forming buds.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
@Marlorena bit of a random question. But we have a family house in southern Italy. I'm looking for some rose ideas for a challenging location. I need the rose to repeat bloom as none of the family use as our main home we will most likely miss a one off bloom. I'm not a huge fan of the original gallica roses although they are a great fit climate wise
The climate is extremely dry with very hot summers, days often reach the late 30's. Their is no rain between early June to late September. Their would be a limited amount of summer watering when anyone uses the property. The plots courtyard style so does get quite a bit of shade. The soil is interestingly quite rich it's a med clay. The area is renowned for growing fruit/veg
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'Blush Noisette'... this has connections to the American Revolution..
In 1775-6 Charleston, South Carolina, an amateur rose breeder called John Champneys was ostracised for siding with the British during the War of Independence.. most people were of British extraction but he felt strongly about his English connections.. he had to flee back to England for a time to escape the persecution..
On returning to Charleston some years later early 1800's, he restarted his rose breeding and bred a climbing rose he called 'Champneys Pink Cluster'...
From this rose he gave seeds to a friend called Philippe Noisette, a florist.. who in turn passed some onto his brother in Paris, Louis Noisette... between them, no one is absolutely sure which, produced 'Blush Noisette'... which was introduced in 1814...in Europe.. this started the Noisette class of roses, of which the Austin 'Malvern Hills' is a recent descendent...
I like to think this rose, 'Blush Noisette' is a daughter of the American Revolution, in a way..
..my rose today... shrub, climber or rambler it's versatile.. and continuous blooming..
last summer... strongly scented of cloves.. and a scent that wafts nearby..
'Bengal Crimson' [Tea/China before 1820]… nearly always the first rose to flower for me.. they are usually red in May, but outside of that.. pink..
..with shelter it will climb to 8 foot or more.. with exposure, a short bush..
@Nollie... thank you, glad you liked it...
We had lunch outside, went to daughter 2 who lives about 40 mins from Bordeaux. All the family, my 4 children and 13 grandchildren were there, lovely sunny day. There were 3 climbing roses out on her house, one was the Eden Rose, one pink and one peach with red flushed bugs and big flowers. My roses are forming buds.
The climate is extremely dry with very hot summers, days often reach the late 30's. Their is no rain between early June to late September. Their would be a limited amount of summer watering when anyone uses the property. The plots courtyard style so does get quite a bit of shade. The soil is interestingly quite rich it's a med clay. The area is renowned for growing fruit/veg