Marlorena my Ghislaine De Feligonde flowers look quite different to yours.
Yours look much more strongly apricot. Mine start from apricot buds but are very pinky on the inside mixed with yellow and very pale apricot. But they look predominantly pink.
@Mr. Vine Eye ... this is normal for this rose... she is a chameleon... she can be pink one day and apricot the next according to the weather... I've had this rose literally change colour overnight... incidentally, there is an all pink version of this rose [not available in this country].. it's simply called Pink G de F... but that won't be your rose...
Love the 'Mrs John Laing' rose @Marorena, there's something about that classic rose shape I find very appealing. I know you told me to be patient but my new Royal Jubilee is in bud and I don't think I like the colour at all. I'll wait and see anyway.
I hope you get to like it in time, but we can't always like the same roses... I have learnt to ignore whatever I get in the first year, because they change so much..
I think the rain is finally over.... I've got fallen petals everywhere...
...let me see what has survived the rain.. 'Graham Thomas' been around long enough to have proven itself.. 'Scepter'd Isle'... no problems for this one... I've grown about 60 of the 250 David Austin releases since 1960's.. and this is in my top 5 of those I know..
'Comte de Chambord' ['Mme. Boll'].. the outer petals needed teasing out, and then the blooms open...
'Mill on the Floss' proving itself weatherproof... Orlaya grandiflora..
...'Scarborough Fair'... a little late to start as it was moved.. but I find this to be one of the most beautiful of all the Austins.. for its simple charm...
@WorcesterPark … oh thanks for this question... it's good to ponder on these things..
Of those I have grown... 'Kew Gardens' 'Lady of Shalott' 'Scarborough Fair' 'The Ancient Mariner' Scepter'd Isle'
..taking into account continuity of bloom through the season, health, vigour and general overall performance in the garden, being easy to grow without sprays and blooms that don't nod too much …
Royal Jubilee and Graham Thomas.. close behind I think..
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Yours look much more strongly apricot. Mine start from apricot buds but are very pinky on the inside mixed with yellow and very pale apricot. But they look predominantly pink.
Then they fade to creamy white like yours.
Last year, same time..
11th June '18
12th June '18.. I love the way it changes, just like that...[as Tommy Cooper would say]
let's hope it brightens up a bit later on...
…'Mill on the Floss'.. rather pretty buds I thought...
'Octavia Hill'.. always looks half decent whatever the weather..
'Bathsheba'...
'Mrs. John Laing'.. and old hybrid perpetual... standing up well to rain so far..
'Lolabelle'... a bit splattered with something..
clematis durandii...
Lavender angustifolia 'No. 9'... one of the main lavenders grown for oils..
I think the rain is finally over.... I've got fallen petals everywhere...
...let me see what has survived the rain..
'Graham Thomas' been around long enough to have proven itself..
'Scepter'd Isle'... no problems for this one... I've grown about 60 of the 250 David Austin releases since 1960's.. and this is in my top 5 of those I know..
'Comte de Chambord' ['Mme. Boll'].. the outer petals needed teasing out, and then the blooms open...
'Mill on the Floss' proving itself weatherproof...
Orlaya grandiflora..
...'Scarborough Fair'... a little late to start as it was moved.. but I find this to be one of the most beautiful of all the Austins.. for its simple charm...
Of those I have grown...
'Kew Gardens'
'Lady of Shalott'
'Scarborough Fair'
'The Ancient Mariner'
Scepter'd Isle'
..taking into account continuity of bloom through the season, health, vigour and general overall performance in the garden, being easy to grow without sprays and blooms that don't nod too much …
Royal Jubilee and Graham Thomas.. close behind I think..