Thanks Marlorena! I’ve only got one DA - Olivia which i got as Mr A said it was his favourite one! I plan on getting some more bare root in November and will definitely look into your favourites...thanks again!! WP
@Daniel Rutherford .. good idea Daniel... these are the ones I've got rid of in recent years, for various reasons...
'Tranquillity'... blackspotted... just not interesting enough.. 'Hyde Hall'... thorny, difficult to deal with, straggly.. 'Lady of Megginch'... scentless and just dull 'The Lark Ascending'.. beautiful, exotic, but its thorns were too much for me.. 'Gertrude Jekyll'.. another thorny beast, with poor rebloom, and just wants to spread.. beautiful when in bloom.. downright ugly the rest of the time.. 'Spirit of Freedom'... too many petals for its own good.. droopy and balled in rain. 'The Alnwick Rose'.. upright and thin growing.. never in love with it.. 'The Lady's Blush'... thorny… quaint, but little impact 'Sir Walter Scott'... suckered... small blooms... didn't do much for me.. 'The Lady Gardener'... didn't like the colour.. apricot paling to cream.. 'Harlow Carr'... small but incredibly thorny... just got in my way.. 'Princess Anne'... blackspotted... didn't like the fading colour... odd mauve..
Very interesting to see the problems u have encountered with certain roses and the things that put u off!!
Always good to know what they could be like in the future for me although I could feel different like for example I quite like the roses with a lot of thorns which probably seems strange!!
U always here people saying pick the right rose at first cause of the replant issues for example but it’s hard to tell if u like a rose until u have grew it for a few years!!!
...all those roses could be great in someone else's garden Daniel... I think it's a good idea to grow a new one in a pot for the first season, see if you like it, and then plant it out following winter... you can't always be sure the first year but it gives you an idea, especially regarding the thorns, the fading or rain resistance... important factors for me.. if I had known how thorny some of those were I would never have got them..
Munstead Wood is on my watch list at the moment too.. lol... another dreadfully thorny creature, but it has those dark cherry blooms you don't see often... but the architecture on it is shocking..
Really interesting, Marlorena re your top and bottom performing roses. I am definitely getting rid of Harlow Carr, apart from the thorns, I just don’t like it, but Gertrude Jekyll is on my keep list still, because the first flush is so glorious. It is sitting there looking miserable now though, with no sign of new blooms (almost behaving like a once-bloomer) so I am wondering if I may be better with something else... what would you recommend of a similar bloom form and colour that maybe repeats better and/or does not want to escape the large pot I have Gertrude in?!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@Nollie ... I can't vouch for your climate, but you might like to try 'Comte de Chambord' which is one of 'GJ's' parents... equally thorny, but I can put up with this one because it doesn't want to take over the garden.. small and compact... and it blooms continuously... might defoliate briefly in August, but it quickly rebounds... great scent too..
..also consider one on my top 5 list.. 'Scepter'd Isle'... it's virtually the perfect rose..
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'Tranquillity'... blackspotted... just not interesting enough..
'Hyde Hall'... thorny, difficult to deal with, straggly..
'Lady of Megginch'... scentless and just dull
'The Lark Ascending'.. beautiful, exotic, but its thorns were too much for me..
'Gertrude Jekyll'.. another thorny beast, with poor rebloom, and just wants to spread.. beautiful when in bloom.. downright ugly the rest of the time..
'Spirit of Freedom'... too many petals for its own good.. droopy and balled in rain.
'The Alnwick Rose'.. upright and thin growing.. never in love with it..
'The Lady's Blush'... thorny… quaint, but little impact
'Sir Walter Scott'... suckered... small blooms... didn't do much for me..
'The Lady Gardener'... didn't like the colour.. apricot paling to cream..
'Harlow Carr'... small but incredibly thorny... just got in my way..
'Princess Anne'... blackspotted... didn't like the fading colour... odd mauve..
..that's enough for now....
Always good to know what they could be like in the future for me although I could feel different like for example I quite like the roses with a lot of thorns which probably seems strange!!
U always here people saying pick the right rose at first cause of the replant issues for example but it’s hard to tell if u like a rose until u have grew it for a few years!!!
Munstead Wood is on my watch list at the moment too.. lol... another dreadfully thorny creature, but it has those dark cherry blooms you don't see often... but the architecture on it is shocking..