...Notes from a Rose garden...

Marlorena · June 2019

@Ffoxglove … are you looking at the right one? it's 'Armada' not 'Amanda'..
..also the 4 x 3 foot they have it is conservative... you can double that size if you grow it against an obelisk as I do..

Nollie · June 2019

All gorgeous as ever, Marlorena, but wow, a Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is amazing. Is that a new rose? Let us know how it goes...

Marlorena · June 2019

@Nollie yes it is new Nollie... I'm not sure about it yet.. too early to say whether it's any good..

thanks though...

Here are some for today..

'The Poet's Wife'...

'The Herbalist'...

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'Scepter'd Isle'...

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'Absolutely Fabulous' [Julia Child] I lost the first flush due to a storm.. so this is the start of the 2nd really..

'Midnight Blue'...

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'Lady Mary Fitzwilliam'...

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'Ballerina'...

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Ffoxglove · June 2019

Does this look like ballerina to you please? Looks darker

Marlorena · June 2019

@Ffoxglove no, it's not Ballerina... what you have there is 'Marjorie Fair'.. which is also known as 'Red Ballerina'...

...Ballerina is a parent... it's a good rose in itself though.. and one I should like at some point..

Marlorena · June 2019

'Armada'... a floribunda climber and one of my favourite roses..

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'Bathsheba'... struggles in the rain a bit..

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..little 'Marie Pavie'.. a polyantha flowers all summer... and sweetly scented too..

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Clematis 'Prince Charles'... just starting..

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Geranium 'Hillary Rendell'.. a cantabrigiense type.. and a favourite for ground cover..

very similar to 'Biokovo'...

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...why I love 'Kew Gardens'.. after the first flush it produces loads of new thornless canes, all with buds on top and further down the leaf axles... healthy foliage needs no attention..

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Ffoxglove · June 2019

Ffoxglove · June 2019

Marlorena said:

@Ffoxglove no, it's not Ballerina... what you have there is 'Marjorie Fair'.. which is also known as 'Red Ballerina'...
...Ballerina is a parent... it's a good rose in itself though.. and one I should like at some point..

Thank you... Do you happen to know if the scent is as good as ballerina wondering if I should get that too!