What does that mean in terms of how long it would take to get close to its mature size if planted in a border? Within a season or two if planted in the Autumn?
Yay, we’re back, great to be able to drool over everyone’s gorgeous roses again! Being a purple obsessive, @edhelka - simply stunning, I will be keeping an 👁 on your Purple Lodge in particular to see how it develops...
Delayed response, but lovely photo of Alexander @Joolz. You and @Omori have convinced me to get it. I am clearly getting over my aversion to HT’s, certainly for back of border use, since there appears to be SIX on my list!
Meanwhile, the low temps and bizarre relentless heavy rain we have been experiencing is thankfully taking a short break. You can imagine the effect on the roses, but seems you don’t have to, seems as if some parts of the UK have been just as bad. Hers is a damaged, drooping LoS (being hoiked out to make room for the new orange):
On the topic de Jour, droopy blooms... The Prince started out very spindly with weak necks and drooping blooms, but it has righted itself very quickly and I think/hope it is going to be a good un. It’s protected against a wall, however, so not exposed to the downpours:
Astronomia. The blooms don’t last long regardless of the weather, couple of days max, but it is meant to be very floriferous, which I’m hoping it will be next season, so if it is, it won’t be so noticeable:
Stormy Weather living up to it’s name and not at all fazed by the weather:
Munstead Wood hit the floor but came out the other side stronger and gave me these:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Sorry everyone's roses are getting smashed up with the weather still. I've got full capacity of water now 1350 litres, not normal for June so I don't mind at all if the weather cheers up a bit. I also wondered if it might bring on the autumn plants early, sensing a change in weather? It has brought the house spiders out.
Welcome to the forum @Joolz. I like an orange rose and that one is splendid.
I found these nice things on Night Owl last week, I did vaguely wonder who was chewing it. Vapourer moth young I believe. Looks like they were born on a nearby aster. Who says roses aren't good for wildlife🙂 Night Owl glowing in a stray sun beam the other day, the cats now seem to have moved over to Rhapsody in Blue. Some new openees, Shropshire Star, a climber. I was excited about this, hoping it would be a bright orange. It's true colour is salmon flesh orange not as the photo but actually I quite like it, has a fresh rose scent, nice foliage and flower shape. Will have to see how it gets on as a climber as is still small. Another salmonish mix but a tad more pink and a splash of yellow. Not as scented as Shropshire above but very healthy. Summer Wine climber. It has pretty much the best space in the garden though.
Poets Wife and Munstead Wood rescued from the rain. Both currently in pots but they have garden space for next year. Poet's Wife is now nicely yellow and has a better scent than the first flower to bloom, that was a bit stale Um Bongo.
Blush Noisette, not too worse the wear for all the weather
We’ll see @Omori! All depends on how they perform here. Saw a load of HT’s on sale in the GC yesterday, already blackspotted despite being under cover. No matter how carefully I now choose for disease resistance they all get it on the end. Even Julia Child has some due to it being wet and humid, but at least she shrugs off both rain and heat, blooming hard whatever the weather. Many here are stingy bloomers in the heat.
Gabriel Oak does look very promising @edhelka, I too would be very interested to see how it copes in hotter, humid climes when it is released in the US. Interesting to compare it to Soul, which is not dissimilar in form and colouration, although GO has a touch more lilac. Here is your photo I have copied for comparison, followed by mine of Soul:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Almost a day of unrelenting rain, with more to come tomorrow apparently (we don't half pay for the occasional dry spell we get up here). Everything's a sodden mess, Harlow Carr, normally upright, has been beaten, and the second pic is through my kitchen window, in the dry.
Took this of half of my 'rose patch' a few days ago before the weather really started to batter the poor roses. I know its not to everybody's taste but my attitude to colour has always been 'more is more'!
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What does that mean in terms of how long it would take to get close to its mature size if planted in a border? Within a season or two if planted in the Autumn?
On the topic de Jour, droopy blooms... The Prince started out very spindly with weak necks and drooping blooms, but it has righted itself very quickly and I think/hope it is going to be a good un. It’s protected against a wall, however, so not exposed to the downpours:
Astronomia. The blooms don’t last long regardless of the weather, couple of days max, but it is meant to be very floriferous, which I’m hoping it will be next season, so if it is, it won’t be so noticeable:
@Dirty Harry @Marlorena grows Kew Gardens I believe?
Beautiful photos again @celcius_kkw
Sorry everyone's roses are getting smashed up with the weather still. I've got full capacity of water now 1350 litres, not normal for June so I don't mind at all if the weather cheers up a bit. I also wondered if it might bring on the autumn plants early, sensing a change in weather? It has brought the house spiders out.
Welcome to the forum @Joolz. I like an orange rose and that one is splendid.
I found these nice things on Night Owl last week, I did vaguely wonder who was chewing it. Vapourer moth young I believe. Looks like they were born on a nearby aster. Who says roses aren't good for wildlife🙂
Night Owl glowing in a stray sun beam the other day, the cats now seem to have moved over to Rhapsody in Blue.
Some new openees, Shropshire Star, a climber. I was excited about this, hoping it would be a bright orange. It's true colour is salmon flesh orange not as the photo but actually I quite like it, has a fresh rose scent, nice foliage and flower shape. Will have to see how it gets on as a climber as is still small.
Another salmonish mix but a tad more pink and a splash of yellow. Not as scented as Shropshire above but very healthy. Summer Wine climber. It has pretty much the best space in the garden though.
Poets Wife and Munstead Wood rescued from the rain. Both currently in pots but they have garden space for next year. Poet's Wife is now nicely yellow and has a better scent than the first flower to bloom, that was a bit stale Um Bongo.
Blush Noisette, not too worse the wear for all the weather
Harlow Carr standard. The scent is wonderful. Excuse the work in progress.