I like your little cabin Katsa, and what a lovely colour mix between bud and open flower on Lovely Parfuma. I bet that will look smashing when it is covered in buds/flowers.
This was the most cheer invoking plant in the garden this week, Gallica officinalis. Starting to fade now and once flowering so will have to see how it goes full time. First impressions are most pleasing though.
Lark Ascending, crammed with a bit of stachys. I ran out of time to get this area replanted due to some building works so there are lots of things 'saved' in a small area. Will have to sort later in the year when the ground softens.
Tuscany, I cut this back on Marlorena's advice as it became a much bigger plant than I imagined. In previous years it got knocked over by the wind and twisted back around to the sun causing a tangle. This is the best it has looked, so thanks Marlorena. It's at 4 1/2' and staked as usual so I have decided to half after flowering this year in the hope I can keep it that size or smaller.
I seem to have contracted sawfly this year, not noticed them before. I'm going to leave them as I'm not really one for meddling around with creatures, hopefully they will find their own balance. I also have bent bud syndrome in the same area of the garden which creates an interesting half bloom, I suppose that's the doing of some beast also.
Another one on the boo boo list (next stop bin list) Burgundy Ice. Some upright blooms this time, but frazzled. I will pretend this is a weather thing for now, that no other plant has been affected by. Another one for the bin list and I might dig it out this weekend, is Amber Carpet. I took it as a substitute for an out of stock, poss Autumn Sunset. Perfectly healthy and gets on with things but it just doesn't set me ablaze. Plus I seem to have a glut of soft yellowy-oranges. Sorry Amber Carpet.
I am just wondering if any of you who grow Lady Emma Hamilton and Lady of Shallot find the blooms to be very short lived? I find that extreme heat (like the heatwave we’ve had in the last two days) and rain seem to decimate the blooms. In addition to that Lady Emma Hamilton’s blooms don’t seem to last more than two days in general.. when it’s hot the blooms appear to bloom and scatter on the same day! I find that hugely disappointing given it’s heavenly perfume and I don’t get to enjoy it over a decent period.
These are in stark contrast to my other roses like Sceptr’d Isle and Gertrude Jekyll. Even Boscobel and Desdemona’s flowers last way longer than my two ladies
@Omori Thanks.. I planted mine last year so it’s in its second year now.. let’s just hope it was just the extreme heat that caused it to wilt so quickly.. my MW did well initially on the season being the first to bloom but since then it has been hit very badly by blackspots and powdery mildrew.. I pretty much defoliated the whole plant but left the buds on.. which in hindsight was the wrong move as the remaining buds bloomed very slowly and only produced tiny flowers. I’ve now pruned it all again.. but the new shoots are showing signs of powdery mildrew again. I might spray it just once and see what happens. I try my best to avoid it especially during flowering season as I don’t want the roses around it to pick up the fungicide.. given I am always sniffing them..
@celcius_kkw I have both LEH and LoS, both 3yrs old. LEH does ball in the rain and although mine don’t shatter quickly, they turn a horrible pale splotchy colour in the heat. However, I did get the gorgeous fragrance on early blooms for the first time this year. LoS is a hopeless, blackspot magnet, few blooms and little to no fragrance. After a reasonable half flush to begin with, nothing. Those I do get are sad-looking blooms that last a day or two at most. LEH is OH’s favourite so can’t get rid of it, but we are both in agreement on LoS - it’s gotta go! Most DA’s suffer in the heat.
My absolute worst DA rose this year though is LD Braithwaite. The first one started off fabulously and I loved it, so I made the mistake of adding another two to make a trio. Now all a sorry dying, disease-ridden, bloomless mess. Got fed up of clearing up a confetti of BS leaves every day, so am just about to dig them out:
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@Nollie Your experience certainly sounds very similar to mine regarding LEH.. but that perfume though, I am not thinking of getting rid of it yet but I find myself clearing up all its petals on the floor every single day lol
I do get a mild-medium fragrance from LoS and the young blooms are beautifully apricot.. but that again lasts for just a couple of days and they turn into a loose dishevelled form which isn’t very attractive..
Your LD Braithwaite sounds rather like my MW! I’m giving it one more chance till the end of the season, but instead of giving up altogether if it doesn’t perform for the second flush I might get in touch with DA to ask for a replacement. All it’s canes are very spindly despite being in the second year and it didn’t do well either in the first year (which I put it down to being in a windy spot) - but having moved it to the prime sheltered spot on my balcony this year it still hasn’t quite performed..
Thanks @Fire - I avoided taking wider shots of my garden last year as everything was so bare and patchy, being quite new. I stuck to close up photos. Its beginning to get to a point now where I’m quite happy with how it looks, although still all work in progress.
Speaking of blooms lasting - my Emily Bronte blooms have seem to last quite a long time even with the heat and then heavy rains - same with Royal Jubilee and Princess Alexandra of Kent.
Ive only had one bloom so far on Lady of Shalott but it’s lasted quite a few days and still there now.
That said - she’s on a wall, with a shed on one side, so very sheltered. The blooms will stay on for longer somewhere like that than they would in a more exposed position - like your balcony I’d imagine @celcius_kkw
Lady Emma Hamilton started with at least 5 canes and she’s now down to two. They just went black. But at least there is growth on these.
Most disappointing so far is Eustacia Vye. She’s just sat there, growing tips all fell off ages ago. But yesterday I spotted a new red shoot from low down. So something’s happening at least.
In fact her growth is so poor I’m wondering if there’s something wrong with where I put her. It has crossed my mind that it could be to do with the crab apple nearby, possibly causing something like replant sickness. But the crabapple is very young, only been in two years and she’s not particularly close.
MW being spindly is just the way it is, unfortunately. It’s not really a good rose because of that, but I’m still keeping it because the blooms are just too special. I feel really bad because early on I gave MW as a gift and I feel it was maybe more of a curse 😬
I’m hoping DA release an improved form though so I can get rid of it...
If anyone is thinking to get Red Perfumella, which is a lovely fragrant and healthy rose (HT), I would definitely put it somewhere with afternoon shade.
..Jude the Obscure, my first bloom.. I do like the fruity scent..
..a half sized, untypical bloom from The Country Parson, which has rose replant disease, but it's fighting through, with some more buds to follow.. Tottering... Burgundy Ice... I want this to grow at least 5 foot tall.. 'Eisvogel'... full shot of 'Forever Royal'...
I was surprised when I first read your reports of Munstead Wood being spindly - as the only one I’ve ever seen in the flesh, was a very robust looking shrub.
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I really like the planting in @Daniel Rutherford's morning sun corner too, very nice.
That Moment in Time looks fab @Poppypuss
I like your little cabin Katsa, and what a lovely colour mix between bud and open flower on Lovely Parfuma. I bet that will look smashing when it is covered in buds/flowers.
This was the most cheer invoking plant in the garden this week, Gallica officinalis. Starting to fade now and once flowering so will have to see how it goes full time. First impressions are most pleasing though.
Lark Ascending, crammed with a bit of stachys. I ran out of time to get this area replanted due to some building works so there are lots of things 'saved' in a small area. Will have to sort later in the year when the ground softens.
Tuscany, I cut this back on Marlorena's advice as it became a much bigger plant than I imagined. In previous years it got knocked over by the wind and twisted back around to the sun causing a tangle. This is the best it has looked, so thanks Marlorena. It's at 4 1/2' and staked as usual so I have decided to half after flowering this year in the hope I can keep it that size or smaller.
I seem to have contracted sawfly this year, not noticed them before. I'm going to leave them as I'm not really one for meddling around with creatures, hopefully they will find their own balance. I also have bent bud syndrome in the same area of the garden which creates an interesting half bloom, I suppose that's the doing of some beast also.
Another one on the boo boo list (next stop bin list) Burgundy Ice. Some upright blooms this time, but frazzled. I will pretend this is a weather thing for now, that no other plant has been affected by.
Another one for the bin list and I might dig it out this weekend, is Amber Carpet. I took it as a substitute for an out of stock, poss Autumn Sunset. Perfectly healthy and gets on with things but it just doesn't set me ablaze. Plus I seem to have a glut of soft yellowy-oranges. Sorry Amber Carpet.
I am just wondering if any of you who grow Lady Emma Hamilton and Lady of Shallot find the blooms to be very short lived? I find that extreme heat (like the heatwave we’ve had in the last two days) and rain seem to decimate the blooms. In addition to that Lady Emma Hamilton’s blooms don’t seem to last more than two days in general.. when it’s hot the blooms appear to bloom and scatter on the same day! I find that hugely disappointing given it’s heavenly perfume and I don’t get to enjoy it over a decent period.
Blessed rain and cool...what a relief!
Heres a Lady Emma Hamilton:
I do get a mild-medium fragrance from LoS and the young blooms are beautifully apricot.. but that again lasts for just a couple of days and they turn into a loose dishevelled form which isn’t very attractive..
Your LD Braithwaite sounds rather like my MW! I’m giving it one more chance till the end of the season, but instead of giving up altogether if it doesn’t perform for the second flush I might get in touch with DA to ask for a replacement. All it’s canes are very spindly despite being in the second year and it didn’t do well either in the first year (which I put it down to being in a windy spot) - but having moved it to the prime sheltered spot on my balcony this year it still hasn’t quite performed..
Speaking of blooms lasting - my Emily Bronte blooms have seem to last quite a long time even with the heat and then heavy rains - same with Royal Jubilee and Princess Alexandra of Kent.
Ive only had one bloom so far on Lady of Shalott but it’s lasted quite a few days and still there now.
Lady Emma Hamilton started with at least 5 canes and she’s now down to two. They just went black. But at least there is growth on these.
In fact her growth is so poor I’m wondering if there’s something wrong with where I put her. It has crossed my mind that it could be to do with the crab apple nearby, possibly causing something like replant sickness. But the crabapple is very young, only been in two years and she’s not particularly close.
I’m hoping DA release an improved form though so I can get rid of it...
If anyone is thinking to get Red Perfumella, which is a lovely fragrant and healthy rose (HT), I would definitely put it somewhere with afternoon shade.
Crispy crunchy fried Red Perfumella:
..a half sized, untypical bloom from The Country Parson, which has rose replant disease, but it's fighting through, with some more buds to follow..
Tottering...
Burgundy Ice... I want this to grow at least 5 foot tall..
'Eisvogel'...
full shot of 'Forever Royal'...