@Nollie I would like to get 'Quicksilver' and can't understand why it is available in the US and in Australia and not in Europe.
@Tack I would swap too. I think we've only had 5 or 6 days without rain in June. 2 or 3 days in the beginning and 3 days of the "heatwave". Which really was two normal summer days (20-22C) and one very hot day (28C) with a storm in the evening. I am used to rain but not this much in June.
@tack I love your description of your rainy day and that you know the date. Equally I know the date we had sun in June
On the subject of your Alexander, my local rose centre has it in their catalogue but not sure I've seen it there in the flesh. I will have to keep a look out next time I visit.
US rose sites and forums are useful for research, but frustrating when you find a rose you want but it’s not available in Europe. US buyers clearly want some of ours too - I have been lurking on Houzz since GW lockout and saw your comment on Quicksilver @edhelka. Searching for Sunbelts I came across this German site - https://www.schmid-gartenpflanzen.de/rosen/ - no joy, but they do have some interesting roses, including the Noisette Multiflore de Valmarcus I hadn’t seen before. The Cervantes rose garden in Barcelona has it, good excuse for a visit!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
This is Ballerina...flat to the ground after far too many days of wind and rain. Having been in the ground only a few weeks she is far too spindly to support so many flowers. Do you think it would be best just to cut all the flowers off and let her concentrate on getting bigger for next year. Or is this floppiness going to be an ongoing characteristic in the years to come...if so, I'll get rid.
@Nollie I've had my eyes on Quicksilver for some time, it's quite often seen on Instagram and Facebook groups, apparently, that rose is a success. I would understand if it was Weeks or Buck but it's Kordes. I think they will introduce it eventually but who knows.
..this is done for purely commercial reasons so I was told by DA... I think they like to maintain some exclusivity to some of their roses - it's difficult to believe it's only down to climate... and it's not just Kordes and Tantau, but David Austin as well... as they have never released 'The Endeavour' or 'Carding Mill' in this country, yet you will find them in the U.S. and Australasia.. and Tantau's 'Rainy Blue' only in Japan, much to everyone's annoyance..
@peteS ...Ballerina needs some training on support.. there is no need to remove the flowers until they are gone over, or cut them off now and put in a vase or something, but it will need a support structure... it's best used as a short climber.. ..mine was on railings... it can also be trained up a wall.
'Souvenir de St. Anne's'... 'Liverpool Hope'... 'Aquarell'.. just opening.. I do like these colours on this rose.. 'Desdemona'... 'Kew Gardens'... 'Sally Holmes'...
I bought a bargain bin rose from Tesco this afternoon with no label. I thought maybe it's Arthur bell possibly? But then looking online they can either be shrub roses or climbers? I bought it to go in my little cottage garden border so a climber wouldn't be suitable. When a rose can be either be a shrub or a climber are they completely different plants? One website says it's a nice compact plant perfect for borders but then another shows it as a massive climber...having said all that it might be something completely different! I must stop buying unresearched plants 😂😂
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On the subject of your Alexander, my local rose centre has it in their catalogue but not sure I've seen it there in the flesh. I will have to keep a look out next time I visit.
@peteS
...Ballerina needs some training on support.. there is no need to remove the flowers until they are gone over, or cut them off now and put in a vase or something, but it will need a support structure... it's best used as a short climber..
..mine was on railings... it can also be trained up a wall.
'Liverpool Hope'...
'Aquarell'.. just opening.. I do like these colours on this rose..
'Desdemona'...
'Kew Gardens'...
'Sally Holmes'...