...needless to say, yes Daniel... I'm getting almost embarrassed that I've had so many roses, most of which are no longer here.. ...and this is what I mean, I've just realised I've missed @jonathanmichell23 's gorgeous shots of Silas and Gabriel, which I think isn't doing too bad actually... I'm itching to see Silas in bloom and totally jealous that your rose is probably a good 3 weeks in front of mine... @B3 Albertine is another.. I'm really looking forward to seeing your rose... its thorns caught me out a few too many times, so I shall admire it vicariously in yours..
@micearguers Rugosas, many species and species hybrids, spinosissimas.
The list of Earth-kind roses is exactly that but unfortunately american-centric.
I would like to mention two classes that nobody have mentioned yet: Albas - they are known for tolerating poor soil and some shade. Hybrid musks - many of them are quite unfussy and easy to grow.
In my garden, two roses like that are Scarborough Fair and Scented Garden.
Hi all, I have an unknown apricot Austin that is beginning to bloom. It was given to me a few years ago by a great uncle as a small rose a few years ago. He forgot which rose it was other than it was an Austin. Its a tall shrub rose, its about 5x4 currently. But by the end of the season is over 6 feet. It has lovely medium scent, repeats and has good health... I though Judy Dench or Abraham Darby. But Im clutching at straws realy...
..as to 'Gruss an Aachen'... I had this about 20 years ago, but more recently the pink version... both were inclined to get mildew come August, so watch out for that.. ..otherwise just great roses, with continuous bloom form... incidentally 'Gruss an Aachen' was one of the roses the late David Austin modelled his own English Roses on, which shows that he wasn't the first to do this type of breeding... he used to include Gruss an Aachen amongst his English roses, even though not his..
You may find you get a shoot that sports to the pink version, they go back and forth... mine sported back to the white sometimes.. if you ever want the pink one, there are 2 clones available.. one is simply called Pink Gruss an Aachen, the other is wrongly called 'Irene Watts'.. I found Irene Watts to be the better clone... I had 35 buds on this compared to just 15 on PGAA in the first flush... Irene is a 1929 clone the other 1930.. [the real Irene Watts is probably extinct]..
As you can see, mine are way behind where they ought to be, and a good few weeks from showing any buds. This is Gertrude Jekyll, which has proved to be the most reliable of the roses I've bought from DA so far, so I've every confidence I'll have plenty of flowers by mid June.
@Omori I will take some pictures over the next few weeks as the blooms fully open. It has the size of AD but like you say the bloom does seem different. I'm a bit lost with trying to guess
@Jason-3 ..do you know what year it was planted in your great uncle's garden.. approx?.. are we talking 1980's/earlier? or within the last 10 years or so?..
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...and this is what I mean, I've just realised I've missed @jonathanmichell23 's gorgeous shots of Silas and Gabriel, which I think isn't doing too bad actually... I'm itching to see Silas in bloom and totally jealous that your rose is probably a good 3 weeks in front of mine...
@B3
Albertine is another.. I'm really looking forward to seeing your rose... its thorns caught me out a few too many times, so I shall admire it vicariously in yours..
Albas - they are known for tolerating poor soil and some shade.
Hybrid musks - many of them are quite unfussy and easy to grow.
..otherwise just great roses, with continuous bloom form... incidentally 'Gruss an Aachen' was one of the roses the late David Austin modelled his own English Roses on, which shows that he wasn't the first to do this type of breeding... he used to include Gruss an Aachen amongst his English roses, even though not his..
You may find you get a shoot that sports to the pink version, they go back and forth... mine sported back to the white sometimes.. if you ever want the pink one, there are 2 clones available.. one is simply called Pink Gruss an Aachen, the other is wrongly called 'Irene Watts'.. I found Irene Watts to be the better clone... I had 35 buds on this compared to just 15 on PGAA in the first flush... Irene is a 1929 clone the other 1930..
[the real Irene Watts is probably extinct]..
… a couple blooms from Irene Watts..
I will take some pictures over the next few weeks as the blooms fully open. It has the size of AD but like you say the bloom does seem different. I'm a bit lost with trying to guess
..do you know what year it was planted in your great uncle's garden.. approx?.. are we talking 1980's/earlier? or within the last 10 years or so?..
He gave it to me 3 years ago, given its size, I'd suggest it was probably a around 2-3 year old plant. So I'd be 99% sure it is less than 10 years old