I follow DA’s Instagram account and they have recently posted a video of their garden and I could see most of their roses are in the same stage as mine..
I thought that when I saw it this morning! My first thought was “oh they look at a similar stage to Adrian’s balcony roses.” I was thinking of posting on here to tell you!
@Nollie haha isn’t that a description of the perfect rose ever? Apart from claiming to be a true blue rose. Haven’t you given it a sniff yet?
@Mr. Vine Eye Lol! Am I now officially known as the one with late blooming balcony roses? 😝 do you guys notice any difference in DA vs non DA roses in terms of how quickly they come to bloom?
@celcius_kkw Most of my DAs are in the same stage as the roses in that DA video. Roses that weren't pruned are slightly ahead but not too much. Autumn-planted bareroots are also slightly ahead but not all of them, my Alba Maxima is only just starting to grow leaves. The biggest difference is due to the variety. My earliest DA rose is Gertrude Jekyll, it flowered at the beginning of June last year, 2-3 weeks ahead of other DAs. At the moment, it is my only DA with a bud.
Other than DAs, my earliest roses are those with tea or china heritage. Souvenir de St. Annes is probably going to be my first bloom. Some ramblers and species are also early, my unknown climber is very early, it had its 1st flower last year on 30/4 and flowered trough May to mid-June. At the moment, it has buds too.
@Nollie That's lovely, I hope it will live to expectations/description.
Talking of early flowering roses, if you have a very large garden you might be interested in some of these.. Rosa banksia varieties, usually 'Lutea' is the one most often seen.. R. xanthina 'Canary Bird' this may be in full bloom now but I can't get out to see it near me... single yellow flowers en masse, forming a very large shrub..
The German bred 'Fruhlings' [Spring] series... I've grown 'Fruhlingsmorgen' which has exquisite single flowers...
All April flowering usually... and too big for my garden...
So I was just scrutinising the new growth on my roses today and I found this absolutely teeny tiny rose bud on the only rose that I planted which came Ready pruned in November.. I didn’t prune it again in spring and it’s also my only rose on the ‘shady’ second balcony as an experiment.
There are the cuttings. I can see thick fleshy roots coming out of the bottom. But the canes are pretty much touching the bottom of the pot because it's quite shallow. I'll think I'll leave them a week or two and then try to repot them individually.
And here it is open, not much scent yet @celcius_kkw, but it’s too early to tell really, especially since I don’t have a great sense of smell. I think it takes a while to develop - it was 3 years before I got a good whiff of Munstead Wood. It will be more deep pink, than purple, when it’s the ground in the summer heat.
That’s a lovely ‘rose’ @Marlorena, I was admiring that last year!
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@Mr. Vine Eye what are those cuttings from? I randomly put a couple of cuttings in a pot a month ago taken from a rose bouquet that use DA roses (I think they’re the cut flower variety) and two of them seem to be taking - as in they haven’t rotted unlike the other two..
@Nollie I’m such a fragrance driven person I must admit..which is why I made a point to visit DA’s rose garden to sniff out all of their roses (quite literally) to decide on which ones I like in terms of fragrance. I’ve bought most of those that I like, but there remains a few more, that is England’s rose (a particularly spicy fragrance), Lochinvar (peppery) and Vanessa Bell (not strong but very mellow and comforting). I do think we all have different levels of perception to different types of scent. Smelling the scent of a rose never fails to put a smile on my face, it’s so very comforting. 😊
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The biggest difference is due to the variety. My earliest DA rose is Gertrude Jekyll, it flowered at the beginning of June last year, 2-3 weeks ahead of other DAs. At the moment, it is my only DA with a bud.
So Adrian, it won't make any difference when you prune your roses, just carry on the same as you do..
Nice rose Nollie... I've often looked at that one.. I think Weeks roses do well for you..
of course I'm cheating... it's Camellia 'Spring Festival'.. very upright grower, suited to narrow spaces when young..
..this is Ribes odoratum.. the Buffalo currant... a shrub I cannot be without.. strongly scented of cloves that wafts on the air nearby..
Rosa banksia varieties, usually 'Lutea' is the one most often seen..
R. xanthina 'Canary Bird' this may be in full bloom now but I can't get out to see it near me... single yellow flowers en masse, forming a very large shrub..
The German bred 'Fruhlings' [Spring] series... I've grown 'Fruhlingsmorgen' which has exquisite single flowers...
All April flowering usually... and too big for my garden...
There are the cuttings. I can see thick fleshy roots coming out of the bottom. But the canes are pretty much touching the bottom of the pot because it's quite shallow. I'll think I'll leave them a week or two and then try to repot them individually.
That’s a lovely ‘rose’ @Marlorena, I was admiring that last year!
@Nollie I’m such a fragrance driven person I must admit..which is why I made a point to visit DA’s rose garden to sniff out all of their roses (quite literally) to decide on which ones I like in terms of fragrance. I’ve bought most of those that I like, but there remains a few more, that is England’s rose (a particularly spicy fragrance), Lochinvar (peppery) and Vanessa Bell (not strong but very mellow and comforting). I do think we all have different levels of perception to different types of scent. Smelling the scent of a rose never fails to put a smile on my face, it’s so very comforting. 😊