Port Sunlight - my new favourite. It’s on my shady balcony that receives only 4 hours of partial sun a day and still blooms beautifully. I tend to bring its flowers in as I don’t visit that balcony as much.
Port sunlight is a gorgeous rose and going as a potential for when I buy the 4 bare roots for all the places I have lived.
So choices so far.
Liverpool Hope / Port Sunlight Cheshire Regiment / Dunham Massey
Now need to look for Kent and Manchester/Lancashire
I would choose Port Sunlight over Liverpool Hope... Dunham Massey is quite nice, a bit floppy, good scent.. I don't know Cheshire Regiment.. ..you might like to wait until next March when David Austin releases their new varieties as I have a feeling one of them might be called 'Bridgewater', after the new RHS garden opening in Manchester.... they always name a rose after RHS gardens... 'Liverpool Hope'... 'Dunham Massey'...
I would choose Port Sunlight over Liverpool Hope... Dunham Massey is quite nice, a bit floppy, good scent.. I don't know Cheshire Regiment.. ..you might like to wait until next March when David Austin releases their new varieties as I have a feeling one of them might be called 'Bridgewater', after the new RHS garden opening in Manchester.... they always name a rose after RHS gardens... 'Liverpool Hope'... 'Dunham Massey'...
Thanks. Good idea regarding Bridgewater.
I can't wait until it opens, spent 3 years in Salford at University, the regeneration started as I left. Love going back to visit and having a walk around.
I think I may end up with more roses than planned!
@Mr. Vine Eye Generous gardener is one of my absolute favourites in terms of fragrance.. I’m just scrambling in my head as to where I could possibly put it.. does it tolerate strong wind well?
It seems to. It’s probably in the most exposed part of my garden - open to west winds channelled down the gap between houses. But it held up well this year. Surprisingly so as last year the blooms shattered very quickly at any time. They seem to be lasting a decent amount of time now, although I’ve not kept particularly careful track.
Only thing with it though is it’s a large climber. I’ve seen it covering an entire house wall. So not sure it would be a suitable long term potting option.
It is great though. I didn’t think that much of the fragrance last year but it’s stronger now.
@Mr. Vine Eye Good point regarding the size of the plant.. I was thinking of getting a 65cm (height) x 55cm width pot - which would take up to 150litres of compost.. but then I must say my two climbers are in said pots at the moment and neither seem to do well.. they just don’t behave like a climber, throwing off lots of short canes, flowering profusely but just no long shooting canes that I can train with.. to be fair both are in the most exposed spots on my balcony so I wondered if it’s the elements’ fault..
I think I may be biting off more than I can chew.. considering I am planning on a major spring bulb project this autumn for next year..
I plan to move my TGG in a pot to grow it on the house wall, on the side of a window and above it. I have a pot 40cm wide or slightly more and 55cm (I think) tall. I can't use a wider pot because I wouldn't be able to walk around it. You can all laugh at me in the next year or two if it doesn't work.
I think it would grow as a shrub, it takes its time to climb anyway unless it's very happy. Maybe with a root-pruning every three years. It would make a nice shrub. It's 100% disease resistant and it blooms a lot so I would say it doesn't matter if it isn't happy. In fact, keeping it not happy enough to climb would be a key to grow it successfully as a shrub.
Could anyone tell me what's afflicting both my HT's (only the HT's). On both plants this wound appears just below the flowers causing them to flop over from that point. Both are going as it happens as both are plagued with BS and other diseases, so I don't know whether that's got something to do with it...but any info would be useful for future reference.
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Port sunlight is a gorgeous rose and going as a potential for when I buy the 4 bare roots for all the places I have lived.
So choices so far.
Liverpool Hope / Port Sunlight
Cheshire Regiment / Dunham Massey
Now need to look for Kent and Manchester/Lancashire
..you might like to wait until next March when David Austin releases their new varieties as I have a feeling one of them might be called 'Bridgewater', after the new RHS garden opening in Manchester.... they always name a rose after RHS gardens...
'Liverpool Hope'...
'Dunham Massey'...
Thanks.
Good idea regarding Bridgewater.
I can't wait until it opens, spent 3 years in Salford at University, the regeneration started as I left. Love going back to visit and having a walk around.
I think I may end up with more roses than planned!
Only thing with it though is it’s a large climber. I’ve seen it covering an entire house wall. So not sure it would be a suitable long term potting option.
It is great though. I didn’t think that much of the fragrance last year but it’s stronger now.
I think I may be biting off more than I can chew.. considering I am planning on a major spring bulb project this autumn for next year..
Apparently such things are more likely to attack plants that are already weakened by other diseases.