Lady of Shalott. (Lots of strong uprights shoots this year after 2 years of very droopy growth. I gave it a good pruning in Feb and it has responded well)
Desdemona (the flowers have lasted for 5 days and still looking lovely, lots more buds as well)
Roald Dahl (just started flowering and full of blooms, the orange of the rose looks great with the purple Clematis President in the background):
Picture a bit too sunwashed, haven't got a great camera.
And here is Jacqueline du Pre, I love this rose! First to start flowering this year. Flowers don't last as long as Desdemona's, but it has more buds and is growing more vigorously.I bought it on a whim 3 years ago from Peter Beales bare root sale and it's been a strong performer from the start.
I’m happy to take a back seat for a while and enjoy all your roses now, having got my usual head start in the bloom stakes. I have been out surveying the damage to mine this morning. I have had strong sunshine, followed by torrential, monsoon-like rain, followed by strong sun and then the monsoon again with some high winds in between, so most are looking battered and bruised now, with rampant blackspot.
Of all the Austins, it was Gertrude Jekyll that weathered the storms the best, whilst Munstead Wood looks trampled and Lady of Shallot is pretty much collapsed. Julia Child continues to shrug off everything. Of my new roses, apart from a broken cane (which I propped up and taped, so still got my first bloom from it) La Rose de Molinard is holding it’s little head up high. So I can add ‘holds it’s blooms erect after heavy rain/winds’ to the long list of requirements for growing roses in my climate!
Welcome to the rose thread @cats_and_dogs, excellent, someone else’s rose to admire!
@edhelka ‘Eyes for You’ is the one I was considering from the Hulthemias, looks very pretty. I noticed it is a H x floribunda hybrid, so presumably that’s where the scent comes from. How are you finding it?
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@cats_and_dogs ...yes a welcome from me too, to Roses,. and you are welcome to talk all day and even into the night as far as I'm concerned... ...you've clearly done a lot of hard work there, and now reaping some rewards... so lovely roses, but I'm surprised your Lady of Shalott does not wow you with scent, it's funny how we all sense different things, but I get a nice strong tea scent from it... I also like Teasing Georgia when I had it, perhaps a bit coarse but a good bloomer, quite a feature from afar.. .. I know what you mean about holding back right now, it's difficult to feel to motivated, so I hope some roses influence can at least take your mind of current events a little..
...sorry about your weather @Nollie .. not much we can do about that... I'm expecting something like that here in June, as it's been so dry and we will make up for it sooner or later..
@cats_and_dogs I'm surprised your Lady of Shalott does not wow you with scent, it's funny how we all sense different things,
Whenever I’ve seen her in the flesh and had a good sniff, I’ve only ever detected quite a light scent. Will have to see what mine’s like when it blooms!
@WorcesterPark that sweat heart looks wonderful, it is a coincidence that its split like last bottom of a heart? Maybe train it to meet back at the top to compete a love heart?
Welcome cats and dogs! Lovely picture of your garden!
@cats_and_dogs, welcome from me too. I am a newbie too and learning about gardening and roses. Lovely to see your garden and roses. So true about covid situation and financial worries. I am always so tempted to buy and try new plants but this year i havent bought any except Gabriel Oak which was a bday gift for myself. I am trying to grow some vegetables for first time and trying to give good care to everything that i already have.
Would it be bonkers of me to try training a Mme. Alfred Carrière climbing rose on a 6ft high fence? I have plenty of width to accommodate its sideways. Would so like this rose in my garden.......
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@Bright star - how much width? You’d need a lot. It’s a biggy! But probably yes, I would think. So long as you keep on top of training and pruning so it doesn’t get out of hand.
I mean I suppose really you could grow any sized rose in any space depending how much time you were willing to devote to pruning, training, bending, pegging. Might end up looking a right mess though if you weren’t careful!
Im growing a couple of roses in quite a small space and planning to train them in a relatively elaborate way to get them to fit. Bit experimental, will have to see how it works.
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Lady of Shalott. (Lots of strong uprights shoots this year after 2 years of very droopy growth. I gave it a good pruning in Feb and it has responded well)
Desdemona (the flowers have lasted for 5 days and still looking lovely, lots more buds as well)
Roald Dahl (just started flowering and full of blooms, the orange of the rose looks great with the purple Clematis President in the background):
Picture a bit too sunwashed, haven't got a great camera.
@edhelka ‘Eyes for You’ is the one I was considering from the Hulthemias, looks very pretty. I noticed it is a H x floribunda hybrid, so presumably that’s where the scent comes from. How are you finding it?
...yes a welcome from me too, to Roses,. and you are welcome to talk all day and even into the night as far as I'm concerned...
...you've clearly done a lot of hard work there, and now reaping some rewards... so lovely roses, but I'm surprised your Lady of Shalott does not wow you with scent, it's funny how we all sense different things, but I get a nice strong tea scent from it... I also like Teasing Georgia when I had it, perhaps a bit coarse but a good bloomer, quite a feature from afar..
.. I know what you mean about holding back right now, it's difficult to feel to motivated, so I hope some roses influence can at least take your mind of current events a little..
...sorry about your weather @Nollie
.. not much we can do about that... I'm expecting something like that here in June, as it's been so dry and we will make up for it sooner or later..
Welcome cats and dogs! Lovely picture of your garden!
So true about covid situation and financial worries. I am always so tempted to buy and try new plants but this year i havent bought any except Gabriel Oak which was a bday gift for myself. I am trying to grow some vegetables for first time and trying to give good care to everything that i already have.
I mean I suppose really you could grow any sized rose in any space depending how much time you were willing to devote to pruning, training, bending, pegging. Might end up looking a right mess though if you weren’t careful!
Im growing a couple of roses in quite a small space and planning to train them in a relatively elaborate way to get them to fit. Bit experimental, will have to see how it works.
Welcome @cats_and_dogs so lovely to see so many roses.
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