Phew!! Just got through a marathon catch up on this thread, it moves fast. I do not recall seeing any photos of Blue Moon. Does anyone grow this rose? It is a rose that I would like for sentimental reasons and would be interested in any opinions.
I have this rose and desperately trying to bring it back to life, it didn't like the hot summer in the South East and defoliated without flowering!
I'm hoping it's not a gonner and please consider my experience as only one view point as I'm not the best at nurturing my roses, they need to do or die in my garden!
Thanks @Marlorena, Beales also have 'Twice in a blue moon' which I thought may be the new & improved successor. I remember Blue Moon as my late Gran's favorite rose, so it has sentimental value to me. I just need to decide whether to get 1 to try it or dive in with 3 as a group in the border... @AlliumPurpleSensation I wish you best of luck to revive it as you are in a small group of Blue Moon growers at present it seems.
@owd potter ...oh yes I forgot about that one.. an earlier improvement but I gather they are both very similar but with different scents... perhaps get both?...
Marlorena and Nollie, thanks for your responses (more responses still welcome).
I used to think three flushes are good but with the season starting significantly earlier this year, some roses do better than that.
Some roses don't have distinct flushes, more like waves that have some overlap. PAoK is like that but she usually gets stopped by blackspot and isn't weather-resistant, so blooms from mid-August are rarely pretty.
I like the pattern of hybrid musks and polyanthas with 4-6 weeks of being completely covered in blooms and then scattered blooms later (almost always something but for example only one cluster per plant at the given moment).
I also like Scarborough Fair, it hasn't been without blooms since late May, that's three months of continuous blooming. I think it will take a break now to regrow leaves and there will be some more blooms in October/November. I had blooms from it in January but not pretty.
I received my delivery from Kordes, Germany and I'm delighted. They came in plastic pots with a biodegradable insert that you just pop in the ground. These varieties are suitable for pots and also some shade. The actual rose pics are from Kordes website.
Including the shipping and Paypal conversion rate the roses have cost £15 each which I don't think is too bad at all. And, it only took 10 days!
@Marlorena thank you. I will upload more and did notice there was nothing on there for Shropshire Star so that will be my next one.
I don't think I've had most of my roses long enough to know how quickly they will flush throughout a whole season but my best so far is probably my B&Q R Favori which has done exceptionally well and was about a month to the second flush. Also Desdemona is doing brilliantly. Only had her a couple of months and she is now in her second flush with me. Currently has 10 blooms and approximately 80 buds. A Whiter Shade of Pale seems to be a continual bloomer. Claire Marshall has kept me waiting around 2 months for a second flush but has started now.
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Beales also have 'Twice in a blue moon' which I thought may be the new & improved successor.
I remember Blue Moon as my late Gran's favorite rose, so it has sentimental value to me. I just need to decide whether to get 1 to try it or dive in with 3 as a group in the border...
@AlliumPurpleSensation I wish you best of luck to revive it as you are in a small group of Blue Moon growers at present it seems.
...oh yes I forgot about that one.. an earlier improvement but I gather they are both very similar but with different scents... perhaps get both?...
..a lot nicer than marrows or courgettes... lol..
Larissa
Rose der Einheit
Garden of Roses
I don't think I've had most of my roses long enough to know how quickly they will flush throughout a whole season but my best so far is probably my B&Q R Favori which has done exceptionally well and was about a month to the second flush. Also Desdemona is doing brilliantly. Only had her a couple of months and she is now in her second flush with me. Currently has 10 blooms and approximately 80 buds. A Whiter Shade of Pale seems to be a continual bloomer. Claire Marshall has kept me waiting around 2 months for a second flush but has started now.