Royal Jubilee has had a series of overlapping flushes which have given the impression of continuous bloom.
Malvern Hills had one big full flush and then has continued to pump out buds and flowers since then but nothing like a full flush as they’re not all coming at the same time. However up to a third of the plant (and it is a large plant!) has been in flower at any one time and there’s not been a day without blooms since it started.
Vanessa Bell has flowered so much for a first year rose you’d think it had been in the ground an extra year. Desdemona has similarly done really well.
Rhapsody in Blue has had one quite long flush, then a month off, and is - I’d guess - half way through a second flush now.
Ghislaine similar to RinB but started later and slightly longer break, buds just starting to show colour now.
The Generous Gardener has had flowers on all the time, but not as many since June at once. It’s had one or two open at a time.
My worst performer is Lady Emma Hamilton, because she looks half dead. But not worsened so maybe will pull through eventually.
@Marlorena...I noticed from an earlier post you are thinking of buying 'Timeless Purple'. In my short experience of growing it this Summer, the blooms I found had zero tolerance to rain, they just became a sodden mess. A bit of black spot, but not nearly as much as my other HT; but the colour is beautiful, and as you don't get nearly as much rain as I do, you might get to appreciate them a bit longer.
...sorry if this sounds like a lecture but I feel I ought to make members aware of this.. it concerns all of us who have ordered from, or considering it, from Tuincentrum Lottum in Holland..
..Last winter I got 9 roses from them, I have recently discovered that one of them, an Alba rose called 'Mme. Legras de St. Germain' has Rose Mosaic Virus [RMV for short]... now this is not serious or anything too much to worry about, it doesn't affect the rose, it's blooming or much else really [possibly makes it prone to winter damage], it's just some of the foliage is not nice to look at.. only about 10 percent of my rose foliage has been affected, and my rose has grown vigorously to about 7 feet already [it's a climber].. I did not intend to keep this rose beyond next Spring [it's a once bloomer] in any case, and importantly, this virus does not spread to our other roses.... it simply means they have used virused rootstock to graft the rose onto.. I do not know which rootstock was used...
Which means to any of you who have roses from them, that this could also show up in one of your roses at some point... but, you may never see it.. it can be within the plant but does not always reveal itself.. it can be there one year and not the next..
In fact, David Austin roses sold from their Texas centre in the U.S. are reportedly all infected with RMV because they do not use virus indexed free rootstock, but their Warranty covers for any replacements that are requested..
In this country we rarely encounter the problem because the rootstocks are all grown from seeds.. I've never seen it in 40 years...
..this is what it looks like on my rose...
...please do not be alarmed, it's just for your information,.. and to be clear, this has nothing whatsoever to do with the dreaded rose rosette virus you may have heard about.. A lot of cheap rose production in Europe stems from Serbia and are imported into the E.U. my rose may have come form there originally..
I hope that didn't sound too alarmist.. and just to be clear, this shouldn't put you off ordering roses from TL... I would still buy from them without hesitation, it's just to advise that you may find a rose infected amongst any collection of roses... it can make a rose look variegated, which I don't like too much.. other than that it's nothing to worry about really..
My climbing 'Graham Thomas' looking nice in the sun. And plenty more buds to open. I've been really surprised how it's come on this year...it's 4 or 5th year.
Thanks for the heads up @Marlorena. Very useful information to know as I have ordered a few from them. Is that likely to be the case from other suppliers in Europe?
@peteS How has the foliage been on your Graham Thomas. I have had mine about 5-6 years and it gets terrible BS.
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Malvern Hills had one big full flush and then has continued to pump out buds and flowers since then but nothing like a full flush as they’re not all coming at the same time. However up to a third of the plant (and it is a large plant!) has been in flower at any one time and there’s not been a day without blooms since it started.
Vanessa Bell has flowered so much for a first year rose you’d think it had been in the ground an extra year. Desdemona has similarly done really well.
Rhapsody in Blue has had one quite long flush, then a month off, and is - I’d guess - half way through a second flush now.
Ghislaine similar to RinB but started later and slightly longer break, buds just starting to show colour now.
The Generous Gardener has had flowers on all the time, but not as many since June at once. It’s had one or two open at a time.
A Whiter Shade of Pale
Boscobel
Lucky
Shropshire Star
Claire Marshall.....1st bloom of 2nd flush not fully open yet.
Desdemona
..thanks, that's good to know... maybe one for the greenhouse...
...sorry if this sounds like a lecture but I feel I ought to make members aware of this.. it concerns all of us who have ordered from, or considering it, from Tuincentrum Lottum in Holland..
..Last winter I got 9 roses from them, I have recently discovered that one of them, an Alba rose called 'Mme. Legras de St. Germain' has Rose Mosaic Virus [RMV for short]... now this is not serious or anything too much to worry about, it doesn't affect the rose, it's blooming or much else really [possibly makes it prone to winter damage], it's just some of the foliage is not nice to look at.. only about 10 percent of my rose foliage has been affected, and my rose has grown vigorously to about 7 feet already [it's a climber].. I did not intend to keep this rose beyond next Spring [it's a once bloomer] in any case, and importantly, this virus does not spread to our other roses.... it simply means they have used virused rootstock to graft the rose onto.. I do not know which rootstock was used...
Which means to any of you who have roses from them, that this could also show up in one of your roses at some point... but, you may never see it.. it can be within the plant but does not always reveal itself.. it can be there one year and not the next..
In fact, David Austin roses sold from their Texas centre in the U.S. are reportedly all infected with RMV because they do not use virus indexed free rootstock, but their Warranty covers for any replacements that are requested..
In this country we rarely encounter the problem because the rootstocks are all grown from seeds.. I've never seen it in 40 years...
..this is what it looks like on my rose...
...please do not be alarmed, it's just for your information,.. and to be clear, this has nothing whatsoever to do with the dreaded rose rosette virus you may have heard about..
A lot of cheap rose production in Europe stems from Serbia and are imported into the E.U. my rose may have come form there originally..
@peteS How has the foliage been on your Graham Thomas. I have had mine about 5-6 years and it gets terrible BS.