I don't worry about the late season blackspot at all. I don't like to see it in July but now, I don't care. The whole garden is shutting down, days are getting shorter, I am there less and it's getting colder. Blackspot always gets better in September or at least stops getting worse (it's too cold) and most roses lose their leaves during October anyway, going slowly dormant.
This is 'Eye of the Storm'. A mix of issues but let's call it autumn colour. It wants to shut down for this season and that's fine. I still consider it disease resistant rose.
'Gabriel Oak' from it's less pretty side. The lowest third is almost naked but it still has a lot of leaves and it blooms well. Not excellent disease resistance but good for a DA.
'Princess Alexandra of Kent' had been almost fully defoliated by mid-August. I removed the remaining leaves and cut it back a bit and it is now regrowing some leaves. It won't regrow fully but it will look half-decent in 2-3 weeks and weather depending, there could be some early October blooms.
You could say I have low expectations but there are other plants for autumn interest (intermediate lavenders, hesperanthas, late summer perennials still going on, grasses... and I think I need some dahlias). I am also looking forward to October/November garden mini-redesign, planting new roses and bulbs.
To add something pretty here is 'Souvenir de St. Anne's'.
Gorgeous evening here but I've just come in from a pootle round the garden and watering the roses in pots so will take pictures tomorrow @Nollie . My Diamond Eyes has pretty much stopped flowering and now has some blackspot. JC is still entirely clean I think. The only other container rose I've noticed BS on is Eglantyne but not too bad. My ancient (20yrs at least) roses are the only ones in the ground to have lost leaves.
@edhelka, yes grow roses, get blackspot, it’s inevitable and not worth fretting over. It was more the rapidity of the spread in these two from a clean starting point that was really noticeable and different to how the rest get it. I have roses in a worse defoliated state, but with the others it’s more of a gradual creep, over a longer period of time. I am just curious to see if this is a particular characteristic of Weeks roses or just how they behave here. So @Tack, thanks, for the purposes of research, be great to hear how quickly or otherwise it progresses with yours, not that I am wishing it on you, honest 😆
My worst for BS are my older DAs. With the exception of Diamond Eyes and PAoK, all of my new roses are still clean - Stormy Weather, Rose de Molinard, Bonica, Astronomia, Heidi Klum, Pure Poetry. Soul just starting. Whether they will be next year of course, remains to be seen.
My garden is looking rather sorry for itself, as most late flowering perennials are going over now, but they start around a month earlier here.
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Just had a little look on the patio after imagining BS worse than it is. JC looking clear. DE , it is difficult to see but it has got some BS in the centre and just not as healthy looking as it was, flowering rate right down though it has never stopped. I do need to repot this one.Wollerton OH has a bit of BS but having a flushBoscobel flush well under wayRhapsody in Blue in the background flowering its socks off. The lobelia put itself there, honest. Edit I linked to this when we were having storms. As a couple of you liked it I thought you might like to see what the hurricane in Japan looks like now in comparison. https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=126.36,32.06,1224 Really scary, fingers crossed for thos affected.
Oh your DE is far healthier than mine, @Tack (hmm, maybe Bill has been at mine again!) and nice to see a super clean JC.
Finally, my first bloom on Heidi Klum just opened, a potted rose purchased in late July. Sweet smelling, I would say a mix of old rose and parma violets, I don’t get the ‘spice’ part but a good fragrance for a first bloom:
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Scepter’d Isle is still going strong and the bees are loving it. Desdemona still has plenty of blooms forming and is free of BS, but Charlotte and Princess Alexandra of Kent have started with BS. Golden Celebration has put on a massive amount of growth this year and the first lot of blooms were magnificent but successive flushes have been quite washed out in colour and blooms v droopy, I wondered if I’ve over fed it with the seaweed feed.
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@Marlorena I love to see your GdeF. One of mine is covered in buds again so looking forward to seeing it in full bloom again shortly. Good luck too on your next pond attempt. It really doesn't need to be big to get the wildlife in.
@peteS thanks for the info. Most of mine have been fine this season but I have about 4 that could do with some help so next season I'm going to try to help prevent it or at least reduce it somewhat.
@Tack I love your Ebb Tide....it's looking gorgeous. Definitely one I would like to add.
@rock_hen I'm having the same problem with my Boscobel. Leaves are dropping daily.
@edhelka thanks for letting me know the size of your Paul Transon/Paul Noel, it's such a pretty bloom. I don't think I have anything like that in my garden.
Some photos from this weekend.
First bud to open on my new climber Storm Cloud. In my mind I see my wall covered in these gorgeous fragrant blooms.....let's hope that's a reality too.
Spotted an earwig in another Generous Gardener bloom. Probably the same one as before! Thankfully was before I sniffed!
First flowers on Geranium Patricia.
The liner for my pond has arrived, which I was very surprised by - was expecting a month wait! But I'll leave it til next weekend. Will hopefully have more water in the water butts by then.
But got all the sides levelled up and dug a trench around the outside for the edge of the liner to drop into.
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My worst for BS are my older DAs. With the exception of Diamond Eyes and PAoK, all of my new roses are still clean - Stormy Weather, Rose de Molinard, Bonica, Astronomia, Heidi Klum, Pure Poetry. Soul just starting. Whether they will be next year of course, remains to be seen.
Edit I linked to this when we were having storms. As a couple of you liked it I thought you might like to see what the hurricane in Japan looks like now in comparison. https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=126.36,32.06,1224 Really scary, fingers crossed for thos affected.
For some reason the image is not as clear as the one in my photo album🤨
@peteS thanks for the info. Most of mine have been fine this season but I have about 4 that could do with some help so next season I'm going to try to help prevent it or at least reduce it somewhat.
@Tack I love your Ebb Tide....it's looking gorgeous. Definitely one I would like to add.
@rock_hen I'm having the same problem with my Boscobel. Leaves are dropping daily.
@edhelka thanks for letting me know the size of your Paul Transon/Paul Noel, it's such a pretty bloom. I don't think I have anything like that in my garden.
Some photos from this weekend.
First bud to open on my new climber Storm Cloud. In my mind I see my wall covered in these gorgeous fragrant blooms.....let's hope that's a reality too.
Eustacia Vye is just starting a second flush.
Boscobel
Rugosa Hansa having another small flush.
Buds on Claire Marshall
First flowers on Geranium Patricia.
The liner for my pond has arrived, which I was very surprised by - was expecting a month wait! But I'll leave it til next weekend. Will hopefully have more water in the water butts by then.
But got all the sides levelled up and dug a trench around the outside for the edge of the liner to drop into.