I guess differences in soil, aspect, climate, sun exposure would account for the colour variation of our respective Heidi Klums. There is a fair bit of that in the photos on HMF, plus some only seem to get solitary blooms while others show lots of packed clusters - that might be related to plant maturity. Clearly not all AR roses are bad, I’m really pleased with Heidi and RdeR.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I agree with everyone else, @Nollie these are dead roots. There would be much more fibrous roots if it was healthy and alive. My Midnight Blue died like that (my mistake, too long storage in a shed) and when I finally gave up and dug it out, there were no new fibrous roots.
@Katsa Growing well but getting blackspot, like almost everything else here.
Managed to get into to the garden on my lunch break. It's still sunny in the Peak, although the wind is picking up.
It's interesting to compare Mme Alfred Carriere and Alister Stella Grey. AC was planted at least a month after ASG, but is nearly 4 times the height!
I definitely think the bed by the pond is over crowded, so will be doing some moving around in November. I'm also tempted to replant ASG with Paul Noel, and put ASG in the corner by the house.
Raymond Blanc is looking beautiful, but in need of some dead heading
And a lot of my plants have evidence of mildew and BS. It's actually not bothering me as much as I thought it would.
@edhelka thanks for showing your Lavender Dream again. I think I've decided to add it along with Yesterday to my TcL order.
@Tack I love your line of Rose soldiers. Must be lovely to wake up to that sight every morning.
That is such a shame about your rose @Nollie. I hope you can get things sorted with them.
Your garden is looking lovely @Katsa and looks like it's a lovely sunny space.
I wondered too if anyone has or has ever owned Stephanie d'Ursel. It's a Lens rose that has caught my eye recently and is available from Beale's.
I finally bit the bullet and got Ebb Tide after dithering between it and Twilight Zone My first time ordering from C&K Jones and am very pleased. Only ordered Sunday evening and it arrived today. Very healthy foliage, one bloom open and lots of buds.
Thank you everyone for those nice comments, I do get a lot of pleasure from my soldiers . They were in a 2 line staggered formation but since the sun got lower the southerly ones were shading the northerly ones!
@poppyfield64. I really like my Ebb Tide and the colour draws everyone to it, so I do hope it does well for you.
If I can ask a quick question, has anyone grown the rose Sugar Moon? I am still in my quest for a beautiful white rose. I have dug up and over a largeish section of what was lawn, so now have a new bed which gets full sun- increasing my options.
Thanks @Tack I'm sure I will. I had it up on my screen on Sunday and my husband commented that it was a cool looking rose. That was enough for me to hit the checkout button lol.
@sarinka I have Desdemona. She isn't a pure white as it has pink tinges in the buds and when first opening but once open fully that disappears. Her fragrance is that good that even people walking past the house comment. I also have A Whiter Shade of Pale but again has that pink tinge but lovely fragrance.
Others may have more pure whites that they could suggest.
@sarinka, I have desdemona and Vanessa bell. Desdemona is like my almost white rose for pink/purple bed and Vanessa bell is my almost white rose in Yellow/apricot/orange border. When weather is cool and shade Vanessa bell is cream but once opened bloom, it is almost cream white.
I also have susan williams that is pure white and fragrant but flowers are so small and not impressive at all. I dont like her and dont even feel like deadheading.
When I visited a garden, I liked Kew Garden and Clair Austin, but dont have those in my garden.
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I guess differences in soil, aspect, climate, sun exposure would account for the colour variation of our respective Heidi Klums. There is a fair bit of that in the photos on HMF, plus some only seem to get solitary blooms while others show lots of packed clusters - that might be related to plant maturity. Clearly not all AR roses are bad, I’m really pleased with Heidi and RdeR.
It's interesting to compare Mme Alfred Carriere and Alister Stella Grey. AC was planted at least a month after ASG, but is nearly 4 times the height!
I definitely think the bed by the pond is over crowded, so will be doing some moving around in November. I'm also tempted to replant ASG with Paul Noel, and put ASG in the corner by the house.
Raymond Blanc is looking beautiful, but in need of some dead heading
And a lot of my plants have evidence of mildew and BS. It's actually not bothering me as much as I thought it would.
@Tack I love your line of Rose soldiers. Must be lovely to wake up to that sight every morning.
That is such a shame about your rose @Nollie. I hope you can get things sorted with them.
Your garden is looking lovely @Katsa and looks like it's a lovely sunny space.
I wondered too if anyone has or has ever owned Stephanie d'Ursel. It's a Lens rose that has caught my eye recently and is available from Beale's.
I finally bit the bullet and got Ebb Tide after dithering between it and Twilight Zone My first time ordering from C&K Jones and am very pleased. Only ordered Sunday evening and it arrived today. Very healthy foliage, one bloom open and lots of buds.
@sarinka I have Desdemona. She isn't a pure white as it has pink tinges in the buds and when first opening but once open fully that disappears. Her fragrance is that good that even people walking past the house comment. I also have A Whiter Shade of Pale but again has that pink tinge but lovely fragrance.
Others may have more pure whites that they could suggest.
I also have susan williams that is pure white and fragrant but flowers are so small and not impressive at all. I dont like her and dont even feel like deadheading.
When I visited a garden, I liked Kew Garden and Clair Austin, but dont have those in my garden.