...very nice @edhelka, I like the colour combo's... is that a Pittosporum Tom Thumb or a dark foliaged Hebe in the last picture? I grow the Pittosporum with roses..
...I'm so excited I've just ordered 2 more roses from Trevor White's potted rose collection... 'Eugene Furst' and 'Wilhelm'... two old fashioned roses I've had before.. long time ago... one has to keep looking ahead, and I needed the fix... ...Eugene is one of the most scented Old Roses, but there are a lot out there... I really wanted 'Botzaris' too but it was sold out...
I often get things mixed up these days edhelka, I can't remember half the names of my plants without looking them up..
'Souvenir de St. Anne's'... [Bourbon, found in St. Anne's garden Dublin] ...the just opening bud smells of a freshly opened box of Turkish Delight... ...the open bloom smells of the best tasting Cox's apple...
...continuous bloom.. 5 or 6 foot.... weather resistant semi double ... as much as I love DA's as landscape plants, I feel they can't compete with a rose like this for charm, scent and grace.. whilst not being the fullest of bloom form...
Thanks @jonathanmichell23. Actually HC is not my favourite as it’s really thorny and the blooms nod so you mostly see the backs of them, but it is looking pretty healthy this year.
For general information/comment:
A while back, I bought two impulse purchases of potted-up bare root roses - Poulsen Renaissance ‘Aya’ and ‘Ghita’. They were covered in a thick protective coating of wax. The wax never melted, despite some high temps here. They started off really well, with new top growth. Gradually, they started dying back. New buds further down couldn’t penetrate the wax. I resorted to picking off with my fingernail some of the wax and found the stems were going black and mouldy underneath. I had to bin Aya, total cane dieback. I repotted Ghita, burying it much deeper and one new cane has pushed through, but it has only got one decent green cane left of the originals. I am hoping I can nurse it back as that is the one I really wanted. However, I will not be buying roses coated in wax again!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Sorry about your roses Nollie... I'm surprised the wax didn't melt off.. your other roses look so healthy, not a blemish..
..some pics from today... 'The Ancient Mariner' in case anybody wants to see its growth habit.. it's quite narrow at the base, forming a vase shape... gets very big, 6 x 6 foot, quite heavy and may need staking... I cut it back to 4 feet this winter.. ..I'm pleased to see buds on 'Ipsilante'.. a Gallica rose... nice foliage, very typical.. I got a spindly 'Charles Darwin' from Tuincentrum in Holland.. after treatment with Miracle Gro 7-3-5 with root stimulant, it's shooting out from below.. which is nice.. Camellia 'Spring Festival'.. full flush.. ..first flower on California Poppies..
@Marlorena that camellia is glorious - I’ve been thinking about it since your last post of it. I’ve got an empty patch that could do with something tall but not too wide, partial shade - would you recommend?
And who doesn’t love a Californian poppy - that colour is sublime!
Morning. Has anyone ordered roses from Eastcroft and if so, what’s your experience been? Their potted roses seems pretty reasonably priced so am tempted.
@MMflower yes. I've bought from Eastcroft but only their bare roots not potted... the bare roots were smaller and wrapped in a smallish bag for postage... but they grew that's the main thing...
@jonathanmichell23 ...yes thank you... I do recommend this Camellia very much... it has a slim upright habit when young, grows quickly but spreads out with age, like a cone shape.. one of its features I like particularly is the new bronze foliage which arrives after it's flowered... it turns green but it's very attractive on the plant.. it also makes a great, if expensive, hedge, obviously for neutral/acid soil.. my soil is only neutral at best.. ...in this dry region of East Anglia I usually have to give supplemental watering during August/Sept. otherwise Camellias may not set buds for the following Spring... ...I first saw this plant at Greenways, south Devon... Agatha Christie's former garden, although she wouldn't have planted it... maybe the NT or one of her children who took over the home after her... it was magnificent and blew me away so to speak..
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...I'm so excited I've just ordered 2 more roses from Trevor White's potted rose collection... 'Eugene Furst' and 'Wilhelm'... two old fashioned roses I've had before.. long time ago... one has to keep looking ahead, and I needed the fix...
...Eugene is one of the most scented Old Roses, but there are a lot out there... I really wanted 'Botzaris' too but it was sold out...
'Souvenir de St. Anne's'... [Bourbon, found in St. Anne's garden Dublin]
...the just opening bud smells of a freshly opened box of Turkish Delight...
...the open bloom smells of the best tasting Cox's apple...
...continuous bloom.. 5 or 6 foot.... weather resistant semi double ... as much as I love DA's as landscape plants, I feel they can't compete with a rose like this for charm, scent and grace.. whilst not being the fullest of bloom form...
Harlow Carr:
Munstead Wood:
Gertrude Jekyll- no bud colour yet, but a few are close:
For general information/comment:
A while back, I bought two impulse purchases of potted-up bare root roses - Poulsen Renaissance ‘Aya’ and ‘Ghita’. They were covered in a thick protective coating of wax. The wax never melted, despite some high temps here. They started off really well, with new top growth. Gradually, they started dying back. New buds further down couldn’t penetrate the wax. I resorted to picking off with my fingernail some of the wax and found the stems were going black and mouldy underneath. I had to bin Aya, total cane dieback. I repotted Ghita, burying it much deeper and one new cane has pushed through, but it has only got one decent green cane left of the originals. I am hoping I can nurse it back as that is the one I really wanted. However, I will not be buying roses coated in wax again!
..some pics from today...
'The Ancient Mariner' in case anybody wants to see its growth habit.. it's quite narrow at the base, forming a vase shape... gets very big, 6 x 6 foot, quite heavy and may need staking... I cut it back to 4 feet this winter..
..I'm pleased to see buds on 'Ipsilante'.. a Gallica rose... nice foliage, very typical..
I got a spindly 'Charles Darwin' from Tuincentrum in Holland.. after treatment with Miracle Gro 7-3-5 with root stimulant, it's shooting out from below.. which is nice..
Camellia 'Spring Festival'.. full flush..
..first flower on California Poppies..
@jonathanmichell23
...yes thank you... I do recommend this Camellia very much... it has a slim upright habit when young, grows quickly but spreads out with age, like a cone shape.. one of its features I like particularly is the new bronze foliage which arrives after it's flowered... it turns green but it's very attractive on the plant.. it also makes a great, if expensive, hedge, obviously for neutral/acid soil.. my soil is only neutral at best..
...in this dry region of East Anglia I usually have to give supplemental watering during August/Sept. otherwise Camellias may not set buds for the following Spring...
...I first saw this plant at Greenways, south Devon... Agatha Christie's former garden, although she wouldn't have planted it... maybe the NT or one of her children who took over the home after her... it was magnificent and blew me away so to speak..
..do consider this beautiful plant..