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....more Rose Garden notes...2020

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  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    Mary, you are going to be so disappointed in my rose... I, on the other hand absolutely love it... I did not check previous images of this rose, so had no idea what it was going to look like when fully open,.. but I don't think it's your type of rose..  typically these days, it's a classic DA look-a-like rose, very similar to one they have called Port Sunlight..

    'Liverpool Hope'... from Peter Beales Roses.. bred by their in-house hybridiser Michael Baldwin... and a winner for me .. sweetly scented too..


    East Anglia, England
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    'Ghislaine de Feligonde' looks better every day... if anyone wants to grow this rose, it will grow to double this size or more... I prune it back quite hard each year..



    ...this pure white Alba is 'Mme. Legras de St. Germain'... it would normally be much larger than this, but first year in a pot, maybe half size..  very sweetly scented, once blooming and mostly thornless..


    East Anglia, England
  • Mary370Mary370 Posts: 2,003
    I must admit I love any flower with a scent, even the weedy looking night stocks......I do feel somewhat self indulgent and a little guilty that my HT Rose's aren't feeding the bees.  Going in buy a few open flowered Rose's in the Autumn....... ease my conscience lol
  • Jason-3Jason-3 Posts: 391
    @Marlorena
    Wonderful thread and garden as always. How do you rate Gabriel Oak against Eustacia Vye, in terms of scent and bloom quality/ repeat. As I'm looking to purchase one of the other
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    @Jason-3
    ...thank you Jason...  I like both roses equally so I would choose on which colour appeals more... Gabriel does lighten in hot weather, turning more pink, very similar to Princess Anne, but with a better scent. I like him best in cooler weather when the colours are darker and more sumptuous...  Eustacia I think has better foliage and if I had to choose I prefer the scent on Eustacia... but it's early days, I've only had them a year and they are not even semi mature..

    Sorry I can't make up your mind for you because you need both, right ?... 
    East Anglia, England
  • Jason-3Jason-3 Posts: 391
    @Marlorena

    You got me haha. I like both roses, but have not seen either in the flesh as yet
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    I rather like your Rhododendron Bloombox Marlorena. I have an acid bed with a gap in it and that might just fit!
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
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