..long shot of 'Cornelia' a thornless hybrid musk rose... which I adore... .. a pristine white bud from another thornless rose.. 'Mme. Legras de St. Germain'...an Alba/Noisette rose.. used by David Austin in the early years of his breeding programme... ..the drought here in the east means California poppies are about the only thing doing well in parts of my garden... I don't like the Oriental poppies too much.. Geranium sanguineum 'Matt Frei'... long season... ..this is a Harkness rose called 'Octavia Hill', just starting.. it's usually better than this..
Berberis 'Bagatelle'... such rich foliage, goes so well with roses.. Geranium oxonianum 'Cream Chocolate'.. I have lots of this... Geranium cinereum 'Subcaulescens' .. Parahebe 'Porlock'.. Geranium 'Summer Surprise' I think it's called.. similar to Claridge Druce..
I was really enjoying your pics of Bathsheba, the flower, colour, shape but then it exploded lol I really don't like all those petals I feel they look as if they are squished together...... each to their own......wouldn't do if we all liked the same things
@Mary370 ..that's ok Mary, I know what you mean and think I know what you were hoping to see... it's an acquired taste, is the best way of putting it...but I'm used to these types of roses, they are what I go for mostly..
...'Gabriel Oak'.. first bloom not typical, and not fully open.. this is a new bare root.. Rhododendron 'Bloombux'.. suitable replacement for Box.. it can be clipped.. ...loved by bees too.. 'Lichfield Angel'..
Every time you post a photo of Blush Noisette Marlorena, makes me more determined to get one, looks fabulous. What is the fragrance like? Does it waft? Can you also tell me if Mme. Alfred Carriere would also similarly push up through my honeysuckle fedge?
Your explanation of blackspot and senescence was very informative. My BS pressures are high due to heat, often heavy rainfall and resultant humidity, but one thing I do when I spot it starting to develop lower down is remove the bottom 4-6 inches of leaves to protect it spreading from rain splash and it travelling up the plant. I don’t actually know if this helps, but recently read a post by a guy on HMF who does exactly the same thing and said it does help with control in his hot climate. Can’t find the post now!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@Nollie ...re Mme AC... I think you would have difficulty stopping it, rather than waiting for it to grow, but that was my experience of it here, growing on a shady north wall with little to no direct sun.. this might be a better option for you actually. Do you get rose replant disease in Spain? ..the fragrance on Blush Noisette is like cloves, apple scented, and it wafts close by on some days but not all... I won't exaggerate and say it scents the whole garden because it doesn't..
...In your humid conditions all roses are put to the test with such disease pressures... black spot strains mutate, so some years you get more resistance than others... I don't do what you read in books, i.e. pick up dead leaves - I haven't got the time or inclination... I just hose them off when I feel like it, and let them stay where they fall.. because I have learnt that, however meticulous you are, you will still get it next year, and the year after that, whatever you do... except in pots, I do remove those..
...here's an odd angled photo of 'Ghislaine de Feligonde' today.. she's another you might want to consider, rampant enough to push through anything I should think, and not an ounce of disease here for me.. not a bit..
Excellent, thanks @Marlorena - Mme. AC nearer the seating area for scent and Blush Noisette, just because I think it’s fabulous, a bit further down, what what I was thinking so that’s really helpful. I do admire Ghislaine, but wrong colour for my east garden, where yellow/peachy tones are banned 😊
I have never experienced rose replant disease (even in the spot I have planted three roses in as many years) but I do the whole soil exchange/mycorrhizal fungi treatment. I assume it would be here, never really thought about it...
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
One thing about Blush Noisette that I feel I should point out to you @Nollie and is the rose's only failing in my view, and it's something that irritates many people who grow it, that it doesn't shed its spent blooms... they stay on there turning off white and a bit muddy... rain and wind can wash them clean a bit, but like most probably, I just go over the plant with my fingers, or shake the stems, and it dislodges most of the unsightly ones... it's really the work of moments just to make it look better... obviously if the rose is in a difficult to reach place, then one would have to put up with that..
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.. a pristine white bud from another thornless rose..
'Mme. Legras de St. Germain'...an Alba/Noisette rose.. used by David Austin in the early years of his breeding programme...
..the drought here in the east means California poppies are about the only thing doing well in parts of my garden... I don't like the Oriental poppies too much..
Geranium sanguineum 'Matt Frei'... long season...
..this is a Harkness rose called 'Octavia Hill', just starting.. it's usually better than this..
Geranium oxonianum 'Cream Chocolate'.. I have lots of this...
Geranium cinereum 'Subcaulescens' .. Parahebe 'Porlock'..
Geranium 'Summer Surprise' I think it's called.. similar to Claridge Druce..
..that's ok Mary, I know what you mean and think I know what you were hoping to see... it's an acquired taste, is the best way of putting it...but I'm used to these types of roses, they are what I go for mostly..
Rhododendron 'Bloombux'.. suitable replacement for Box.. it can be clipped..
...loved by bees too..
'Lichfield Angel'..
mixed Geranium edging..
...re Mme AC... I think you would have difficulty stopping it, rather than waiting for it to grow, but that was my experience of it here, growing on a shady north wall with little to no direct sun.. this might be a better option for you actually. Do you get rose replant disease in Spain?
..the fragrance on Blush Noisette is like cloves, apple scented, and it wafts close by on some days but not all... I won't exaggerate and say it scents the whole garden because it doesn't..
...In your humid conditions all roses are put to the test with such disease pressures... black spot strains mutate, so some years you get more resistance than others... I don't do what you read in books, i.e. pick up dead leaves - I haven't got the time or inclination... I just hose them off when I feel like it, and let them stay where they fall.. because I have learnt that, however meticulous you are, you will still get it next year, and the year after that, whatever you do... except in pots, I do remove those..
...here's an odd angled photo of 'Ghislaine de Feligonde' today.. she's another you might want to consider, rampant enough to push through anything I should think, and not an ounce of disease here for me.. not a bit..
and is the rose's only failing in my view, and it's something that irritates many people who grow it, that it doesn't shed its spent blooms... they stay on there turning off white and a bit muddy... rain and wind can wash them clean a bit, but like most probably, I just go over the plant with my fingers, or shake the stems, and it dislodges most of the unsightly ones... it's really the work of moments just to make it look better... obviously if the rose is in a difficult to reach place, then one would have to put up with that..