@jennyfleur someone did put up a video couple of pages back. Its a good watch. Paul zimmerman with the US team of DA. The reason they mentioned for discontinuing the older varieties were challenges involved in keeping the stock and preferring disease resistance. However, you might be in luck if you are willing to wait for a bit as they might sell these varieties in limited quantities during summer or later as bare roots. Dont think you will find them in local nurseries. Can call up DA and ask them regarding the varieties you have in mind and they will tell you what/ when to expect. Or can leave a mail enquiry, that would take a few days but they will respond in detail.
Oops, sorry @jennyfleur, I forgot they were discontinuing Lady Em! DA sometimes drop perfectly good roses when they are out of patent as they make more money on their new roses, It’s a healthy rose for me, the only downside is the blooms go blotchy and stripy in high heat, but perhaps a more frequent defect for me in Spain than many in the UK. There are plenty of sources for discontinued DAs in Europe, it’s in stock at a favourite Dutch supplier for many of us (along with Munstead Wood, Harlow Carr and many others). Only worth the postage if you are buying several, though:
I agree Gertrude is not ideal except in a very large pot as she wants to climb - mine has bust out of it’s 60cm pot after 3 years. The climbing and shrub versions advertised are the exact same rose, it’s a matter of how you prune it, but even with hard pruning mine resists and shoots right back up again!
Have a look at Harkness roses too, @Omori has a few of theirs I think and might be able to recommend one suitable for a pot?
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Of the Harkness bush/shrub roses, I have Claire Marshall, Fetzer Syrah, Well Being, and White Fox. Two others that I don’t have but are well regarded are Chandos Beauty and Margaret Merril. Claire Marshall and White Fox are both small and would work for smaller pots. Well Being and Fetzer Syrah are larger so bigger pots would be better. All are very fragrant.
Beautiful day here, crocus are out. This one is Prince Claus:
I couldn’t resist buying Scent from Heaven at a local nursery today. It’s one of the roses I wanted to have and the price was very good. I bought two berberis as well.
..well, I broke my laptop so had to get another... all that money I could have spent on plants..
.. hope everyone's roses are beginning to show signs of buds developing, some of mine have a long way to go... but I just noticed my first one on 'Kew Gardens' along with attractive new foliage and red stipules... there's nothing I don't like about this rose..
Ah, Claire Marshall, I was trying to remember the name of that gorgeous, fragrant pink rose you had @Omori.
A few small buds showing here @Marlorena, but it was extremely gusty today, some foliage casualties, plus we are due -4c tonight, so all that tender new growth may get a bit frost nipped. I’m crossing my fingers 🤞
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
You and me both @Marlorena, having got used to a smaller touchscreen one, the replacement laptop I have been sent is much ls larger and I'm back to using a cursor. The photos on here are coming out quite big as well. I am pleased that I have fed and mulched my roses in the front garden today. Amazed at my daughter telling me she's counted 21 roses just in her new back garden. Should be fun to see what colours they are later. I'm hoping she'll turn into a gardener very soon.
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I agree Gertrude is not ideal except in a very large pot as she wants to climb - mine has bust out of it’s 60cm pot after 3 years. The climbing and shrub versions advertised are the exact same rose, it’s a matter of how you prune it, but even with hard pruning mine resists and shoots right back up again!
Have a look at Harkness roses too, @Omori has a few of theirs I think and might be able to recommend one suitable for a pot?
..well, I broke my laptop so had to get another... all that money I could have spent on plants..
.. hope everyone's roses are beginning to show signs of buds developing, some of mine have a long way to go... but I just noticed my first one on 'Kew Gardens' along with attractive new foliage and red stipules... there's nothing I don't like about this rose..
A few small buds showing here @Marlorena, but it was extremely gusty today, some foliage casualties, plus we are due -4c tonight, so all that tender new growth may get a bit frost nipped. I’m crossing my fingers 🤞
I am pleased that I have fed and mulched my roses in the front garden today. Amazed at my daughter telling me she's counted 21 roses just in her new back garden. Should be fun to see what colours they are later. I'm hoping she'll turn into a gardener very soon.