Thank you @Fire, I will let the buds flower and prune Etoile. I will also try edhelka’s layering of branches. Etoile is in its 3rd summer and New Dawn 5th. I also have A Shropshire Lad on the other side (south facing), Lady Emma H (5th year but just settled due to several moves), Natasha Richardson (a Harkness rose, pale pink with pleasant scent), Margaret Merrill (gorgeous flowers and scent, recovering from severe pruning), Ferdinand Pichard (still undecided, may have to come out) and Thomas a Becket on a narrow rose border. I have 5 others in pots on patio. Used to have Desdemona, Claire Austin and Gertrude Jekyll but got rid of them all. I must say I do like the flower and scent of Etoile so will try all your suggestions.
Ventured out to inspect the 'damage' this morning.
Lots of roses have collapsed or bent over with the rain, including my two Albas (I kind of saw that coming), Tuscany but it still has lots of buds and I might be able to recover it to a romantically tumbling look and poor Rhapsody in Blue. Also my species rugosa but that hasn't really been pleasing me for a few years now.
Rose of the Day, one of my front garden heroes, Penelope, which I think manages to look good soaked through. I often unfairly overlook this nice rose for its more colourful friends.
Lark Ascending is heavy with water but will be fine and Flanders, front, didn't seem to notice anything out the ordinary. Penelope at rear and a glimpse of Munstead Wood near the alliums.
My first Leda flower managed to survive and is a sweet little button shape.
Hope everyone elses gardens survived, not sure how much of the country was affected.
@AlliumPurpleSensation I tend get those pink spots in heat rather than rain, it’s when the genetic colour inhibitors break down and the lurking pink breaks through, more noticeable as the blooms age. Here are Lady Emma Hamilton and Golden Celebration - these two seem to suffer from it the worst, even though they are not in scorching sun:
@peteS thanks for the photos, they are both beautiful, but Chianti has such a gorgeous rich colour, an impressive debut indeed for a new rose. I must say I’m drawn more and more to the old Austin reds/purples.
A few from the East Garden:
Mme. Antoine Mari, a bit different this one, I like it:
Ivor’s Rose, nice enough bloom but still a runty little plant, has a lot of work to do to convince me it will be the large, vigorous rose it’s meant to be:
Opening blooms of Rose de Rescht are really cute:
Rosa Moyesii Geranium finished flowering a week or so ago and is setting huge hips already, which feels really weird in June!
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I’ve finally finished construction of the wall at the other end of the rose bed in the East garden, around the olive tree. The whole still has that newly planted/raw build feel, but I’m looking forward to it settling in and seeing the roses fill out and mature:
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Looking good @Nollie, I'd be using that wall as a seat, it'll be grand when all the plants have filled out. I notice there's a small fellow living in Ivor's Rose, how nice
@Nollie your wall looks lovely and thanks for the info. I've only seen it happen after rain but the temp did go straight back up after and the garden is south facing so does get really warm.
Can someone please ID this. I really have no clue. All I know is that I bought it as a bare root from either DA or Trevor White last year, but can't find it on either site. The camera can't seem to handle reds and is showing it as much more vivid and garish than it actually is.
@peteS, maybe the easiest way to ID your red rose is to check your order confirmations in your emails? I do have a vague memory of someone buying Roundelay, was that you?!
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Lots of roses have collapsed or bent over with the rain, including my two Albas (I kind of saw that coming), Tuscany but it still has lots of buds and I might be able to recover it to a romantically tumbling look and poor Rhapsody in Blue. Also my species rugosa but that hasn't really been pleasing me for a few years now.
Rose of the Day, one of my front garden heroes, Penelope, which I think manages to look good soaked through. I often unfairly overlook this nice rose for its more colourful friends.
Lark Ascending is heavy with water but will be fine and Flanders, front, didn't seem to notice anything out the ordinary. Penelope at rear and a glimpse of Munstead Wood near the alliums.
My first Leda flower managed to survive and is a sweet little button shape.
Hope everyone elses gardens survived, not sure how much of the country was affected.
A few from the East Garden:
Mme. Antoine Mari, a bit different this one, I like it:
I've only seen it happen after rain but the temp did go straight back up after and the garden is south facing so does get really warm.
Hello! Sorry I've just seen that I've been mentioned a few times. Hectic week and I've not been feeling very well.
You've not had many laterals growing from the cane on the bottom left, so I'd replace that when possible with a newer one from the centre.
I think everything that Nollie and Fire have said so far covers it really!
Hope your feeling better soon @Mr. Vine Eye.
@peteS, maybe the easiest way to ID your red rose is to check your order confirmations in your emails? I do have a vague memory of someone buying Roundelay, was that you?!