My apricoty roses in thanks for all the other inspiration I’ve enjoyed scrolling through. Port sunlight has the strongest scent and positively glows. Bathsheba’s flowers have suffered in the rain but she’s putting out lots of good new canes. All are only one or two seasons in the ground. (Grass behind port sunlight needs to come out!)
Not yet, but I’m hoping to be. I’ve planted it this time last year. It’s grown quite a bit and it’s very healthy. The flowers have been few and droopy. I’ve seen nice photos of it, so I’m hoping it improves with age.
@edhelka I’m new to pheno geno roses so I just did a quick google.. it seems this one is suitable for culinary uses! I’ve always liked the idea of edible fragrant rose petals.. have you tried it by any chance?
@Tack Thank you.. your potted roses are looking really healthy and floriferous too! Over the last two years I’ve been experimenting with ‘companion planting’ - by putting smaller pots of other cottage garden plants such as lupins around my roses.. I must say I quite like the effect as it hides the bare bottoms of the pots. You’ve got loads of varieties that I don’t have.. and I enjoy learning from you as to which ones are behaving better in pots for future reference.
DA categorise their roses into 'best for health', 'shady areas' etc and these all make sense or it seems obvious what the characteristics of the roses would be.
What would the characteristics be for a rose to be considered best for 'mixed border'?
I would say, any shrub rose, which is quite a lot to choose from! I also put in bush roses (floribundas and hybrid teas), but I think strictly speaking, shrub roses would be the usual choice.
This is how DA explain it 🤔
Mixed Borders
Roses are marvellously versatile, suiting almost every garden situation, and one of the most popular is within a mixed border. With their long flowering season, roses inject unrivalled grace and glamour, harmonising, and contrasting well, with other plants. To provide greater interest, select roses with a range of heights, flower colours and leaf textures. Where space allows, plant roses of the same variety in tight groups of three or more. The bushes soon grow together to give the appearance of one shrub, making great impact. Don't plant other plants too closely to the roses, for fear of overwhelming them, especially in the first year.
Well @cooldoc it is, but it's maybe the way I've grown it that has resulted in large blooms. I have let it grow tall as it is either side of an arch, and this means the blooms can be seen from across the garden. It will continue to produce flowers, usually in two to three flushes, lovely fragrance, it's only fault is its prone to blackspot, but I don't mind that as much as some might.😁
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DA categorise their roses into 'best for health', 'shady areas' etc and these all make sense or it seems obvious what the characteristics of the roses would be.
What would the characteristics be for a rose to be considered best for 'mixed border'?
Mixed Borders
Roses are marvellously versatile, suiting almost every garden situation, and one of the most popular is within a mixed border. With their long flowering season, roses inject unrivalled grace and glamour, harmonising, and contrasting well, with other plants. To provide greater interest, select roses with a range of heights, flower colours and leaf textures. Where space allows, plant roses of the same variety in tight groups of three or more. The bushes soon grow together to give the appearance of one shrub, making great impact. Don't plant other plants too closely to the roses, for fear of overwhelming them, especially in the first year.
I have let it grow tall as it is either side of an arch, and this means the blooms can be seen from across the garden. It will continue to produce flowers, usually in two to three flushes, lovely fragrance, it's only fault is its prone to blackspot, but I don't mind that as much as some might.😁