Apologise for not popping into the thread as much as I liked to do , its difficult to keep up with its a rather busy thread .
I have taken some pictures of the roses over the past month . I think Rosa Paul scarlet has preformed the best this year and I've been very impressive with desdemona which I planted this year, the other roses not so much we had a wet week when they started opening which hasn't helped. Gabriel Oak ( new bare root this year ) does have some flowers on but it has struggled to get going with the amount of competition around it and a pesky phlox white admiral trying to invade , and Eustacia Vye I have in a pot is doing ok and flowering.
Lady of shallot Ghislaine Golden celebration generous gardener Paul Scarlet really nice this year, to think I were going to take it out as well Desdemona
..very nice @edhelka ... great to see someone bold enough to post a self pic... nice top, I like rosy tops..
I am under the nickname Edhelka all around the internet so if anyone wants to find me, it isn't that hard...
... I note the grass looking rather parched, they've obviously missed all the rain, as we have here too.. very dry..
Yes, it was dry. They have driplines to all their roses but the grass was obviously suffering. With the usual weather patterns, we, on the west side of Snowdonia, steal all their rain but for the last two weeks, we've been completely dry too. They had significantly less blackspot than I have. There was still some but nothing too bad (nothing defoliated).
..big question.. did you buy a rose ?...
Expected question I did not. I was thinking about buying 'The Country Parson' before going but it is a bit too untidy (I like the blooms, though). I liked some roses but I think I'll buy them elsewhere during the bare root season.
So, for anyone who's still awake or to go with early morning coffees
I actually older Austins more than new ones. Old favourites: 'Lady of Megginch', 'Hyde Hall', 'Falstaff' New favourites: 'Dame Judi Dench', 'Silas Marner', 'Nye Bevan' was quite nice too Fragrance - I don't know if it was the heat or my nose but many roses weren't as fragrant as expected (for example both 'Emily Bronte' and 'Eustacia Vye' had only a light to medium fragrance to my nose). Gertrude was the best one and reliable as always (even better than the last couple of blooms on Isphahan). Silas was good. And I finally decided that I don't like myrrh fragrances and so many of their roses have them. Although I liked 'Spirit of Freedom'. Another one (non-DA) I really liked was an alba 'Pompon Blanc Parfait' which is only described as light-medium on their website, so there is probably something wrong with me...
'The Country Parson'. Probably the most planted rose there. Exteremely thorny (species spinosissima level) and also producing long canes. 'The Country Parson' and 'Dame Judi Dench'. Judi is truly orange, nice to see some colour, despite the hot weather. Significantly more orange than other of their orange/apricot roses. But not as vigorous as I would like, some of the young ones looked like they will need their usual 3 years to show their potential. 'Hyde Hall', a big rose, always planted as a back of the border plant. 'Falstaff' 'Emily Bronte' was the second or third most planted rose there. The mature plants were much bigger than stated on the website, closer to 5ft than 4. Here it is a short climber. I liked the hues of fresh flowers but disliked how it fades to almost white. 'Blythe Spirit', an interesting rose. I also liked 'Buttercup', very unique.
I have way too many photos of 'Silas Marner'. It is in the top three most planted there (together with Emily B. and The Country Parson). They always planted it in large groups (5+) and it looks good planted that way. The growth habit works in groups but I think it wouldn't work for a single plant. I'll continue to grow mine as a small climber.
Number one, 'Nathalie Nypels' Number two, 'Sally Holmes' Three, 'Bonica' 'Pearl Drift' also looking good but not as good as Sally I also liked some of the ramblers but most of them were already finished.
@Nollie safe travels. Normally we will see some family members that live in CZ this august after 1,5 year.
After the weeks of rain we have finally some sunshine. Except long new canes on the roses , my phlox that was planted in november and doing well,nothing to report.
This one doesn't smell, Oranges and lemons, I saw it in some ones front garden near me,it's a baby just flowering for the first time. I couldn't resist it, most of my roses are pastel colours and scented
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... great to see someone bold enough to post a self pic... nice top, I like rosy tops..
... I note the grass looking rather parched, they've obviously missed all the rain, as we have here too.. very dry..
..big question.. did you buy a rose ?...
I have taken some pictures of the roses over the past month . I think Rosa Paul scarlet has preformed the best this year and I've been very impressive with desdemona which I planted this year, the other roses not so much we had a wet week when they started opening which hasn't helped. Gabriel Oak ( new bare root this year ) does have some flowers on but it has struggled to get going with the amount of competition around it and a pesky phlox white admiral trying to invade , and Eustacia Vye I have in a pot is doing ok and flowering.
Lady of shallot
Ghislaine
Golden celebration
generous gardener
Paul Scarlet really nice this year, to think I were going to take it out as well
Desdemona
They had significantly less blackspot than I have. There was still some but nothing too bad (nothing defoliated).
I actually older Austins more than new ones.
Old favourites: 'Lady of Megginch', 'Hyde Hall', 'Falstaff'
New favourites: 'Dame Judi Dench', 'Silas Marner', 'Nye Bevan' was quite nice too
Fragrance - I don't know if it was the heat or my nose but many roses weren't as fragrant as expected (for example both 'Emily Bronte' and 'Eustacia Vye' had only a light to medium fragrance to my nose). Gertrude was the best one and reliable as always (even better than the last couple of blooms on Isphahan). Silas was good. And I finally decided that I don't like myrrh fragrances and so many of their roses have them. Although I liked 'Spirit of Freedom'. Another one (non-DA) I really liked was an alba 'Pompon Blanc Parfait' which is only described as light-medium on their website, so there is probably something wrong with me...
'The Country Parson'. Probably the most planted rose there. Exteremely thorny (species spinosissima level) and also producing long canes.
'The Country Parson' and 'Dame Judi Dench'. Judi is truly orange, nice to see some colour, despite the hot weather. Significantly more orange than other of their orange/apricot roses. But not as vigorous as I would like, some of the young ones looked like they will need their usual 3 years to show their potential.
'Hyde Hall', a big rose, always planted as a back of the border plant.
'Falstaff'
'Emily Bronte' was the second or third most planted rose there. The mature plants were much bigger than stated on the website, closer to 5ft than 4. Here it is a short climber.
I liked the hues of fresh flowers but disliked how it fades to almost white.
'Blythe Spirit', an interesting rose. I also liked 'Buttercup', very unique.
They always planted it in large groups (5+) and it looks good planted that way. The growth habit works in groups but I think it wouldn't work for a single plant. I'll continue to grow mine as a small climber.
Number one, 'Nathalie Nypels'
Number two, 'Sally Holmes'
Three, 'Bonica'
'Pearl Drift' also looking good but not as good as Sally
I also liked some of the ramblers but most of them were already finished.
Normally we will see some family members that live in CZ this august after 1,5 year.
After the weeks of rain we have finally some sunshine.
Except long new canes on the roses , my phlox that was planted in november and doing well,nothing to report.