Noticed this little bloom while enjoying the evening gin 'n tonic in the garden. The first one on 'Paul Transon' (extremely fragrant). It grew a lot since last autumn but nothing trainable yet. My mini pond area just behind.
@cooldoc I think that notification should have been for @JessicaS? I have 'Eyes for You' but I don't know what to think about the scent... It's there but not strong, medium maybe, rosy, spicy, I don't know. Now I have to go and check again
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Evening all, I've just been out to have a sniff at my climber Etoile de Hollande, a perfume to die for on a warm evening. Lots more blooms today. I've been reading up on it again. Bred in Holland by Leenders in 1931 (the HT being bred in 1919 by Verschuren in Holland, the parents were 'General MacArthur' x 'Hadley). It's very vigorous and can reach up to 6m x 5m. Grow for high fence/wall, fragrance, weatherproof.
Before planting Etoile I read that it was hard to train and was most suitable for growing straight up walls, but I am growing it over two arches and it's been find, as long as you bend the growth when new. Older growth might snap off. The scent is very lovely, esp strong on the first day of opening, similar to Ena Harkness. My are going over fast in the heat. There are no new canes, but they might put energy to grow these after this flush.
@edhelka sorry about the tag.. hard to keep up with the pages...
and as I said, so far the blooms that opened was of Desdemona/ Poets wife among austins.. and they are good but more fruity to me than Eyes for you, which is more rose like.. fragrance strength could be relative..
@Marlorena I believe its a dragon fly.. red damsel fly..
Wanted to ask about your eustacia vye, does some of the buds remain partially open like stuck..? I suspect its the rain damage from last month.. atleast 5-6 buds in that stage..
@Mr. Vine Eye found inspiration for my pond from your earlier posts.. up-cycled an unused sand pit.. initial plan was just water iris.. then added underwater plants to combat algae..
Can someone please tell me what this problem might be. It's affecting quite a few leaves, on my 'Charles de Mills' in particular. It doesn't seem to have had too much of an impact on the plant's health thus far, but it is very unsightly.
@cooldoc ..yes, I have a number of buds half open .. the poor Spring has meant that early blooms on many roses are somewhat deformed too, although the wet winter seems to have encouraged quite large blooms on roses this year, and some deep colours appearing.. different to what I've seen before..
Your Desdemonas are looking lovely by the way.. I didn't know you had it..
@peteS ..it's just sawfly damage... if you look under the leaves you will see tiny little white grubby things.. they cause the damage... nearly all my roses have it.. you see the same thing on blackberries in the hedgerows too.. try and ignore it.. I do..
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I've been reading up on it again. Bred in Holland by Leenders in 1931 (the HT being bred in 1919 by Verschuren in Holland, the parents were 'General MacArthur' x 'Hadley). It's very vigorous and can reach up to 6m x 5m. Grow for high fence/wall, fragrance, weatherproof.
..yes, I have a number of buds half open .. the poor Spring has meant that early blooms on many roses are somewhat deformed too, although the wet winter seems to have encouraged quite large blooms on roses this year, and some deep colours appearing.. different to what I've seen before..
Your Desdemonas are looking lovely by the way.. I didn't know you had it..
..it's just sawfly damage... if you look under the leaves you will see tiny little white grubby things.. they cause the damage... nearly all my roses have it.. you see the same thing on blackberries in the hedgerows too.. try and ignore it.. I do..