@Marlorena, the photo is the front lawn and that is my OH’s area of expertise, you would be impressed more with the edges on the back lawn, brand new and edged with galvanised stainless steel, looks really crisp.
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.
@Janie B Here is a photo of Aloha today, definitely improving:
No flowers yet, but lots of buds on Harlow Carr standard.
Lady Waterlow
Nadia in a pot (at least for this season). Is anyone growing this? Also known as The Leonard Cheshire Home. I’m curious about the fragrance and the intensity of the red colour.
..well, I'm wondering if I should be starting my own thread again, I usually do, not to sound as though I've got so much to show, I haven't, but with 75 roses waiting, I don't want to overload this thread with all mine.. we really need our own Roses forum don't we?.. they go way beyond 'plants'...
'Mme. Antoine Mari'.. [Tea 1900] strong tea scent today, beautiful in bud too... this is one rose that competes with anything else out there, old, new or reproduction.. ..not quite open, but life in the slow lane right now..
..I sowed 9 seeds of Tottering by Gently.. 2 germinated, 1 died, this one seems ok.. quite excited to see what it becomes..
I really should be doing some work, but I’m pootling about, literally watching roses open, constantly checking if the slower new ones are showing any signs. I love the anticipation of new acquisitions and seeing how they change and develop their characters.
Eufemia, a relatively recent, compact floribunda from Martin Vissers was a new listing for TCL last year. A kind of pot luck rose as there was little information out there - I was literally just making up maximum number of roses for the postage cost. Nice colour though and fragrant, but don’t ask me to describe it yet I need to sniff more!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@Marlorena I have about that many as well, I personally don’t mind if you post as much as you (or anyone else) wants to on this thread. It’s enjoyable to see everything.
Loving everyone’s roses, @newbie77 I’ve nothing to show yet either, I feel your pain.
@Nollie Your potluck rose is a gorgeous colour, nice choice
Thanks @Eustace. I bought quite a few new ones last year after having the back garden landscaped, I have much bigger borders now. The duchess de nemours is the 1st one I planted 4 years ago and last year it truly took off, Claire de lune is a new one, surprised it flowered. Also got Coral charm, Buckeye belle, Shirley temple and miss America. Almost but not quite as good as a rose!😂
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.
@cooldoc GJ flowers earlier than most roses (in my garden, that's the 2nd half of May/1st half of June, depending on the weather). She opens the rose season and is absolutely breathtaking. Then she has a very long gap while she produces new growth. Then she flowers again in August when most of the other roses are between flushes. And again, she is the queen of the garden. There can be some additional blooms in early October if we get very warm autumn but usually, there aren't.
@Marlorena It would be nice to have our own forum or at least a section, wouldn't it. And having all this split into several threads, instead of one very long and very busy. Anyway, looking forward to your thread.
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..your OH does sterling work..
..well, I'm wondering if I should be starting my own thread again, I usually do, not to sound as though I've got so much to show, I haven't, but with 75 roses waiting, I don't want to overload this thread with all mine.. we really need our own Roses forum don't we?.. they go way beyond 'plants'...
'Mme. Antoine Mari'.. [Tea 1900] strong tea scent today, beautiful in bud too... this is one rose that competes with anything else out there, old, new or reproduction..
..not quite open, but life in the slow lane right now..
..I sowed 9 seeds of Tottering by Gently.. 2 germinated, 1 died, this one seems ok.. quite excited to see what it becomes..
@Nollie Your potluck rose is a gorgeous colour, nice choice
@JessicaS That was me. I got Mileva.
@Marlorena It would be nice to have our own forum or at least a section, wouldn't it. And having all this split into several threads, instead of one very long and very busy. Anyway, looking forward to your thread.