@Fire so far, they’re just getting in the way of a good sniff/photo for me, but I notice tiny holes in @Marlorena’s photo so maybe they bore through the buds to get at the pollen? I seem to be plagued with them at the moment, spot them below..
Last photos for a few days, as the weather isn’t great so we are going to the family house on the coast in search of sun and seafood. I have four newbies yet to bloom, hope I don’t miss any!
Guy Savoy is a very elegant rose and is actually more striking from behind, greater contrast in the stripes on the underside of the petals:
Purple Lodge again. Wonder why ‘lodge’? Seems a bit dull. Maybe I’ll call it by it’s grander name Palais Biron, seems to suit it better:
Blush Noisette gearing up for a second flush:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Took your advice @Nollie and started my 'feedthemSundays' regime, using half dose seaweed fertiliser. Did 20 of my 24 roses, but missed out the 3 Flower Carpet ones as they don't seem to ever need feeding and one down by the garage which I plain forgot about. I'm a bit dismayed by the state of my 'New Dawn' today. It's in full sun on the south side of our shed in a very narrow bed. It has powdery mildew developing, terrible black spot and very few buds which is unusual. I try to keep it well watered, manured and fed but it's now about 12 years old so I'm wondering if it's declining. As it tries to be much too tall for the shed, I may think about it taking it out later in the year.
The same here @Lizzie27, I’ve never suffered from powdery mildew on roses before, except a slight touch on The Prince for a very short while last year. Most of my new bare root, potted up roses got it, starting with the ones from Peter Beales, that leafed out with it, so I blame them 😆 Lots of early blackspot too, which I think it’s weather related for me and may be for you - very dry then really cold, rainy weather followed by hot sun and repeat ad infinitum. Most have grown out of the mildew, but some, like Mme. Antoine Mari and most of the Beales roses still have it.
Confession, I nicked the ‘Sunday Breakfast’ idea from Monty Don, works really well for me as otherwise I forget what I have given to whom!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Dr Jamain. You can kind of see the wide range of rose colours that appear on one plant. The photos are of two Jamain plants, facing north-east, getting only summer morning sun. First year of proper flowering.
Here is my mystery climber and what I know about it so far. Deep pink/red flowers of about 2" dia, no discernible fragrance, buds singly on stems and in clusters, few small thorns, mid green glossy foliage which got bs whilst in bud, leaves are now discoloured and starting to drop.
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Last photos for a few days, as the weather isn’t great so we are going to the family house on the coast in search of sun and seafood. I have four newbies yet to bloom, hope I don’t miss any!
Guy Savoy is a very elegant rose and is actually more striking from behind, greater contrast in the stripes on the underside of the petals:
Purple Lodge again. Wonder why ‘lodge’? Seems a bit dull. Maybe I’ll call it by it’s grander name Palais Biron, seems to suit it better:
Blush Noisette gearing up for a second flush:
I'm a bit dismayed by the state of my 'New Dawn' today. It's in full sun on the south side of our shed in a very narrow bed. It has powdery mildew developing, terrible black spot and very few buds which is unusual. I try to keep it well watered, manured and fed but it's now about 12 years old so I'm wondering if it's declining. As it tries to be much too tall for the shed, I may think about it taking it out later in the year.
Deep pink/red flowers of about 2" dia, no discernible fragrance, buds singly on stems and in clusters, few small thorns, mid green glossy foliage which got bs whilst in bud, leaves are now discoloured and starting to drop.
I'm calling it Toyah until I know otherwise