Scorching 32degrees here... Albertine is my rose of today with its first bloom, eyes for you is in full bloom too. Lots more budding, flashes of colour but not quite there yet! 5 / 45 out so lots to look forward to...
I can't find the comment now, but someone asked me about Dr Jamain's scent. I got close enough today to have a deep inhale. My blooms seem pretty tiny still (fairly new in) so you wouldn't get a waft on the breeze, I don't think, but with nose fully in it is a strong scent. It reminded me of the smell of what classic rose scent is said to smell like - like a rose soap bought in 1978, in a good way. It's quite sweet and light and fruity (not like a big, dark red), high notes, with a big whack of crisp green apple, and a violets, if that makes any sense. It doesn't smell that complicated, like a Bach fugue or a Tallis mass. It's more like battenburg cake.
@Fire Was it so complicated?? should have said its strong and pleasant.. now you made me hungry
Lots of Gertrude pics and the scent.. I can imagine.. if only I had a spot to plant her.. will watch for her growth here.. She is in my long long wish list....
@Fire Was it so complicated?? should have said its strong and pleasant.
But that is bugger all help to the person that asked. Not that comparing the scent of a rose to the look of battenburg cake is very useful either. But I think "green apple and violets" get you some of the way there. Of course that is just a description to my nose from one bloom, on one plant, in my garden on a particularlly sunny day in June. No doubt there is great variation, as with colour, re nose, weather, soil, sun exposure etc.
For some years my Ena lost all scent all together (2018, I think). I never figured out if it was down to no rain or too much rain or snow or stress or what.... Scent came back the next year.
Toyah pumping out the blooms now, fully open they are about 3" dia, and streaked with white my scarlet miniature patio rose just getting started, will be a mass of blooms in a few days. All my bare roots are now producing buds, most are also covered in aphids, like Ghislaine, Yellow floribunda, well into first flush now. This, is turning out to be quite a big rose, the tall cane is over 1.20m tall
@peteS DA's 3.5ft for GJ is not realistic, I think. 4ft maybe but more like 5. She is not a true climber, she is a tall shrub. But those 5-6ft canes are perfect for training on a fence if someone wants to grow it as a climber. And it can grow even bigger with support, although I think it would take its time to grow on a house wall or something like that.
Edhelka, I agree, 3.5ft is unrealistic, but I would say that Gertrude Jekyll is not a true shrub rose but a climber. Difficult to categorise I guess. For those that don’t realise, there is only one version of GJ (breeder’s code Ausbord) even though DA lists it as both ‘shrub’ and ‘climber’. Same with Graham Thomas - one rose, two listings.
Here, GJ could easily attain the height of 8ft DA’s website states under the climber listing. She resists hard pruning and thinning by just shooting straght back up again to over 6ft and throwing out a load of new basals. Be interesting to see what my new Graham Thomas does. I suspect that will want to climb too!
Fabulous roses everyone, I’m having a nice mini break (despite the stinker of a cold, which is fading, thankfully) but can’t wait to get back home to see mine. Ridiculous isn’t it?
@owd potter, Toyah is such a tease, now I’m thinking ah, looks quite like x, but M is right, there are so many reds out there so I am not going to hazard another guess 😆
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Golly, my GJ is definitely in the wrong place. It's about ten years old now and about 5ft. It does throw out the odd 6ft cane which I usually cut down as it looks odd but I'm wondering now whether to leave them to see what they do. My problem is that it is backed by a 6-7ft euronymus hedge so if it grows higher than that, would it look odd? I also made the mistake of planting it inside a rusted metal rose basket!
Finally my first rose opening up. Gret’s joy . Not sure how much sun was required but it felt like looking how the grass grows especially because everyone seems miles ahead😉 pink cloud and Ghislaine are following closely so I hope next week to have some colour on the walls.
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fully open they are about 3" dia, and streaked with white
my scarlet miniature patio rose just getting started, will be a mass of blooms in a few days.
All my bare roots are now producing buds, most are also covered in aphids, like Ghislaine,
Yellow floribunda, well into first flush now. This, is turning out to be quite a big rose, the tall cane is over 1.20m tall
Here, GJ could easily attain the height of 8ft DA’s website states under the climber listing. She resists hard pruning and thinning by just shooting straght back up again to over 6ft and throwing out a load of new basals. Be interesting to see what my new Graham Thomas does. I suspect that will want to climb too!
Fabulous roses everyone, I’m having a nice mini break (despite the stinker of a cold, which is fading, thankfully) but can’t wait to get back home to see mine. Ridiculous isn’t it?
@owd potter, Toyah is such a tease, now I’m thinking ah, looks quite like x, but M is right, there are so many reds out there so I am not going to hazard another guess 😆
I think these photos on HMF are what she wants to do naturally (unsupported):
https://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=21.190051
https://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=21.50673
I also made the mistake of planting it inside a rusted metal rose basket!