Beautiful bloom on CPM @JessicaS, not one you see often, so looking forward to seeing how it does for you over the summer.
Burgundy Ice. If I’m going to keep this rose, I will have to change my mindset and think of it not as a ‘rose bush’ (too lanky and sparsely foliated for that), but as a tall, wavy perennial, maybe interplanted with other perennials such as a tall nepeta or white gaura. The blooms are too rich and velvety to resist:
Cramoisi Superieur is an impossible rose to photograph, especially in sun. The actual colour is a bright, carmine red; the spotty bits on the right-hand bloom are morning dew drops:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
So nice to revisit this thread and see all the lovely roses blooming. I now have Valentine Heart and, below, Gertrude Jekyll (she will eventually climb over the arch next to her) in bloom. The first of all of the bare roots I planted late last year.
My funny looking vase in kitchen today. Abraham Darby much bigger than others making it imbalanced. Other roses are golden celebration, Benjamin Britten, Jude the obscure.
Desdemona has bloomed and smells wonderful even though not fully open. This is my first ever bare root so happy. It is more pink than I thought.
l think I'm going to have to move Port Sunlight in the winter as it's being overwhelmed by For your eyes only which must just like it's spot as it's becoming a beautiful sprawling monster
My rose of the day is an Ena Harkness. I cut it to the ground this Feb and it has risen up again. It has only had one cane coming from the ground, for the last five years. I hoped that cutting it back would spur new 'basal canes' to grow. But no. The one cane coming out of the ground has growth coming off it. I'm not sure if those count as 'basal', as they are coming off the single cane. So - the experiment didn't work, but I also didn't kill it.
This is my fav stage of Ena - just opening perfection. It looks more scarlet/crimson in this pic, (sun glare) but is fact a darker red. Tomorrow it will smell amazing, much like Etoile.
@AlliumPurpleSensation do you have a pic of for your eyes only please? I was thinking of buying it for a pot, sounds like it might get too big.
I think it would look lovely it a pot, it has a lovely shape. I'm not sure if it's supposed to grow so large, this is it's second year and I didnt prune it so it's really been left to do its thing.
Had to catch up last few pages.. now I cannot remember who has what rose.. can't have enough of rose pics..
Rachel
Twilight zone.. not very shrubby at the moment.. colour is similar to munstead now.. scent is mild as well..supposed to be spicy.. I get proper/ strong clove scent (like a Dianthus) from my Eyes for you.. will see how it will go from here..
Emily Bronte.. slightly smaller flower than usual.. only austin which produced a smaller flower in first flush.. makes up for the size with her scent..
Boscobel.. retains the peachy-ness better than Eustacia/ Emily bronte..
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Cramoisi Superieur is an impossible rose to photograph, especially in sun. The actual colour is a bright, carmine red; the spotty bits on the right-hand bloom are morning dew drops:
Gabriel Oak, too bright in sun
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The Ancient Mariner. Growing slowly but he is next to a big Apple tree.
Munstead wood brothers
Lady of Shalott.
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