Well my Arthur Bell has dried out enough to tackle getting it upright again. Before After Not so pretty but at least it won't snap under its own weight. 🙄
A few highlights from Queen Mary's Rose garden (on holiday in Hampstead). Many of the blooms have been damaged by the weather but so many lovely flowers left.
Oooh, I like that Pride of Cheshire, that's a bit snazzy.
Rose of the Day is Flanders, a really tidy little rose, showing a bit pink on the photo but it is a red-red. I've included a further away photo to show its real colour and place in the garden, in one of the front garden borders.
I'm quite delighted with this one, Alfred Colomb, this is the first bloom on a first year plant and I snipped it off because it was low and hiding. Strong and sweet scent, I carried it around to compare with other similar colours, it is pinker than Tuscany and Munstead Wood but only a small bloom, 2 1/2 inches not sure if this is typical.
Two sets of Munstead Wood twins, MW has been in bloom since 7th May and shows no signs of stopping:
Lady Emma Hamilton got battered by weather so never really got going earlier, but having regrew a lot of her foliage is now beginning a ‘second’ flush:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
A few highlights from Queen Mary's Rose garden (on holiday in Hampstead).
@Suesyn If you are staying in Hampstead, check out the gardens at Fenton House. Very lovely. Also there are loads of great NGS gardens opening in the area.
So many beautiful roses, from everyone and also diverse ,resulting in additions on the wishlist.
The weather has also changed last Friday towards thunderstorms and heavy rain.The roses are getting a bashing but improvement is forecasted . The 33 degrees of last week is also not my cup of tea. I really love the scent of Guirlande rose. It is subtle when you pass by but still a nice fresh feeling.
Also Gret’s joy has a really nice parfum.( second bloom with a floppy stem)
First blooms on Maria Lisa.super vibrant!not sure if it is a keeper but will give it another year. Or maybe plant it at a tree. And now time need to pass to cover this wall ⏳ patience is a virtue.
I like the look of Maria Lisa a lot @Imprevu. I have just started a rambler growing into a tree, I think it will interesting to see how it behaves once beyond my reach, Alexandre Girault
You photograph your lovely roses beautifully @Omori. Just Joey is gorgeous.
No,no @Nollie I will resist MW, your photographs have led me astray before. I do not need another awkward plant.
I would love a border to look like that one with Flanders @Victoria Sponge, what a lot to delight there.
I was interested in the petal thing @micearguers, in fact I thought that it looked like a wedding had passed by here today! I rather like fallen petals from the potted roses, less fond of them if I have to pick sodden clumps off the smaller plants in the garden.
It was lovely to get out today to deadhead, tie in and admire. Bathsheba
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Not so pretty but at least it won't snap under its own weight. 🙄
Just Joey
Red Perfumella
Rose of the Day is Flanders, a really tidy little rose, showing a bit pink on the photo but it is a red-red. I've included a further away photo to show its real colour and place in the garden, in one of the front garden borders.
I'm quite delighted with this one, Alfred Colomb, this is the first bloom on a first year plant and I snipped it off because it was low and hiding. Strong and sweet scent, I carried it around to compare with other similar colours, it is pinker than Tuscany and Munstead Wood but only a small bloom, 2 1/2 inches not sure if this is typical.
Sneak preview of the heart warming Gallica off:
Lady Emma Hamilton got battered by weather so never really got going earlier, but having regrew a lot of her foliage is now beginning a ‘second’ flush:
I really love the scent of Guirlande rose. It is subtle when you pass by but still a nice fresh feeling.
patience is a virtue.