@owd potter .. I think a combination of the camera setting and the sun, but it does have the merest hint of pink on some inner petals, accentuated in the photo above.. ..have a look at these.. I couldn't think of this as anything other than a white rose although I love the tints..
@owd potter .. I know you're a bit sensitive to pink.. that right?.. so I should warn you about 'Desdemona' as I think you were wanting this one too.. ..some further pics today.. as you can see, on some blooms there are tints of apricot/pink.. ..and a nice white one..
'Carmen Wurth'.. at its best, one of the most astonishing roses I've ever grown.. 3/4 open bloom.. deliciously scented.. .. I wonder what this one is... hopefully I shall see it later today..
I like the halimium too. I was recently looking at a cross of halimium and cistus - halimiocistus. Marlorena, I know you grow both halimium and cistus, have you ever grown halimiocistus?
@owd potter .. I know you're a bit sensitive to pink.. that right?.. so I should warn you about 'Desdemona' as I think you were wanting this one too.. ..some further pics today.. as you can see, on some blooms there are tints of apricot/pink..
Hmmm, I love pink roses in their place but I have a perfect image in my head for my new bed, which is based on white through yellow into orange, but in muted pale tints of these colours, creams, apricots etc and in my head I do not imagine pink sitting well in this scheme. I think it was Nollie who noted that most whites have a slight pinkish cast early on, and I also observe that many white rose buds are pink, Your Desdemona pics are stunning, I'm also looking forward to seeing Gruss an Aachen as this also is slightly pink I think? Anyway, as you note with Botzaris, they all are white roses, so I must steel myself to accept some pink hints and get on with it, otherwise I am going to forego some real beauties. Thanks for your thoughts
@edhelka ..hi edhelka... yes I've grown Halimiocistus sahucii... it's a nice plant for a gravel garden, wide spreading, small white flowers, only its season is brief and I found a better type in Cistus 'Thrive' which is a larger plant all round and flowers all summer... giving a similar but better effect... I will be highlighting this one shortly..
...another plant I had, - they only last a few years needing replacing... was Halimium lasianthum 'Sandling'... I must get another when I see it... it's silver leafed, yellow flowers with a maroon blotch at the base.. it flowers over a long period too.. but soon gets woody.. but locals that passed by my front garden always seemed to comment on it, asking what it was..
I'm not sure if these types of plants are suited to wetter areas in the west, suffering winter wet,.. but I expect they would do alright in an appropriate location with sharp drainage... they seem to thrive in drought conditions..
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..the lower echelons of 'Kew Gardens'.. with Aquilegia 'Blue Barlow'..
.. I think a combination of the camera setting and the sun, but it does have the merest hint of pink on some inner petals, accentuated in the photo above..
..have a look at these.. I couldn't think of this as anything other than a white rose although I love the tints..
..a thornless climbing rose..
clematis 'Belle of Woking'..
.. I know you're a bit sensitive to pink.. that right?.. so I should warn you about 'Desdemona' as I think you were wanting this one too..
..some further pics today.. as you can see, on some blooms there are tints of apricot/pink..
..and a nice white one..
.. I wonder what this one is... hopefully I shall see it later today..
I think it was Nollie who noted that most whites have a slight pinkish cast early on, and I also observe that many white rose buds are pink,
Your Desdemona pics are stunning, I'm also looking forward to seeing Gruss an Aachen as this also is slightly pink I think?
Anyway, as you note with Botzaris, they all are white roses, so I must steel myself to accept some pink hints and get on with it, otherwise I am going to forego some real beauties.
Thanks for your thoughts
..hi edhelka... yes I've grown Halimiocistus sahucii... it's a nice plant for a gravel garden, wide spreading, small white flowers, only its season is brief and I found a better type in Cistus 'Thrive' which is a larger plant all round and flowers all summer... giving a similar but better effect... I will be highlighting this one shortly..
...another plant I had, - they only last a few years needing replacing... was Halimium lasianthum 'Sandling'... I must get another when I see it... it's silver leafed, yellow flowers with a maroon blotch at the base.. it flowers over a long period too.. but soon gets woody.. but locals that passed by my front garden always seemed to comment on it, asking what it was..
I'm not sure if these types of plants are suited to wetter areas in the west, suffering winter wet,.. but I expect they would do alright in an appropriate location with sharp drainage... they seem to thrive in drought conditions..