I have to say, Grafin Diana aka Royal Parfuma is a beautiful rose…hard to capture the colour, it’s similar to Munstead Wood but more of a blackened magenta, with velvety petals and a lovely fragrance.
@Omori ive never seen Corvedale before, thats gorgeous! I love a cupped bloom! ‐-------
Anyone brought any sort of rose supports other than arch/ rounded obelisks for climbers they can show? I have a fair few hybrid teas and they do have a habit of getting very enthusiastically tall. Rosa des cistertiens has delusions of climbing! Looking at open top obelisk maybe to provide a frame to flop round....
Lovely Autumn blooms everyone. Plenty of whites and pinks coming into a late flush here but I’m off down to the south to see some old friends for 5 days so I’m hoping there will be something left when I get back! Last one from me for a while then, Mme. Isacc Pereire:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
You're having a busy late summer @Nollie .. so enjoy your time down south... 'Munstead Wood'... this is not the colour I'm looking at out there.. 'Pink Martini'.. ..fasciated bloom on 'Donatella'.. .and a proper one.. ..late flower on Hemerocallis 'Stafford'..
@JessicaS .. I have all sorts of supports, some makeshift... most I got from garden centres, and some online.. I'm not sure exactly what you're looking for but I also have green metal spikes of various lengths and thickness that just push into the ground, I find these useful as they disappear amongst the foliage..
@Marlorena basically something better than the bamboo garden canes! Ill try some of the green spikes, I think I know which you mean, Id forgotten those. I was looking at more structured square collumn supports too, but then I dont want too much black metal!
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Anyone brought any sort of rose supports other than arch/ rounded obelisks for climbers they can show? I have a fair few hybrid teas and they do have a habit of getting very enthusiastically tall. Rosa des cistertiens has delusions of climbing! Looking at open top obelisk maybe to provide a frame to flop round....
.. so enjoy your time down south...
'Munstead Wood'... this is not the colour I'm looking at out there..
'Pink Martini'..
..fasciated bloom on 'Donatella'..
.and a proper one..
..late flower on Hemerocallis 'Stafford'..
.. I have all sorts of supports, some makeshift... most I got from garden centres, and some online.. I'm not sure exactly what you're looking for but I also have green metal spikes of various lengths and thickness that just push into the ground, I find these useful as they disappear amongst the foliage..
https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1059559/climbing-rose-concern#latest
Thanks 🕊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.