I’m feeling naughty and tempted to add a Ghislaine de Feligonde standard to my TCL order. I’ve always wanted to try a standard and this would be for an extension of my north-facing rose border, which was meant to be for shrubs. Well a rose is a shrub isn’t it?! GdeF is meant to be shade tolerant and suitable for a north wall. Does anyone grow it successfully in the shade? Does it thrive and bloom well?
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I could, but I'm not that keen on roses in pots, or even on most shrub roses. I love seeing them all here on this thread, but not really for my garden. I am exploring hedge types or lower growing ones that I might mix into a border - but even that is quite new for me. Most of my roses are climbers that clothe the surrounding fences. My garden is just over three metres wide, so I like the roses to gain height, using arches and trellis. Most of what I have in pots are dahlias, because I love them and they don't last five mins in the ground.
Another garden, larger, would perhaps offer more options. I love how Dixter can seamlessly mix and mingle roses into their borders and beds so they twine in and you often don't see the shape of the shrub. That's my cup of tea. A great art I don't currently possess.
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I also realise I kind of use the buying of plants as a kind of 'consumer therapy' and I don't like it. My impulse to buy flowering plants, bulbs, seeds etc is so strong, esp in the spring. It feels like it's ok because they are plants (?!) but really, it's just more consumerism. I have a tendancy try out plants and I give many away, and it's daft. Buying them involves more plastic, more transporting, more packaging, the plants are usually full of insecticides and fungicides etc. I hate it when a plant dies because I didn't look after it. It seems wasteful and pointless. Ultimately I want to be more careful about my buying habits - as I am trying to be with clothes, travel and food etc. It's not punitive, more appreciative of what I have, and an effort to make better use of resources.
This extends to garden wear, tools, edging, ornaments and things. There's so very much lovely stuff out there, I could spend literally thousands every year on such beauties. Some how it feels not so important to watch out and I whisper to myself "the flowers bring you joy, such lovely colours, good for the bees" .... on and on - like it doesn't really count. But it's all more stuff and it all counts....
@Fire its a nice looking rose. I love Harkness, mine from them do well. Syries gone nuts again this week with buds atop huge canes and mountbatten is still flowering away.
I of course resisted the 20% off and absolutely didnt order fetzer syrah for a pot and climber bridge of sighs, which isnt for one side of the new obelisk in the peachy purple border... obviously....
Syrie looks like an absolutely gorg rose. I have an Ena Harkess which I do enjoy. I will be moving it to the back this winter. My climber that doesn't climb.
Do you have rose Roald Dahl or Buttercup. How are these? Fragrance, health, size?
Hi @newbie77 I got Roald Dahl this summer and put it in a large pot. From my limited experience, it’s extremely healthy and floriferous — I haven’t noticed any blackspot at all. Good rain resistance too. The scent is light for me, I have to really get in close to get the fruity fragrance.
Photo taken today, there are more than a dozen buds, height and width are both 80 cm:
Photos taken in early September, the blooms have a lovely glow:
@Athelas, thanks for all the details and photos. I would like to have a healthy and floriforous rose that I can keep in pot. Roald Dahl is in my list now.
I hope everyone's Princes do well, mine was a very weedy plant when I got it but flowered well. I wonder whether all these buds on it now will come to anything?Would anyone like to see my seedlings? Here they are anyway, seedling 2 (the yellow one) is doing so much better I thought I'd let it flower again if possible.
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I of course resisted the 20% off and absolutely didnt order fetzer syrah for a pot and climber bridge of sighs, which isnt for one side of the new obelisk in the peachy purple border... obviously....
Photo taken today, there are more than a dozen buds, height and width are both 80 cm:
Photos taken in early September, the blooms have a lovely glow:
Seedlings at doing great too.
My 'The Prince' has arrived yesterday and I've planted them out today.
@newbie77 Have you got yours yet?