ROSES Autumn/Winter Season 2021/22

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• Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494

  February 2022

  @tack, I use the steel spirals in different heights to support my delphiniums. Think they look much nicer and interesting in their own right than canes and far easier to insert into my clay soil.

  North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone

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• Mr. Vine Eye Posts: 2,394

  February 2022

  All this delphinium talk has brought this to mind:
  
  
  

  There once was a Dormouse who lived in a bed

  Of delphiniums (blue) and geraniums (red)

  And all the day long he'd a wonderful view

  Of geraniums (red) and delphiniums (blue)

  
  

  
  

  East Yorkshire

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• Rojas Posts: 181

  February 2022 edited February 2022

  Thank you @pitter-patter for the Clematis recommendations. They are full of colours and looks beautiful. I'm going to pick minimum of 3 from these for now! 
  
  @Marlorena That's a lot of information about the 'Star of India', Thank you.  I love the bright colours and it's disease free. Definitely I am going for this.
  
  @Fire and @Tack Thank you and I shall keep it in the pots until April. 

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• JessicaS Posts: 870

  February 2022 edited February 2022

  Ive got those top 3 and Taiga as well @pitter-patter your pics are way better though I loved Taiga and Sieboldii last year, very unusual and intricate. Rest are newly planted, hope they look as good as yours.
  This is Gisele, with rosa checkmate
  
  
  

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• daisym Posts: 108

  February 2022

  I have received a beautiful bouquet of red roses. Is it possible to identify which they are? Very dark red with velvety petals? Many thanks if anyone can. Much darker than in the photo!

  East Dunbartonshire

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• zugenie Posts: 831

  February 2022

  I've been looking for a rose to compliment my very pink peony (inherited from my Nan), I think 'Variegata di Bologna' will be hopping in my basket if it's still in stock in march!! Has anyone grown it?

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• Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494

  February 2022

  @daisym, beautiful roses but unfortunately I would hazard a guess at this time of year especially that most florist's roses are bred for the trade (a lot from Kenya) and are not named. 

  North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone

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• Fire Posts: 19,096

  February 2022

  The Dormouse lay there, and he gazed at the view

  Of geraniums (red) and delphiniums (blue),

  And he knew there was nothing he wanted instead

  Of delphiniums (blue) and geraniums (red).

  
  

  

  
  

  (It's really a very sad tale. A warning to all gardeners. And everyone else).
  

  It's my main memory of delphiniums (too).
  

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• pitter-patter Posts: 2,429

  February 2022

  @JessicaS That rose ‘Checkmate’ is very pretty. I have to say I really like single and semi-double roses and I’ve added two more that should be really good this year: Odyssey and Scented Garden. Good luck with your clematis plants, they should only be getting better. I’m in East Midlands as well, so we share the same climate. 

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• daisym Posts: 108

  February 2022

  @Lizzie27 Thank you. I suspect you are correct. Most of the roses are almost perfect but no fragrance. I will start a search for the nearest equivalent so that I can grow my own.

  East Dunbartonshire

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