Thanks for the review. Honestly, not a rose I would have considered purchasing in the past. However, it just might make my shopping list! Your pictures and review have certainly make me reconsider my views.
'Adam' … climbing Tea
rose, [Adam, France 1838]... [my rose ex-Beales, I.d. Disputed but I
won't go into that here].
Compact, thornless
climbing roses are hard to come by, most people go for the well known
Zephirine Drouhin, but we do have a rather special rose like this
one, and the only thorns I ever found on it, were 2 on a lateral
cane...
Vigorous upright
growth, freely branching, to about 8 feet, maybe more with time,
good foliage and continuity of bloom.. tea scented... I only grew it
in the greenhouse as I had no room outside, it's quite hardy and does
not need protection except in the coldest northern parts where a wall
may be useful...
This is a 'Gloire de
Dijon' type of Old Rose with quartered blooms and quilled petals of a pink/apricot and yellow blend... produces large hips if not
deadheaded...
My rose had support but
I would guess it could be grown freestanding as a large shrub, or
pruned shorter..
I had no disease issues, which is surprising considering the humidity in a greenhouse..
A unique colour.. a
most unusual rose, rarely seen, if you want something very few other
people will have in their gardens... a classic rose from the 19thC..
'American Pillar' …
[van Fleet, USA 1902] [R. wichuriana/R. Setigera x unnamed seedling]
One of the most planted
ramblers seen all over the country, perhaps because it roots easily
from cuttings and gets passed on, but it has never graced my garden.
I enjoy admiring it in others... usually considered once flowering
but it does offer some modest repeat in autumn, in some years..
thorny, rather coarse framework but with large glossy foliage.. very
vigorous but surprisingly can be grown as a large shrub or kept to a
low wall or muddled hedges, as it is so often seen.
Vita Sackville-West
hated this rose and wanted it abolished from our gardens. She didn't
like it, so nobody else should either? She failed in that campaign
as it's to be found all over the place.. The artist Claude Monet
loved it and sent plants to all his friends, hence it's very popular
in France..
This rose is so
ubiquitous, often seen in coastal village cottages rambling along an
old wall, or amongst muddled mixed hedges, especially in the West
Country for some reason..
I just looked on google
maps and within 5 minutes roaming around, I found several of these
roses in cottage gardens in Cornwall, one in Looe and at least 4 within 100 yards of each other, along a lane near Falmouth on
opposite sides of the road.. I was born down the road from here and
the creek opposite was our 'playing field'.. very poor back then,
very upmarket today.
I'll try and link to
it, the rose is so pretty on this cottage wall.. just a little way
up the lane there is another on a white cottage wall and 2 more along
the roadside.. it's everywhere !
..at Peter Beales rose gardens.. I find this arch a little too high and wide for my taste but I think they've trained the rose beautifully and it looks superb..
Love this thread! Thank you for sharing your knowlege with us. I have AMND on my wish list still, I got wild rover instead but its still on there! Ive never seen 'Adam' before, or even for sale, thats really beautiful, I see what you mean by the colour, I love those almost pinky tones swirled in. I wonder how it would do in rain? My friend would love that too... hmmm... birthday...
'Amethyst Star' ..
[Rawlins, UK 2017].. also sold as 'Special Brother'.. a Floribunda to
about 3 feet. [breeding undisclosed..]
I'm quite fond of this
rose and rather impressed with it despite the fact that, the
individual blooms would not win any beauty prizes. This is not a
glamorous rose.. they sometimes lack form and can be rather muddled
in appearance, but the rose makes up for this in a number of other
ways, which makes it a rose for my garden border..
The blooms are mostly
purple with white splashes, sometimes more pink... they have a sweet
strong fragrance which you might not expect.. they are semi double
showing the stamens. The foliage is an unusual olive green with
fimbriated stipules.
It blooms in large
clusters with up to 40 blooms per stem and flowers all season until
late.. This rose comes with an added bonus – it's virtually
thornless... there are a few right at the base, but none on the
extension growth.
It does reasonably well
in the first season from a bare root planting, without setting the
world alight in performance, the clusters are smaller and so it's not
as floriferous, but it takes off in the 2nd year.. I'm
happy to keep this rose, it blends with so many pinks..
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'Adam' … climbing Tea rose, [Adam, France 1838]... [my rose ex-Beales, I.d. Disputed but I won't go into that here].
Compact, thornless climbing roses are hard to come by, most people go for the well known Zephirine Drouhin, but we do have a rather special rose like this one, and the only thorns I ever found on it, were 2 on a lateral cane...
Vigorous upright growth, freely branching, to about 8 feet, maybe more with time, good foliage and continuity of bloom.. tea scented... I only grew it in the greenhouse as I had no room outside, it's quite hardy and does not need protection except in the coldest northern parts where a wall may be useful...
This is a 'Gloire de Dijon' type of Old Rose with quartered blooms and quilled petals of a pink/apricot and yellow blend... produces large hips if not deadheaded...
My rose had support but I would guess it could be grown freestanding as a large shrub, or pruned shorter..
I had no disease issues, which is surprising considering the humidity in a greenhouse..
A unique colour.. a most unusual rose, rarely seen, if you want something very few other people will have in their gardens... a classic rose from the 19thC..
tomorrow.. 'American Pillar'..Just the colour and size too, to grow up the bare trunk of my Cordyline.
Hmm...
'American Pillar' … [van Fleet, USA 1902] [R. wichuriana/R. Setigera x unnamed seedling]
One of the most planted ramblers seen all over the country, perhaps because it roots easily from cuttings and gets passed on, but it has never graced my garden. I enjoy admiring it in others... usually considered once flowering but it does offer some modest repeat in autumn, in some years.. thorny, rather coarse framework but with large glossy foliage.. very vigorous but surprisingly can be grown as a large shrub or kept to a low wall or muddled hedges, as it is so often seen.
Vita Sackville-West hated this rose and wanted it abolished from our gardens. She didn't like it, so nobody else should either? She failed in that campaign as it's to be found all over the place.. The artist Claude Monet loved it and sent plants to all his friends, hence it's very popular in France..
This rose is so ubiquitous, often seen in coastal village cottages rambling along an old wall, or amongst muddled mixed hedges, especially in the West Country for some reason..
I just looked on google maps and within 5 minutes roaming around, I found several of these roses in cottage gardens in Cornwall, one in Looe and at least 4 within 100 yards of each other, along a lane near Falmouth on opposite sides of the road.. I was born down the road from here and the creek opposite was our 'playing field'.. very poor back then, very upmarket today.
I'll try and link to it, the rose is so pretty on this cottage wall.. just a little way up the lane there is another on a white cottage wall and 2 more along the roadside.. it's everywhere !
https://goo.gl/maps/XJ6TgFvJFF4m24b89
..at Peter Beales rose gardens.. I find this arch a little too high and wide for my taste but I think they've trained the rose beautifully and it looks superb..
...so cheerful and welcoming..
..with Clematis 'Rhapsody'..
..tomorrow... 'Amethyst Star'..
I have AMND on my wish list still, I got wild rover instead but its still on there!
Ive never seen 'Adam' before, or even for sale, thats really beautiful, I see what you mean by the colour, I love those almost pinky tones swirled in. I wonder how it would do in rain? My friend would love that too... hmmm... birthday...
..thanks all, glad you like it...
'Amethyst Star' .. [Rawlins, UK 2017].. also sold as 'Special Brother'.. a Floribunda to about 3 feet. [breeding undisclosed..]
I'm quite fond of this rose and rather impressed with it despite the fact that, the individual blooms would not win any beauty prizes. This is not a glamorous rose.. they sometimes lack form and can be rather muddled in appearance, but the rose makes up for this in a number of other ways, which makes it a rose for my garden border..
The blooms are mostly purple with white splashes, sometimes more pink... they have a sweet strong fragrance which you might not expect.. they are semi double showing the stamens. The foliage is an unusual olive green with fimbriated stipules.
It blooms in large clusters with up to 40 blooms per stem and flowers all season until late.. This rose comes with an added bonus – it's virtually thornless... there are a few right at the base, but none on the extension growth.
It does reasonably well in the first season from a bare root planting, without setting the world alight in performance, the clusters are smaller and so it's not as floriferous, but it takes off in the 2nd year.. I'm happy to keep this rose, it blends with so many pinks..
… tomorrow... 'Anne Boleyn'..