..thanks again for all the kind comments, it's terribly flattering... so back to my virtual world here's my offering for today..
'Scented Garden'...
[Warner, UK 2008]... floribunda/shrub about 5 feet..
One of the easiest
roses I've ever had and should be better known. If ever there was a
rose for any garden, it's surely this one. It's been a winner for me
right from the first season. The foliage is always clean, it flowers
continuously and does not need full sun, mine is in shade most of the
day.. It's amenable to being trained on a 5 foot obelisk and I just
think it exudes quiet charm and floral beauty, blending with whatever
is around it.
The rich apricot buds
open to blooms that are semi double, lemon yellow with pink edges,
fading to a creamy blush white flower... it blooms in clusters from
top to bottom, in an airy and graceful manner..
The scent is musky to
my nose, quite pleasant, not sweet.. it sets hips if the last flush
is not deadheaded..
I would recommend this
rose to anybody that wanted something a little different..
'Scepter'd Isle'..
[Austin, UK 1997] English Rose shrub, about 5' x 4'..
I had this rose about
10 years, it was one of my favourites for most of that time, but like
some of these types of roses, I find they develop disease issues that
build up over time, and eventually lose vigour... that is what
happened to my rose, so I felt a change was needed..
Otherwise, a fabulous, strongly fragrant continuous blooming rose.. the scent is that of myrrh
which not everyone likes, but I happen to love it.. the blooms are
a light pink with paler outer petals, sometimes globular, cupped or
semi double to fully double classically shaped.. sets hips..
The foliage is dark and
a little dull, where the edges fold over, typical of this line of
Austin roses, which derive from an earlier variety called
'Heritage'..
This rose benefits from
occasional removal of some older canes, as it will repay you with a
whole host of fresh basal growth, more than replacing what you've
removed.. [see photo below]..
I found this to be an
almost perfect rose in the early years, until its disease resistance
started to falter, and deteriorated over time in my garden..
..removal of a couple of old canes produces an eruption of basal growth..
'The Ancient
Mariner'... [Austin, UK 2015] English Rose shrub about 6' x 5'..
Forms a large, bulky
rather upright shrub that produces masses of buds in clusters on
strong stalks.. the buds as they open are quite beautiful, blush
pink/apricot, opening out to fully double large blooms, mid pink in
the centre, paler outside... a scent of spice and sweetness.. I did
not get the 'myrrh' that is often reported..
Fairly continuous bloom
performance in summer, the canes are purple and have few thorns, some
canes are thornless.
The clusters of flowers
get heavy on the canes and during rain can be weigh them down. I
felt it necessary to put a stake in here and there during heavy
rain..
The Spring foliage is
fine too, a mix of grey, green and bronze..
A magnificent shrub in
full flush, but I found it tapered off by August, and I did not get
many autumn blooms that I recall..
'The Anniversary
Rose'.. [Meilland, France 2005] .. ['Dee-Lish',. 'Line
Renaud'..'Sweet Parfum de Provence'.. 'Elbflorenz'..] Hybrid
Tea/shrub to about 5 feet.
House of Meilland meets
House of Austin, marrying up the best of their Hybrid Teas with the
best of the English Roses. The result is magnificent.
It's often said there
is no such thing as a perfect rose, there are always faults, but so
far I'm struggling to find one in this variety. I've had this rose
for one season from a bare root, and it spent most of the time in my
greenhouse in a plastic pot, enduring 100deg heat. Later in autumn
it was put outside and repotted. The change made no difference.
This rose is heat tolerant, rain resistant and 100 percent disease resistant. Right
up until January the foliage had no blemishes.
It also has a fabulous
scent that I would describe as of sweet damask roses mixed with
citrus grapefruit.
The growth is unlike a typical hybrid tea, it's shrubby and eventually can develop into a
sizable shrub. Hybrid Tea like only in that it seems to have 1, 2 or
3 buds per stem. The buds are red, opening out to mid pink, large
fully double, rounded often quartered blooms, sometimes less full,
but often of exquisite perfection. There are thorns but not
excessive. The Spring foliage is most attractive, all grey/green and
bronze..
It appears not to be
that fertile for breeding purposes, some blooms may nod a little,
perhaps they could last longer on the bush, but this is nit-picking.
It should be planted near a seat or anywhere within easy reach. We
cannot miss out on this fragrance.
This rose has been
described elsewhere as ''a masterpiece''.. So far I see nothing to
disagree with that.
What a super thread @Marlorena ! I'm catching up with it this morning. I did take your recommendation for Purple Skyliner for a NW facing wall. I'll post a picture when it flowers.
Based in Sussex, I garden to encourage as many birds to my garden as possible.
I too love this thread @Marlorena, having seen all your beautiful pictures I've just ordered perfect harmony. There are lots more too which are so tempting
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'Scented Garden'... [Warner, UK 2008]... floribunda/shrub about 5 feet..
One of the easiest roses I've ever had and should be better known. If ever there was a rose for any garden, it's surely this one. It's been a winner for me right from the first season. The foliage is always clean, it flowers continuously and does not need full sun, mine is in shade most of the day.. It's amenable to being trained on a 5 foot obelisk and I just think it exudes quiet charm and floral beauty, blending with whatever is around it.
The rich apricot buds open to blooms that are semi double, lemon yellow with pink edges, fading to a creamy blush white flower... it blooms in clusters from top to bottom, in an airy and graceful manner..
The scent is musky to my nose, quite pleasant, not sweet.. it sets hips if the last flush is not deadheaded..
I would recommend this rose to anybody that wanted something a little different..
..tomorrow.. 'Scepter'd Isle'..
I'm not sure, but I do know it's sold from a Belgium nursery, FIL roses..
http://www.filroses.com/DetaliiProdus/1951/rose//scented_garden.html
'Scepter'd Isle'.. [Austin, UK 1997] English Rose shrub, about 5' x 4'..
I had this rose about 10 years, it was one of my favourites for most of that time, but like some of these types of roses, I find they develop disease issues that build up over time, and eventually lose vigour... that is what happened to my rose, so I felt a change was needed..
Otherwise, a fabulous, strongly fragrant continuous blooming rose.. the scent is that of myrrh which not everyone likes, but I happen to love it.. the blooms are a light pink with paler outer petals, sometimes globular, cupped or semi double to fully double classically shaped.. sets hips..
The foliage is dark and a little dull, where the edges fold over, typical of this line of Austin roses, which derive from an earlier variety called 'Heritage'..
This rose benefits from occasional removal of some older canes, as it will repay you with a whole host of fresh basal growth, more than replacing what you've removed.. [see photo below]..
I found this to be an almost perfect rose in the early years, until its disease resistance started to falter, and deteriorated over time in my garden..
..removal of a couple of old canes produces an eruption of basal growth..
… tomorrow.. 'The Ancient Mariner'...
'The Ancient Mariner'... [Austin, UK 2015] English Rose shrub about 6' x 5'..
Forms a large, bulky rather upright shrub that produces masses of buds in clusters on strong stalks.. the buds as they open are quite beautiful, blush pink/apricot, opening out to fully double large blooms, mid pink in the centre, paler outside... a scent of spice and sweetness.. I did not get the 'myrrh' that is often reported..
Fairly continuous bloom performance in summer, the canes are purple and have few thorns, some canes are thornless.
The clusters of flowers get heavy on the canes and during rain can be weigh them down. I felt it necessary to put a stake in here and there during heavy rain..
The Spring foliage is fine too, a mix of grey, green and bronze..
A magnificent shrub in full flush, but I found it tapered off by August, and I did not get many autumn blooms that I recall..
..tomorrow... 'The Anniversary Rose'...
'The Anniversary Rose'.. [Meilland, France 2005] .. ['Dee-Lish',. 'Line Renaud'..'Sweet Parfum de Provence'.. 'Elbflorenz'..] Hybrid Tea/shrub to about 5 feet.
House of Meilland meets House of Austin, marrying up the best of their Hybrid Teas with the best of the English Roses. The result is magnificent.
It's often said there is no such thing as a perfect rose, there are always faults, but so far I'm struggling to find one in this variety. I've had this rose for one season from a bare root, and it spent most of the time in my greenhouse in a plastic pot, enduring 100deg heat. Later in autumn it was put outside and repotted. The change made no difference.
This rose is heat tolerant, rain resistant and 100 percent disease resistant. Right up until January the foliage had no blemishes.
It also has a fabulous scent that I would describe as of sweet damask roses mixed with citrus grapefruit.
The growth is unlike a typical hybrid tea, it's shrubby and eventually can develop into a sizable shrub. Hybrid Tea like only in that it seems to have 1, 2 or 3 buds per stem. The buds are red, opening out to mid pink, large fully double, rounded often quartered blooms, sometimes less full, but often of exquisite perfection. There are thorns but not excessive. The Spring foliage is most attractive, all grey/green and bronze..
It appears not to be that fertile for breeding purposes, some blooms may nod a little, perhaps they could last longer on the bush, but this is nit-picking. It should be planted near a seat or anywhere within easy reach. We cannot miss out on this fragrance.
This rose has been described elsewhere as ''a masterpiece''.. So far I see nothing to disagree with that.
.. tomorrow.. 'The Country Parson'..
..thanks so much, great to see you here... I'm delighted you got that rose..