'The Poet's Wife'...
[Austin, UK 2014]... English Rose shrub, 4' x 6' in my garden, grown
north facing shady site.
This rose flowers
continuously without cease through the season. I grew it at the same
time as another popular rose highlighted earlier called 'Absolutely
Fabulous' and it outcompeted it for continuity of bloom. Just...
The blooms are deep
yellow fading to creamy yellow, strongly scented of lemon citrus and
fully double, sometimes giving a quartered effect.
For me the rose grew at
least as wide as tall and I did need to put a stake in, here and
there. Also suitable for pegging down as the canes have enough
flexibility. Very graceful in the landscape with other plants.
Foliage was generally
healthy and caused few issues for me. I hardly remember it getting
blackspot, but I did prefer the foliage and growth habit of
'Absolutely Fabulous', but liked the scent more on 'The Poet's Wife',
also it's perhaps better suited to a rose and perennial garden
border, as it's not quite so overpowering, and blends in.
A terrific yellow shrub
rose.. Blooms do not last long in a vase but it's too tempting not to
pick a few.
How would you describe the scent on Ab fab..? would it fit in any of the category of scents that David Austin describe them as? for me it was.. I dunno.. scent of an old hospital ward..?? Its strong but was not pleasant for me in the first year...
@Marlorena I have to say your passion for roses has certainly inspired me to introduce more in to my garden. It is very much appreciated and most helpful as I just used to stand staring at roses in the GC not knowing what they would eventually look like or how long they flowered for. I am also keen on trying to grow more container grown roses. Could you tell me, do you do much to protect against diseases such as blackspot etc? as I feel that your plants always look so healthy. Thank you.
@cooldoc .. scent of anise, like liquorice, that's how it's often described and that's what I got too.. I loved it actually, some don't get it at all, but it was quite strong on my plant. I wouldn't have thought of a 'hospital ward' analogy though, but I can sort of understand that.....
.. no, I don't spray roses for anything... if they offend me too much in some way, then they're gone. I take a hard line in various ways, but I'm always trying different roses, so removing some, even the most healthy ones, and replacing with another, is an ongoing thing here.. I don't recommend anyone else take this line though, and if I had an acre, then most would stay a lot longer.. I'm already scheming my 'exits' for later this year...
Looking forward to seeing everyone's roses on the new thread a bit later.. thanks again..
Do you change the soil each time you change a rose?
It must be hard work digging them up. I dug 7 roses up from the vegetable garden in February. I'd ordered them last year on a special offer and when they arrived they were very small. They grew long roots in one year, it was a tough job digging them up.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
@Busy-Lizzie .. only a little amendment usually, as some will not have been in the ground that long to build up pathogens, and others will have been in pots. It depends what I dig up when I go digging, how extensive the root system is, etc.. I have to admit, I've reached the stage now when I won't be replacing as much as I used to, just one or two here and there...
'Tottering-by-Gently'..
[Austin, UK 2018] English Rose shrub/Hybrid Musk.. 6' x 4'..
[Named for the cartoon, which is a regular feature on the back of 'Country Life' magazine]..
As single yellow roses
go, I find this to be quite astonishing, even though the scent is
only light, musky, perhaps a bit of citrus.
The foliage is
semi-glossy, very healthy from the 2nd season. My plant
had a small amount of rust in the first year, which was not evident
in the 2nd or subsequently.
There are thorns, but not too many.
I have this rose tied
back to a 6 foot obelisk, and it gets as tall during the summer,
possibly to 7 feet. It flowers continuously, with quite large single
flowers, lemon yellow fading to pale yellow, and blooms from top to
toe.. if the last flush of flowers is not deadheaded, then in autumn
it will set a mass of large hips that eventually turn orange and then
red. There is no absolute need to deadhead this rose as it will
continue to produce flowering shoots regardless, but even so, I do
like to do so until early August, then I leave it alone.
It's vigorous and sends
up many basals, forming a close thicket of canes. The growth habit is
arching, and can therefore be grown as a freestanding shrub without
support.
Comparing it to other
single roses, this is surely one of the very best.
Sometimes I think I have too many yellow roses, and there's another coming up tomorrow, but if you spread them out a bit, it's not so noticeable.. throw in a few purples and crimsons and we're ok I think..
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'The Poet's Wife'... [Austin, UK 2014]... English Rose shrub, 4' x 6' in my garden, grown north facing shady site.
This rose flowers continuously without cease through the season. I grew it at the same time as another popular rose highlighted earlier called 'Absolutely Fabulous' and it outcompeted it for continuity of bloom. Just...
The blooms are deep yellow fading to creamy yellow, strongly scented of lemon citrus and fully double, sometimes giving a quartered effect.
For me the rose grew at least as wide as tall and I did need to put a stake in, here and there. Also suitable for pegging down as the canes have enough flexibility. Very graceful in the landscape with other plants.
Foliage was generally healthy and caused few issues for me. I hardly remember it getting blackspot, but I did prefer the foliage and growth habit of 'Absolutely Fabulous', but liked the scent more on 'The Poet's Wife', also it's perhaps better suited to a rose and perennial garden border, as it's not quite so overpowering, and blends in.
A terrific yellow shrub rose.. Blooms do not last long in a vase but it's too tempting not to pick a few.
…. tomorrow.. 'Tottering-by-Gently'...
.. scent of anise, like liquorice, that's how it's often described and that's what I got too.. I loved it actually, some don't get it at all, but it was quite strong on my plant. I wouldn't have thought of a 'hospital ward' analogy though, but I can sort of understand that.....
..thanks so much, I'm pleased to hear that..
.. no, I don't spray roses for anything... if they offend me too much in some way, then they're gone. I take a hard line in various ways, but I'm always trying different roses, so removing some, even the most healthy ones, and replacing with another, is an ongoing thing here..
I don't recommend anyone else take this line though, and if I had an acre, then most would stay a lot longer..
I'm already scheming my 'exits' for later this year...
Looking forward to seeing everyone's roses on the new thread a bit later.. thanks again..
It must be hard work digging them up. I dug 7 roses up from the vegetable garden in February. I'd ordered them last year on a special offer and when they arrived they were very small. They grew long roots in one year, it was a tough job digging them up.
.. only a little amendment usually, as some will not have been in the ground that long to build up pathogens, and others will have been in pots. It depends what I dig up when I go digging, how extensive the root system is, etc.. I have to admit, I've reached the stage now when I won't be replacing as much as I used to, just one or two here and there...
'Tottering-by-Gently'.. [Austin, UK 2018] English Rose shrub/Hybrid Musk.. 6' x 4'..
[Named for the cartoon, which is a regular feature on the back of 'Country Life' magazine]..
As single yellow roses go, I find this to be quite astonishing, even though the scent is only light, musky, perhaps a bit of citrus.
The foliage is semi-glossy, very healthy from the 2nd season. My plant had a small amount of rust in the first year, which was not evident in the 2nd or subsequently.
There are thorns, but not too many.
I have this rose tied back to a 6 foot obelisk, and it gets as tall during the summer, possibly to 7 feet. It flowers continuously, with quite large single flowers, lemon yellow fading to pale yellow, and blooms from top to toe.. if the last flush of flowers is not deadheaded, then in autumn it will set a mass of large hips that eventually turn orange and then red. There is no absolute need to deadhead this rose as it will continue to produce flowering shoots regardless, but even so, I do like to do so until early August, then I leave it alone.
It's vigorous and sends up many basals, forming a close thicket of canes. The growth habit is arching, and can therefore be grown as a freestanding shrub without support.
Comparing it to other single roses, this is surely one of the very best.
...the top of the plant..
..and the bottom..
...tomorrow 'Vanessa Bell'...