'Koenigin von Danemark'
['Queen of Denmark'] .. [Booth, Denmark 1816, intro 1826].. Alba
shrub rose about 6 x 6', with Damask/Rugosa ancestry..
I had this before in
another garden but the photos here are from a first season bare
root..
Scottish nurseryman,
James Booth bred this in 1816, from another Alba rose in a place
called Flottbek which is now part of Hamburg, Germany but then it was
part of Denmark, as Danish rosarians insist, so he named it 'Reine du Danemark' after the Queen..
Flottbek was taken by Prussia in 1871
and Germany much later, so it's really Danish bred, not German as often stated,
although it's usually sold with the German name, so I use that.
I think if anybody
wants to try just one summer flowering, old fashioned rose in their
garden, it should be this one. It's so easy to grow it's suitable
for those new to roses, and gives a good display in the first year
and it needs little maintenance.
Delicious scent,
exemplary foliage which lasts through to winter without a blemish.
This is a shrub rose that looks good in the background even without
flowers on it.. Removal of spent flower clusters is all that's
needed.
Grows quite large in
time, and flowers for about a month. My rose now planted in the
garden starting its 2nd year is about 4' x 3' currently.
''an
intensity of vivid carmine unequalled by any other old rose, opening
to a pale pink, often beautifully quartered with a button centre''
G.S.Thomas 1994....
...tomorrow 'Lady
Hillingdon' / 'Lady Mary Fitzwilliam'
'Lady Hillingdon'...
climber.. [Hicks, UK 1917] a climbing 'sport' of the 1910 Tea Rose
with the same name...
"When
I hear his steps outside my door I lie down on my bed, open my legs
and think of England."
… the famous quote Lady Hillingdon wrote in her diary in 1912, in
reference to her husband, the Baron.. Perhaps it's an experience
shared by so many, across the spectrum...
Rich butter yellow blooms with a
strong tea scent, vigorous climbing growth, capable of some 20 feet,
plenty of sharp thorns and good foliage, especially when young as
it's quite bronze.
Usually seen on the walls of large properties, where it is really best
suited. I grew it on my fence, shrublike – it's difficult and time consuming
as it does not lend itself well to this treatment... The canes are
stiff and I found it rather trying... however the result was rewarded
with a stunning rose, but, always one to cast a critical eye, the
main bloom season was short, from mid May to mid June, little more
than 3 weeks, after which it will bloom here and there, on and off
until late autumn, doing just enough to merit the epithet
''continuous flowering''..
It's a bit overstated, and I would say it's been superseded
today by other yellow climbers, but nostalgia, and something called
'taste' wins it over.. On a high wall Lady Hillingdon can look down
with superior disdain, and perhaps bring out the 'snob' in all of
us..
A perplexing rose. I have to put
2 names against it because nobody is absolutely sure which one it is,
and it is likely to be one or the other. The same rose has been sold
the world over under both names. In the U.S. it's also known as
''Whittle Light Pink Tea'' a rose found in a Californian cemetery
which has proved to be identical..
.. Peter Beales seemed sure he
had the right discovery in 1975 but later it seems he may have had
second thoughts, even though he grew both, as there is some evidence
he despatched the same rose under both names, to other parts of the
world. [I'm not certain about this].
Lady Mary Fitzwilliam was thought
to be lost to cultivation, and probably extinct, until the presumed
rediscovery, and it's a rose whose genetics will be found in almost
every modern rose we grow today, including all the Austin's, mainly
due to some prolific offspring.
These roses are all shell pink in
colour, of modest growth except in warm climates, lightly scented,
and continuous blooming. 'Mrs. Wakefield Christie-Miller' is
described as having ''salmon-pink shadings'', and a ''deeper pink reverse''
on the petals. Also it has ''huge, Peony-like blooms''.. ''like a
Tree Peony''.. if I had to guess, I think mine is the McGredy rose
but tomorrow I could change my mind.
Whichever, I find it quite
beautiful actually..
..the ''deeper pink reverse''..? ...the ''salmon pink shadings''.. ? ..''huge Peony like blooms'' ... ''like a Tree Peony''... ??
'Lady of Shalott'
..[Austin, UK 2009] .. English Rose, medium/large shrub, up to 10'..
I find this to be a
superlative Austin, if one likes the strong orange/apricot-yellow
colour, with hints of pink. A strange mix.
Vigorous and always in
flower right into winter, in fact it's hard to stop it blooming.
Tea fragrance which I find quite strong, others report less so..
I have very little
issues with black spot and it withstands rain and wind. Some report
balling in wet weather but I've not seen that here. It has its
share of large thorns. Some care needed with training.
I prefer to see it as a
medium to large shrub, rather than kept short.. I think it's truly
magnificent.
I wish I had better
photos, the blooms can be quite large and the colour is a real stand
out.
I've no idea how many
Austin's I've grown down the years but this one takes high rank..
'Lichfield Angel'...
[Austin, UK 2006].. English Rose shrub/short climber to 5 feet or
so.. very few thorns.
One of the better
Austin whites, or off white/buff in this case, sometimes I preferred it to
the more popular 'Desdemona' and the more recent white
'Tranquillity'...
The blooms are very
full, of a creamy white colour, occasional hints of pink or yellow in
the centre.. A light scent, stronger at times.
I found this a very
beautiful rose at its best, but they are many petalled and heavy, on
rather thin stems, which causes the blooms to droop and look towards
the soil.. The 2nd flush in July, they have less petals,
and are held nicely upright on the plant.. Later in August they can
be smaller.
The canes are mostly
thornless and easy to train. I grew mine in a large pot with
support, as a short climber.. it needed copious watering. The
foliage is healthy and makes a leafy plant.. It blooms repeatedly
and good for weather resistance..
As I had no room in the
garden for it, I found the watering regime tiresome, and could no
longer support it, that is the only reason I no longer have it.. In
another garden, I would have this rose again..
I'm really enoying this thread @Marlorena, thank you. I read the other one as and when but save this for my mid-morning coffee and a laptop screen to appreciate the photographs. Then to Wordle, it's become a looked forward to ritual.
'Mme. Antoine Mari' …
[Mari, France 1900]... Tea... large shrub rose.. anything up to 6' x
8' or more, if space allows.. [from a southern England
perspective]...
After 10 years I had to
say goodbye to this magnificent Tea rose, probably in the top 5 roses
I've ever had, it outgrew its space ultimately and continued
butchering of the plant ruined its character... but, it can be hard
pruned. In winter I cut back to 3' x 3', it will double in size by
midsummer. Online nursery dimensions of 2.5 – 3 feet for this rose
are absurd in my experience.
Tea roses are thrifty
drought tolerant roses, needing little attention, when established
with a good foothold after 3 years.. they have a reputation for being tender, but this one isn't.
A light Tea scent,
blush pink blooms, with darker shadings, some of exquisite purity,
disease resistant foliage, and withstands all weather conditions
although fierce winds can be a problem as it gets top heavy. In the
time I had it, it did not produce any new basal growth, just a
single trunk with all canes coming off that.. I had to stake it
against gales..
Not everyone would like
it, the old fashioned habit might seem strange to modern rose
growers..
If you have the space,
in southern areas, it will outcompete most roses we grow in bloom
performance, and the juvenile foliage and later strong canes, are a
gorgeous mahogany or plum red colour... It has some big thorns..
One of the first to bloom and only severe weather stops it.. I
cannot speak highly enough of this rose.
Posts
'Koenigin von Danemark' ['Queen of Denmark'] .. [Booth, Denmark 1816, intro 1826].. Alba shrub rose about 6 x 6', with Damask/Rugosa ancestry..
I had this before in another garden but the photos here are from a first season bare root..
Scottish nurseryman, James Booth bred this in 1816, from another Alba rose in a place called Flottbek which is now part of Hamburg, Germany but then it was part of Denmark, as Danish rosarians insist, so he named it 'Reine du Danemark' after the Queen..
Flottbek was taken by Prussia in 1871 and Germany much later, so it's really Danish bred, not German as often stated, although it's usually sold with the German name, so I use that.
I think if anybody wants to try just one summer flowering, old fashioned rose in their garden, it should be this one. It's so easy to grow it's suitable for those new to roses, and gives a good display in the first year and it needs little maintenance.
Delicious scent, exemplary foliage which lasts through to winter without a blemish. This is a shrub rose that looks good in the background even without flowers on it.. Removal of spent flower clusters is all that's needed.
Grows quite large in time, and flowers for about a month. My rose now planted in the garden starting its 2nd year is about 4' x 3' currently.
''an intensity of vivid carmine unequalled by any other old rose, opening to a pale pink, often beautifully quartered with a button centre'' G.S.Thomas 1994....
...tomorrow 'Lady Hillingdon' / 'Lady Mary Fitzwilliam'
I have 2 'Ladies' to show today..
'Lady Hillingdon'... climber.. [Hicks, UK 1917] a climbing 'sport' of the 1910 Tea Rose with the same name...
"When I hear his steps outside my door I lie down on my bed, open my legs and think of England."
… the famous quote Lady Hillingdon wrote in her diary in 1912, in reference to her husband, the Baron.. Perhaps it's an experience shared by so many, across the spectrum...
Rich butter yellow blooms with a strong tea scent, vigorous climbing growth, capable of some 20 feet, plenty of sharp thorns and good foliage, especially when young as it's quite bronze.
Usually seen on the walls of large properties, where it is really best suited. I grew it on my fence, shrublike – it's difficult and time consuming as it does not lend itself well to this treatment... The canes are stiff and I found it rather trying... however the result was rewarded with a stunning rose, but, always one to cast a critical eye, the main bloom season was short, from mid May to mid June, little more than 3 weeks, after which it will bloom here and there, on and off until late autumn, doing just enough to merit the epithet ''continuous flowering''..
It's a bit overstated, and I would say it's been superseded today by other yellow climbers, but nostalgia, and something called 'taste' wins it over.. On a high wall Lady Hillingdon can look down with superior disdain, and perhaps bring out the 'snob' in all of us..
'Lady Mary Fitzwilliam' [Bennett, UK 1880]... ''in commerce'' found/rediscovered 1975 Norfolk, UK, [Money/Beales] about 3 feet... Hybrid Tea ..
{ 'Mrs. Wakefield Christie-Miller' [McGredy, Ireland 1909] } Hybrid Tea about 3 feet..
A perplexing rose. I have to put 2 names against it because nobody is absolutely sure which one it is, and it is likely to be one or the other. The same rose has been sold the world over under both names. In the U.S. it's also known as ''Whittle Light Pink Tea'' a rose found in a Californian cemetery which has proved to be identical..
.. Peter Beales seemed sure he had the right discovery in 1975 but later it seems he may have had second thoughts, even though he grew both, as there is some evidence he despatched the same rose under both names, to other parts of the world. [I'm not certain about this].
Lady Mary Fitzwilliam was thought to be lost to cultivation, and probably extinct, until the presumed rediscovery, and it's a rose whose genetics will be found in almost every modern rose we grow today, including all the Austin's, mainly due to some prolific offspring.
These roses are all shell pink in colour, of modest growth except in warm climates, lightly scented, and continuous blooming. 'Mrs. Wakefield Christie-Miller' is described as having ''salmon-pink shadings'', and a ''deeper pink reverse'' on the petals. Also it has ''huge, Peony-like blooms''.. ''like a Tree Peony''.. if I had to guess, I think mine is the McGredy rose but tomorrow I could change my mind.
Whichever, I find it quite beautiful actually..
..the ''deeper pink reverse''..?
...the ''salmon pink shadings''.. ?
..''huge Peony like blooms'' ... ''like a Tree Peony''... ??
..your guess is as good as mine..
...tomorrow.. 'Lady of Shalott'..
'Lady of Shalott' ..[Austin, UK 2009] .. English Rose, medium/large shrub, up to 10'..
I find this to be a superlative Austin, if one likes the strong orange/apricot-yellow colour, with hints of pink. A strange mix.
Vigorous and always in flower right into winter, in fact it's hard to stop it blooming. Tea fragrance which I find quite strong, others report less so..
I have very little issues with black spot and it withstands rain and wind. Some report balling in wet weather but I've not seen that here. It has its share of large thorns. Some care needed with training.
I prefer to see it as a medium to large shrub, rather than kept short.. I think it's truly magnificent.
I wish I had better photos, the blooms can be quite large and the colour is a real stand out.
I've no idea how many Austin's I've grown down the years but this one takes high rank..
… tomorrow... 'Lichfield Angel'..
'Lichfield Angel'... [Austin, UK 2006].. English Rose shrub/short climber to 5 feet or so.. very few thorns.
One of the better Austin whites, or off white/buff in this case, sometimes I preferred it to the more popular 'Desdemona' and the more recent white 'Tranquillity'...
The blooms are very full, of a creamy white colour, occasional hints of pink or yellow in the centre.. A light scent, stronger at times.
I found this a very beautiful rose at its best, but they are many petalled and heavy, on rather thin stems, which causes the blooms to droop and look towards the soil.. The 2nd flush in July, they have less petals, and are held nicely upright on the plant.. Later in August they can be smaller.
The canes are mostly thornless and easy to train. I grew mine in a large pot with support, as a short climber.. it needed copious watering. The foliage is healthy and makes a leafy plant.. It blooms repeatedly and good for weather resistance..
As I had no room in the garden for it, I found the watering regime tiresome, and could no longer support it, that is the only reason I no longer have it.. In another garden, I would have this rose again..
..tomorrow.. 'Mme. Antoine Mari'..
'Mme. Antoine Mari' … [Mari, France 1900]... Tea... large shrub rose.. anything up to 6' x 8' or more, if space allows.. [from a southern England perspective]...
After 10 years I had to say goodbye to this magnificent Tea rose, probably in the top 5 roses I've ever had, it outgrew its space ultimately and continued butchering of the plant ruined its character... but, it can be hard pruned. In winter I cut back to 3' x 3', it will double in size by midsummer. Online nursery dimensions of 2.5 – 3 feet for this rose are absurd in my experience.
Tea roses are thrifty drought tolerant roses, needing little attention, when established with a good foothold after 3 years.. they have a reputation for being tender, but this one isn't.
A light Tea scent, blush pink blooms, with darker shadings, some of exquisite purity, disease resistant foliage, and withstands all weather conditions although fierce winds can be a problem as it gets top heavy. In the time I had it, it did not produce any new basal growth, just a single trunk with all canes coming off that.. I had to stake it against gales..
Not everyone would like it, the old fashioned habit might seem strange to modern rose growers..
If you have the space, in southern areas, it will outcompete most roses we grow in bloom performance, and the juvenile foliage and later strong canes, are a gorgeous mahogany or plum red colour... It has some big thorns.. One of the first to bloom and only severe weather stops it.. I cannot speak highly enough of this rose.
.. tomorrow... 'Mme. Lauriol de Barny'..