Such a great shame you had to give up your Mme. Antoine Mari. I’m so glad I was seduced by yours and got one last year, I agree the blooms are exquisite. Interesting also that yours was just a single trunk, yet still produced all that top growth. My young one came with four good canes and produced a new basal in it’s first year, so sits firm and low in the ground. The young growth is a bit fragile so far, though, both the dog and me have knocked off the odd branch!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Yes Nollie, I hated doing it... I still ponder getting another one.. interesting you got more basals, I'd like to see how that goes in the future, whether you get any more..
'Mme. Lauriol de Barny'
.. [Trouillard, France 1868].. Bourbon climber, at least 10 feet..
This is the only rose
I've grown in each garden that I've had since the 1980's.. so over 30
years.. it has only repeated its bloom once in that time, a few
blooms arrived in August one year, otherwise it's a once flowering
rose and begins to bloom around May 15th for 6 weeks
until June 30th.. it is at its best for the first 4 weeks
of that period.. as in late June it black spots, and can ball a little in wet
weather and needs deadheading at that point, but still offers some
good blooms.
During those first 4
weeks it is a healthy, well foliated and quite magnificent silvery
pink rose, with large fully double, quartered blooms, that most of
the time have a delicious fragrance, of sweet damask and apples..
It's very vigorous, and
best trained horizontally, but I have grown it on an arch, and an
obelisk, but best used as a climbing rose where it can be fan
trained.. Sets hips if not deadheaded..
I look forward to this
rose every year, and those 4 weeks from mid May are very special, as
this rose is just so reliable and exuberant with its flowering..
I like to grow it with
white Foxgloves, mauve Hesperis matronalis and white rose 'Kew
Gardens' for company.. I couldn't be without it and I regard it as
one of the greats amongst the once flowering old fashioned roses..
I've just read all the posts from 'A' to now! Wonderful. 'Forever Royal' inspired me to find a supplier and order one! This will go in a communal garden in town to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. Thank you so much @Marlorena.
I aim to highlight one
rose each day, most from my own garden but some from elsewhere. I have
enough photos to cover about 90 roses, taking me through to early
May. Obviously, this is a personal selection, many of which may not
appeal to everyone..
Posted in alphabetical
order, so I shall start with the 'A's.. limiting photos to 6 per rose.
If you have a plant
collection yourself, with a considerable number of varieties, e.g.
Clematis, I urge you to start a similar thread as I'm sure many of us
would like to see them...
'A Midsummer Night's
Dream' [Rawlins, UK 2001 – unnamed seedling x unnamed seedling]
Height up to about 2'
6'' [75cm], continuous blooming through summer. Semi-single to
semi-double bloom form.. Buds almost black, petals rich, dark and
velvety, redder in heat.. Grows well in a north-facing site.
Suffers black spot after the first flush but soon recovers..
I especially like the
sparkling center with glowing stamens... some fragrance..
'Mutabilis'...
[breeder unknown, before 1900] China/Tea... very large shrub/climber 6'
x 8' or more..
Another rose where UK
nurseries underestimate the potential size of this rose... I've grown
it in 3 gardens in various parts of southern England and it always
gets very big.. the first one I had here grew to over 6' tall by 10'
wide after 5 years... I've started again with a fresh plant in
another part of the garden and after just one year it is already 5' x
3', from a bare root.
It can also be trained on a wall or up a very large arch, as I've seen it at Peter Beales rose garden.
If one enjoys single
flowered roses, this is truly magnificent, in that the blooms change
colour from creamy white to apricot/yellow to pink.. and flowers
continuously without cease. On a large plant, I deadhead twice during the season, either going over it with shears or clippers. It's worth it..
This rose was found in
a garden in Italy in the 19th C and later brought to England..
its origins are unknown. It's also known as 'The Butterfly Rose' .
In the right location I think it's an absolute treasure..
I have only 1 photo of
my original plant, which shows the rose smothered in flowers, like
butterflies.. it's poor quality taken from inside, and the window
isn't wonky but just to show the effect... The other photos are of
the new plant..
'Nathalie Nypels'..
[Leenders, Netherlands 1919]... ['Orleans Rose' x 'Comtesse du
Cayla'/R. Foetida var. bicolor'.. ] Polyantha shrub.. to about 3
feet..
Interesting breeding,
as it has China and Tea rose influences..
I have been totally won
over by this fabulous little rose suitable for any small garden or
narrow border.. it flowers almost continuously, floriferous and free
with its many blooms all over the plant.. it also flowers well in the
autumn. It is said to have a strong scent, but I would say less
than that, but it's not without..
Pruning isn't
necessary. One just snips off the spent blooms once they are over..
it will regenerate from little twiggy shoots just underneath..
The foliage is
exceptionally disease resistant and presented no issues in the first
season here.. A great flowering plant to have around, giving a
pink/white effect..
Posts
..thanks too Lizzie !..
'Mme. Lauriol de Barny' .. [Trouillard, France 1868].. Bourbon climber, at least 10 feet..
This is the only rose I've grown in each garden that I've had since the 1980's.. so over 30 years.. it has only repeated its bloom once in that time, a few blooms arrived in August one year, otherwise it's a once flowering rose and begins to bloom around May 15th for 6 weeks until June 30th.. it is at its best for the first 4 weeks of that period.. as in late June it black spots, and can ball a little in wet weather and needs deadheading at that point, but still offers some good blooms.
During those first 4 weeks it is a healthy, well foliated and quite magnificent silvery pink rose, with large fully double, quartered blooms, that most of the time have a delicious fragrance, of sweet damask and apples..
It's very vigorous, and best trained horizontally, but I have grown it on an arch, and an obelisk, but best used as a climbing rose where it can be fan trained.. Sets hips if not deadheaded..
I look forward to this rose every year, and those 4 weeks from mid May are very special, as this rose is just so reliable and exuberant with its flowering..
I like to grow it with white Foxgloves, mauve Hesperis matronalis and white rose 'Kew Gardens' for company.. I couldn't be without it and I regard it as one of the greats amongst the once flowering old fashioned roses..
..tomorrow.. 'Mutabilis'..
..thank you !.. I love that rose, best of luck with it in the communal garden, it's suitably named and just the right colour..
'Mutabilis'... [breeder unknown, before 1900] China/Tea... very large shrub/climber 6' x 8' or more..
Another rose where UK nurseries underestimate the potential size of this rose... I've grown it in 3 gardens in various parts of southern England and it always gets very big.. the first one I had here grew to over 6' tall by 10' wide after 5 years... I've started again with a fresh plant in another part of the garden and after just one year it is already 5' x 3', from a bare root.
It can also be trained on a wall or up a very large arch, as I've seen it at Peter Beales rose garden.
If one enjoys single flowered roses, this is truly magnificent, in that the blooms change colour from creamy white to apricot/yellow to pink.. and flowers continuously without cease. On a large plant, I deadhead twice during the season, either going over it with shears or clippers. It's worth it..
This rose was found in a garden in Italy in the 19th C and later brought to England.. its origins are unknown. It's also known as 'The Butterfly Rose' . In the right location I think it's an absolute treasure..
I have only 1 photo of my original plant, which shows the rose smothered in flowers, like butterflies.. it's poor quality taken from inside, and the window isn't wonky but just to show the effect... The other photos are of the new plant..
.. 'Nathalie Nypels'... to follow today..
'Nathalie Nypels'.. [Leenders, Netherlands 1919]... ['Orleans Rose' x 'Comtesse du Cayla'/R. Foetida var. bicolor'.. ] Polyantha shrub.. to about 3 feet..
Interesting breeding, as it has China and Tea rose influences..
I have been totally won over by this fabulous little rose suitable for any small garden or narrow border.. it flowers almost continuously, floriferous and free with its many blooms all over the plant.. it also flowers well in the autumn. It is said to have a strong scent, but I would say less than that, but it's not without..
Pruning isn't necessary. One just snips off the spent blooms once they are over.. it will regenerate from little twiggy shoots just underneath..
The foliage is exceptionally disease resistant and presented no issues in the first season here.. A great flowering plant to have around, giving a pink/white effect..
..tomorrow 'Octavia Hill'..