@cooldoc, your twice in blue moon is very beautiful. Totally share your feelings about an HT rose shape. I was thinking the same while looking at an unfolding bud of HT rose, how beautiful the formation of petals are.
I also had Novalis, for me it did produce lots of flowers but all greyish looking awful in rain. I am happy with love song as purple rose.Â
I don't think RdeR has short lived blooms @cooldoc , it does have plenty of buds. I will try and note the longevity of a single bloom.  Chandos Beauty also one of my favourites, no problems this year.
HT 'Troika' showing all the characteristics I love in this type of rose...big and blowsy AND upright. The scent, to my nose anyway, is a lovely citrusy, rose smell, I can't wait to see what it smells like when it gets a bit of warm sunshine on it. The blooms start off vivid orange but fade to a lovely coral colour. Â
Acronym confusion, is ETA being used like BTW? ETA means estimated time of arrival to me!
@Eustace, yes my Darcy Bussell is nice and upright, if prone to BS. Interesting that Charlotte has escaped the DA droop too, how is her health and fragrance?
‘Even Nollie’ here @cooldoc 😉  Rose de Rescht did have short-lived blooms for me at the start, barely a day but longevity quickly improved and lots of them. It forms a neat, rounded shrub with little sign of the infamous damask crud. The fragrance is intense, my SIL agreed with me it was far stronger than it’s neighbour Madame Isaac Pereire but at least she got some fragrance from MIP, it totally passes me by.
Gloire de Ducher [Hybrid Perpetual]. First bloom on my second freebie, smallish bloom, a reddish pink but still another pink (I’m awash with them) that I have no idea what to do with!
Love Song just gets better and better:
My two potted Marie Pavies were badly bitten by frost and have taken an age to recover, but are finally starting to bloom. Here accompanied by Guy Savoy:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Took some pics out of an upstairs window. Apologies for messy patio pile o' shame pots, finishing the summer bedding planting and pruning the trees a bit!
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I also had Novalis, for me it did produce lots of flowers but all greyish looking awful in rain. I am happy with love song as purple rose.Â
@Tack, your seedling 2 is looking good.Â
Chandos beauty
Wisley and Jude the obscure - ready to open.
Most of my DA roses have drooping necks, not so are Darcey Bussel and Charlotte.
@Eustace or anyone else with Chandos Beauty.. do you have severe die back of the canes?
@Tack heard RdeR drops her petals early but will have many new buds waiting to open.. is it so..? I guess even @Nollie grows RdeR..
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@Eustace, yes my Darcy Bussell is nice and upright, if prone to BS. Interesting that Charlotte has escaped the DA droop too, how is her health and fragrance?
‘Even Nollie’ here @cooldoc 😉  Rose de Rescht did have short-lived blooms for me at the start, barely a day but longevity quickly improved and lots of them. It forms a neat, rounded shrub with little sign of the infamous damask crud. The fragrance is intense, my SIL agreed with me it was far stronger than it’s neighbour Madame Isaac Pereire but at least she got some fragrance from MIP, it totally passes me by.
Gloire de Ducher [Hybrid Perpetual]. First bloom on my second freebie, smallish bloom, a reddish pink but still another pink (I’m awash with them) that I have no idea what to do with!
Love Song just gets better and better:
My two potted Marie Pavies were badly bitten by frost and have taken an age to recover, but are finally starting to bloom. Here accompanied by Guy Savoy:
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