I’m terrible about sowing seeds but one thing I try to do are foxgloves and hollyhocks…mainly because they’re idiot/lazy proof and I can plant up loads of them for very little £. I never seem to get them self seeding which is annoying.Â
@Nollie .that's ok, something you might try in the future perhaps, at the new home..
@Omori Lovely roses, as always, such a rich dark colours..
@cooldoc .. Hope you don't mind me saying this, but I think you've overreacted a bit.. we don't have Japanese Beetles in the UK, so far, but we do have lots of other chafer beetles, which is what yours is, or were, they're actually rather harmless except they enjoy eating pollen from the centre of roses.. that's all.. as we can see in your photos.. .. I always say, it's never a good idea to take info from people in other countries too much, as we don't have the 'critters' they have.. up to now at least, ours are usually a touch more benign.
Of course it's up to you what you do, I'm mentioning this more for information purposes for others to note..
@Omori wonderful Golden Celebration, wow! i read it has the biggest blooms of all DA roses, does it really?
@Marlorena i always love to see your roses and especially the ones you recommend, right now i checked Scented Garden which looks marvelous, i put it on my list for autumn!
@Nollie oh no, disappointing to hear about A. Barbier, as i had planned to get that one too. But there is an info on the Wiki page that it is not happy in a hot spot, so maybe that's it🤔😢Â
i am a bit disappointed with my Penny lane too, these are the first blooms i got so maybe it will improve next year... they look very different from the ones i saw on the net. they are lovely in bud, but then when they open they become quite muddy in the center, ruffled but not in a very lovely way, to my eyes. not much like this pic from the DA site
@murasaki ..thank you.. just to say first blooms are rarely typical, as you can see the one lower right is more what you expect.. best be patient with that one, I'm sure it will be like the DA pictures before long..  we always anticipate the first blooms and they can so often be a big disappointment.. Â
..I just took this pic of 'Scented Garden'.. with a bit of clematis 'The Vagabond' weaving through..
@Marlorena thank you, i will have to be patient then, i suppose, good to know i am not the only one experiencing this disappointment with the first blooms.Â
one new rose which has, on the contrary, surpassed my expectations is Clair Matin, so wonderful and blooming non-stop since May, i am in love!
Scented Garden looks marvelous with the clematis, wow! and i read it is fragrant too... i adore colour changing roses so i will need to get this one too!Â
Sweet Honey, such a lovely soft apricot colour in bud and fading to almost white when fully open. It's grown taller than expected but the foliage is very healthy.Â
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and the huge blooms of GC is more like a focal point when in flower isn't it...
.that's ok, something you might try in the future perhaps, at the new home..
@Omori
Lovely roses, as always, such a rich dark colours..
@cooldoc
.. Hope you don't mind me saying this, but I think you've overreacted a bit.. we don't have Japanese Beetles in the UK, so far, but we do have lots of other chafer beetles, which is what yours is, or were, they're actually rather harmless except they enjoy eating pollen from the centre of roses.. that's all.. as we can see in your photos..
.. I always say, it's never a good idea to take info from people in other countries too much, as we don't have the 'critters' they have.. up to now at least, ours are usually a touch more benign.
Of course it's up to you what you do, I'm mentioning this more for information purposes for others to note..
but it did munch my rose (or something did) and so deserved being picked off..
wonderful Golden Celebration, wow! i read it has the biggest blooms of all DA roses, does it really?
@Marlorena
i always love to see your roses and especially the ones you recommend, right now i checked Scented Garden which looks marvelous, i put it on my list for autumn!
@Nollie
oh no, disappointing to hear about A. Barbier, as i had planned to get that one too. But there is an info on the Wiki page that it is not happy in a hot spot, so maybe that's it🤔😢Â
i am a bit disappointed with my Penny lane too, these are the first blooms i got so maybe it will improve next year... they look very different from the ones i saw on the net. they are lovely in bud, but then when they open they become quite muddy in the center, ruffled but not in a very lovely way, to my eyes.Â
not much like this pic from the DA site
..thank you.. just to say first blooms are rarely typical, as you can see the one lower right is more what you expect.. best be patient with that one, I'm sure it will be like the DA pictures before long..  we always anticipate the first blooms and they can so often be a big disappointment.. Â
..I just took this pic of 'Scented Garden'.. with a bit of clematis 'The Vagabond' weaving through..
thank you, i will have to be patient then, i suppose, good to know i am not the only one experiencing this disappointment with the first blooms.Â
one new rose which has, on the contrary, surpassed my expectations is Clair Matin, so wonderful and blooming non-stop since May, i am in love!
Scented Garden looks marvelous with the clematis, wow! and i read it is fragrant too... i adore colour changing roses so i will need to get this one too!Â