I planted up my garden with several new bare root roses along with herbaceous perennials this past winter, and have been following these posts since. Some of the roses are putting on more of a show than others - unsurprisingly, given it is their first year. In order they are: Sidonie (behind a Sarah Bernhardt peony), Rose de Rescht, Amande Paternotte, Gertrude Jekyl, Danae, Jacques Cartier, Boule de Beige (which to my noise has the best fragrance of them all, which surprised me, as I had read conflicting accounts about its fragrance), and Blush Noisette.
Have sent an e-mail to Rumwoods asking about the health/type of the roses they sent, and they agree they have sent one of each, a Blue Moon and a Twice in a Blue Moon. So they are dispatching two potted Twice in a Blue Moon ASAP! You cannot ask more than that.  I don't know what they used to produce a Twice, but it has definitely changed its fragrance to a medicinal type of thing.🤔 Would that be what people call a myrrh fragrance?
Beautiful roses, Sam. Jacques Cartier is utterly gorgeous! Reminds me a bit of another old one I have been ogling, Ville de Bruxelles. Boule de Neige is highly scented for me, too.
@ciaranmcgrenera .. re your question on planting. I would say it depends on the types of roses you are growing in the cottage garden style.  Hybrid Tea roses do not appreciate competition, and I don't think they look right with it, but shrub roses like David Austins and similiar, can usually take close planting, especially when more established but not so much in the first year..
All my roses have loads of different plants nearby. It's best if you can just keep the growth from spreading all around the base area though.. marrying up your roses with companions is a fun thing to do and nobody gets it right first time..
Welcome to all who’ve recently joined us, @lynnphillips21 your Churchill rose is lovely and a very pretty pink accompanying it too. @ShepherdsBarn that’s one spectacular pink rambler and @Samjth_31 a very discerning selection of new roses. Wishing you all joy with your roses and look forward to seeing more of them.
My new Alister Stella Gray [Climbing Tea Noisette] is still tiny, not helped by accidentally snapping off one of it’s new climbing canes, but I’m excited to see my first little bloom emerging, even though something has been munching it!
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@Marlorena Hi Marlorena...an update on my mystery pink rose of a few posts back. After wracking my brain for many hours, I think I might have come up with an ID. I'm hoping it's 'Bonica'. The open bloom certainly matches a number of images I've come across on the internet. 'Cornelia' has settled down very nicely in it's temporary pot...full of buds.
I feel I haven’t been very lucky with bare roots this season: out of 7 I got, 1 has completely died on me, 1 looks very said and is yet to produce a single bud and 1 has turned out to be a wrong variety. That is 4 out of 7 success rate, which is not great 😕
@Marlorena I’ve sent an email to DA. But you’re right, Elizabeth is now out of stock. It’s so frustrating, as I’ve ordered my Elizabeth beck in February pretty much as soon as it became available and now I have no idea when I’m going to have one…
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a lot of the advice here is very clear around planting roses and giving them space to be able to feed themselves properly etc.Â
how does this jive with Cottage Garden style planting where things are close together and abundant?
I don't know what they used to produce a Twice, but it has definitely changed its fragrance to a medicinal type of thing.🤔 Would that be what people call a myrrh fragrance?
.. re your question on planting. I would say it depends on the types of roses you are growing in the cottage garden style.  Hybrid Tea roses do not appreciate competition, and I don't think they look right with it, but shrub roses like David Austins and similiar, can usually take close planting, especially when more established but not so much in the first year..
All my roses have loads of different plants nearby. It's best if you can just keep the growth from spreading all around the base area though.. marrying up your roses with companions is a fun thing to do and nobody gets it right first time..
My new Alister Stella Gray [Climbing Tea Noisette] is still tiny, not helped by accidentally snapping off one of it’s new climbing canes, but I’m excited to see my first little bloom emerging, even though something has been munching it!
Hi Marlorena...an update on my mystery pink rose of a few posts back. After wracking my brain for many hours, I think I might have come up with an ID. I'm hoping it's 'Bonica'. The open bloom certainly matches a number of images I've come across on the internet.
'Cornelia' has settled down very nicely in it's temporary pot...full of buds.
Bonica??
Cornelia
Thanks for sympathy.
I feel I haven’t been very lucky with bare roots this season: out of 7 I got, 1 has completely died on me, 1 looks very said and is yet to produce a single bud and 1 has turned out to be a wrong variety. That is 4 out of 7 success rate, which is not great 😕
@Marlorena
I’ve sent an email to DA. But you’re right, Elizabeth is now out of stock. It’s so frustrating, as I’ve ordered my Elizabeth beck in February pretty much as soon as it became available and now I have no idea when I’m going to have one…