In this digital and social media driven age marketing is everything though.. certainly when it comes to sales and profit making. I will be going on holiday to the Greek islands for the next 10 days and I’m sure the roses would be going into (semi) full bloom by the time I get back given the heat wave that is forecast while I’m away - in fact the daily highs are almost identical to that in Crete next week!Â
On a different note, I am looking for a super fragrant and vigorous climber to go up an arch that I plan on installing on my allotment - could you all help me decide on one please? I am keen to try a non DA rose.. fragrance Is the most important feature that I look for..Â
Thanks @Marlorena, we're just back home and I've looked that Peter Beales rose 'The Perse' - gorgeously pink but alas a bit too big for any spare space I've got. Still, never say never.
Will have to water all my roses later on as it doesn't look like we've had any rain since we've been away.
For those interested in Odyssey I think a couple of regulars on here bought it bare rooted over winter, I really hope they do well and the photos are shared. Mine is in its second season, in a 64l pot, about 75cm tall and by the end of last season about a metre wide. That's why I've put it in a frame, the loose arching canes take too much patio space. They aren't thorny canes though, pretty benign in fact. The colour is bluer than the photos show.
I think this picture shows the true resilience of roses.
My neighbours had their fence replaced about a month ago and amazingly it has start d to shoot again and looks stunning. The ground is completely trampled and as hard as concrete currently as I've not done anything post fence replacement.
It would appear the fence has been moved slightly as the rose was not this close previously.  I've no idea what it is as was here before we moved it but I think it's a hybrid tea of some description as it produces beautiful red roses with a very classic shape.
Some photos of the mystery rose, the two main canes are about 1.5 inches in diameter, one I cut right back to about 4 foot and it’s got new shoots which is great, the other cane I left but reduced the growth, it starts at about 5 feet tall please excuse any and all mess/weeds you see in the background 😆
No buds yet, not sure if it’ll flower after such a harsh chop
I used to have Odyssey but it never looked as good as Tack's.. it's a pretty bloom with good stamens..
I have my own mystery here which I've been spending some time deliberating over. I'm sure now Trevor White sent me the wrong rose. It was supposed to be 'La France' an old Hybrid Tea, but I have a feeling I've got a rambler growing up.. at a guess might be one called 'Lady Gay'.. which they stock.. oh well.. it happens..
@Marlorena most likely! I’m not sure if it will have been planted that way, or was once a grafted rose, lets hope we get some flowers so I can decide if it’s staying or going in the autumn!
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Will have to water all my roses later on as it doesn't look like we've had any rain since we've been away.
My neighbours had their fence replaced about a month ago and amazingly it has start d to shoot again and looks stunning.
The ground is completely trampled and as hard as concrete currently as I've not done anything post fence replacement.
It would appear the fence has been moved slightly as the rose was not this close previously.  I've no idea what it is as was here before we moved it but I think it's a hybrid tea of some description as it produces beautiful red roses with a very classic shape.
I hope it’s a nice climber because it’s right next to where one of the legs of the future pergola will be
..your mystery rose looks suspiciously like rootstock to me.. sorry... or some other type of Dog Rose..
If you get a flower this year and it's a 5 petalled single white or pale pink flower, then that would confirm it.
I used to have Odyssey but it never looked as good as Tack's.. it's a pretty bloom with good stamens..
I have my own mystery here which I've been spending some time deliberating over. I'm sure now Trevor White sent me the wrong rose. It was supposed to be 'La France' an old Hybrid Tea, but I have a feeling I've got a rambler growing up.. at a guess might be one called 'Lady Gay'.. which they stock.. oh well.. it happens..