My presie from my sister arrived today- DA 'Elizabeth', beautifully packed and looking very healthy. Inside is cooler than outside so she may have to stay there for a bit. Undecided whether to plant in dodgy situation in front of 8ft high euronymus hedge or in a pot. Expected size 4.5 ft x 4.5ft bigger than I thought.
Sending good wishes @Marlorena, hope that you are soon back feeling better and in photographing/writing form.
It sounds like PB has a problem. I have had an order in with them for nearly 3 weeks. I've now received a phone call saying my rose (Savoy) has disease so they have stripped the leaves and sprayed, do I still want it? I declined and will be refunded.
Your bourbon looks gorgeous @Nollie but I can't find it available here. Your crispy pics are upsetting, that is so dispiriting, selfishly I want you to keep all your beds at least alive. Not getting your photos would be such a loss.
It is very obvious who in this country has had rain and cooler temps, just lovely things being shown by edhelka, MrVA, Joyarose, Omori and more.
Today is a lovely breezy mid 20s, I am going to put my potted roses into shade before the high temps at the weekend, too much is about to bloom to risk it. The garden roses are luckily finishing their flushes at the right time.
I gave my roses DA Rose food granules as they finished their flushes, so from mid June till last week. Then I water anyway so no point waiting for rain in the forcast.
Sorry, forgot to wish you well @Marlorena, do hope your shoulder problem goes away soon. Mine tends to flare up when I spend too much time on the laptop.
Been absent due to a variety of minor health issues and then being away , catching up with the thread. Best wishes @Marlorena , doesn't feel right not to have much recent input from you! Lovely pics from those in wetter/cooler parts of the country ( am suitably envious, most of my evergreens are busily shedding leaves to conserve water , the soil is cracked and my tree fern looks about at death's door in spite of trying my best to water it within economic/environmental limits). My roses had a bad case of fungal disease so I did strip a lot of them -- have watered since off and on, given the crispiness of the leaves remaining i might end up stripping those left too. Iceberg and blush noisette still bravely trying to put out blooms ( smaller and fewer), Chandos Beauty and Ab fab having a rest (new foliage but no proper size blooms) but Easy does it seems to want to try again (bloom nothing special , but realised I didn't take photos of it at all this seaso, or else I've deleted them)
@Tack, sorry I think MdS is just Europe, from Loubert, but probably lots of similar pink bourbon/portlands available in the UK? Yolande d’Aragon is one I’ve been meaning to try for years but I think I’ve hit peak pink! Thank you, that’s very kind, all your lovely photos are keeping me going at the moment! Not many roses in my hot bed now, mainly shrubs and dying perennials, but I’m keen to save my trio of Munsteads so I’m still watering them.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
It's been weeks since a hint of rain here ( even though its been cloudy and 23° today) but most of my roses are in the regrow stage, except Blue Moon, who tried hard to flower, only to crisp in a day 🙄
Hope you are on the mend soon @Marlorena, especially in time for pictures of your second flushes.🙂
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@Tack, sorry I think MdS is just Europe, from Loubert, but probably lots of similar pink bourbon/portlands available in the UK? Yolande d’Aragon is one I’ve been meaning to try for years but I think I’ve hit peak pink! Thank you, that’s very kind, all your lovely photos are keeping me going at the moment! Not many roses in my hot bed now, mainly shrubs and dying perennials, but I’m keen to save my trio of Munsteads so I’m still watering them.
Hope you are on the mend soon @Marlorena, especially in time for pictures of your second flushes.🙂
That is a huge Royal Jubilee @Mr. Vine EyeÂ
nice old roses @Nollie
My Louise Odier has soft/ powdery old rose scent.. Not sure if that's what they mean by Bourbon scented?
@Eustace does your Summer song droop like Jubilee Celebration or Young Lycidas? How do you find the scent and flowering..?
@Desi_in_London hope you are ok now..
take care everyone.. keep yourself hydrated..
Lovely garden @edhelka