Good to see La France @Marlorena I see it has green stems and leaves (thought they would have that reddish tinge).. how fragrant is she.. ?
thanks for the fragrance update @WhereAreMySecateurs I was about to ask the same.. My 'Thanks a Million' is similar in colour and always in blooms.. good clusters.. only downside being the scent..
I also covet a Dee-Lish like yours @Marlorena, glad too that you are up to showing it to us again. I think I did write on here that mine died off totally cane by cane but as it was a new bare root it will be replaced in the autumn by Peter Beales.
Speaking of which they have a 35% discount with JUL35 on potted roses till the 24th. It may be worth communicating with them re your disease tolerance given a few posters' recent experience.
I have moved potted roses into half shade and they will be moved further undercover tomorrow. Grafin Diana does have lovely buds, Odyssey starting a good flush (see taller rose at the back in the prior pic), Canary Bird giving a bonus summer flower, and Knockout is visible from the next county, certainly a good choice at the far end of the garden.Now just wait and see what the heat/sun does to the exposed garden roses Queen Elizabeth above, WollertonOH below, so many buds still
Lovely roses everyone. I've also started moving pots into shade as much as I can, difficult with a south facing sloping plot though. Think I might have to put parasols/umbrellas over my two new potted Nathalie Nypels as they are too heavy for me to move. My tall Royal William HT which is in full bloom is going to fry in full sunshine all day but there's not much I can do about it. Really pleased to receive in the post today a full sized David Austin Handbook of Roses, Special 60th Edition - interesting reading so far with beautiful photography but the rather twee gender referencing grates on me somewhat. They never used to refer to roses as 'he' or 'she'.
Every time I see your Mutabilis I am tempted to try it again, maybe the debacle of first one was not my fault, lol. Anyway, I’ll have all the time to thin about it, wit this heat no rose shopping till October.
A question, if you don’t mind, since you have both roses: Tottering by Gently and Kew Gardens, which of the two gets bigger (and if you can the approximate mesures) which is more floriferous, which more shade tolerant and which has fewer thorns? Thanks in advance.
Seeing your pics of this two roses I fell in love and I surely will buy both of them but I still have to decide in which spot put them based on the above infos. I have two shady areas for them, but one spot is more shady and smaller than the other.
Really pleased to receive in the post today a full sized David Austin Handbook of Roses, Special 60th Edition - interesting reading so far with beautiful photography but the rather twee gender referencing grates on me somewhat. They never used to refer to roses as 'he' or 'she'.
I only get irritated when people on FB say Gabrielle/Gabriella Oak and call Jude the Obscure a she. Then I raise a pedantic eyebrow.Â
A few pictures to enjoy with your morning ☕. Crown Princess Margarita Collage of photos of Timeless Cream, Jacqueline du Pre, Royal Celebration (my phone camera doesn't deal well with purple shades), always in flower floribunda and Macmillan nurse rose. Also a photo I took yesterday during my evening walk.
Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth
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thanks for the fragrance update @WhereAreMySecateurs
@cooldoc
.. sweet old rose scent, damask/bourbon.. very nice..
..some stems have a dramatic curve..
..leaf cutter bees have been at work on my rose..
I've also started moving pots into shade as much as I can, difficult with a south facing sloping plot though. Think I might have to put parasols/umbrellas over my two new potted Nathalie Nypels as they are too heavy for me to move.
My tall Royal William HT which is in full bloom is going to fry in full sunshine all day but there's not much I can do about it.
Really pleased to receive in the post today a full sized David Austin Handbook of Roses, Special 60th Edition - interesting reading so far with beautiful photography but the rather twee gender referencing grates on me somewhat. They never used to refer to roses as 'he' or 'she'.
Every time I see your Mutabilis I am tempted to try it again, maybe the debacle of first one was not my fault, lol. Anyway, I’ll have all the time to thin about it, wit this heat no rose shopping till October.
A question, if you don’t mind, since you have both roses: Tottering by Gently and Kew Gardens, which of the two gets bigger (and if you can the approximate mesures) which is more floriferous, which more shade tolerant and which has fewer thorns? Thanks in advance.
Seeing your pics of this two roses I fell in love and I surely will buy both of them but I still have to decide in which spot put them based on the above infos. I have two shady areas for them, but one spot is more shady and smaller than the other.
I only get irritated when people on FB say Gabrielle/Gabriella Oak and call Jude the Obscure a she. Then I raise a pedantic eyebrow.Â
Crown Princess MargaritaÂ
Collage of photos of Timeless Cream, Jacqueline du Pre, Royal Celebration (my phone camera doesn't deal well with purple shades), always in flower floribunda and Macmillan nurse rose.
Also a photo I took yesterday during my evening walk.