Looks like you struck lucky @Rojas, that TP looks right. I sent photos of both TP and WS with a list of their differences to prove they sent me the wrong ones so they have promised to send me replacements in autumn. Brownie points to them.
Re watering roses - I have a 25m hose reel which I drag out then line up 6 watering cans (10 or 12L) to fill. With timing and occasional repositioning of my watering can station I can be pouring a full can around the base of each rose and filling the next ones at the same time. It’s a lot quicker than going back and forth to the tap filling cans and less splashy and wasteful than using the hose directly.
My The Prince, among others, has unfortunately decided to try and bloom in 37-38c and with early 40s forecast by the end of the week. Crisping before the morning is out:
Munstead Wood, on the other hand, is fine in heat even of it too turns fuchsia:
A pale Gertrude:
Dominique Loiseau:
@Discandied I’ll raise you a bonus 7-day old 🐶 😆 The marketing-savvy breeder keeps sending me photo updates of ‘our’ little nudger. There will doubtless be more..
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I would look at Desdemona @Veilchenblau if you are thinking of another white, as it is a new one for me this year bought for us as an anniversary present. Came as potted on the 9th June, full of buds, flowered well, was dead headed , and now has already regrown and is full of buds again. I am well pleased with its performance in its first year. Please excuse the petal confetti 😊
'Desdemona' is a must have white I think, it's survived my ongoing cull..
Nollie, I bet you can't wait, - just so cute, who could resist.
Rojas / Mr Vine Eye.. thanks so much, yes almost there..
@Rojas ..thanks for asking about my 30 odd roses, but I should advise in case you're thinking these are my very best 30 to recommend, they are simply the ones I can deal with now. Some I wouldn't even put in my top 100 but they don't get in my way, or tax me too much. I'm trying to get below 30. 'Elizabeth' for instance, to use an American term, is ''thorny as all get out''.. and I'm not sure I want to be fiddling around with it for too long.. Anyway, for what it's worth, these are what I should be left with by autumn.. https://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=3.24166&tab=2&qn=0&qc=1
.. hope everyone managing in these extreme conditions.. roll on Wednesday, I've had enough..
It would be a different question which top 30 M would recommend to newish growers who want health, reliability and good performance. M is personally in a very different boat from that - as a rosarian, and a collector.
Another question would be top 30 climbers/ramblers (which is more what I am personally interested in). It sounds all very Youtube clickbait - top lists - but given that I have seen so few roses "in the flesh", let alone in full flower, and I am rather addicted to adding roses, what I currently have to go on is people's accounts of their experiences and their recomms.
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Re watering roses - I have a 25m hose reel which I drag out then line up 6 watering cans (10 or 12L) to fill. With timing and occasional repositioning of my watering can station I can be pouring a full can around the base of each rose and filling the next ones at the same time. It’s a lot quicker than going back and forth to the tap filling cans and less splashy and wasteful than using the hose directly.
Munstead Wood, on the other hand, is fine in heat even of it too turns fuchsia:
A pale Gertrude:
Dominique Loiseau:
@Discandied I’ll raise you a bonus 7-day old 🐶 😆 The marketing-savvy breeder keeps sending me photo updates of ‘our’ little nudger. There will doubtless be more..
Please excuse the petal confetti 😊
Nollie, I bet you can't wait, - just so cute, who could resist.
Rojas / Mr Vine Eye.. thanks so much, yes almost there..
@Rojas
..thanks for asking about my 30 odd roses, but I should advise in case you're thinking these are my very best 30 to recommend, they are simply the ones I can deal with now. Some I wouldn't even put in my top 100 but they don't get in my way, or tax me too much.
I'm trying to get below 30. 'Elizabeth' for instance, to use an American term, is ''thorny as all get out''.. and I'm not sure I want to be fiddling around with it for too long..
Anyway, for what it's worth, these are what I should be left with by autumn..
https://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=3.24166&tab=2&qn=0&qc=1
.. hope everyone managing in these extreme conditions.. roll on Wednesday, I've had enough..
'Danae' looks good, I've never grown it.. interesting rose..
My dog is totally miserable.
Gabriel and Tess are both out there full of buds, and I'm like, Don't open yet, don't open yet...
Very tempted by Peter Beales's 35% off. They have both Pink Martini and a cute little one, Bordure Camaieu.🤔
Brilliant photography,very professional.😘😘