Good to hear that about Lady EH, @dabolem. I get vertigo just looking at that pic, Imprevu- brave soul!
Love your Bring Me Sunshine, @Marlorena. There's something both buttercup-like and daffodilish about its colours there.
Not a great photo, but Adam Messerich has been blooming non-stop and is growing fast, though I only got it from Trevor White earlier this summer. Very pleased with it.
Same with Rose des Cisterciens. (Eustacia is behind.)
I need to plant this Albrighton Rambler before it bursts from its pot, but time is very lacking just now.
Also have an obelisk to put on L of S, but the ground is too dry and hard.
I have Lavender Lassie, @cooldoc. So does Marlorena. Mine is between flushes right now but has plenty of new growth on it.
@ShepherdsBarn .. I remember your old cottage wall with the red rose... I think the structure is so informal and there are no real rules here, so whether you want the same rose each side of the window or 2 different ones, that's down to you... with such walls I would choose different roses because co-ordinated formality like that isn't my thing..  I would probably also go with roses may repeat a little, but from an earlier period, without regarding it as essential, but it's really up to you what you choose... it's a fun option.. Do you have any in mind?..Â
Hello @Marlorena I do apologise for the delay in responding ... in all honesty, I forgot that I hadn't replied - but thank you. 😊 In the end we went for a climbing rose called sunrise; while I agree with you about formality, I still like a bit of symmetry - so we bought 2. We have added several geums and a couple of lupins - if it proves to be too much they can easily be removed. They are described as ... '... a lovely climbing rose which has vibrant, copper/orange blooms with red, yellow and pink blends. Repeat flowers throughout the summer with good fragrance. An attractive garden rose with healthy, bronze green foliage'. Time will tell. Thanks again. 🙂
@edhelka. Thank you for coming back. The rose bed does only have roses in it and I haven't any roses elsewhere apart from the one climbing the apple tree. The rose bed would look a bit odd if I planted an odd perennial in with them and it could get smothered by them. I think I may have to bite the bullet and plant it elsewhere on its own. That's a good trick you mentioned and worth keeping in mind.Â
@Marlorena that is not good news.. cannot keep everything on the pot for ever.. could it be the dry season most had this season..Â
@edhelka loving Faustinia.. good reviews from you and Tack.. Interesting to hear that your GJ has produced similar blooms to the first flush.. I thought its main issue was few blooms.. or was it an issue was having only 2 distinct flushes and being bare other times??
Raining for me as well.. will see how most fares in the rain.. I suspect Soul and Rose de Molinard will be balling.. but they just completed a huge flush and only few buds remain..
or was it an issue was having only 2 distinct flushes and being bare other times??
Yeah, that. The flushes are always awesome. It usually has some autumn blooms too but not many. Also, it flowers earlier than most roses and then the 2nd flush comes when most other roses are taking a break.
Most of my roses are on a break at the moment but I need to go out and finish liquid feeding them (a job started yesterday) so will have a look what is happening and if there is anything to photograph. It is raining though and I have already got wet once today so am somewhat reluctant .Â
@Copperdog, I used to have Summerwine. I had it in a full sun position but I only kept it for a couple of years. It was super healthy, very vigorous, flowers didn't crisp in the sun (although to be honest that has never been an issue for me with any rose until this year). For me I found it too difficult to look after so I got rid of it. I like a climber without too many thorns, with pliable stems and this one is very stiff legged, thick red thorny stems. I think it would probably do well in shade too; it has that good-doer look about it. I hope I don't put you off with the 'difficulty' comments, it is no different to any other stiff caned climber I just prefer easier maintenance these days.
@cooldoc, really like the colours on Twilight Zone, it is one I have considered a few times. Very nice. I also like Gruss an Teplitz. I put it on my tentative list for bare root purchase to grow as a shrub against a south facing fence so I had searched back on here to look at people's photo's before. Are you happy with it?Â
@Imprevu, I also had Scentimental and kept it for two years. First in a pot then transferred it to the ground, then dug it up and threw it in the bin. It was perfectly healthy and I like the contrast of the striped flowers and the rather rough, russety looking leaves. I personally didn't find it very scented and Beales rated it as a 9/10. The second year it balled, although to be fair we did get a lot of summer rain last year and many of my roses were trashed. I just didn't love it as I thought I would. Zweibrucken isn't flowering at the moment but has thrown up a new little basal. At it's tallest it is about 2 1/2', 75-80cm so doing ok. Growth is even, older leaves are slightly mottled but not terribly and no defoliation as yet.
@dabolem after four or five years, Lady Emma has stayed compact for me, around 2ft/60cm and it doesn’t grow long octopus canes like some DA roses. Like @cooldoc I prune it well in winter to keep it bushy, otherwise it might well grow bigger.
Twilight Zone looks good enough to eat cooldoc, what a fabulously deep colour. I know it wouldn’t be like that for me even in shade but I still hanker after it.
Few roses escape blackspot in my usually humid climate but this year it’s been so hot and dry I have hardly any. Crispy blooms and burnt foliage on many though, Ebb Tide is suffering:
Marie Pavie is looking spotless but bloomless. It was badly affected by a late spring freeze, perked up after pruning off the frosted tips, continuous to stroll through the heat but no sign of any bloom action. I’m still hoping for a late showing..
MP Last year on 30th July:
Soul seems reasonably heat tolerant, just starting a second flush:
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Love your Bring Me Sunshine, @Marlorena. There's something both buttercup-like and daffodilish about its colours there.
Same with Rose des Cisterciens. (Eustacia is behind.)
I need to plant this Albrighton Rambler before it bursts from its pot, but time is very lacking just now.
Also have an obelisk to put on L of S, but the ground is too dry and hard.
I have Lavender Lassie, @cooldoc. So does Marlorena. Mine is between flushes right now but has plenty of new growth on it.
I do apologise for the delay in responding ... in all honesty, I forgot that I hadn't replied - but thank you. 😊
In the end we went for a climbing rose called sunrise; while I agree with you about formality, I still like a bit of symmetry - so we bought 2. We have added several geums and a couple of lupins - if it proves to be too much they can easily be removed.
They are described as ...
'... a lovely climbing rose which has vibrant, copper/orange blooms with red, yellow and pink blends. Repeat flowers throughout the summer with good fragrance. An attractive garden rose with healthy, bronze green foliage'.
Time will tell.
Thanks again. 🙂
@edhelka loving Faustinia.. good reviews from you and Tack..
Interesting to hear that your GJ has produced similar blooms to the first flush.. I thought its main issue was few blooms.. or was it an issue was having only 2 distinct flushes and being bare other times??
Raining for me as well.. will see how most fares in the rain.. I suspect Soul and Rose de Molinard will be balling.. but they just completed a huge flush and only few buds remain..
Rachel..
Emily Bronte..
Twilight Zone..
Twice in a blue moon..
Harlow Carr..
Jubilee Celebration..
It usually has some autumn blooms too but not many.
Also, it flowers earlier than most roses and then the 2nd flush comes when most other roses are taking a break.
@Copperdog, I used to have Summerwine. I had it in a full sun position but I only kept it for a couple of years. It was super healthy, very vigorous, flowers didn't crisp in the sun (although to be honest that has never been an issue for me with any rose until this year). For me I found it too difficult to look after so I got rid of it. I like a climber without too many thorns, with pliable stems and this one is very stiff legged, thick red thorny stems. I think it would probably do well in shade too; it has that good-doer look about it. I hope I don't put you off with the 'difficulty' comments, it is no different to any other stiff caned climber I just prefer easier maintenance these days.
@cooldoc, really like the colours on Twilight Zone, it is one I have considered a few times. Very nice. I also like Gruss an Teplitz. I put it on my tentative list for bare root purchase to grow as a shrub against a south facing fence so I had searched back on here to look at people's photo's before. Are you happy with it?Â
@Imprevu, I also had Scentimental and kept it for two years. First in a pot then transferred it to the ground, then dug it up and threw it in the bin. It was perfectly healthy and I like the contrast of the striped flowers and the rather rough, russety looking leaves. I personally didn't find it very scented and Beales rated it as a 9/10. The second year it balled, although to be fair we did get a lot of summer rain last year and many of my roses were trashed. I just didn't love it as I thought I would. Zweibrucken isn't flowering at the moment but has thrown up a new little basal. At it's tallest it is about 2 1/2', 75-80cm so doing ok. Growth is even, older leaves are slightly mottled but not terribly and no defoliation as yet.
Twilight Zone looks good enough to eat cooldoc, what a fabulously deep colour. I know it wouldn’t be like that for me even in shade but I still hanker after it.
Few roses escape blackspot in my usually humid climate but this year it’s been so hot and dry I have hardly any. Crispy blooms and burnt foliage on many though, Ebb Tide is suffering:
Marie Pavie is looking spotless but bloomless. It was badly affected by a late spring freeze, perked up after pruning off the frosted tips, continuous to stroll through the heat but no sign of any bloom action. I’m still hoping for a late showing..