@Dabolem, I suspect Blue for You would suit that location better than Palais Biron, which is a wide, bushy shrub with clusters at the top of strong, upright canes. However, how many blooms you get lower down is often a matter of how you train and prune. If you stagger the height of canes so some are lower at the front you would get blooms lower down. Also if there is space to espalier a shrub or short climber against your wall you would get fuller coverage.
Rhapsody in Blue is supposed to be shade tolerant, but so far I have resisted it’s attractions as it is said to prefer a cooler climate. More red than purple, but have you considered something like Thomas a Becket or Gruss an Teplitz? With a little support and training either of those should give you good coverage, I think.
Ability to tolerate shade is a tricky one. As my light levels, and probably yours, are higher than in the UK, sometimes roses not known to grow well in shade there, can tolerate it perfectly well over here. G an T fried in full sun for me, I wish I had kept it to try in another location as it’s a gorgeous rose.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Roses in my garden are still recovering from the heatwave. I have now pruned and deadheaded the burnt/dried off bits. A few photos from today: Lady of Shalott Jacqueline du Pre Perception Ulmer Munster still going strong, on its 5th day. Cecilia Prague And this Snowcap dahlia has been flowering for ages.
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
Wow @celcius_kkw that is one fabulous photo of Roald Dahl on your balcony, worthy of the DA catalogue.
@Victoria Sponge your garden is looking lush and brimming with blooms and you are so selling me Stephanie d’Ursel.Â
I mentioned a little while back that my trio of Lady Emma Hamilton was badly burnt and diseased, so I give it a radical winter-style prune and stripped off the old leaves. It seems to have worked and recovered fast, all this is new growth:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
The flowers on Ulmer Munster last forever don't they @Eustace? My youngster hasn't had many flowers so far but has held them forever.
I was thinking Blue for You as well @dabolem, but that is based on @purplerallim's lovely specimen which is why I bought mine. My Rhapsody in Blue is bare at the base but I have it in the centre of a bed and like to keep it tall. I think others cut it shorter so may not be bare like mine is. If I was mainland Europe I would test one of the Lens purples, Violet Hood as I've wanted it for ages but they no longer ship here.
After moaning about the lack of rain it rained quite heavily yesterday evening. I harvested around 500 litres which is better than nothing. I will buy some liquid feed cometh payday and do one last feed for all, though will carry on with some special cases.
A sprig of St Dunstan's rose for the home desk. I noticed yesterday half of it has died back and the remaining canes are a bit stringy so will have to keep an eye on it. It is moderately and nicely scented, cleanly medical with a classic rose underscent.
I ordered the rest of the spring flowering bulbs yesterday, daffs and camassia for the most part and an allium I haven't tried before Pink Jewel. Also ordered some geraniums and origanums to fill some bare edges.
@newbie77 hope you had a lovely holiday. Have missed your posts.
@Victoria Sponge I would like start buying some bulbs but I can't imagine how I am going to dig holes for them. Still no rain here despite being promised a week of Biblical-style deluges.🎻 Love your St Dunstan's and @Fire's Moonlight, wow.
Tranquillity is blooming like a trouper and its blooms last ages. Â A ginormous bumblebee trying to get inside Boule de Neige (that's the sweet peas going mildewy there, not the rose, which has been wonderfully healthy this year) Ebb Tide behind some astrantia Roma. If it didn't bloom so stingily, it would look terrific. Was thinking of replacing with Darcey Bussell but now @purplerallim's fabulous Blue For You has caught my eye.
That's a really nice colour combo @WhereAreMySecateurs, shame it does not produce more flowers.
I couldn't plant bulbs at the moment either, I couldn't jab a metal stake in the ground earlier, it is like concrete. Just banking on the fact that when they are delivered the weather will be miserable and the holes I dig will be filling with water like a normal year
Today I ordered a couple of bareroots from Trevor Wood. English Garden and Baby Faurax. I added Odyssey to my TCL order but was too late to add Forever Royal. It is available elsewhere but I don't want to make a special order for one.  Putting a stop to my spending spree was finding Faithful Friend was out of stock for the Beales container sale. I've decided to move my Munstead Wood and replace with a nice new yellow but I only really wanted this one if it was at sale price. Will keep thinking. I never bought Lucia which I often think is a lovely yellow. Or Golden Celebration.
@Victoria Sponge, re your comment about needing a long reach pruner. I've just bought the Spear & Jackson Easy Reach Pruner on the recommendation of several posters and really like it. I can now stand at the foot of my rose arches/arbour/shed and prune with ease. It's also got a very handy prune and hold feature which doesn't drop the bits on your head. About £32 from Amazon.
Posts
Rhapsody in Blue is supposed to be shade tolerant, but so far I have resisted it’s attractions as it is said to prefer a cooler climate. More red than purple, but have you considered something like Thomas a Becket or Gruss an Teplitz? With a little support and training either of those should give you good coverage, I think.
Lady of Shalott
Jacqueline du Pre
Perception
Ulmer Munster still going strong, on its 5th day.
Cecilia
Prague
And this Snowcap dahlia has been flowering for ages.
@Victoria Sponge your garden is looking lush and brimming with blooms and you are so selling me Stephanie d’Ursel.Â
I was thinking Blue for You as well @dabolem, but that is based on @purplerallim's lovely specimen which is why I bought mine. My Rhapsody in Blue is bare at the base but I have it in the centre of a bed and like to keep it tall. I think others cut it shorter so may not be bare like mine is. If I was mainland Europe I would test one of the Lens purples, Violet Hood as I've wanted it for ages but they no longer ship here.
After moaning about the lack of rain it rained quite heavily yesterday evening. I harvested around 500 litres which is better than nothing. I will buy some liquid feed cometh payday and do one last feed for all, though will carry on with some special cases.
A sprig of St Dunstan's rose for the home desk. I noticed yesterday half of it has died back and the remaining canes are a bit stringy so will have to keep an eye on it. It is moderately and nicely scented, cleanly medical with a classic rose underscent.
I ordered the rest of the spring flowering bulbs yesterday, daffs and camassia for the most part and an allium I haven't tried before Pink Jewel. Also ordered some geraniums and origanums to fill some bare edges.
@Victoria Sponge I would like start buying some bulbs but I can't imagine how I am going to dig holes for them. Still no rain here despite being promised a week of Biblical-style deluges.🎻 Love your St Dunstan's and @Fire's Moonlight, wow.
Thanks for the info about Elizabeth, @Marlorena and @cooldoc.
Tranquillity is blooming like a trouper and its blooms last ages.
Ebb Tide behind some astrantia Roma. If it didn't bloom so stingily, it would look terrific. Was thinking of replacing with Darcey Bussell but now @purplerallim's fabulous Blue For You has caught my eye.
I couldn't plant bulbs at the moment either, I couldn't jab a metal stake in the ground earlier, it is like concrete. Just banking on the fact that when they are delivered the weather will be miserable and the holes I dig will be filling with water like a normal year
Today I ordered a couple of bareroots from Trevor Wood. English Garden and Baby Faurax. I added Odyssey to my TCL order but was too late to add Forever Royal. It is available elsewhere but I don't want to make a special order for one.
Â
Putting a stop to my spending spree was finding Faithful Friend was out of stock for the Beales container sale. I've decided to move my Munstead Wood and replace with a nice new yellow but I only really wanted this one if it was at sale price. Will keep thinking. I never bought Lucia which I often think is a lovely yellow. Or Golden Celebration.
excuse the rubble bag 😬