I’ve not got much going on Rose wise. I think most of mine decided to give it up for this year after their first flush. Rhapsody in Blue has completely defoliated. Potted Desdemona looks very sad. But Royal Jubilee looks like it’s gearing up for something, a few buds and blooms appearing.
And we’ve been visited today by this lovely dragonfly (female common hawker - I think) I’ve got similar photos from other years always the same type of dragonfly and always on the crabapple tree 🙂
I'm really quite annoyed with myself. I have a rather large Penelope on a high raised bed in front of a wall, which has just now got one small truss of flowers on it. I've only just realized that I never got around to deadheading the majority of the first flush so I've missed the second flush altogether. Blast!Â
To compensate though it should produce some beautiful peachy hips later on which are attractive in their own right.
You are far too modest @Victoria Sponge, all looking fab and that’s a wonderful tableau of Night Owl and friends, love the purple theme with splashes of orange.
@Rojas great info on RD, thanks. I do wonder if it’s worth buying any so-called fragrant rose unless it’s described as very strong. ‘Medium’ in this case means none, it seems!
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Hiya @Nollie My Roald Dahl is now 2nd year in full sun in my new bed. It's doing very well in that location and has been flowering more or less continuously since beginning of June. I agree with the others that there is very little or no fragrance. For what it's worth, it was one of only two roses still holding any blooms having had no water for 4 weeks during the scorching temps last month.
Excellent, thanks @owd potter. Think I will stick with the shrub RD rather than go for the standard, though I would love to try another. If TCL had a Golden Celebration standard in stock I would’ve replaced my shrub with that and embraced it’s octopus habit!
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Your Jacquelin du pre looks beautiful @Eustace. I find i'm developing a greater appreciation for the more open type flowers. Shame to hear about the rust problem. Is it repetitive issue?
Which of your new roses have disappointed so far? We all know we have to give them three years to come into their own, but any ’must do better’ end-of-term reports?!
Two of my new and very much wanted roses need to buck up..
Mutabilis - all but two of it’s seven or eight well-branched canes died. It lingered feebly and hated the heat. The few blooms I had were wan and colourless, not the warm gold and dark pink contrasts it’s famed for. I assumed it was starved of sun facing north, despite alleged shade tolerance. Not so, cooler weather has induced a small growth spurt to 3ft and a few more characteristic blooms. This is my second specimen, having lost the first over a winter, so it seems its both too tender and not sufficiently heat tolerant for here. The best it’s been so far:
Buff Beauty - Thin canes crawled along the ground, then two fat 6ft basals shot up unbalancing the plant. Early blooms were promising, but since diminished to rambler size. So far, it’s not living up to it’s reputation for heat tolerance and after decent rain it immediately got bad BS and defoliated to the waist. It’s seems PH sensitive and suffers from nutrient deficiency despite being well fed. It’s planted in a new bed with two other newbies (Alister Stella Gray and Lady Hillingdon) which have put it to shame with their healthy growth, floriferous nature and and fast repeat. Finger’s crossed these are just teething problems. Typical small bloom and sickly foliage:
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To compensate though it should produce some beautiful peachy hips later on which are attractive in their own right.
@Rojas great info on RD, thanks. I do wonder if it’s worth buying any so-called fragrant rose unless it’s described as very strong. ‘Medium’ in this case means none, it seems!
My Roald Dahl is now 2nd year in full sun in my new bed. It's doing very well in that location and has been flowering more or less continuously since beginning of June. I agree with the others that there is very little or no fragrance.Â
For what it's worth, it was one of only two roses still holding any blooms having had no water for 4 weeks during the scorching temps last month.
I find i'm developing a greater appreciation for the more open type flowers.
Shame to hear about the rust problem. Is it repetitive issue?
Trevor White have a pink sport of JdP called Ness
Mutabilis - all but two of it’s seven or eight well-branched canes died. It lingered feebly and hated the heat. The few blooms I had were wan and colourless, not the warm gold and dark pink contrasts it’s famed for. I assumed it was starved of sun facing north, despite alleged shade tolerance. Not so, cooler weather has induced a small growth spurt to 3ft and a few more characteristic blooms. This is my second specimen, having lost the first over a winter, so it seems its both too tender and not sufficiently heat tolerant for here. The best it’s been so far:
Buff Beauty - Thin canes crawled along the ground, then two fat 6ft basals shot up unbalancing the plant. Early blooms were promising, but since diminished to rambler size. So far, it’s not living up to it’s reputation for heat tolerance and after decent rain it immediately got bad BS and defoliated to the waist. It’s seems PH sensitive and suffers from nutrient deficiency despite being well fed. It’s planted in a new bed with two other newbies (Alister Stella Gray and Lady Hillingdon) which have put it to shame with their healthy growth, floriferous nature and and fast repeat. Finger’s crossed these are just teething problems. Typical small bloom and sickly foliage: