Sawflies have already started with a vengeance here @peteS, they really are the pits. Your Boscobel is going to be fab, look forward to seeing it in bloom.
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@newbie77 Yes it's in a square pot 35x35x35. I bought some 'special' rose formulated compost (according to Westland anyway), added some topsoil and let it grow in full sun. The picture shows it in early August, still with reasonably healthy looking foliage, apart from the damage done by the sawfly onslaught.
Screenshot from Facebook, mostly for @Marlorena It is from the HMF group, someone asked for an ID, the rose grows in Greece on Kos The leading opinion is 'Isabelle Nabonnand' (others considered are 'Souvenir de Gilbert Nabonnand' and 'Clementina Carbonieri'). Isn't it a completely gorgeous rose?
Is anyone growing or has grown 'Roundelay', because mine has proved very difficult. It's probably been in the ground 3 years, but has refused to produce any new canes from the ground and dies back all too readily. It was actually a very good multi stemmed specimen when I bought it from Trevor White but it's been down hill ever since.
.. not me, hope it perks up for you Pete... looking a bit spartan for sure, but you've got a good shoot coming out there, I'd hold on to that..
@edhelka .. lovely isn't it? I think you'd need an expert on Tea roses, but if I had to choose between those proffered so far, I'd go with 'Clementina Carbonieri'.. reason being, not only the blooms and shape of the plant, even though much larger than we would see, it's the red new foliage, the vigorous habit such as we would see in warmer climates, and the older leaves are 'Devoniensis' like, plus they have mildew on them, an inherited tendency from Devoniensis probably..
@Marlorena@edhelka red foliage goes with CC, but doesn't it produce more lighter flowers? and one of the pics appear to have cupped flowers.. shouldn't CC have more flatter informal petal arrangement?? what about size of CC? the plant in the pic looks huge..
edit: my bad.. some pics on HMF has that dark colour and cupped petals.. Interestingly, I had got my potted CC today from TW (not a typical specimen from TW).. had told myself not to buy anymore.. hopefully this will be the last for this season...
@peteS my Boscobel did extremely well last year.. I do spray for fungal infections occasionally so cannot comment on that.. I believe it had some rust by November 2020 and I had to give it a proper chop/ clean..
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Yes it's in a square pot 35x35x35. I bought some 'special' rose formulated compost (according to Westland anyway), added some topsoil and let it grow in full sun. The picture shows it in early August, still with reasonably healthy looking foliage, apart from the damage done by the sawfly onslaught.
 If mine defoliated too much this season I will move it to a pot in winter.Â
It is from the HMF group, someone asked for an ID, the rose grows in Greece on Kos
The leading opinion is 'Isabelle Nabonnand' (others considered are 'Souvenir de Gilbert Nabonnand' and 'Clementina Carbonieri').
Isn't it a completely gorgeous rose?
@edhelka
.. lovely isn't it? I think you'd need an expert on Tea roses, but if I had to choose between those proffered so far, I'd go with 'Clementina Carbonieri'.. reason being, not only the blooms and shape of the plant, even though much larger than we would see, it's the red new foliage, the vigorous habit such as we would see in warmer climates, and the older leaves are 'Devoniensis' like, plus they have mildew on them, an inherited tendency from Devoniensis probably..
edit: my bad.. some pics on HMF has that dark colour and cupped petals.. Interestingly, I had got my potted CC today from TW (not a typical specimen from TW).. had told myself not to buy anymore.. hopefully this will be the last for this season...