Rosa Oxford Physic - launched at Chelsea this year. I like the shape and the peachy pink. Cane be a shrub or a climber. Good repeat flowering. Strong scent. Ok for a pot.
If I hadn't put in MW ast year I would be longing to put it in now.
Some of my dahlias are just budding up - which is pretty good for May. Some new species dahlias have hardly started yet. It should be a good, long season.
I’ll see how my DS goes over the summer, if it doesn’t improve, ditto @Fire.
Ugh, perhaps there is going to be a series, after Loyal Companion we’ll have Much Loved, then Always in our Hearts. Judging from the breeder’s name it’s sycophantic jubilee bandwagon stuff.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
That's why I like "Oxford Physic." Sounds like some nasty Victorian cough remedy, like carbolic smoke balls.
The royal angle does put me off plants, I admit. Wouldn't order Elizabeth or William and Catherine if they were the climbiest, floriferousest, scentiest, north-facing aspectiest of them all.
..lovely @Eustace Blush Noisette is gorgeous isn't it.. most of the time at any rate.
Naming roses after people is always a bit iffy, somebody thought it was a great idea to name a rose 'Jimmy Savile', and I'm not keen on political or military names so much, even though I have at least one, .. but I like the Royal, Aristocratic and Literary names for roses, and don't mind 'Loyal Companion' either - I love dogs, even though I didn't associate it immediately.. I would use 'Countess of Wessex' before 'Chippendale' which is a piece of furniture I think. I don't mind Camilla, she makes me laugh..
Also Royal patronage is important to Horticulture as in other areas, so my 'Princess Diana' clematis will be flowering shortly I hope.. I got rid of 'Prince Charles' as I didn't like the pale blue too much.. but I love his garden and his approach to it, and the influence it creates..
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Ugh, perhaps there is going to be a series, after Loyal Companion we’ll have Much Loved, then Always in our Hearts. Judging from the breeder’s name it’s sycophantic jubilee bandwagon stuff.
The royal angle does put me off plants, I admit. Wouldn't order Elizabeth or William and Catherine if they were the climbiest, floriferousest, scentiest, north-facing aspectiest of them all.
Pitter, your pics are far better than DA's!
Unlabelled HT, Young Lycidas, Blush noisette and Vanessa Bell.
Naming roses after people is always a bit iffy, somebody thought it was a great idea to name a rose 'Jimmy Savile', and I'm not keen on political or military names so much, even though I have at least one,
.. but I like the Royal, Aristocratic and Literary names for roses, and don't mind 'Loyal Companion' either - I love dogs, even though I didn't associate it immediately..
I would use 'Countess of Wessex' before 'Chippendale' which is a piece of furniture I think. I don't mind Camilla, she makes me laugh..
Also Royal patronage is important to Horticulture as in other areas, so my 'Princess Diana' clematis will be flowering shortly I hope.. I got rid of 'Prince Charles' as I didn't like the pale blue too much.. but I love his garden and his approach to it, and the influence it creates..