@WhereAreMySecateurs Yes, Romania has many very beautiful, still wild landscapes, especially in the Carpathians. And roses grow very well here, indeed. I am new to them, but people tell stories of DA roses growing huge thanks to the warmer temperatures, compared to their description on the DA site🙂 Yet here at my place in the south it is very hot and dry and i have very little shade, so i don't know how well they will do. So far i have started to experiment with Boscobel, LoS (both first spring) and Munstead Wood (second spring). Munstead wood was specifically recommended to me by a local DA expert, who brings the roses directly from DA. She said he was less successful in the UK exactly because it likes more sun, I don't know if it's true. But it does very well, though it is very floppy. And to my disappointment the flowers don't last at all in the vase, but the scent and colour are divine! It was the first rose to open for me, now it is almost gone already.Â
@Marlorena Lovely pink hues on your GdF, how delicate she is! i will be on the look out for them then 🙂 in the meantime i managed to get more colour here too, how exciting this ever-changing show is!Â
Last year there was quite a lot of discussion here about the performance of various roses in hot, Med climates. @murasaki It seems many types do very much better in strong, full sun south further south and are v much more floriferous and get to be huger plants. The UK roses suffer worse from fungal diseases like black spot. Many rose parents are not from anywhere near here and did not evolve in anything like UK conditions. So even though rose/y gardens are, oddly, thought of quintessentially English, they are really anything but.
.. but it is.. it's a style of gardening, much copied.. it doesn't matter where the plants originated from..
.. the advantage we have with our cooler conditions, as opposed to hotter climates is that colours on roses are deeper, more saturated and less washed out.  Roses like Munstead Wood [below today] turn red or pink in heat, yellows become paler. Lady Hillingdon is a much deeper yellow here, than when seen in a warmer climate.. pros and cons of growing roses..Â
@murasaki I'm glad G de F is doing well for you now, it's such a fun climber isn't it?.. I love the colour changes.
@JessicaS Hi Jessica.  Re your mystery rose in Amsterdam, I've spoken with 3 members, two in Holland, one of which is a rose nursery, and the general consensus is that it's 'Charles Austin', an early DA rose.  The one in the picture looks as though it's been there quite some time.  We're not entirely sure about the foliage, however, so this should be regarded as 'best guess'. Â
I think Ebb Tide will be my Munstead Wood substitute. Lovely photo @edhelka. Rose names. For some reason I can't fathom I have always been attracted to Narrow Water. What a lovely rose it is.
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Yes, Romania has many very beautiful, still wild landscapes, especially in the Carpathians. And roses grow very well here, indeed. I am new to them, but people tell stories of DA roses growing huge thanks to the warmer temperatures, compared to their description on the DA site🙂 Yet here at my place in the south it is very hot and dry and i have very little shade, so i don't know how well they will do. So far i have started to experiment with Boscobel, LoS (both first spring) and Munstead Wood (second spring). Munstead wood was specifically recommended to me by a local DA expert, who brings the roses directly from DA. She said he was less successful in the UK exactly because it likes more sun, I don't know if it's true. But it does very well, though it is very floppy. And to my disappointment the flowers don't last at all in the vase, but the scent and colour are divine! It was the first rose to open for me, now it is almost gone already.Â
Lovely pink hues on your GdF, how delicate she is! i will be on the look out for them then 🙂 in the meantime i managed to get more colour here too, how exciting this ever-changing show is!Â
I’m starting to find some roses blooming now!
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.. the advantage we have with our cooler conditions, as opposed to hotter climates is that colours on roses are deeper, more saturated and less washed out.  Roses like Munstead Wood [below today] turn red or pink in heat, yellows become paler. Lady Hillingdon is a much deeper yellow here, than when seen in a warmer climate.. pros and cons of growing roses..Â
'Amazing Day' slowly opening. Amazing rose.
'Narrow Water'
'Eyes for You'
And breath-taking colour of 'Ebb Tide'
@murasaki
I'm glad G de F is doing well for you now, it's such a fun climber isn't it?.. I love the colour changes.
@JessicaS
Hi Jessica.  Re your mystery rose in Amsterdam, I've spoken with 3 members, two in Holland, one of which is a rose nursery, and the general consensus is that it's 'Charles Austin', an early DA rose.  The one in the picture looks as though it's been there quite some time.  We're not entirely sure about the foliage, however, so this should be regarded as 'best guess'. Â
Rose names. For some reason I can't fathom I have always been attracted to Narrow Water. What a lovely rose it is.
At last. My first rose of the year.Â
And my new Clarence House has been threatening to bloom for weeks....