@fire - I think I prefer Buff Beauty - it has more flowers for me. However, that might just be because it's in better soil in a sunnier spot. I think I prefer the scent too. WOH is a heavy (myrrh?) scent and BB is a lighter frangrance which reminds me of loose tea leaves.
They can both be large sprawling plants with lots of whippy new growth. I'm thinking of putting an obelisk over Buff Beauty and trying it as a climber. At the moment it's just being grown as a shrub. WOH is trained as a climber.
My current favourite soft apricot rose is Roald Dahl - healthy, flowers all summer, lovely scent, not too many thorns and keeps a nice bushy shape. Smaller plant though.
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
My WOH took a long time to get going (first year sleeping, second year creeping as they say). In the third year it put out a couple of eight+ foot main canes, and now in its fourth year it is starting to grow another main cane.
The canes are smooth with few thorns and very pliable, so it should be easy to train. I think it’s an elegant rose but I will admit it’s not as floriferous as I’d like. I’m hoping it will grow more flowers over time. I do like its strong, non-rosey scent (haven’t smelled Buff Beauty) and love the pale delicate colour.
Oh yes, a single rose from my WOH — its very last bloom, in January this year — did turn pink. This was the only time I’ve seen it happen, probably because of the cold. I couldn’t believe it so I took pictures (ignore the yellow rose in the background of the first photo, that is Vanessa Bell)
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I've scrabbled around the base, braving the spiders for the label - it could be it's labelled wrong but.... ?
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
They can both be large sprawling plants with lots of whippy new growth. I'm thinking of putting an obelisk over Buff Beauty and trying it as a climber. At the moment it's just being grown as a shrub. WOH is trained as a climber.
My current favourite soft apricot rose is Roald Dahl - healthy, flowers all summer, lovely scent, not too many thorns and keeps a nice bushy shape. Smaller plant though.
The canes are smooth with few thorns and very pliable, so it should be easy to train. I think it’s an elegant rose but I will admit it’s not as floriferous as I’d like. I’m hoping it will grow more flowers over time. I do like its strong, non-rosey scent (haven’t smelled Buff Beauty) and love the pale delicate colour.