Can't wait to see your Mutabilis. I am going to try that, too, along with GdF and your suggestion of climbing Lady Hillingdon, but absolutely must be sensible and prepare the site first before any ordering is done.
Talking of WS, mine is better appreciated in a vase until it develops a backbone but all the better to sniff that heady fragrance. Of all my Austins, this one has the most old rose character:
The Prince:
Mme. Antoine Mari, Pennisetum Rubra and Dahlia Diabolo:
MAM:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Not me recommending LH but I had a look, it does look lovely. Good that somebody recommended it.
Beautiful garden shot there Nollie, good too to see WS and get advice, I was wondering whether I should have been tempted! Happy about it now and I've tried to buy Mutabilis before but PB ran out of stock before sending mine last year, so altogether a fortuitous set of circumstances started by Secateurs.
I have certainly recommended LH shrub - assuming we’re talking Lady Hamilton - but can’t speak for the climber 😊
WAMS if you are getting Mutabilis and your temps get down to -15 (re your ranunculus thread) better get that winter protection at the ready! I was going to move mine to a full sun position but since the first one died and I had so much winter dieback on it’s replacement I decided to just get rid.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Lovely to read the posts. No pictures from me as I have started feeling cold to step out to the garden. @Nollie I think you have made me land on Standard roses, I really wish that I could get hold of Jubilee Celebration standard.
@Eustace I vaguely remember that you've got Perdita. Would you mid sharing some pictures please .. How do you find the fragrance please?
Argh sorry, Tack, I did use to get you all mixed up a bit sometimes! Untangling you all now.
Yes, Nollie, it would be beside my neighbours' awful kitchen extension brick wall, which would hopefully be warm enough to keep it alive. I'd mulch it to a good depth, anyway, because it does get very cold here occasionally. Things like Peruvian lilies/ alstros just don't seem to survive here no matter how well-mulched they are, though.
Is anyone going to wrap their standard roses for the winter? Style Roses recommend it-- apparently the stem may not as hardy as the rest of it. Thoughts?
Well I blame @pitter-patter’s impressive specimens for my newfound love for standard roses @rojas! I think a Royal Jubilee standard would be fab. It’s what I was thinking of when I ordered Empereur Charles IV from Lens, despite it’s potential unsuitability for my climate. I await a response from them as to whether they are going to restock (possibly more suitable) Thomas à Becket or Gabriel Oak, ideally as a 1.1m standard. Both theoretically only available at 80cm, probably OK for GO but too dinky for TaB imo.
I might wrap my GdeF standard, WAMS, since it was hard-won after scouring obscure French rose websites and the trunk is a bit skinny. My winters can be hard and a late April freeze seems to be a regular thing here now. Better safe than sorry for the first year or two if you live in colder parts, I reckon.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@Victoria Sponge Louise Clements has a strong fragrance when it is sunny and a milder one in temperate weather. I don't know whether it makes sense to you, but to a rather smell-challenged me, that is what I have noticed. I like the orange colour and the symmetric flower form; that is what I noticed when I ordered and it is indeed so.
@Rojas Yes, I do have Perdita and it has a medium fragrance - spicy to my nose I had 2 flushes of blooms this year from that rose though I missed the second flush as I was away for a few weeks then. The flowers have weak necks and look downward; that is my pet peeve with many of the DA roses with bigger blooms. I have noticed that the flowers being pale peachy cream do tend to have spots of red/pink on cold rainy days.
Edited to add a few photos taken today: Summer song
Timeless cream Papa Meilland Susan William-Ellis - to think this was in my giveaway list last season, but has done well this year. Moral of the story: Don't throw away any DA roses before you let them grow for 3 years at least. Last but not the least, Royal Celebration, the flowers are smaller though.
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Talking of WS, mine is better appreciated in a vase until it develops a backbone but all the better to sniff that heady fragrance. Of all my Austins, this one has the most old rose character:
The Prince:
MAM:
@Eustace I vaguely remember that you've got Perdita. Would you mid sharing some pictures please .. How do you find the fragrance please?
Yes, Nollie, it would be beside my neighbours' awful kitchen extension brick wall, which would hopefully be warm enough to keep it alive. I'd mulch it to a good depth, anyway, because it does get very cold here occasionally. Things like Peruvian lilies/ alstros just don't seem to survive here no matter how well-mulched they are, though.
Is anyone going to wrap their standard roses for the winter? Style Roses recommend it-- apparently the stem may not as hardy as the rest of it. Thoughts?
Edited to add a few photos taken today:
Summer song
Timeless cream
Papa Meilland
Susan William-Ellis - to think this was in my giveaway list last season, but has done well this year. Moral of the story: Don't throw away any DA roses before you let them grow for 3 years at least.
Last but not the least, Royal Celebration, the flowers are smaller though.