After some 30 years in various gardens, I finally had to say goodbye to my much beloved old Bourbon 'Mme. Lauriol de Barny'.. I didn't think I could keep on handling it as it's extremely vigorous.. Essentially once flowering but never failed to put on a good show for 6 weeks, with that classic imbricated bloom style that I think most are drawn to in climbing roses..
Heavenly pink cloud. And thanks for the new word, imbricated (overlapping like roof tiles).
Merriam-Webster says: The ancient Romans knew how to keep the interior of their villas dry when it rained. They covered their roofs with overlapping curved tiles so the "imber" (Latin for pelting rain or "rain shower") couldn't seep in. The tiles were, in effect, "rain tiles," so the Romans called them "imbrices" (singular "imbrex"). The verb for installing the tiles was "imbricare," and English speakers used its past participle - "imbricatus" - to create "imbricate," which was first used as adjective meaning "overlapping (like roof tiles)" and later became a verb meaning "to overlap."
Thank you all for your comments about defoliating and cleaning secateurs. I've done an initial clean with some vinegar and wire wool, but am pretty sure I'll need to dunk them as they're pretty well rusted! They've come up well though.
After your comments on defoliating I've been out to remove the leaves from Souvenir du Docteur Jamain. While doing so I noticed a few thin stems(?) growing up around the plant's base. What are they? Are they a sign the rose isn't rooted deeply enough, and its roots are shooting up?
I gave one a gentle tug and it came out, with roots of its own:
What a beautiful pink rose @Marlorena! Must have been sad to say goodbye.
I'm a bit late with a red rose but here is Paul's Scarlet against the wall of my old house in Dordogne. I planted it in 1990 and the photo is 2019. It was quite a lot taller than me, hard to tell in the photo.
I had to say good bye as I moved house in 2021 but I'm have fun planting my new garden. Have planted 25 roses so far, there were only 3 there before. I've planted 7 roses at OH's cottage in Norfolk. They are all very young, hope this year I can post some photos.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I love my Felco secateurs, have 4. Oldest belonged to 1st OH, bought in the 70s, then I bought a pair for me after he died in '98. He did the rose pruning before. Then I lost them and bought more, 2 more in fact, but they all turned up in the end. Good thing they are red.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Paul's Scarlet looks just right against that wall.. an old favourite that one..
@Imprevu Yes I will miss it especially during May month, but I've replaced with 'Lavender Lassie', so all is not lost.. hopefully it will be easier for me to manage.. 'LL' was one of the first roses I ever got in 1986, so this is a revisit so to speak..
@BlueBirder, you can send your secateurs back to Felco to be serviced for a fee of course, not sure how much though. Gorgeous roses everyone as always!💐
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Essentially once flowering but never failed to put on a good show for 6 weeks, with that classic imbricated bloom style that I think most are drawn to in climbing roses..
Merriam-Webster says:
The ancient Romans knew how to keep the interior of their villas dry when it rained. They covered their roofs with overlapping curved tiles so the "imber" (Latin for pelting rain or "rain shower") couldn't seep in. The tiles were, in effect, "rain tiles," so the Romans called them "imbrices" (singular "imbrex"). The verb for installing the tiles was "imbricare," and English speakers used its past participle - "imbricatus" - to create "imbricate," which was first used as adjective meaning "overlapping (like roof tiles)" and later became a verb meaning "to overlap."
After your comments on defoliating I've been out to remove the leaves from Souvenir du Docteur Jamain. While doing so I noticed a few thin stems(?) growing up around the plant's base. What are they? Are they a sign the rose isn't rooted deeply enough, and its roots are shooting up?
I gave one a gentle tug and it came out, with roots of its own:
I'm a bit late with a red rose but here is Paul's Scarlet against the wall of my old house in Dordogne. I planted it in 1990 and the photo is 2019. It was quite a lot taller than me, hard to tell in the photo.
I had to say good bye as I moved house in 2021 but I'm have fun planting my new garden. Have planted 25 roses so far, there were only 3 there before. I've planted 7 roses at OH's cottage in Norfolk. They are all very young, hope this year I can post some photos.
Paul's Scarlet looks just right against that wall.. an old favourite that one..
@Imprevu
Yes I will miss it especially during May month, but I've replaced with 'Lavender Lassie', so all is not lost.. hopefully it will be easier for me to manage.. 'LL' was one of the first roses I ever got in 1986, so this is a revisit so to speak..