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ROSES: Autumn/Winter 2022-23

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  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited October 2022
    Thanks.
    Tack said:
    Button-eyed rose, with a button eye, is what I've seen them called
    Is this similar to a "quartered rose"? The above seem to be quartered and buttoned. Maybe.


    I like high centres and cups myself.


  • TackTack Posts: 1,367
    edited October 2022
    This is Trevor White's picture of Proper Job as it shows the quartering better than my recent PJ pics. Literally a petal-packed bloom that arranges itself in quarters
  • EustaceEustace Posts: 2,290
    Rojas said:
    @Eustace thank you. How big the blooms are compared to other DA? Do they have tightly packed petals too? Sorry for asking many questions. If you have any pictures please share.

    Perdita blooms are similar in size to the Summer Song in your photograph. About fragrance, I would say 'mild'. Currently, there are no more blooms/buds on that plant, so have the following links.

    Some pictures I posted in the rose threads here:


    Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
    And then my heart with pleasure fills,
    And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth :)

  • newbie77newbie77 Posts: 1,838
    beautiful roses @tack and @Rojas.

    I might weed sometime in winter, yes weeding is the most common all season task for me. 
    South West London
  • WAMSWAMS Posts: 1,960
    edited October 2022
    @Fire I don't know if it's correct but the word "rosette" came into my head 

    Is one of your roses there the Pilgrim? That's listed as a rosette bloom form.

    From: https://hedgerowrose.com/rose-gardening/2016/02/10/examples-of-bloom-form-and-petal-count-in-roses/ :

    "Rose blossoms that are described as having a “rosette” bloom form have packed petals in a more random size and arrangement. For me, a way to remember this form is to think of it as “ruffled.” An example of a rosette or ruffled bloom form is ‘Crocus Rose’"
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited October 2022
    Useful @WhereAreMySecateurs and @Nollie - thanks. I am trying to work out what roses I like and why.

    It seems I like Singles or Doubles but not Full or Very Fulls.
    Not Reflexed, Buttoned or Quartered.
    I like Flat; High Centred;
     and possibly Cupped and Globular but I'm not sure I could distinguish.

    Pilgrim is described as 'quartered' and 'very full'. I spent some years growing it before understanding that I didn't it - for those reasons.
  • WAMSWAMS Posts: 1,960
    Poor Pilgrim. 😆

    I think I like most roses I've seen, but have a quite visceral aversion to photos of a few- Mill on the Floss, Earth Angel, Ascot, Royal Jubilee.... they look sort of deformed somehow. I bet they're nicer in real life though.


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