@Marlorena yeah im sure night owl will perk up! I better go and relabel Diamond eyes with a strap lavel before I forget again, I think something 4 legged may have pinched the seed label I stuck on (i actually double label bare roots for that reason!)
Apologies if I missed a discussion a while back, but has anyone ordered the 2023 rose of the year peach melba? What do you recon to the promo pics? It looks quite pretty... I quite like peachy colours. Curious how it will do for those that have it.
That's fast, @Marlorena. Hope your roses make it across the channel to you double-quick!
@Victoria Sponge I am going to have to Google nearly all of those. They look terrific
Was really tempted by Crown Princess Margareta there, @Nollie, but I think my new Bathsheba will have to do in its stead. Not really worth the postage just for one, and Versigny and Purple Lodge are sadly OOS.🎻 Anyway, had better see what the power bill is like for this month before buying any more roses.😬
Evening. I seem unable to keep up but maybe after tomorrow's social event I will be able to think roses again. Only a very small family gathering at Christmas this year thank goodness.
I am getting impatient for my TCL order now, I daren't add a DA now. Last time I added something fairly late on it delayed the whole thing.
I query the Diamond Eyes ID Jessica. Mine is much more double and not so blue, more purple than these pics but towards red purple. It's also very short and wide, no taller than 30cm, small leaves. The whole thing is very patio sized.
@Tack your a genius thank you!! Night owl it is! Your diamond eyes is lovely and yes your right, looks very different... Apologies my brains mush with this horrid bug, couldnt for the life of me remember what it was other than that id asked! I shall label it tomorrow! Just checked trevor whites image of night owl, pasted below ; Vs my pic of mine in its pot; Thats definatley the right ID this time! Edit; Just checked the rose im also muddling it with is wild rover, the climber I have planted thats not doing well... that didnt pop up on google when I checked.. yeesh my brains mush, Im obsessive with names usually! This rover does well in its pot though! Guess I just make sure I keep it trimmed.
Loving everyone's reviews of roses 🙂 I'm away whole of this month; hope my roses are withstanding the cold and frosty weather well. Btw, does anyone know whether TCL has resumed shipping DA bareroots to UK? TIA.
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And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth
Good question, perhaps someone else can answer that Eustace.
@JessicaS ..keeping tabs on our roses is rather like the Comedy of Errors.. we all get muddled and mixed up. I've got photos on my computer that I've no idea which is what.. Besides, let's be honest, we're all totally insane.. as if our gardens are not full enough, another dozen roses just to make sure..
I was convinced yesterday was Friday, today Saturday.. my husband now tells me it's Sunday.. oh well, I was so looking forward to my Saturday - been and gone apparently..
@Victoria Sponge .. so many good roses, and that Icicle !.. I've had Souvenir de Mme. August Charles from your list, lovely compact Bourbon, I remember the smallish blooms weathered quite well here.. hope it does well for you..
@Perki, quite a few Gabriel growers on here have said theirs was slow to take off and did much better in a pot, so if you extract a replacement maybe try growing it on in a pot for a year first? You could also dig up and pot your current one to see if it improves, that way you might end up with two like Mr. Vine Eye!
@punkdoc that is puzzling. Some roses just seem to just decline over time, does anyone have a mature Princess Anne and can help punkdoc? If it didn’t repeat flower only this year I would’ve said hot weather, but two on the trot is different..
@Eustace, well Pam285 just got Falstaff and LEH - I’m sure they’re not supposed to ship DAs to the UK under their licence now you mention it, so if anyone still wants any I hope they bag them before TCL realise their ‘mistake’!
I occasionally get roses mixed up too since I don’t label them, I’m sure I posted a photo of Gertie as Harlow Carr last year, or maybe it was the other way around..
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Apologies if I missed a discussion a while back, but has anyone ordered the 2023 rose of the year peach melba? What do you recon to the promo pics?
It looks quite pretty... I quite like peachy colours. Curious how it will do for those that have it.
@Victoria Sponge I am going to have to Google nearly all of those. They look terrific
Was really tempted by Crown Princess Margareta there, @Nollie, but I think my new Bathsheba will have to do in its stead. Not really worth the postage just for one, and Versigny and Purple Lodge are sadly OOS.🎻 Anyway, had better see what the power bill is like for this month before buying any more roses.😬
Apologies my brains mush with this horrid bug, couldnt for the life of me remember what it was other than that id asked!
Just checked trevor whites image of night owl, pasted below ;
Vs my pic of mine in its pot;
Thats definatley the right ID this time!
Edit; Just checked the rose im also muddling it with is wild rover, the climber I have planted thats not doing well... that didnt pop up on google when I checked.. yeesh my brains mush, Im obsessive with names usually! This rover does well in its pot though! Guess I just make sure I keep it trimmed.
I'm away whole of this month; hope my roses are withstanding the cold and frosty weather well.
Btw, does anyone know whether TCL has resumed shipping DA bareroots to UK? TIA.
@JessicaS
..keeping tabs on our roses is rather like the Comedy of Errors.. we all get muddled and mixed up. I've got photos on my computer that I've no idea which is what..
Besides, let's be honest, we're all totally insane.. as if our gardens are not full enough, another dozen roses just to make sure..
I was convinced yesterday was Friday, today Saturday.. my husband now tells me it's Sunday.. oh well, I was so looking forward to my Saturday - been and gone apparently..
.. so many good roses, and that Icicle !.. I've had Souvenir de Mme. August Charles from your list, lovely compact Bourbon, I remember the smallish blooms weathered quite well here.. hope it does well for you..
@punkdoc that is puzzling. Some roses just seem to just decline over time, does anyone have a mature Princess Anne and can help punkdoc? If it didn’t repeat flower only this year I would’ve said hot weather, but two on the trot is different..
I occasionally get roses mixed up too since I don’t label them, I’m sure I posted a photo of Gertie as Harlow Carr last year, or maybe it was the other way around..