The Dean of Rochester, Samuel Reynolds Hole, a late 19th C rosarian, had 3 roses named after him, plus one for his wife, and if you go through Trevor White's inventory with a fine tooth comb, you will likely come across it under 'Tea' Roses... only it doesn't appear to be a Tea, but a Bourbon.. a casual observation I made a few years ago..
'Dean Hole'.. a hybrid tea bred by Dickson 1904 'Reynolds Hole' a hybrid perpetual bred by George Paul 1872 'Reynolds Hole' a Bourbon bred by Trouillard, France 1861
and 'Mrs Reynolds Hole'.. a Tea rose bred by Nabonnand, France 1900.. which is the only one now in commerce, and likely imported originally by Peter Beales from Sangerhausen, E. Germany.
The late Hilary Merrifield, an Australian rosarian, also had the same idea and that it's actually the Trouillard, French bred Bourbon.. Such is the perpetual confusion surrounding so many Old Roses, although I'd still like to think it's the Nabonnand, Tea, but it's a stretch..
I've reintroduced it into my garden and will be using it as a short climber..
Thank you @Marlorena! Yes it was only march 2021 it was done, its really helped sorting the drainage issues and getting edging in. Those roses have been in longer, about 7 years I think by now but was a mud bath round them before!
The edging and patios ok but the actual gravel and weed membrane laying job has quickly turned out to be shoddy unfortunately the membranes not secured down, or level ground so gets kicked up easily when its walked on and the raw edge shreds like mad as the gravels not able to hold it down enough, so mud seeps up on top of the shredding. I called the builder on it and he after weeks eventually turned up and did the bare minimum, putting a patch of membrane over one corner, then had the outrageous cheek to claim (totally unfounded and untrue) it must have been my dogs that pulled up the membrane and shredded it rather than his shoddy laying and lack of securing it! Cant get anymore repairs out of him.
Ive ended up buying metal membrane pegs (he claimed nothing existed to do such a thing and it was normal for just the inch of gravel to hold it, i found them instantly on amazon..) and driving them in myself to stop it kicking up, which works well but its a battle to stop shredding membrane popping up elsewhere, or gravel getting kicked off showing membrane. The whole lot needs stripping, ground levelling and membrane and gravel relaying really as underneaths such a mess
@JessicaS - gorgeous garden, love the shed climbers!
I’ve pruned the roses at the allotment - Arthur Bell has tricky thorns, but I was impressed with it last year. Lots of flowers despite having to fend for itself with minimal care and great hips.
I also went through the bed deweeding. It’s completely full of bindweed, couch grass and horsetail.
people complain about horsetail but compared to the other two that I have to contend with it’s fairly easy to keep on top of. I had to lift some plants so I could pull out the couch grass from their roots.
Im never going to get it perfect but hopefully all that work will make it a bit easier to maintain next year.
The roses at home are starting to grow, but I’ll wait til after next weeks drop in temperatures and then start pruning.
I’ve ordered bare root Fruity Parfuma from Pococks and it came with this very long root. I’m planning on planting this rose in a pot and there’s no way this root would fit unless I twist it round inside the pot. Or would it be better just to prune the root so it fits straight in? What would be the best thing to do? Thanks
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'Dean Hole'.. a hybrid tea bred by Dickson 1904
'Reynolds Hole' a hybrid perpetual bred by George Paul 1872
'Reynolds Hole' a Bourbon bred by Trouillard, France 1861
and 'Mrs Reynolds Hole'.. a Tea rose bred by Nabonnand, France 1900.. which is the only one now in commerce, and likely imported originally by Peter Beales from Sangerhausen, E. Germany.
The late Hilary Merrifield, an Australian rosarian, also had the same idea and that it's actually the Trouillard, French bred Bourbon..
Such is the perpetual confusion surrounding so many Old Roses, although I'd still like to think it's the Nabonnand, Tea, but it's a stretch..
I've reintroduced it into my garden and will be using it as a short climber..
..it has a delicious scent..
The edging and patios ok but the actual gravel and weed membrane laying job has quickly turned out to be shoddy unfortunately
Ive ended up buying metal membrane pegs (he claimed nothing existed to do such a thing and it was normal for just the inch of gravel to hold it, i found them instantly on amazon..) and driving them in myself to stop it kicking up, which works well but its a battle to stop shredding membrane popping up elsewhere, or gravel getting kicked off showing membrane. The whole lot needs stripping, ground levelling and membrane and gravel relaying really as underneaths such a mess
I’ve pruned the roses at the allotment - Arthur Bell has tricky thorns, but I was impressed with it last year. Lots of flowers despite having to fend for itself with minimal care and great hips.
I also went through the bed deweeding. It’s completely full of bindweed, couch grass and horsetail.
people complain about horsetail but compared to the other two that I have to contend with it’s fairly easy to keep on top of. I had to lift some plants so I could pull out the couch grass from their roots.
Im never going to get it perfect but hopefully all that work will make it a bit easier to maintain next year.
The roses at home are starting to grow, but I’ll wait til after next weeks drop in temperatures and then start pruning.