Let's have a look at this David Austin rose 'The Country Parson'.. a truly outstanding rose for its peculiar type, - a Scots briar hybrid, probably crossed with an English rose - and a total success in breeding for hybridiser Carl Bennett, who I think is very proud of this invention. Although Kordes, Germany did cross this with other roses in the 1930's..
The scent is lemony, the rich yellow colour soon fades to white, so overall it can take the appearance more of a white rose, than yellow, but the early blooms are exquisite. Tolerance is needed of its excessive prickles as it cannot be handled without gloves.. it proved a bit too much for me in this regard..
Flowers continuously without cease, not a day without a bloom until late autumn..
...perhaps Scottish members would like one?.. very suitable for colder areas..
That's a very beautiful rose @Marlorena, thanks for the pics.
@Nollie, you'll be pleased to hear that I took your advice to give my Margaret Merrill a more severe prune and I'm thrilled to bits to see new shoots already appearing near the base of one of the old canes. Not so pleased about the heavy frosts we're having but keeping fingers crossed they won't be affected.
Beautiful indeed, @Marlorena, Not one for me then! Given DA’s questionable ‘climate change’ reasons for discontinuing some roses, be interesting to see if their next tranche of new roses will be more climate resilient to both heat and cold.
We are also experiencing -7/8c overnight here now, which is pretty typical for the time of year. I’ve been busy wrapping fleece and bubblewrap around some borderline tender tea/roses.
@Lizzie27, great news and I’m very relieved to hear it!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
How are you @Nollie feeling better I hope, after double Covid..
I hear there's a bad flu going around too.. I've been in and out of hospital recently, - the last place any of us wants to be and just the place for picking up viruses, but I had my 2nd Endoscopy, given all clear and told I can get back to gardening.. so I immediately ordered a rose from Trevor White's.. one of my old favourites and still to be recommended for scent and continuous flowering..
'Mrs. John Laing'.. a hybrid perpetual.. delighted to have it back again..
Excellent reason, not that we need one, for a new rose Marlorena 🥂 I’m very glad you have the all-clear, must be a huge relief. I’m feeling OK thanks, it’s lingering a bit but nothing like the first dose - I caught that when visiting ma in hospital, dangerous places!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Imagine my surprise when I came home today to find that my TCL roses had arrived! (picture attached). I was not expecting them for another week, they were only posted from the Netherlands on Monday.
I have them in the shed in a bucket of water, but my problem is that the ground is frozen solid. The weatherman says the defrost is due this weekend. Do I take the chance and plant outside, or do I pot them up. Just to remind you there are two Zepherine Drouhin (on the left of the picture) and two Mme. Alfred Carriere (on the right). Lovely long roots, that may need a trim for a pot.
My other delight was a present from my mother of a Haws watering can, with an extra rose for nematodes - happy as a pig in sh*t over this treasure.
.. those TCL's are terrific, they are excelling themselves with that delivery speed too.. difficult to resist with that kind of service..
.. I've just checked your weather for Aberdeen, you will be milder than me very soon.. I would just leave them in the water and plant out anytime over the weekend, if they were mine, Friday even. The main thing is, if you can get a spade into the ground, and can dig it over, then you can plant a rose..
Thank you to @WhereAreMySecateurs and @Marlorena. That's one for pots and one for ground. Funny how what works for one might not for somebody else.
I was really surprised with the speed of delivery too. I do not think I would be often buying four roses at the same time, so as to justify the shipping costs, but it does make me think to ask my other gardening pals and we could do a mixed order between us.
I really am itching to be able to plant in my new perennials into the border. Fed up shredding prunings and also making new compost bins from pallets - both need to be done, but it is not as satisfying as getting plants into the ground.
@Marlorena - I was reading with interest your post on the 'The Country Parson' being a Scot's briar cross. We have a beautiful climbing rose (clusters of small pink double flowers) that my grandmother got from the gardener at Cairnbulg Castle back in the 1950-60s. We have taken cuttings and now have three of them within the garden. We have always known it as 'Lord Saltoun' (after the castle's owner). We are aware that is not its proper name. I'll need to take a picture in the summer and see if anyone can solve the decade old mystery of what rose it really is. That would be a fun quiz and answer something that has been bugging my mother for over 60 years.
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The scent is lemony, the rich yellow colour soon fades to white, so overall it can take the appearance more of a white rose, than yellow, but the early blooms are exquisite. Tolerance is needed of its excessive prickles as it cannot be handled without gloves.. it proved a bit too much for me in this regard..
Flowers continuously without cease, not a day without a bloom until late autumn..
...perhaps Scottish members would like one?.. very suitable for colder areas..
@Nollie, you'll be pleased to hear that I took your advice to give my Margaret Merrill a more severe prune and I'm thrilled to bits to see new shoots already appearing near the base of one of the old canes. Not so pleased about the heavy frosts we're having but keeping fingers crossed they won't be affected.
@Lizzie27, great news and I’m very relieved to hear it!
I hear there's a bad flu going around too.. I've been in and out of hospital recently, - the last place any of us wants to be and just the place for picking up viruses, but I had my 2nd Endoscopy, given all clear and told I can get back to gardening.. so I immediately ordered a rose from Trevor White's.. one of my old favourites and still to be recommended for scent and continuous flowering..
'Mrs. John Laing'.. a hybrid perpetual.. delighted to have it back again..
Into pots @PeterAberdeen. Terrific from TCL. Am so tempted to make a little order.
.. those TCL's are terrific, they are excelling themselves with that delivery speed too.. difficult to resist with that kind of service..
.. I've just checked your weather for Aberdeen, you will be milder than me very soon.. I would just leave them in the water and plant out anytime over the weekend, if they were mine, Friday even. The main thing is, if you can get a spade into the ground, and can dig it over, then you can plant a rose..
I'm trying very hard not to look at TCL..