@PeterAberdeen ..That's fun to have a rose from the Castle garden.. we look forward to photos of your rose in summer, meanwhile I could take a calculated guess at 'Dorothy Perkins' from your description, only because it was so often planted in old gardens during the first half of the 20th C, that it turns up everywhere..
Well, I've had 'Carmen Wurth'.. I think Tack had it too... it is perfect in every way except one major fault - it's very prone to botrytis.. the foliage is exemplary, it had a great scent I recall, and the blooms have a good colour and form, but too many of these showed up for my taste... I kept it 2 seasons then gave up..
.. a better bloom.. not enough of these unfortunately.. ..perfect foliage all summer..
Lovely to see your post about Country Parson @Marlorena
I planted 7 of these in November and i'm looking forward to seeing the results come June. Planted in a very sunny spot with no shade, i'll have to keep them well watered. They will take a bit of a battering come winter though.
I also planted Summer Song, Blue For You, Bring me Sunshine, William and Catherine and i also potted a Lichfield Angel. If anyone has any pictures or thoughts on these, i would love to see/hear them.
I've just seen Ronnie O'Sullivan at the garden center. I think he was eyeing up a plant.
@HarryWhite I have Summer song and Bring me sunshine. Both brought new last year, the latter being a new release then. Summer song is stunning, very unusual, its so distinctive! Very tough, ive seen it flowering in Scotland in winter happily!
BMSS I was pleased with for a new rose, noticably light green foliage was disease free for me and it had lovely crisp blooms that shrugged off rain well. It wasnt hugely prolific yet but Austins really take a few years to hit their stride (3 years ish) so not unexpected.
TCL have outdone themselves there @PeterAberdeen. I would wait and see if it thaws enough to get them in the ground too. So long as the water doesn’t freeze you can keep them in there for a week or so before making a decision. Ideally have the grafts submerged or at least spritz them to keep them moist if in the bucket for a longer period.
@WhereAreMySecateurs, I may be wrong but have a vague memory that @edhelka had Agnes Schilliger and it was bad for blackspot. We haven’t heard from you in ages anyway edhelka, how are you doing?
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Lichfield Angel. Beautiful blooms of a pale peach / cream colour, paling as they age. Overall appearance is of a white rose. New foliage is a rich mahogany colour aging to glossy dark green. Prone to heavy Blackspot late in the season so far. DA claim a light musk fragrance but I can detect NONE at all so far. It has quite a leggy, sprawling habit and the blooms tend to droop. Mine is now 2 years old, so still young and things may change in it's 'leap year' this season. According to DA info it becomes quite a large shrub, mine is currently about 0.75x 0.60m prior to pruning.
We looked up Dorothy Perkins and it was the rose. Mum is totally delighted to finally know its name, and yes it does suffer easily to mildew. How you managed that from my brief description is amazing.
Apparently I got my dates wrong too! Granny got it in 1943 and so it is officially our oldest rose - albeit that we have the the cutting from the original Granny plant.
We are still frozen here, but I will be watching the ground as it begins to defrost.
Thanks @Nollie, I have made sure the graft knuckle is below the water line. The shed should be OK as the boiler is there too, so it doesn't freeze - it is where I store my Dahlias and Cannas, so it will be all right.
You guys are great - the collective knowledge is becoming legend up here in Aberdeenshire.
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..That's fun to have a rose from the Castle garden.. we look forward to photos of your rose in summer, meanwhile I could take a calculated guess at 'Dorothy Perkins' from your description, only because it was so often planted in old gardens during the first half of the 20th C, that it turns up everywhere..
..but we can check on that later..
Does anyone have a rose called Agnes Schillinger, sold by TCL, by any chance? Or Carmen Würth?
.. a better bloom.. not enough of these unfortunately..
..perfect foliage all summer..
...best of luck with that..
I planted 7 of these in November and i'm looking forward to seeing the results come June. Planted in a very sunny spot with no shade, i'll have to keep them well watered. They will take a bit of a battering come winter though.
I also planted Summer Song, Blue For You, Bring me Sunshine, William and Catherine and i also potted a Lichfield Angel.
If anyone has any pictures or thoughts on these, i would love to see/hear them.
BMSS I was pleased with for a new rose, noticably light green foliage was disease free for me and it had lovely crisp blooms that shrugged off rain well. It wasnt hugely prolific yet but Austins really take a few years to hit their stride (3 years ish) so not unexpected.
@WhereAreMySecateurs, I may be wrong but have a vague memory that @edhelka had Agnes Schilliger and it was bad for blackspot. We haven’t heard from you in ages anyway edhelka, how are you doing?
Beautiful blooms of a pale peach / cream colour, paling as they age. Overall appearance is of a white rose. New foliage is a rich mahogany colour aging to glossy dark green. Prone to heavy Blackspot late in the season so far.
DA claim a light musk fragrance but I can detect NONE at all so far. It has quite a leggy, sprawling habit and the blooms tend to droop.
Mine is now 2 years old, so still young and things may change in it's 'leap year' this season.
According to DA info it becomes quite a large shrub, mine is currently about 0.75x 0.60m prior to pruning.
You guys are great - the collective knowledge is becoming legend up here in Aberdeenshire.