Oh dear.....I have put Ghislaine on an arch! I remember Marlorena saying "good luck with that" and so I did have a look around for a free wall but there wasn't one so on the arch it is.
I'd had it in a raised veg bed for quite some time and it grew good roots there, and shoots. It sulked on being planted in normal conditions at the foot of the arch so if it carries on sulking ( but flowering as nicely as it has) maybe I'll get away with it?
I think I'm right in saying I only have one type of DA and it's not doing very well (Munstead Wood). My taste seems to run to roses bred in about 1850- 1952, it turns out. Moonlight was bred in 1871, so that fits. It seems I have old fashioned tastes. @Pete.8
@Woodgreen I nearly did myself. I would love to see your results. It might be spectular. Is it a big arch?
And I've just bought Ghislaine to grow along a fairly short wall, about 18ft I think. Rather worried now that it might take over neighbour's adjoining narrow pathway and/or their garage!
Hopefully it kept be kept in check by judicious pruning. DA said it is not too vigorous and grows to 10ft. Hope it's read the catalogue!
Keep it pruned then @Lizzie27. I've seen one grow up and over a large garden shed and then head off along a mesh fence but it is left to its own devices apart from dead heading.
@Fire I finf DA roses can take 2 or 3 years getting their ffet down before they do well abovve ground. My Munstead Wood is taking its time..........but the flowers and perfume are worth the wait.
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I think I'm right in saying I only have one type of DA and it's not doing very well (Munstead Wood). My taste seems to run to roses bred in about 1850- 1952, it turns out. Moonlight was bred in 1871, so that fits. It seems I have old fashioned tastes. @Pete.8
The really old roses that are still available 150-200 years after they were first introduced are still available because they have been popular choices for 200 years. I doubt many of the modern cultivars will still be around in 200 years.
I planted a trio of The Garland (1835) around my pergola and though only 3 yrs old are stunning in flower with a great scent followed by hundreds of orangy/red hips that last over winter.
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No. Mine is from a cutting and romped away. Still in its pot tho so that has slowed it down this year but it'll be planted out this autumn and allowed to romp.
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"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
@Fire I finf DA roses can take 2 or 3 years getting their ffet down before they do well abovve ground. My Munstead Wood is taking its time..........but the flowers and perfume are worth the wait.
Frankly, I am amazed the two MW I have have made it through the year at all. They are five inch stumps with no leaves. I hope to pot them up in Nov. Seems like RRD to me.
Thanks for your replies everyone. I'm a bit scared now of planting Ghislaine! Think I may have a re-think! Maybe Lady of the Lake is a more suitable choice.
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I'd had it in a raised veg bed for quite some time and it grew good roots there, and shoots. It sulked on being planted in normal conditions at the foot of the arch so if it carries on sulking ( but flowering as nicely as it has) maybe I'll get away with it?
Hopefully it kept be kept in check by judicious pruning. DA said it is not too vigorous and grows to 10ft. Hope it's read the catalogue!
@Fire I finf DA roses can take 2 or 3 years getting their ffet down before they do well abovve ground. My Munstead Wood is taking its time..........but the flowers and perfume are worth the wait.
The really old roses that are still available 150-200 years after they were first introduced are still available because they have been popular choices for 200 years.
I doubt many of the modern cultivars will still be around in 200 years.
I planted a trio of The Garland (1835) around my pergola and though only 3 yrs old are stunning in flower with a great scent followed by hundreds of orangy/red hips that last over winter.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Afraid not @Fire. Looking smaller by the minute.... It wobbles too.
I see an arch relocation on the list next year.
And a sturdy replacement to take the weight of Ghislaine de Feligonde.
But maybe I'll see how it goes first.
Frankly, I am amazed the two MW I have have made it through the year at all. They are five inch stumps with no leaves. I hope to pot them up in Nov. Seems like RRD to me.