@Alfie_ I’ve had Harlow Carr for about 5 or so years now, was so often going to get rid of it! It’s a compact rose with stout canes and extremely wicked thorns. A good bloomer but the blooms still flop so you need it at eye level or above to properly appreciate it. Not a standout scent.
@Oliya I think that’s complete tosh! Gertrude Jekyll’s fragrance is far stronger, a classic intense pure rose perfume, always present. Munstead Wood is very different, complex, fruity, reminds me of blackberry wine, comes and goes for me. My top three Austins for fragrance are GJ, Lady Emma Hamilton and William Shakespeare 2000.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I really like your rose called Tootling by Gently @Marlorena. My rose now has two buds on it and the foliage looks okay.I am ever hopeful that one day it will flower.
@Alfie_ I dug up my HC a few weeks back after growing it for probably 20 years, I finally got fed up of never seeing the blooms, they always end up flopping and facing downwards because the necks are too weak to carry the clusters. Beautiful little blooms though, and works much much better as a taller standard for what I've seen. Unbelievably thorny also.
Queen of Sweden rose, as @edhelka mentioned, is tall and upright. The flowers are also held upright (not droopy like most DAs), a nice pink, good form and looks good in a vase.
Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth
@purplerallim, your unknown yellow rose reminds me of my DA Claire Austin? See what you think. Inverted creamy white with lemony centres, nice perfume. Very vigorous thin upright canes, mine's now 7-8ft tall on an arbour.
Lovely, lovely roses everyone, such a joy when they bloom in June.
Thanks to all for the insights. I went for Q of S in the end. One of them was very healthy - loaded with buds and 2.5 feet tall (not including pot) already.
I agree with people re the scent; Gertrude J is #1 for me too. So reliable too. Some scented roses differ due to other factors, sometimes unknown. For instance, Well Being scent can be just incredible and so intense then randomly it can stop completely for reasons I don’t know.
Be prepared to crawl on the floor to do so @newbie77! One floppy rose that’s really worth it I think, for it’s other qualities like colour, form and fragrance. It too may strengthen up with age and good pruning.
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I dug up my HC a few weeks back after growing it for probably 20 years, I finally got fed up of never seeing the blooms, they always end up flopping and facing downwards because the necks are too weak to carry the clusters. Beautiful little blooms though, and works much much better as a taller standard for what I've seen. Unbelievably thorny also.
@edhelka you have some truly swoon-worthy roses - RdV, Mileva, Minerva… love all those cool purple and lavender tones.
Lovely, lovely roses everyone, such a joy when they bloom in June.
Munstead wood is a complex smell, on the bush sometimes it is there sometimes not but in vase you smell it, think wow nice and then smell again.
I agree with people re the scent; Gertrude J is #1 for me too. So reliable too. Some scented roses differ due to other factors, sometimes unknown. For instance, Well Being scent can be just incredible and so intense then randomly it can stop completely for reasons I don’t know.