It’s so great to see so many new ‘faces’ joining us.
As well as being a fantastic shared resource and knowledge base, everyone is made to feel so welcome to post photos and ask any questions they like about roses, their cultivation and care and indeed their companion plants. No snobbishness here! So grateful thanks so much to Marlorena for starting us off and encouraging us on our rose adventures 😊
Tucked in an awkward corner, next to the water butt, Ebb Tide is difficult to photograph but benefiting from the extra shade. Huge cluster forming above the open ones:
Some blooms on new standard, Empereur Charles IV:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
..thanks Nollie... Ebb Tide is such a lovely colour isn't it..
@Vh72 No, not in the greenhouse this time of year,.. too hot now.. place it somewhere shaded from hot sun.. prune the tallest cane back to same height as the rest, removing dead leaves, and feed it with a small amount of rose fertilizer sprinkled around it.. and water again.. It might need repotting later.. best of luck.. looks quite good for 3.50..
For those whose roses are suffering crisping etc..
... 'Scarborough Fair' is invincible.. the photos were taken in 100F heat.. I have an own root of it now which is still small but showing as much promise..
my little own root, producing these exquisite blooms..
..anybody with a hot, dry garden in full sun, should consider this rose I think..
..rather a cheek to be recommending anything for E.U. members in warmer climates but I'm terribly impressed with this Victorian hybrid tea from the 1880's.. by Soupert et Notting [Luxembourg].. called 'Directeur Constantin Bernard'.. It has such a sweet fragrance.. blooms have withstood up to 90's this week without crisping in full sun.. growth is vigorous and seems disease resistant.. this is ex-Loubert.. Potted in garden soil, a bit neglected, it got waterlogged in Spring.. It has such character.. some blooms can be pink, or a mix.. they last long on the bush too.. Hesperis matronalis.. sweet rocket..
Another garden - Greys Court this time. I am enjoying having a job which gives me lots of time off during the week. Grey's Court does not have that many different types of roses, compared to some gardens, but has large groups of the same rose grown together with impressive effect. The garden is worth visiting for other features too. I think the first photo has Ferdinand Pichard and Fantin Latour in the foreground, but most of the labels were missing or obscured. Madam Hardy. I think I need to get my own at some point. I have Madame Zoetmans which is similar, but has been slow to get going. I think this is Queen of Denmark. I'm not sure which albas these two are. I'm pretty sure they are albas based on the foliage and fragrance. I think this is quatre saisons blanc mousseux. Quite ungainly with small muddled blooms, but has an especially powerful fragrance. An impressive Rosa Mundi path. A lot of the Risa Mundis are half-reverted to officinalis.
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As well as being a fantastic shared resource and knowledge base, everyone is made to feel so welcome to post photos and ask any questions they like about roses, their cultivation and care and indeed their companion plants. No snobbishness here! So grateful thanks so much to Marlorena for starting us off and encouraging us on our rose adventures 😊
Tucked in an awkward corner, next to the water butt, Ebb Tide is difficult to photograph but benefiting from the extra shade. Huge cluster forming above the open ones:
Some blooms on new standard, Empereur Charles IV:
@Vh72
No, not in the greenhouse this time of year,.. too hot now.. place it somewhere shaded from hot sun.. prune the tallest cane back to same height as the rest, removing dead leaves, and feed it with a small amount of rose fertilizer sprinkled around it.. and water again..
It might need repotting later.. best of luck.. looks quite good for 3.50..
... 'Scarborough Fair' is invincible.. the photos were taken in 100F heat..
I have an own root of it now which is still small but showing as much promise..
my little own root, producing these exquisite blooms..
..anybody with a hot, dry garden in full sun, should consider this rose I think..
Sweet Jessica from C and K Jones is glowing in the sun... actually too bright to look at.
Emily Brontë. I hope they do a Charlotte Brontë rose some time...
..rather a cheek to be recommending anything for E.U. members in warmer climates but I'm terribly impressed with this Victorian hybrid tea from the 1880's.. by Soupert et Notting [Luxembourg].. called 'Directeur Constantin Bernard'..
It has such a sweet fragrance.. blooms have withstood up to 90's this week without crisping in full sun.. growth is vigorous and seems disease resistant.. this is ex-Loubert..
Potted in garden soil, a bit neglected, it got waterlogged in Spring..
It has such character.. some blooms can be pink, or a mix.. they last long on the bush too..
Hesperis matronalis.. sweet rocket..
I think the first photo has Ferdinand Pichard and Fantin Latour in the foreground, but most of the labels were missing or obscured.
Madam Hardy. I think I need to get my own at some point. I have Madame Zoetmans which is similar, but has been slow to get going.
I think this is Queen of Denmark.
I'm not sure which albas these two are. I'm pretty sure they are albas based on the foliage and fragrance.
I think this is quatre saisons blanc mousseux. Quite ungainly with small muddled blooms, but has an especially powerful fragrance.
An impressive Rosa Mundi path. A lot of the Risa Mundis are half-reverted to officinalis.