@Busy-Lizzie nearly bought westerland, lovely big colourful flowers but very thorny. @Nollie thanks for the uk name for julia child, do love a yellow rose. Double delight Arthur Bell Ingrid bergman
@lacartridgesAZyIGss I have a Bridge of Sighs and consider myself a novice. It’s grown rapidly in its third year, I would say canes are generally quite stiff, although I don’t think I was quick enough off the mark with training it. The buds are bright orange, then once it blooms the colour softens. This year it’s suffered badly with black spot but don’t remember that being an issue previously. It’s also pretty thorny. It is a lovely rose and was my first to bloom, seems to be fairly unfussy and not bothered by heat or rain.
@agnasia thank you so much for this info and the beautiful pictures. Maybe I am better of getting a bare root rose in November and then as soon as new growth begins start to train around the arch. It does look lovely in your photos.
@Mr. Vine Eye your G de F is incredible. How old is yours?
@Marlorena is Bienvenue still surpassing expectations? Have I remebered correctly that a little while back Elizabeth had gone down in your estimation? Think it was with all the rain.
@WAMS how many roses do you roughly have? You seem to have quite a grand collection.
Susie throwing out the most perfect blooms:
Abe:
Champagne M:
Some stems have 9 flowers open at the same time:
Desdemona - just love this rose:
Got it in a pot to start off with:
Dark Desire:
Scent from Heaven I'm climbing up a wall in a pot since there is no soil/ground on this side of it:
Unkown rose will be here soon. Labelled at the base with an Austin tag as 'Graham Thomas':
Shots from last year:
I think Marloerna suggested Compte de Champagne so going to keep a close eye on it this year.
@WAMS I like Penelope because I like roses where you can see the stamens and so do the bees, also she is scented. I planted one in my old garden in 1991 and she was still there in 2021 when I moved. She isn't the tidiest shape but has lots of flowers and repeats. My old one didn't get ill though she wasn't very happy when eaten by a deer a few times before OH put up a fence! I'm growing this one as a climber on the fence.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I'm a bit envious of your 'Ballerina' @Busy-Lizzie. I've been trying to grow it for about 4-5 years now, moved it twice, and it's still a weak, feeble, B/Spotted specimen, in the last chance saloon I'm afraid. How old is yours and where do you grow it. I've grown mine in sunshine, but is currently in light open shade with early morning sun.
This is my feeble specimen a few days back. It might look more impressive in the photo than what it actually is in real life.
@peteS my Ballerina has to be over 17 yrs old, already here when OH bought this cottage and the previous owners didn't plant it. It is a lot taller than they are supposed to be. It is in quite a shady spot but the top is in sun and it is in a sandy loam. Yours looks fine, loads of buds to open. A bit of blackspot often happens.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
A very enticing gate @Alfie_ a secret garden beyond? Looks like ‘Champagne Moment’ is another to add to the bloom machine list. Your mislabelled DA looks very like my Roald Dahl, but hopefully more blooms will solve the mystery.
Beautifully photographed @Elbfee and always a few unusual roses to look up.
This is my new standard of Empereur Charles IV. The interstem is meant to be 110cm but it’s 125cm. Combined with the surprisingly upright top growth it makes for a very tall standard. For some reason I expected this rose to have arching growth..
Marie Pavie has double the amount of blooms open than yesterday. A fast worker. I mistakenly said the first flush was destroyed by sawflies, I meant to say pollen beetles:
Flamenco Rosita, aka Ivor’s Rose:
A bouquet of Blush Noisette. Stubbornly lurking near the bottom of the trellis when I want it to grow tall:
THIS, Love Song, was the rose whose new season growth was totally stripped by sawflies. It’s taken months to renew that foliage and produce it’s first bloom:
Blue for You is having an identity crisis, the white bloom is not a sucker:
The trouble with growing red, deep pink and purple roses is they all end up similar magenta tones in summer! Thomas à Beckett:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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@Nollie thanks for the uk name for julia child, do love a yellow rose. Double delight
Arthur Bell
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@Mr. Vine Eye your G de F is incredible. How old is yours?
@Marlorena is Bienvenue still surpassing expectations? Have I remebered correctly that a little while back Elizabeth had gone down in your estimation? Think it was with all the rain.
@WAMS how many roses do you roughly have? You seem to have quite a grand collection.
Susie throwing out the most perfect blooms:
Abe:
Champagne M:
Some stems have 9 flowers open at the same time:
Desdemona - just love this rose:
Got it in a pot to start off with:
Dark Desire:
Scent from Heaven I'm climbing up a wall in a pot since there is no soil/ground on this side of it:
Unkown rose will be here soon. Labelled at the base with an Austin tag as 'Graham Thomas':
Shots from last year:
I think Marloerna suggested Compte de Champagne so going to keep a close eye on it this year.
PAoK:
Scarborough Fair:
This is my feeble specimen a few days back. It might look more impressive in the photo than what it actually is in real life.
Had a large new cane bent in half on Lady of Shalott so I cut it back and brought the top in. They all opened yesterday morning.
Forecast today showers on and off mixed with some thunder. Ideal conditions for the tournament I'm about to play. Not.
It is bouquet day today in my pic collection.
This one is old but not historic although it has the same strong old rose scent.
Strong scent too. I like how it glows in twilight.
Another man from Hamburg renowned for his sharp wit and tongue.
This is summer in a nutshell to me.
Beautifully photographed @Elbfee and always a few unusual roses to look up.
This is my new standard of Empereur Charles IV. The interstem is meant to be 110cm but it’s 125cm. Combined with the surprisingly upright top growth it makes for a very tall standard. For some reason I expected this rose to have arching growth..
Marie Pavie has double the amount of blooms open than yesterday. A fast worker. I mistakenly said the first flush was destroyed by sawflies, I meant to say pollen beetles:
Flamenco Rosita, aka Ivor’s Rose:
A bouquet of Blush Noisette. Stubbornly lurking near the bottom of the trellis when I want it to grow tall:
THIS, Love Song, was the rose whose new season growth was totally stripped by sawflies. It’s taken months to renew that foliage and produce it’s first bloom:
Blue for You is having an identity crisis, the white bloom is not a sucker:
The trouble with growing red, deep pink and purple roses is they all end up similar magenta tones in summer! Thomas à Beckett: