"La Rose du Petit Prince" is a true beauty, @ElbFee. Yes, I have it on order from Trevor White... these lilacs/lavenders are irresistible, aren't they? Should David Austin ever deign to release a lavender rose, I'll be there "like a bayonet."
Gertrude J... not sure if end of first flush or beginning of second Pope JP 2 Harkness's "The Sun and The Heart" has not stopped. Alnwick Rose (repeats quickly), Galway Bay, Liisa The Cornelia that Marlorena is Chief Propagandist for (and a very effective one)- first bud open! Gabriel Oak And as there's no pelly thread, I will stick some pelargonia here. Forgot to snap Tommy- my favourite. Btw wish my LoS would ever turn pink like that, Nollie. Nothing but orange/yellow, ever...
Lots of deadheading to be done - a task for the weekend, health permitting. Am I too late to do the summer feed after the deadheading? I usually do only the spring feed and mulch. Does feeding the roses well this year ensure good flowering next season?
Mum in a million - going great guns; very fragrant . Sommerwind Bordure Abricot I thought this is Paul's scarlet, but this is the second flush on this rose. Or is it laggards of first flush? Unnamed rose bought from tesc0 a few years ago. Twice in a Blue Moon Summer of Love Leucanthemums have done well this year, but the astrantias have lots of growth but not many flowers. The green shrubs in the background are hibiscus, they are usually late to flower.
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
Charles de Nervaux has got a myrrh scent @Nollie. Not among the strongest but was decent enough. It already has blackspot. But put out few new basals and looks promising.
Thanks @cooldoc, I expect some BS and the rest sounds promising. Hopefully your Rosomane will develop it’s fragrance at some point but most breeders seem prone to exaggeration in that department.
This guy has reviews of other generosas I’m interested in, but the effusiveness and anti-DA stance makes you wonder how genuine they are..
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Oh that Dirk is hilarious... he has a whole Facebook group where he slags off DA to his adoring handmaidens. He and happy clappy chappy Ben Hamilton are two sides of the same coin really...
Thank you oh facebook truth-seeker, WAMS. My cynicism is justified then. His reviews do read like fully paid-up puffery on the one hand and a serious dose of vendetta on the other 😆
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@cooldoc Interesting to see your Wellbeing & E. Vye, neither of mine have done much this year yet. My garden is East/SE facing but until the end of last year it was very over hung with tall trees from the previous owners (that we thinned out). I think my roses think that they are still struggling for light, and their flowering season is 'off'! No flowers at all for me on EV yet. I had three buds that went brown and I picked off. Quite heathy though. I'm re-reading Return of the Native to send 'budding thoughts' to her!
Thats one way to make them flower @crighton03 or plant Gabriel Oak next to her and see...😁
Jokes apart.. mine is in her 3rd year.. did drop off the buds (even Poets wife, Gabriel Oak and few others did that).. now that I do not have time to spray or feed.. they all have new buds and better than how they were in may-june season.. so definitely its not being pot bound.. over feeding vs weather is what I concluded as culprits...
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Gertrude J... not sure if end of first flush or beginning of second
Pope JP 2
Harkness's "The Sun and The Heart" has not stopped.
Alnwick Rose (repeats quickly), Galway Bay, Liisa
Gabriel Oak
And as there's no pelly thread, I will stick some pelargonia here. Forgot to snap Tommy- my favourite.
Btw wish my LoS would ever turn pink like that, Nollie. Nothing but orange/yellow, ever...
Mum in a million - going great guns; very fragrant .
Bordure Abricot
I thought this is Paul's scarlet, but this is the second flush on this rose. Or is it laggards of first flush?
Unnamed rose bought from tesc0 a few years ago.
Twice in a Blue Moon
Summer of Love
Leucanthemums have done well this year, but the astrantias have lots of growth but not many flowers. The green shrubs in the background are hibiscus, they are usually late to flower.
Looks like Penelope Lively has been a hit here..
Thanks @cooldoc, I expect some BS and the rest sounds promising. Hopefully your Rosomane will develop it’s fragrance at some point but most breeders seem prone to exaggeration in that department.
This guy has reviews of other generosas I’m interested in, but the effusiveness and anti-DA stance makes you wonder how genuine they are..
I'm re-reading Return of the Native to send 'budding thoughts' to her!
Jokes apart.. mine is in her 3rd year.. did drop off the buds (even Poets wife, Gabriel Oak and few others did that).. now that I do not have time to spray or feed.. they all have new buds and better than how they were in may-june season.. so definitely its not being pot bound.. over feeding vs weather is what I concluded as culprits...