Foul weather here still. Too wet to go out so ive barely been in the garden unusually. The rains caused lots of blackspot spread everywhere too. Ive broken the sulphur rose sprayer but in this deluge its pointless anyway!
Ive got perfume kisses / feminine touch as well, brough recently on a whim. Its very rain resistant so far and has a nice scent, im pleased with it, I think I will pot it up rather than in the ground as its nicely compact.
@Rojas I know what you mean about flat/weird colours on the iPhone
I finally got some photos from a month or so ago out of my Nikon D750 (that’s the only thing, it’s such a faff to get them out and upload) — it really captures the colour of Wollerton Old Hall
Thanks @Alfie_ that’s great info, I was debating the merits of Chandos Beauty for scent v Champagne Moment for flowering and CM is definitely winning.
I do wonder if MW is one of those roses that are better own root, so do try and persuade someone to give you a cutting! The only drawback for me is very alkaline soil, which the laxa rootstock helps with but in pots I can control the pH more. Many Austins are not so tolerant of my soil, I’m forever reaching for the chelated iron.
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@Nollie that’s interesting about the rootstock vs own roots. Don’t they use Dr Huey in the US? How do the two rootstocks compare?
Hmmm tricky decision. Chandos B scent is so incredible. It is number 1 fragrance for me and I do have quite a few very fragrant roses now. The health is reasonable but I always get blackspot at some stage. Plus the repeat break is loooong. I personally couldn’t be without it purely on its fragrance alone.
So much un-love for Chandos Beauty! I have been trying to figure out a good spot for a hedge of them. The scent is so, so good and even if rebloom is not especially fast it gives a lot more blooms overall than many other ones (looking hard at Emily Brontë, Tess of the d'Urbervilles and a few others).
Amazing Day always has a few blooms on it this year. Eustacia Vye is looking sorry for itself. Turned the bloom over and found a humongous slug oozing all over the back of it. Utterly revolting. Cosmos Kiiro... love the delicate lemon shades. So eye-catching in a gloomy horrible summer like this.
@Alfie_ I’ve no idea really re the MW own root/grafted issue, could be I was just lucky with my cutting. The Americas, being such a vast and varied continent, use a much wider variety of stocks depending on local climate suitability, soil type, pH, nematode/virus resistance etc. plus what specific rose classes do better on what stock or none at all. Huey, Fortuniana and Multiflora are the main ones, occasionally they use Laxa or other more specialist ones. Much easier for us, because Laxa suits most of our roses and European climates.
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@WAMS I do love Chandos B and would never get rid of it. The break in repeat is my only criticism.
No new potted rose for me has remotely competed with Chandos B’s first flush. Each bloom well over the size of my first. So many comments from people visiting:
I too can't think of throwing away Chandos Beauty. I love its colour, fragrance and bloom shape.
I can see the buds of the second flush in many of the roses here. CB has quite a few new buds. Here are a few that have single blooms open: Churchill rose Charlotte Golden Beauty Sweet Honey Most of the flowers on Eustacia Vye and Twice in a Blue Moon have already shed their petals in the wind and rain. Wymondham Abbey and Mum in Million
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Ive got perfume kisses / feminine touch as well, brough recently on a whim. Its very rain resistant so far and has a nice scent, im pleased with it, I think I will pot it up rather than in the ground as its nicely compact.
I finally got some photos from a month or so ago out of my Nikon D750 (that’s the only thing, it’s such a faff to get them out and upload) — it really captures the colour of Wollerton Old Hall
So much un-love for Chandos Beauty! I have been trying to figure out a good spot for a hedge of them. The scent is so, so good and even if rebloom is not especially fast it gives a lot more blooms overall than many other ones (looking hard at Emily Brontë, Tess of the d'Urbervilles and a few others).
Amazing Day always has a few blooms on it this year.
Eustacia Vye is looking sorry for itself. Turned the bloom over and found a humongous slug oozing all over the back of it. Utterly revolting.
Cosmos Kiiro... love the delicate lemon shades. So eye-catching in a gloomy horrible summer like this.
@Alfie_ I’ve no idea really re the MW own root/grafted issue, could be I was just lucky with my cutting. The Americas, being such a vast and varied continent, use a much wider variety of stocks depending on local climate suitability, soil type, pH, nematode/virus resistance etc. plus what specific rose classes do better on what stock or none at all. Huey, Fortuniana and Multiflora are the main ones, occasionally they use Laxa or other more specialist ones. Much easier for us, because Laxa suits most of our roses and European climates.
I can see the buds of the second flush in many of the roses here. CB has quite a few new buds.
Here are a few that have single blooms open: Churchill rose
Charlotte
Golden Beauty
Sweet Honey
Most of the flowers on Eustacia Vye and Twice in a Blue Moon have already shed their petals in the wind and rain.
Wymondham Abbey and Mum in Million