Did anyone visit this recently? Is it worth visiting in August or will there not be much to see rose-wise?
I’m in Manchester for BIL’s 70th birthday weekend from this Thursday and the Friday is free. We’re planning to go to Bridgewater in the morning and wondering if it’s worth squeezing this in the afternoon, after lunch somewhere in Altringcham perhaps..
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
David Austin rose garden; The 'by situation' section Rose Battenburg Cake! It was 3x this size but got demolished in short order Harlow Carr standard... very tempting if Id known where to put it! Bold as brass!
@salo.daria, I planted Strawberry Hill on an obelisk earlier this year and as it grew, gently tied the new pliable canes horizontally around it on the outside, leaving just one or two to grow up through the middle. This had been recommended by other posters.
However, it might be my imagination but growth seems to have stalled which may be down to the very hot, dry weather we had earlier and the second flush is only just beginning now (it's cooler and wetter).
I'm waiting to see what happens next. Hope this helps.
Great, thanks @Eustace, I thought I remembered some photos from there! Maybe we’ll be lucky then, @JessicaS’s photos from DA show a reasonable amount in bloom. I think I might have found room somewhere for an HC standard Jessica, one of the best I think judging by pitterpatter’s!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@jessicas such a terrific report and photos! I am on a diet atm and found the cake picture esp riveting.😁
We had a couple of days of brittle sun and now the wind and rain are back with a vengeance.
The Ingenious Mr Fairchild. Beautiful fragrance and fuchsia-like colours. The ungetridofable Queen Elizabeth (it boggles my mind that this is such a common and popular rose... I'd get rid of it if I could dig it up) Forever Royal. Love the way the blooms close up at night and reopen in the morning. Lady of Shalott Tranquillity Susie
Hi Rose gang just want some ideas on 2 climbing or rambling roses or what you'd plant on a pergola ( picture a bonus . I've been busy over the past month building a fairly decent size pergola at the side of the house which I'd like to add 2x roses and wisteria multijuga and possibly clematis sweet summer love. I can't make my mind up on Roses though so much choice only spec I want is - repeat flowering - high scent for at least one of the roses - 8ft+ and probably not a yellow seen as other roses similar colour near by .
And none of these climbers either already got them - Malvern hills / Ghislaine De F / Generous Gardener / Paul scarlet thought I had more than that. I do have a unknown yellow climbing rose I probably ask for ID another day and I borrow next door Dothery Perkins rambler.
I've spied I few already I am interested in - Claire A - Iceburg - Ena Harkness - General Macarthur - Guinee ( temperamental ? great colour though ) - Roundelay - Alexandre Girault .
@JessicaS looks like you had great fun at DA gardens. Thanks for the pictures and info. Could you (or anyone) describe Penelope L scent? Anything it is similar to? The Harlow C standards look incredible.
PAoK is finally living up to its title of 'strong fragrance' in this current flush. Lovely scent.
Graham T producing the most exquisite blooms. Such quintessential English rose flowers. I really love the scent. It is medium-strong sweet tea to me. The tea scent generally is really growing on me especially the ones with other scent notes mixed in with it. I find PAoK very fruity tea fragrance.
Pretty short repeat too on this rose. Health is immaculate; not a single blackspot leaf. This second flush is at least 100 buds.
Moved Dark Desire to a new spot today. Hazel really sets the blooms off. These blooms are just so imamculate whilst being really tough. They seem to laugh at the rain. Scent is devine.
Silas Marner.........
Bonica........
It's a Wonderful Life which has done nothing since March is finally growing!
As well as these second rose flushes, the Hibiscus' are really picking up the late summer garden...........
The vigour of Pretty Parfuma is extraordinary. Climbing roses are trained sideways to cause the stem buds to break out. One stem on this rose is bolt upright yet every stem bud has grown!
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Did anyone visit this recently? Is it worth visiting in August or will there not be much to see rose-wise?
I’m in Manchester for BIL’s 70th birthday weekend from this Thursday and the Friday is free. We’re planning to go to Bridgewater in the morning and wondering if it’s worth squeezing this in the afternoon, after lunch somewhere in Altringcham perhaps..
The 'by situation' section
Rose Battenburg Cake! It was 3x this size but got demolished in short order
Harlow Carr standard... very tempting if Id known where to put it!
Bold as brass!
However, it might be my imagination but growth seems to have stalled which may be down to the very hot, dry weather we had earlier and the second flush is only just beginning now (it's cooler and wetter).
I'm waiting to see what happens next. Hope this helps.
We had a couple of days of brittle sun and now the wind and rain are back with a vengeance.
The Ingenious Mr Fairchild. Beautiful fragrance and fuchsia-like colours.
The ungetridofable Queen Elizabeth (it boggles my mind that this is such a common and popular rose... I'd get rid of it if I could dig it up)
Forever Royal. Love the way the blooms close up at night and reopen in the morning.
Lady of Shalott
Tranquillity
Susie
And none of these climbers either already got them - Malvern hills / Ghislaine De F / Generous Gardener / Paul scarlet
I've spied I few already I am interested in - Claire A - Iceburg - Ena Harkness - General Macarthur - Guinee ( temperamental ? great colour though ) - Roundelay - Alexandre Girault .
PAoK is finally living up to its title of 'strong fragrance' in this current flush. Lovely scent.
Graham T producing the most exquisite blooms. Such quintessential English rose flowers. I really love the scent. It is medium-strong sweet tea to me. The tea scent generally is really growing on me especially the ones with other scent notes mixed in with it. I find PAoK very fruity tea fragrance.
Pretty short repeat too on this rose. Health is immaculate; not a single blackspot leaf. This second flush is at least 100 buds.
Moved Dark Desire to a new spot today. Hazel really sets the blooms off. These blooms are just so imamculate whilst being really tough. They seem to laugh at the rain. Scent is devine.
Silas Marner.........
Bonica........
It's a Wonderful Life which has done nothing since March is finally growing!
As well as these second rose flushes, the Hibiscus' are really picking up the late summer garden...........
The vigour of Pretty Parfuma is extraordinary. Climbing roses are trained sideways to cause the stem buds to break out. One stem on this rose is bolt upright yet every stem bud has grown!