@Mr. Vine Eye I have 2 but it is more the flower type tbh.
While I was immediately in love with the blooms, color play of GdF for example I ‘m just a littlebit underwhelmed . As they say in French … les gouts et les colours on ne discute pas It was last summer their first year so that is why they have the benefit of the doubt because you just can not judge a climber in that first year . But I have also the impression that one specimen is not the best versus the other one. if my feeling is still the same this summer they will be out.
I like training climbers, ramblers. some me time in a busy life and these canes are super easy and hand friendly vs others in my garden.
@Imprevu I don't disagree with you here.. when I had them both I quickly realised I much preferred 'Ghislaine de Feligonde'... the issue I had with MH was that after the main fabulous flush June 1st - July 16th for me, it was a few clusters here and there, but masses of foliage and extension growth which needs controlling... whereas GdeF also produces those repeat clusters, almost continuously, on a less rampant plant, plus a half decent repeat flush in late summer, besides those interesting colourations to the blooms which change with the temperatures..
One fabulous rose. I noticed they were growing it as a shrub at Peter Beales, I've not tried that before, I like it as a huge climber, but worth a go..
While my bridge of sighs has grown in to a beast and is covered in buds (it will be between this or Desdemona to flower first I expect) it seems to be covered in black spot. I have taken off the leaves affected but is there anything else I should do?
Apart from spraying thoroughly with fungicide on a regular programme, which I refuse to do, not much @agnasia apart from pick off the grotty leaves as you’ve done. Pick up any infected leaves from around the base of the plant as well. A good, deep water and spread a fresh mulch of compost around may help to suppress the blackspot spores, but in the end, it’s just something you have to accept will be floating around so long as you grow roses!
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Thank you All for your recommendations - really like the look of all of them and am now confused I also found another rose - Peach Melba - which looks like a blend of Apricot and pink. Strawberry Hill is beautiful and I'll definitely keep it in mind as one of my pink options for another Arch that I'm planning.
The Prince and Munstead Wood have both opened this morning, hurrah! TP took a good week to ten days longer to do so, mind. More petals = more work, he doth protest..
TP:
MW:
A deformed bloom on Ivor’s Rose. Vegetative centres like this do happen occasionally with this rose, but when it gets going it produces so many it hardly matters:
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Thanks @Nollie I’ll make sure I pick up any leaves from the ground as well. I’m not keen to spray either. I’ll do another mulch and a deep water. It certainly hasn’t stopped the rose from being vigorous, it’s grown so much!
That’s exactly it @agnasia, a vigorous rose won’t mind and will just grow and bloom through it, happily producing replacement leaves. It’s the feeble BS prone ones that defoliate quickly no matter the weather or how much you cosset them that are more annoying!
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It was last summer their first year so that is why they have the benefit of the doubt because you just can not judge a climber in that first year . But I have also the impression that one specimen is not the best versus the other one.
if my feeling is still the same this summer they will be out.
I don't disagree with you here.. when I had them both I quickly realised I much preferred 'Ghislaine de Feligonde'... the issue I had with MH was that after the main fabulous flush June 1st - July 16th for me, it was a few clusters here and there, but masses of foliage and extension growth which needs controlling... whereas GdeF also produces those repeat clusters, almost continuously, on a less rampant plant, plus a half decent repeat flush in late summer, besides those interesting colourations to the blooms which change with the temperatures..
One fabulous rose. I noticed they were growing it as a shrub at Peter Beales, I've not tried that before, I like it as a huge climber, but worth a go..
TP:
MW:
A deformed bloom on Ivor’s Rose. Vegetative centres like this do happen occasionally with this rose, but when it gets going it produces so many it hardly matters: