Maigold looks right for that yellow climber. Next time I go past I will have a closer look and see if it is thorny. I will have a sniff too as it is supposed to be fragrant.
No flowers yet in my garden but there are some attractive sepals.
Yolande D'Aragon: Crested moss: Amanda Paternotte: Sidonie: Boule de neige:
So it’s not just me then @Eustace. It’s a shame, at least a third of my best roses came from them, but the (un)reliability is becoming an issue. As they promised me another Versigny, I might place a final small order, otherwise I think I’m done with them.
Looking really good there @owd potter, I shall show mine your photo!
@peteS Graham Thomas was absolutely miserable for me. Sparse, diseased foliage, few blooms and not a standout scent. I agree with Marlorena, get something else that is happy and makes you happy instead.
I can’t help compare it to my Buff Beauty which far surpassed GT even in it’s first year. It’s currently a messy half shrub half climber - down to my indecision more than anything..
The main shrubby bit:
One of the long canes it threw out, trained up and over a doorway:
Must put a door on that at some point!
Further along the same fence, the noisette climber ‘Alister Stella Gray’ is producing some lovely early blooms, yellow fading to cream. Repeats well throughout the summer:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Eustace, you are right.. the early buds tends to get mutated..
My Purssian blue gets enjoyed by the neighbouring cats rather than bees @Athelas
@Nollie at this rate, your first flush will be over by the time we start to get ours.. what about your Yolande, is it behind in flowering? I am interested to see if it repeats well or good first flush and scattered thereafter.. My TCL ones have done Ok I would say.. bit slow as expected for bare roots but catching up slowly.. My recent search at Roses Loubert looking at a particular category of roses turned out to be a lot of wrongly labelled ones..
@Discandied all those will need a end of season review please..
Now my Neighbours would be thinking something is wrong with me to be going out every now and then to sniff flowers..
Todays scent winner.. I remember going to Kew Gardens during the pandemic, just to sniff and make a list of fragrant Austins... best way to have a preview before you buy.. Young Lycidas has not disappointed in scent or flowering.. Strong old rose.. good for pot as the stems tend to have a weeping habit..
@cooldoc The Aquilegia flowers late spring early summer, then you can leave the flower heads over summer ( if they are in a busy border you won't notice them) as in Autumn the birds like the seeds, or you can tidy up by cutting back. The leaves continue over summer, to be cleared with other bedding at seasons end. Some may still be green over winter, but most die back below ground to regrow next spring, or be replaced by self seeded plants. Aquilegia self seed VERY well.😁
@cooldoc, probably, although I still have 3 yet to show their first bloom and others only really just starting.
Yolande d’Aragón, well last week my newbie was doing well with some deliciously fragrant blooms emerging, which then got smashed by torrential rain and hail. I brought it back inside the poly but you can see the damage:
This is it after deadheading - there are fat buds in the next leaf nodes, so I do expect it to bloom again. It’s reputation is more ‘good first flush and scattered thereafter’ but @Discandied would be better able to tell us about the repeat?
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Thank you for the plant name, @ElbFee - it is so beautifully eye-catching in that pot, too. Must write it down on my list of things to look at in autumn, on page two already of course.
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No flowers yet in my garden but there are some attractive sepals.
Yolande D'Aragon:
Crested moss:
Amanda Paternotte:
Sidonie:
Boule de neige:
Thanks for that Marlorena...and yes I already avoid Austin's, have done for a while now.
Looking really good there @owd potter, I shall show mine your photo!
@peteS Graham Thomas was absolutely miserable for me. Sparse, diseased foliage, few blooms and not a standout scent. I agree with Marlorena, get something else that is happy and makes you happy instead.
I can’t help compare it to my Buff Beauty which far surpassed GT even in it’s first year. It’s currently a messy half shrub half climber - down to my indecision more than anything..
The main shrubby bit:
One of the long canes it threw out, trained up and over a doorway:
Must put a door on that at some point!
Further along the same fence, the noisette climber ‘Alister Stella Gray’ is producing some lovely early blooms, yellow fading to cream. Repeats well throughout the summer:
As expected, Olivia RA is the first to open among my roses
On the topic of Aquilegias.. do they flower again? or just late spring/ early summer flowers..?
Eskimo @ElbFee winky wooh @Songbird-2 looks fab...
Eustace, you are right.. the early buds tends to get mutated..
My Purssian blue gets enjoyed by the neighbouring cats rather than bees @Athelas
@Nollie at this rate, your first flush will be over by the time we start to get ours.. what about your Yolande, is it behind in flowering? I am interested to see if it repeats well or good first flush and scattered thereafter..
My TCL ones have done Ok I would say.. bit slow as expected for bare roots but catching up slowly..
My recent search at Roses Loubert looking at a particular category of roses turned out to be a lot of wrongly labelled ones..
@Discandied all those will need a end of season review please..
Now my Neighbours would be thinking something is wrong with me to be going out every now and then to sniff flowers..
Todays scent winner.. I remember going to Kew Gardens during the pandemic, just to sniff and make a list of fragrant Austins... best way to have a preview before you buy.. Young Lycidas has not disappointed in scent or flowering.. Strong old rose.. good for pot as the stems tend to have a weeping habit..
La France folds its outer petals by 1mm per day..
A proper bloom on GJ..
The Aquilegia flowers late spring early summer, then you can leave the flower heads over summer ( if they are in a busy border you won't notice them) as in Autumn the birds like the seeds, or you can tidy up by cutting back. The leaves continue over summer, to be cleared with other bedding at seasons end. Some may still be green over winter, but most die back below ground to regrow next spring, or be replaced by self seeded plants. Aquilegia self seed VERY well.😁
Yolande d’Aragón, well last week my newbie was doing well with some deliciously fragrant blooms emerging, which then got smashed by torrential rain and hail. I brought it back inside the poly but you can see the damage:
This is it after deadheading - there are fat buds in the next leaf nodes, so I do expect it to bloom again. It’s reputation is more ‘good first flush and scattered thereafter’ but @Discandied would be better able to tell us about the repeat?
@Discandied what beautiful bud pictures!