Very similar in flower to K von D today but will alter with time. gallica, Président de Sèze
gallica, Charles de Mills
Blackspot. I examined my "Complicata": the new leaves are fresh green and unsullied, the blackspot is on leaves that had overwintered. I will pick them off. A hot, fiddly. prickly job. I will do this again in early winter and will incorporate it into my pruning regime.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
@Bede I think the number of posts clearly vindicates you and your idea of opening a specialised thread, and shame on the people who vilified you for doing so at the outset. The 'other' thread is brilliant, with a number of extremely knowledgeable people who are to happy to pass on their knowledge when asked. But surely there is room for more than one thread on roses. Well done.
@Bede I think the number of posts clearly vindicates you and your idea of opening a specialised thread, and shame on the people who vilified you for doing so at the outset. The 'other' thread is brilliant, with a number of extremely knowledgeable people who are to happy to pass on their knowledge when asked. But surely there is room for more than one thread on roses. Well done.
Thank you Pete. If you look back you will see that I nearly didn't persist. Glad I did.
I do look at the "main" thread, but the "extremely Knowledgeable" are lost amongst the masses.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
In the meantime, for those that are clever at internet searching, or can get to RHS libraries easily: "The Garden" , June 2006, pp407-410, "The fragrant ones", Michael Marriott. An artcle about rose scent.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
On the main rose thread there is a lot of chaff. And not much objectivity. Comments like"lovely" abound in a subject that deserves more objectivity.
Obviously roses will feature in any thrad abouut scent, but I read a whole thread about Magnolia grandiflora, which never touched on fragrance. I also read (not here) of Veratrum nigrum for fragrance,
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
@punkdoc I'm afraid that this time I feel you are being rather unfair. I have enjoyed this thread and it's more specialised so has fewer posters. I just can't keep up with the main rose thread, there are so many posts, although I do post on it from time to time. This time I think you were the one who did the little dig this time, not @bédé. Why shouldn't he start another rose thread? It's not the same as the main one.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I don’t think there’s a problem with starting another thread about roses. There’s probably room for several.
What I have a problem with is the pejorative and misogynistic sniping about the people who post on the other rose thread “… and the "ooh Joan that's lovely" posts.…” 🙄
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Like the "broken" colours of Dutch tulip mania we could regard it as a feature.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Very similar in flower to K von D today but will alter with time.
gallica, Président de Sèze
gallica, Charles de Mills
Blackspot. I examined my "Complicata": the new leaves are fresh green and unsullied, the blackspot is on leaves that had overwintered. I will pick them off. A hot, fiddly. prickly job. I will do this again in early winter and will incorporate it into my pruning regime.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I have a dream that my.. children.. one day.. will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character
Martin Luther KingI think the number of posts clearly vindicates you and your idea of opening a specialised thread, and shame on the people who vilified you for doing so at the outset. The 'other' thread is brilliant, with a number of extremely knowledgeable people who are to happy to pass on their knowledge when asked. But surely there is room for more than one thread on roses. Well done.
I do look at the "main" thread, but the "extremely Knowledgeable" are lost amongst the masses.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
In the meantime, for those that are clever at internet searching, or can get to RHS libraries easily: "The Garden" , June 2006, pp407-410, "The fragrant ones", Michael Marriott. An artcle about rose scent.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Obviously roses will feature in any thrad abouut scent, but I read a whole thread about Magnolia grandiflora, which never touched on fragrance. I also read (not here) of Veratrum nigrum for fragrance,
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.