I've grown 'Desdemona' as a hedge but only with 4 plants, 5 is better. I got them individually, not the hedging bundle. I only have 1 left now, it was a bit too much for me but it did look nice.
'Lilac Bouquet' still offering a few blooms here and there..
It's a good idea if you are sure of loving the rose, zugenie. I have a couple of LoS plants beside each other now and am mulling a third (also have some growing from cuttings). Rather wish I'd bought 5 when I planted the first three years ago!
Winchester Cathedral- a beautiful pure white Last of William Shakespeare 2000 for this year I think. Very small now. Alnwick Rose- final stages My cheap Lidl hydrangea is looking pretty autumnal right now. Glad it didn't end up in the bin!
How I wish that Peter Beales still sent roses to France! Drat Brexit! I've been trying to finalise my list to order from Lens. I keep seeing more roses that I want but I don't have room for them all. I wish I knew how soon they deliver after ordering as I'm not in France all the time. I don't want bare root roses arriving when I'm away.
Note to @PeterAberdeen about TCL, nurseries in Europe don't usually have roses ready to send before mid November, sometimes early December. My local nursery in Dodogne doesn't dig them up until January. I expect in warmer countries it takes longer for roses to go dormant.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Note to @PeterAberdeen about TCL, nurseries in Europe don't usually have roses ready to send before mid November, sometimes early December. My local nursery in Dodogne doesn't dig them up until January. I expect in warmer countries it takes longer for roses to go dormant.
Thank you @Busy-Lizzie, this is really helpful. With me being so far North we are most often frozen by then - which makes planting tricky.
Knowing this now and the temperature gradient will really help me when choosing my suppliers. Anything from TCL would therefore be best ordered in Feb -Mar for us 'up North'.
I still have some buds trying to flower, but every morning for the past week they are frozen solid. Managed to get the roses in yesterday (Desdemona, et alia) so fingers crossed for them all - that's 6 new roses so far!
I am hoping to join in this thread with some pictures next year. I have only just started growing roses and having seen Marlorena's and others' photos I think I've got the bug! I now have The Country Parson, Blue for You, Midnight Blue and Open Arms, all planted, and Little Buckaroo on the way. I was hoping to go and get Little Buckaroo myself this morning as I have bought it from Parkside Nurseries which is local to me. But my cousin rang just as I was leaving to say that the garden fork she has bought me for Christmas was due to be delivered. So I stayed home and ordered Little Buckaroo online and have had a message to say it should arrive tomorrow. I have a very small, mainly paved, garden in Cheshire, so all except The Country Parson (which my daughter bought for my birthday) are currently in pots. I'm sure that I will be back next year asking for lots of advice!
I planted "Open Arms" at OH's previous cottage in Norfolk to climb up the front porch. It was a bit slow to get started but the flowers were exquisite. He sold that cottage and bought a bigger one but we sometimes pass it and Open Arms is thriving and looks gorgeous. I am ordering one for my new gazebo in my garden in SW France.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Thanks to all who responded to my quest for advice re R. David Austin 'The Generous Gardener'. Probably too generous, that rose-tree? Reminds me of the growing habit of my R. Madame Alfred Carrière, which I barely manage to control, at the back of the garden!
Anyway, change of plans. Since I do not have a suitable free wall or pergola or huge trellis, etc. to give it free rein, what about I grow it as a small tree, giving some support for its first 2-3 years, pruning carefully (how?) to get it to grow within reason, etc?
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'Lilac Bouquet' still offering a few blooms here and there..
Winchester Cathedral- a beautiful pure white
Last of William Shakespeare 2000 for this year I think. Very small now.
Alnwick Rose- final stages
My cheap Lidl hydrangea is looking pretty autumnal right now. Glad it didn't end up in the bin!
Note to @PeterAberdeen about TCL, nurseries in Europe don't usually have roses ready to send before mid November, sometimes early December. My local nursery in Dodogne doesn't dig them up until January. I expect in warmer countries it takes longer for roses to go dormant.
I still have some buds trying to flower, but every morning for the past week they are frozen solid. Managed to get the roses in yesterday (Desdemona, et alia) so fingers crossed for them all - that's 6 new roses so far!
I now have The Country Parson, Blue for You, Midnight Blue and Open Arms, all planted, and Little Buckaroo on the way.
I was hoping to go and get Little Buckaroo myself this morning as I have bought it from Parkside Nurseries which is local to me. But my cousin rang just as I was leaving to say that the garden fork she has bought me for Christmas was due to be delivered. So I stayed home and ordered Little Buckaroo online and have had a message to say it should arrive tomorrow.
I have a very small, mainly paved, garden in Cheshire, so all except The Country Parson (which my daughter bought for my birthday) are currently in pots.
I'm sure that I will be back next year asking for lots of advice!
I planted "Open Arms" at OH's previous cottage in Norfolk to climb up the front porch. It was a bit slow to get started but the flowers were exquisite. He sold that cottage and bought a bigger one but we sometimes pass it and Open Arms is thriving and looks gorgeous. I am ordering one for my new gazebo in my garden in SW France.
Look forward to seeing your photos next year.
I found a native primrose in full flower under one of my roses (also in bloom) this morning! Weird weather!