Wow, some folks have been seriously holding out on us! Yes @Wild_Violet where did you manage to get your mitts on a MW standard?
Erm… from that three-lettered company based in Holland. It hasn’t arrived yet so here’s hoping! I did receive a couple of roses last year from them that perhaps technically shouldn’t have come to the UK but am so delighted they did. Hope I haven’t jinxed this year’s order now…
@Fire Moonlight is still in a large pot - only had it about a year. I’ve been pleased with the blooms and its overall health so far. Hoping it’ll be bigger and bolder next year.
Thanks everyone for taking the time to post those fabulous lists.
I'm yet to get into the garden to start making the list.
That's an impressive list @Wild_Violet. The rate of inflation is quite steep.
Yes, I too went through that phase!
@Fire you are right to a certain extent, but then the choice to buy or not to buy (bend to social/forum pressure) is entirely our own. That's my take on it.
90% of mine are in pots and not in the ground; because I planted fruit trees of all types in my small back garden and there is literally no more space where I can have a thorny rose nor will my OH, who has to dig the holes for planting, allow me to have a rose border. Also roses are something I would like to take with me, if I move houses, so the pots work fine for me.
Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth
OK. Finally got my list in order. This is complete as of today though a couple of these may yet get shovel-pruned (the DAs with asterisks. My specimens aren't the greatest).
Finger’s crossed for you @Wild_Violet. You must’ve struck lucky to find that standard in stock (a cancellation perhaps) since it has been showing OOS for most of the season.
That’s a sneaky tactic of Tack’s to exclude trial roses/pots to disguise the real number. If I did that I could knock at least 20 off my list at current count!
I missed Crépuscule/Not Crépuscule from my list. I’m hanging onto it for now to see if it is more Crépuscule-like next year.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
But I'll be ordering Emily Bronte very soon so will go up to 8. I just don't have the room for more
More isn't really better. My personal wish is to grow fewer plants better so that everything really thrives rather than limps along. But I don't have a collector's wiring.
I might have 90 something, but a lot of those are just planted somewhere not ideal at all. Maybe I should replace those with some other plants more suitable but I never get time. Everything is just going on...
When I had 12 roses in my previous garden, each one looked great.
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I wish I could remember which poster was looking for it.🤨
That’s a sneaky tactic of Tack’s to exclude trial roses/pots to disguise the real number. If I did that I could knock at least 20 off my list at current count!
I missed Crépuscule/Not Crépuscule from my list. I’m hanging onto it for now to see if it is more Crépuscule-like next year.
When I had 12 roses in my previous garden, each one looked great.