@clematisdorset roses flowering in winter: my Moonlight will go for as long as it can and would go straight through the year into the next if it's mild enough. It's currently covered in buds and it will be interesting to see what it makes of this period of hard frost. I shall be watching it. It's a pretty hard core rose.
Thank you @Marlorena, that is really wonderful. I did not realise that about the China rose ancestry. Your Bengal Crimson rose is beautiful! I am tempted to include Eccleston Square if I ever make a trip to London. It is heart-warming to think some roses keep going. I think my Lady of Shalott died this year, after I kept it potted in too much shade and not enough attention, but I loved it while it was well and would consider trying again in a different space.
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I think it was your previous post that made me wonder about winter flowering, @Fire. Have you been growing it for some years? It sounds like a real trouper!
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My Moonlight only went in (after new fences) in 2020, but it rocketed away from day one. It acts (for me) like a rambler - tough, scrambly, always has some flower on. Simple, single flowers, so, good for wildlife. @Pete.8 has it too, and I got it purely on his recomm.
Roses with simpler blooms, single or semi-double, or smaller/rambler-sized such as polyantha and noisette, tend to flower the longest here @clematisdorset. We do get very frosty mornings in midwinter, down to -8c. I imagine in your location you could keep them going longer than me!
At present I have Marie Pavie, Blush Noisette, Alister Stella Gray and Mrs. Oakley Fisher still in modest bloom and producing new buds. Pretty much all the dark, fragrant, highly-petalled voluptuous sun lovers are done.
I do have William Shakespeare 2000 and Falstaff with some decent blooms, but they got gangly so I chopped them down by half in late summer and stripped Falstaff of all it’s blackspotted leaves. That seems to have induced a spring-like growth spurt..
I love your Bengal Crimson, Marlorena, fascinating to hear how late it can bloom. One to try in my retirement coastal property perhaps!
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Your Moonlight looks lovely, @Fire. Reminds me of wild primroses. What fantastic attributes for wildlife too. Can I ask is it in a full sun south facing position?
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Thanks @Nollie, I think you probably have the advantage of more sunshine though! I do have more shelter (hardly ever a bad frost) but compared to many, a bit too much shade. That is interesting about the type of roses that keep going and that the darker ones have gone now. Should you retire to a sunny coastal area, I would imagine you might have many options for an even wider rose selection!
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roses flowering in winter: my Moonlight will go for as long as it can and would go straight through the year into the next if it's mild enough. It's currently covered in buds and it will be interesting to see what it makes of this period of hard frost. I shall be watching it. It's a pretty hard core rose.
At present I have Marie Pavie, Blush Noisette, Alister Stella Gray and Mrs. Oakley Fisher still in modest bloom and producing new buds. Pretty much all the dark, fragrant, highly-petalled voluptuous sun lovers are done.
I do have William Shakespeare 2000 and Falstaff with some decent blooms, but they got gangly so I chopped them down by half in late summer and stripped Falstaff of all it’s blackspotted leaves. That seems to have induced a spring-like growth spurt..
I love your Bengal Crimson, Marlorena, fascinating to hear how late it can bloom. One to try in my retirement coastal property perhaps!