So far I have only ordered Scarborough Fair but likely will include Shepherdess. I will have let go some of roses but it's really hard to get rid of it. When I look at the beautiful blooms I am inclining to give another chance/year!
Taken these before the rain.
Eclair - Beautiful flower form, lovely colour, nice fragrance but not healthy. Eden: The Prince: Mill on the Floss: Rosomane Janon: Boscobel: Alan Titchmarsh: James Galway:
Another orangefest. It's a wonderful life Summer Song Lady of Shalott Newsflash Eustacia Vye with Sweet Honey photo bombing Star this year has been Evelyn May.
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
@PeterAberdeen I've grown it several times, once as a 20 ft wide rambler
Can I ask, did you find Ghislaine slow to get going? I have one planted in my front garden and I am hoping 2024 will be a "leap" year. So far it has been Sleep, Creep, Bleep
@PeterAberdeen I've grown it several times, once as a 20 ft wide rambler
Can I ask, did you find Ghislaine slow to get going? I have one planted in my front garden and I am hoping 2024 will be a "leap" year. So far it has been Sleep, Creep, Bleep
Hahaha. Sounds like my Tess.
Superb reds, Nollie!
Looking forward to seeing all the planned new arrivals.
Too sunny here today for nice photos, but found a member of my family giving the Lady of Shalott an autumn prune. Always this rose! Susie Alnwick Boscobel... can't seem to stop blooming.
@Fire ..it should start to take off halfway through year 2, from a bare root planting.. up to that point it's fairly compact.. year 3 it will be a large shrub, years 4 and 5 it can turn into a rambler.. I've checked my photos and that's how it's been for me..
I'm changing focus a bit with my roses. Several have been quite disappointing where it comes to blackspot, and other roses never seem to (easily) assume a decent shape. The lack of shape is very likely due to a lack of skills, and the blackspot is not helped by the roses' fend-for-yourself lot in life. The blackspot is the biggest issue, but when the two combine for a shrub that's oddly-shaped and blackspot-ridden the spirit wilts a bit. Anyway, this is a bit of context, as I'm interested in roses that are bullet-proof in these two departments.
For a bit more context, in my small set of roses I rank them as follows. The list is a bit wonky, as it mixes climbers/ramblers with shrub roses.
Excellent/good for blackspot
'For your eyes only' - great shape, great health, total winner.
'Madame Alfred Carriere' - great health; it grows in an apple tree, shape difficult to asses, but its lack of thorns and great scent make it well-valued. 'Ghislaine de Feligonde' - great health, recent addition.
'Simple gold' - Seems OK generally, still early days, not as shapely as FYEO.
'Lady of Shallot' - Still early days.
Medium/bad for blackspot:
'Albertine' - Requires quite a bit of steering of tentacles, has periods of unsightliness, bad for blackspot in my garden.
'Westerland' - Better than Albertine (blackspot), very vigorous and tentacly, gives more joy year-round than Albertine does.
'Jazz' - About the same league as Westerland above.
'Midnight summer's dream' - Defoliates, often unsightly.
'Chandos beauty' - defoliates. Its gorgeous scent compensates to a good extent, but it needs to show some improvement also where it comes to shape.
Perhaps this just illustrates I'm not good at growing roses. On the bright side, I'm very happy with FYEO, have a lot of faith in Madame Alfred Carriere and GdF, trust that Westerland and I will come to an understanding, and Albertine will stick around for a few sentimental reasons. Recommendations for shapely, blackspot-free, and gardener-resistant roses would be amazing.
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So far I have only ordered Scarborough Fair but likely will include Shepherdess. I will have let go some of roses but it's really hard to get rid of it. When I look at the beautiful blooms I am inclining to give another chance/year!
Taken these before the rain.
Eclair - Beautiful flower form, lovely colour, nice fragrance but not healthy.
Eden:
The Prince:
Mill on the Floss:
Rosomane Janon:
Boscobel:
Alan Titchmarsh:
James Galway:
It's a wonderful life
Summer Song
Lady of Shalott
Newsflash
Eustacia Vye with Sweet Honey photo bombing
Star this year has been Evelyn May.
Falstaff, best bloom so far:
Darcy Bussell:
Prunings from Empereur Charles IV:
Superb reds, Nollie!
Looking forward to seeing all the planned new arrivals.
Too sunny here today for nice photos, but found a member of my family giving the Lady of Shalott an autumn prune. Always this rose!
Susie
Alnwick
Boscobel... can't seem to stop blooming.
..it should start to take off halfway through year 2, from a bare root planting.. up to that point it's fairly compact.. year 3 it will be a large shrub, years 4 and 5 it can turn into a rambler..
I've checked my photos and that's how it's been for me..
Excellent/good for blackspot
'Ghislaine de Feligonde' - great health, recent addition.
Medium/bad for blackspot:
Very strong myrrh scent which I love, though have seen some people say they don't like the scent.
Almost thornless, though there are some near the base.
Flowers all season and mine is very healthy.