Now this is going to date me. I’ve just found my old rose notebook which dates back to when I used to specialise in them…….it even has scribble in it from when the kids were ickle.
Varieties I grew: Eden Rose, Ena Harkness, First Love, Golden Eddie, Grandmere Jenny, Mc Greedys Yellow, Marcel Gret, Peace, Poinsettia, President Hoover, Forty Niner, White Swan, Madame Butterfly, Paulette, Dorothy Peach, Prima Ballerina, Gail Borden, Carmen Talon, Ophelia, Perfecta, Better Times, Betty Uprichard, Chrysler Imperial, Crimson Glory (cross between Peace & Ena Harkness) and The Doctor.
...not grown any of those that I can recall...but I'm sure they must have given you a lot of pleasure at the time.... here are a couple of my photos from the past...
'Malvern Hills'...an Austin rambler.... ignore any claims this only grows to 12 foot...in the ground it was rampant after 3 years...30 foot width and not stopping.... eventually it got a bit too much for me...which is a shame as it's quite spectacular when in full bloom...
..this next one, which I've posted on this forum before I think, is a photo of a photo dating back to 1992 from my riverside garden in Cornwall... on shallow mucky white clay [like white china clay] overlying granite... almost impossible conditions...lol..
...old fashioned roses like these add such grace to a garden, something that's very important to me and difficult to find these days I think.... you can get large blooms...disease free roses, but not always grace...
...'Mme. Lauriol de Barny' ..'Alexandre Girault' ....
Looks like I'm going to have the usual unsuccessful start to the year with what's left of mine. Thought I had blasted off most of the greenfly the last few weeks but the few buds coming up are all pretty much like this so far (see pic).
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This is the only rose I have, but I think I will need to remedy that at some point in the future.
Reminiscence, given to me by a dementia charity.
Now this is going to date me. I’ve just found my old rose notebook which dates back to when I used to specialise in them…….it even has scribble in it from when the kids were ickle.
Varieties I grew: Eden Rose, Ena Harkness, First Love, Golden Eddie, Grandmere Jenny, Mc Greedys Yellow, Marcel Gret, Peace, Poinsettia, President Hoover, Forty Niner, White Swan, Madame Butterfly, Paulette, Dorothy Peach, Prima Ballerina, Gail Borden, Carmen Talon, Ophelia, Perfecta, Better Times, Betty Uprichard, Chrysler Imperial, Crimson Glory (cross between Peace & Ena Harkness) and The Doctor.
...not grown any of those that I can recall...but I'm sure they must have given you a lot of pleasure at the time.... here are a couple of my photos from the past...
'Malvern Hills'...an Austin rambler.... ignore any claims this only grows to 12 foot...in the ground it was rampant after 3 years...30 foot width and not stopping.... eventually it got a bit too much for me...which is a shame as it's quite spectacular when in full bloom...
..this next one, which I've posted on this forum before I think, is a photo of a photo dating back to 1992 from my riverside garden in Cornwall... on shallow mucky white clay [like white china clay] overlying granite... almost impossible conditions...lol..
...old fashioned roses like these add such grace to a garden, something that's very important to me and difficult to find these days I think.... you can get large blooms...disease free roses, but not always grace...
...'Mme. Lauriol de Barny' ..'Alexandre Girault' ....
KEF...that's very pretty...I do like roses that are reddish in bud but then flower yellow...and yours has a nice reddish edging too..
...never knew you were that old...?..lol
Beautiful, KEF...the first one seems to have a nursery in the background.
Could have sworn I heard the twittering of birds when I looked at the second one!
Thanks Salino. As David says your last two photos are beautiful.
David some really old names on your list. I have a book with "scribbled names" of what Dad grew, can't read them all it's faded a bit.
Bonsoir, Vienna charm, Fred Gibson, Ethal ? Sanday, Gavott, Gail Borden, Bonsoir, Rex Anderson, Izobel Ortiz, Evelyn Fison, are some listed
Yes, KEF......some old names there, even before my time. My own interest was probably in the mid-sixties.
Been around this gardening malarkey for longer than I realise sometimes.
Everyone has such lovely roses. Rose heaven!
Looks like I'm going to have the usual unsuccessful start to the year with what's left of mine. Thought I had blasted off most of the greenfly the last few weeks but the few buds coming up are all pretty much like this so far (see pic).
Hmm a few of my buds look very rain damaged too