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Who knows their roses?

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  • Just seen all these amazing replies. I'll come back to you on this as soon as I have a photo (foliage included). Please bear with me.

    Thank you to everybody!

    The Grateful Deadhead

  • Orchid LadyOrchid Lady Posts: 5,800

    If it's Gertrude Jekyll GDH then it is an amazing rose, I'm not an owner of one yet but hope to be soon, I hope your SIL is better soon.

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,012

    Here is a page of pink roses from David Austin, so you see identifying, even with a photo, is difficult.  http://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/american/searchlist.asp  Sorry, had a look and all the pink roses that were on that page have gone, don't know how to delete reply. 

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • SupernoodleSupernoodle Posts: 954
    Typo in mine above. Should have been apuldramroses.co.uk.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,131

    I'll put it in as a link Snoodle http://www.apuldramroses.co.uk/ .  

    Not a nursery I know - interesting image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • SupernoodleSupernoodle Posts: 954
    Ta Dove. I see others have given on alternatives so superfluous anyway. But I thought I'd give the correction in case anyone interested. I bought 14 roses from there in the winter. All doing very well. I liked their search engine so may be of use to G Deadhead.
  • AirwavesAirwaves Posts: 82

    I have no catalogues handy, so please excuse any spelling mistakes I may make. One rose that came to mind was an older one Zepherine Druid. This can be grown as a climber or as a column, it too has a wonderful scent, and is bright pink.. Try to find a picture it may be of help.

  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

    Gertrude Jekyll - you wont be disappointed. A beautiful spicy and strong scent.

    This rose was chosen to make essential oil of roses in the UK.


    Billericay - Essex

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    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,012

    http://www.agel-rosen.de/fotos_upload/Englische-Rose-Constance-Spry-1721_123.jpg

     

    Zephirine Drouhin is a climber, very perfumed, almost thornless, bright pink, lots of flowers, will grow in shade, but can be prone to disease.

    Pictured is Constance Spry, but I don't know where it will turn up in this post!

     

    The rose with the strongest perfume in my garden is Constance Spry which David Austin bred and he uses as a parent to breed in perfume for many of his roses. But it only flowers once and is quite prickly. Mine is a large shrub, about 1m60, but it can be grown as a small climber.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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