Only a rose....

I bought 3 dry root Climbing roses last Autumn for planting beside the pond, Madame Alfred Carriere, Bright Future, and White Cloud. While all 3 are doing well in growth at the moment only White Cloud has flowered.





I'm blaming Woo for tempting with me roses as I've bought 7 in the last year which is more than I've bought in ten years!!! The other roses were Compassion, Alchemist, Rosemoor and Orange and Lemon. I'll post pics of the other two roses by the pond if, and when, they flower!!!

 

I'm not sure if it's a Musk rose, Jenny, but it is thornless, has a strong sweet scent, and is a repeat flowering climber. It's parent was an unnamed seedling but it's a fine rose. These are pics I took only minutes ago in the twilight where my camera seems to be able to deal with the pure white of the flower more easily!!





The flowers are fuller and more mature than the earlier pics.

Speaking of Stalking, Jenny, but I'm the one being stalked by some one named Jenny as while I was taking these pics looked who followed me to supervise!!

 

Thanks Claralou, I like grand and voluptuous .....and in the garden also!!! There are around 7 climbing roses down in the pond area and the idea with the original ones was to let them mingle into each other which worked but not as much as I would have liked. They're all planted against two 14' foot long trellis that I made made myself as I didn't think the commercial ones were substantial enough. They're also planted on the West Bank of the pond amid Ferns, Grasses etc which does make it a place of watching where you place your feet when trying to prune otherwise in you go!!

 

Hi Armandll and ClaraLou lovely jubbely my friends Roses.Roses and more Roses,what more can I say

 

Hi, Woo. always so good to hear from you. I have lost quite a few rose buds due to this damp weather with Rosemoor seeming particularly prone to damage.

This is the area where the pond climbing roses are, with the trellis and birdbox I made, Claralou. The thing that drove me to make my own trellis is not wanting to have to replace the trellis, as you said, after a couple of seasons, it's a big enough bind have to work your way down while tying in, training, and pruning the roses while watching where your feet are





Notice the chicken wire to keep that escape artist cat of mine, Jenny, inside the garden!!

 

Hi Armandll what caused your loss of rose buds my friend,were they blind or was it thrips or perhaps powdery mildew(its known as balling)

 

Hi Woo, I have to think that will all the constant rain, showers and drizzle we've had it is "balling". The buds are getting to the almost opening stage and then stopping growing to become blind and non-opening.
I've just returned out of the garden after dead heading and noted that it's mostly Rosemoor and Regensberg that have the problem. Also Regensberg has the habit of turning it's flowers downwards which obscures the beauty of the colours.

 

The "funny" thing is that some Roses seem oblivious to the damp and rain, in fact they seem to revel in it with "Trumpeter" and "Crazy for You" being an example. I sat in the Arbour earlier and the scent of "Compassion" was thick in the air....gorgeous!!