LoL's Roses

Having cut them back in the summer, my roses are starting a second flush.

Oranges and Lemons yesterday ...



An Oranges and Lemons bud today ...



Oranges and Lemons with Rhapsody in Blue ...



Rhapsody in Blue ...



Sunseeker (with the sun coming right through it) ...



Sunseeker going up and over a trellis and is now six foot tall ... this is my 18 inch high patio rose that I brought from England a few years ago ... and it's not gone wild ...



All three of these are highly scented so it's wonderful being near them, especially in the sun.

Can anyone tell me if you can move established roses without damage? If so, how? I'm sure I saw this question elsewhere and never read the answer and now don't know where I saw it.

Thank you.

 

Lovely Sis, but the Oranges and Lemons is my favourite, it is gorgeous.

 

very nice LoL yes i like the oranges and lemons too, can smell them from here mmmmmmmmm

 

Thank you Sis and rosa. You should be able to smell them from there, rosa, they are very heady and lovely.

I think this Oranges and Lemons is the best I've found but it is very shrubby with large thorns but to me, worth every one, very headily scented.

T'other half is not a fan of roses but of Bougainvilleas (which I maintain for him) and they are more vicious, thornwise, than roses.

Each to their own ... but I maintain both and get the thorns whichever.

 

Very nice, are the blues better second time round in the cooler air ?

 

What cooler air is that, Babe? :rolleyes:

I still think mine are more purple than yours, and open. It could be the sun.

The annoying thing is that they are basically one day wonders, all the roses ... an opening bud day, a rose the next, falling apart the next. I'm sure I remember them lasting longer in England. :confused:

 

I thought you were in your rainy season :D

 

Well, exactly six months on ... here are my three main roses.

Oranges and Lemons ...





Oranges & Lemons and Rhapsody in Blue ...



A bud cluster of Sunseeker ...



And Sunseeker with the sun shining through it ...



All three are scented.

 

Sunseeker doing what it likes best ... reaching for the sun this morning ..





First attempt at posting photos and there seems to be no problem. :thumb:

 

This lovely little patio rose opened yessterday .... although the plant is only 30cm x 30cm, the blooms are 8-10cm across ....