Members Roses 2024

Lichfield Angel,

Blush Noisette

 

Harlow Carr

Lilac Bouquet

Aloha

 

You always take lovely photos @pitter-patter

 

Yes I always look forward to your photos @pitter-patter

 

Thank you @OwdPotter and @CatDouch. That’s very kind of you to say.

 

Boscobel finally opened today. It's very slow growing so far, though was only bought in October last year so is very young. Hoping it picks up a bit.

 

Lovely dreamy photos @pitter-patter!

@Jess91 what is the scent like on Boscobel?

Here’s Vanessa Bell with Olivia Rose Austin in the background, all a bit droopy in the rain


Roald Dahl again, love the colour and shape of it but no scent for me

 

@Athelas good question, it's an unusual one I think. DA describes it as "the myrrh fragrance has delicious hints of hawthorn, elderflower, pear and almond" but I think it smells a bit spicy! It's not a common rose type scent I don't think, but I do like it.

Your Vanessa/Olivia combo is looking fab!

 

'Bring Me Sunshine'.. showing lovely colour today..

..in the garden with 'Comtesse Andre d'Oultremont'..

'Sally Holmes'.. beautiful flowers, on a large growing shrub..

'Kathleen Harrop'..

..'Ghislaine de Feligonde'.. young plant, first year.. grows very large and one of the very best rambling roses..

..'Tam O'Shanter'... an Austin, almost identical to 'Thomas a Becket', sweet scent, lighter pink..

..I think this is R. alba 'Semi-Plena'.. the White Rose of York.. sold to me as something else..

..a bloom of 'Penelope Lively', one to take around the garden, the scent is too good to miss.

 

My roses have been battered by rain. All my old roses are balls of mush. I deadheaded them before we left to stay with son on Friday and now they are mush again.

 

Love all your roses @Mrs Hillard , especially your GdeF, mine is just coming into bloom, abt 2 years old now I think and already over 6ft tall. I'm going to try enticing it along a rope swag towards the sun where it's also got a couple of dark cherry trees to dive into. That's the plan!

That is such a shame @Busy-Lizzie , we wait all year to see our roses open and then more often than not, the weather dashes our expectations. I found out this afternoon that part of my rather tall Claire Austin has been blown over behind the arbour so I must see if I can somehow secure it to the roof tomorrow.

 

Thank you @lizzie .. rain or shine, we have roses.. but it's like a winter's day today, so not much opening..
Let's see what we can rustle up..
'Lavender Lassie'..

'Bathsheba' / clematis 'Niobe'..

this 'Bathsheba' is fairly new, 2nd year..

'Silas Marner'.. needs support..

'Mrs. John Laing'.. not fully open but lovely at this stage..

'Constance Finn'.. high centred HT,..

'Wild Rover'.. a climbing Floribunda on my arch.. cinnamon/clove scent.

..in early June would normally be like this, but way behind this year..

 

Loving this thread.
Having seen so many of @Mrs Hillard 's Bring Me Sunshine I have to say I am sorely tempted... Have an aster that has followed me (or bits of it have) from garden to garden for 30 years. This year it has turned up its toes leaving a rather large space (can only think it didn't like the wet winter).

Mrs H - what do you think Bring Me Sunshine would be like next to Clematis Niobe colour wise - or do you think something darker like Polish Spirit would work better?