ONLY A ROSE - 2015

That's a stunner ........does it have a name? I'll love that aroma as.......love Bassetts Allsorts.

I'm digging over another area at the mo.... Hahaha more roots! .....The life of a gardener! .....Very dry location, great for getting all the weeds out

 

An appropriate thread title for me as this is the only rose in my garden, I think it is Graham Thomas, rather put in the shade by the fine specimens thread though

 

Thanks @wiseowl that is much more than I knew about it before. I discovered this (inherited) rose basically underneath an ice cream tree and it was in a sorry state. I've got it reasonably healthy but it is very crowded by other things. I'm hoping to transplant it, could you advise on the best time? Thanks.

GG

 

Hi GG,
What's an Ice cream tree please ?

 

Yummy Yummy Yum Yum

 

Thank you, I will have a read up on it later, sounds delightful

 

Good afternoon @wiseowl, I've had a good read up and I agree this is a fabulous rose.

Have you purchased roses on line and if so have they been good quality?

I have been searching for a rose nurseries and managed to find one quiet close so I may take a trip there on Friday, list in hand to have a good look

 

Anthony, it is a Salix Integra Hakuro Nishiki, not my favourite tree by any means but I inherited two (one which is now dead but strangely still sprouting stems with entirely different leaf type, but I digress). I always call it an ice cream tree because the colouring always reminds me of an old fashioned Walls neapolitan ice cream and I can never remember the mouthful of its proper name.

GG

 

Thanks. I will let it bloom properly and then rethink and sort out that part of the border wintertime as the whole section needs a bit of a rethink for next year.

Cheers
GG