A few first spring blooms.... (lots of pics)

14 years ago

We've got a few wonderful rains lately and with all this warm weather my roses came to bloom even sooner than I expected.

Please take a look.

Martin Frobisher

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Jacques Cartier

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Mme. Pierre Oger

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Honorine de Brabant

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The Generous Gardener

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Kathryn Morley

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Lichfield Angel

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Mrs. Doreen Pike

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Conrad Ferdinand Meyer

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Chianti

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Eglantyne

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Lyda Rose

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Thanks for looking.

I've got more but will save them for another time :o)

Marina

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jbfoodie
14 years ago
Oh, I just love Martin Frobisher. The blooms remind me a little of Stanwell Perpetual. Is he fragrant? Lyda is looking particularly smart and sassy. Beautiful pics. Thanks for posting them.

Joanne
ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
14 years ago
Gorgeous pictures, every one of them, and one of the best I've seen of Honorine de Brabant. I'm glad to see you have Mrs. Doreen Pike. Her fragrance is lovely and her flowers look like pink powderpuffs. Please don't forget to post more of your roses.

Ingrid
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Thank you for your kind words both about my photography (LOL) and my health. I will post a few photos directly for you.:-)) I doubt that Vintage will custom root Colette since they are, as far as I know, very good friends with the owners of Garden Valley Ranch who offer this rose every year grafted on Dr. Huey. By the way, GVR offers very good quality plants. So I would rather opt for buying from GVR and bury the graft union deep (not like silly me) and then in all probability the plant will go own root in 2-3 years. Most of my Dr. Huey roses did that but Colette was too big to dig her up and replant her deeper by the time I wised up. Or, you can check out Northland Rosarium if you want a good band size plant and if they didn't sell out Colette by now, and you can start growing this rose right away. Northland shipped me excellent quality roses and they guarantee to send virus free plants. I have no idea what's the story with Laguna,it all depends on whether Vintage bought the right from Kordes to propagate it. But if you want it own root, order it early, let's say, right now from Roses Unlimited for fall planting or early next spring. By the way, according to Helpmefind, Northland has Laguna, too, kind of surprising, because they are specialized in Meilland roses, in Romanticas in special. I got my wonderful Bolero and Rouge Royale from them. Both have fragrance to die for. They also have Jasmina, another Kordes climber. Too bad that I cannot report on that rose as yet, mine was planted this spring (came from Pickering, along with Aloha Hawaii)and has a lot of buds but hasn't bloomed as yet. Northland has Colette's sport, named Lunar's mist, but you have enough white or close to white roses for your pergola. Hooverb says it is a very gracious plant. But I also have too many white or almost white climbers by now. Do you have New Dawn? That would be great for a pergola and it is sparkling when it is blooming. I have never seen a pale pink rose with that kind of silvery sheen. It is a great and huge healthy rose and it is vigorous enough to climb up on any pergola. OK, I better shut up.
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Sorry it has taken me a while to get back and check in. I was out of town for work and just got home. Thanks so much everyone for the compliments. It makes me feel good, I must admit. I always seem to see what needs to be done, and sometimes forget to look at what it is! I will try to answer everyone's questions. Hope I don't miss any. In no particular order... The lilies in the "big" picture are almost all daylilies. The lilies in the close-up pictures I am not sure. Just some bulbs I picked up, probably at a big box store or the local garden center? Sorry I don't have their names. The rose pictured in the 4th picture is Morden Belle. There are actually 3 bushes planted in that bed. I hope that is the rose you meant? Yes, I do have the courtyard of roses and yes they are blooming. However, many of the roses on the fence were taken down this year due to RRD. I have planted bittersweet in their place. Won't be the beautiful flowers, but will provide privacy that won't get RRD. As you can see from the picture below, the fence is now pretty bare looking on the side. I have decided that I will try to keep the roses on the fence across the end and around the corner. The need for privacy there is not so great, as the Wine and Roses weigela in the island bed does screen most of the garden from that end. Again, thank you everyone! I am so glad you enjoyed the pictures. It does help to make the aches and pains feel better! :-) Marylu
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Lrae - yep, we were cross posting! Nancy, yes, it is really that pink - and even better like Juliet's picture shows (SHE is the reason I bought this one). okbt - a lot of my daylilies have diamond dusting, but NONE of them compare to how PP is. I can see her shining from far away. I still have some newbies to go, so I might find another one... Chris - I got two whole buds on CC. But, to be fair, she just went in on March 31. I was just happy to see that it was the right CV, and to get a glimps of that happy bloom. I can't wait until the eyezone thickens up a bit. I look forward to seeing yours! Thanks Kathy! Uh, Juliet, You, my dear, are the reason I bought this daylily! I just fell in love with it. I think it was on that post where you shot your beds from the upstairs window. I am so excited that it is blooming. Three fans, three scapes. AND if you can believe it, last year, after it was planted, I slid down the little hill where it is planted and broke off all three fans at the crown. Didn't seem to mind at all, grew back big and strong. No spring sickness on this one, but I am having the darndest time with Awesome Artist. I am starting to think it has a viral infection. It has made three good looking scapes, which didn't even get to branch out - they turned yellow, brown and died. The leaves are also yellowing, but in a weird way. While the outside leaves look ok, the middle leaves (not the new ones, but not the outside ones) are yellowing badly. AA is right next to Cantique and Clothed in Glory, both of which are doing fantastic and have super branching and budcounts. So, I know it is not under/over watering. I checked around the rootzone, and there are no air pockets either. The roots look ok. Weird. Ever see anything like that?
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Krista_5NY
14 years ago
Lovely pics, looks like I need to add Mrs. Doreen Pike to a wish list.
the_dark_lady
Original Author
14 years ago
Thank you Krista, Ingrid and Joanne for your kind words.
Joanne, although the description says 'strong fragrance' and a few people rate this rose as having excellent fragrance, I could not detect any. I just went outside to check it out for you. Maybe it's this time of day or my sniffer refuses to work properly.... :)
Ingrid, I would be happy to post more pictures later.
Krista, I absolutely love my Mrs.Doreen Pike - this a lovely rugosa, it blooms a lot, self-cleans spent blooms, has plentiful, healthy apple-green foliage and sophisticated, crepe-de-chine blooms.
Marina
seattlesuze
14 years ago
Marina, you made me fall in love with rugosas, of all things. That Martin Frobisher is gorgeous and Mrs. Doreen Pike is really exquisite. Thanks for sharing and don't hesitate to post lots of photos. I, for one, will be waiting to see what's next.

Sue
the_dark_lady
Original Author
14 years ago
Sue, I am glad you liked my rugosas!
In fact, I have quite a few of them, maybe next time I will open a new thread with pictures of just rugosas.
Thank you.
Marina
jumbojimmy
14 years ago
I love the look of Lichfield Angel. Do the blooms always look like that? I didn't order it this year because according to DA's website, the scent is mild.
the_dark_lady
Original Author
14 years ago
Jumbojimmy, no, I don't think it has any fragrance (maybe a very mellow tiny one),
this is how Lichfield Angel looked last Fall
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organicgardendreams
14 years ago
dark lady, you have quite some wonderful roses! They all look so healthy and beautiful, just perfect! I enjoyed tremendously looking at your photos.

I especially love Mme Pierre Oger, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Chianti, Eglantyne, The Generous Gardener and Honorine de Brabant, one of my favorite striped roses.

Thanks for posting these beauties! I look forward to seeing more photos from you. Don't let us wait too long ;-)!
gnabonnand
14 years ago
Excellent!

Randy

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