Aaaah, Robert, what a treat to look at your roses! The first shot of St. Cecelia is simply stunning! I have seen this rose on my recent trip to England and agree it is a wonderful one. I also especially love the shot of The Wedgewood Rose. Keep us updated, if she is able to hold up her blooms on her own in the future, when she gets more mature.

Thanks for sharing these beautiful rose pics!

Christina

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Very good, Robert! You are such a gentleman to share your treasures here. Princess Alexandra always is a beauty and so photogenic a rose. I am very happy to have her in my garden too. Princess Anne looks very pretty in your photo. Tell me Robert, does she have lavender hues along with pink? Your photo of her seems to show this. I would get that rose in a heartbeat, if that is the case. Well thanks again, Robert.

Juliet

Wollerton Old Hall is an exceptionally subtle and yet juicy color. All of the photos are very pretty- thank you.
Renee

These are all such elegant and beautiful roses. I think Wedgewood Rose is my favorite, but you've made choosing very difficult.

Ingrid

I'm literally swooning over St Cecilia. Breathtaking. Your garden must be heaven. Such stunning roses all of them..I also am smitten by Wedgewood..I'm sure that both my new crushes are due to the fact that I can't grow them here..oh well..there's something to be said for the ones we can't have..

Beautiful!

I have the same problem so far with The Wedgwood Rose. She's so sprawly at her young age, too. She's so beautiful that I'm thinking of moving her to where she could climb and then nod down at folks, yes. I can't tell yet, either :)

The Wedgewood Rose has started blooming in my garden, the blooms are indeed lovely.

Your pics are delightful.

All the pics are lovely, but I especially like your pic of Lady Emma Hamilton. What a beauty!

Kate

I wish I had room for all of these Austin beauties you keep showing us!

Hi Christina, good news, I had a couple of later blooms of The Wedgewood Rose that did indeed keep from nodding, so I suspect that as the plant ages it builds up stronger stems.

Juliet, there is a slight purple cast to the flowers, but nothing as strong as many other roses. What makes Princess Anne so wonderful is how the colours fade as the flower ages. I really like this rose.

Renee, I'm very, very pleased with Wollerton Old Hall. I think this may be one of Austin's best roses in years. The colour is great, the shape is great, the fragrance is intense and it just keeps putting out flowers. Fantastic so far.

Hi Ingrid, The Wedgewood Rose has an old fashioned delicacy that I really like. I think of my mom when I see it, and know that she would have found it irresistible. It's soft, and frilly and delicate.

Birdwing, St Cecilia is one of my absolute favourite roses. I love everything about it, but especially the scent, it's wonderful.

Meredith, I would recommend growing The Wedgewood Rose as a climber, even if the stems do build up some more strength, this is a rose that just screams for a trellis.

Hi Krista, I'm glad you're enjoying your Wedgewood too!

Kate, thanks for the nice words on the photos. I'm adding a few more photos here, including another of the Lady, and I think I like this one even more.

Hi Seil, thanks for the kind thoughts, and here are a few more photos from the past few weeks. The entire gallery can be found on my site linked below.

Wollerton Old Hall
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Princess Anne
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Lady Emma Hamilton
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The Wedgewood Rose
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