The Color Of Carding Mill
. . has become incredibly beautiful and hard to describe. Till now it was mostly pink and disappointing. Not because it wasn't an attractive rose, but because it spoiled my color scheme. It is now a color that goes beyond my expectations. It almost glows, and has people stopping in their tracks, asking about it. The twilight picture below does not capture the wonderful complexity of color, but I just can't seem to get by during the day with camera in hand, so I'm posting what I have.
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Lilyfinch z9a Murrieta Ca
9 years ago
pat_bamaz7
9 years agoCarding Mill is new for me this year, too, and I'm absolutely loving its mix of colors/hues.
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9 years agoSow_what? Southern California Inland
9 years agoI like my Carding Mill so much, I got two more: a band, and a bare root from David Austin. They were planted a couple of weeks ago when temps were in the 90's (way too hot and too late, I know, but I'm protecting them and hoping they "take").
We had a badly needed downpour yesterday, and this first bud on the band was shot in the rain.
The first blooms on this band, and on my first bare root from David Austin seemed to have more of an HT form, but in time they start looking like this:
I've shown this picture before, but thought it would be good to have on this thread so people can see the color variations in Carding Mill. It's a crazy rose, color-wise. A bloom can be apricot in the morning and pink just a few hours later, even without a significant change in temperature. Or both colors can be on different blooms at the same time, as in the photo above. I have not seen a relationship between temperature and bloom color, as is the case with many roses.We have lots of pictures of roses on Humpty Dumpty House Facebook, including buds, blooms, spent blooms, leaves, and whole shrub. We also have detailed evaluations in our "Rose Report Card" posts that you can find by scrolling back. If you visit please give us a page "like". This simple act can help us get our gardens back open to the public after my long hospitalization due to an injury -- thanks! Here's the link:
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Buford_NE_GA_7A
9 years ago
sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoBuford_NE_GA_7A
9 years ago
This is a bloom on the Carding Mill I got today. It's a bit more yellow in the center.Sow_what? Southern California Inland
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ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
9 years agoBuford_NE_GA_7A
9 years agoSow_what? Southern California Inland
8 years agoIs anyone's Carding Mill doing this?
I cropped the first photo, but the one directly above is straight out of the camera with no adjustments. I've never seen Carding Mill so orange, and the actual color is even more orange than pictured.
Carding Mill has been blooming well this season, and the flush right before this new color shift gave us some of the most heartstoppingly beautiful blooms I've seen ever, on any rose. But colorwise -- whacky!
We have lots of pictures of roses on Humpty Dumpty House Facebook,
including buds, blooms, spent blooms, leaves, and whole shrub. We also
have detailed evaluations in our "Rose Report Card" posts that you can
find by scrolling back. If you visit please give us a page "like". This
simple act can help us get our gardens back open to the public after my
long hospitalization due to an injury -- thanks! Here's the link:https://www.facebook.com/HumptyDumptyHouse
jannike
Charlene Joaquin
8 years agoJannike, my Carding Mill has been producing orange blooms too. The color on it changes so often though, you would swear it wasn't the same rose from one bloom to the next.
Prettypetals_GA_7-8
8 years ago
nikthegreek
8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
mzstitch
7 years agoMines in a full flush right now and she is most definitely a favorite in my garden! Here she is on a sunny day.
Anne Zone 7a Northern CA
7 years agoCarding Mill in the Fall (October). Stays this magnificent color.
Carding Mill in the Spring (June). It opens orange and then turns pink
I love both phases!
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