I see High Country has it listed as "occasional rebloom"

..on this thread from a couple of years ago, there is a magnificent Ghislaine de Feligonde grown as a tree/standard... about half way down the thread, posted by rosecavalier... I hope mine looks half as good...

Far North rose discussion

Hmm.. I could try to root some but I suck at that, I have best luck with layering so I'll give it a shot. Vintage always had this listed as a Hybrid Musk as opposed to rambler. Do you have your hearts set on this one or would any hardy climber with that color work? Griffith Buck Roses are really pretty and I think most are hardy, also the Canadian roses - and look at Northland Rosarium's site, there is a hardy yellow repeat blooming climber called April Moon by Griffith Buck. I have ordered from them also, great roses.

MARLORENA AND INGRID-Marlorena thank you for questioning me! That pink rose is Lillian Gibson. I forgot that I moved it, so now the pink rose there is Complicata. When I took that picture it was Lillian Gibson, a beautiful hardy climber with red canes in the winter. I don't even remember if it repeats.

Palatine listed GDF as a repeat bloomer. https://palatineroses.com/rose/ghislaine-de-f%C3%A9ligonde

Lillian Gibson is listed as once bloomer on HMF:http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/pl.php?n=3818

Rogue Valley lists GDF as "nearly constantly" blooming - out of stock. North Creek Farm has it listed in stock as repeat blooming. Has anyone ordered from her by chance? Like I need another rose......was also looking at Polareis on her site too lol!

A beautiful and very happy rose!

Rogue Valley has some great roses-their pic of Edmond Proust doesn't do it justice. It's my favorite rose I think, one very long bloom time, repeated for me last year.

I had to stop looking since I saw some Geschwind roses and Walsh ramblers... I want all of those.

I suspect that prudent deadheading is key to GdF's bloom cycles...and as mine is massive, with smaller roses in front, I can't be bothered to deadhead. Some roses don't really care and will go about throwing more blooms whilst old heps sit amongst the canes...whilst others are much sniffier about performing if we are not doing our responsible rose-care duty towards them. Bugger that though - no time for divas and fusspots in my neck of the woods...and as nearly all my roses are once bloomers anyway, I don't fret about GdF's failure to produce another crop. New Dawn is exactly the same - continual deadheading will keep the flushes coming...but as I never go near mine (with its savage flailing prickles) once it springs into life, it is another one flush show.

What a happy rose- I love the multiple shades of yellow and white.

now I am surprised to hear no one has die back for Ghislaine de Feligonde! Mine did wonderfully for a couple years, then the last two years it got zapped by -20 or more degrees for several days last winter and this winter. It grows back but to only half the size it was and doesn't bloom as heavily as it did when we had zone 6 winters!

Ghislaine on the left in a better year!

-20 is pretty cold- don't think I've seen that in a while. Does it continue to die back in the winter?

Roseberri where the heck are you that you hit -20 in Z6?! Actual temp or windchill? Hasn't hit that low around Chicago - if it's still coming back for you after 2 winters like that, sign me up :)

Altorama, that is a beautiful, happy rose.

Camps and Marlorena, I would love to know where you got your Ghislaine de Feligonde from. After seeing Altorama's photo I might be able to squeeze one onto the steep bank belonging to the village in the front of my house. I have already put a Mutabilis up there and no-one has complained.

I see Rosefolly grew it in a similar climate to mine. I would love to hear from anyone else in a warmer climate, who has grown it.

Daisy

Daily I am almost positive I got mine from Ashdown. Miss that nursery!

Daisy, I think GdeF is generally available here from a number of outlets, but I got mine from Perryhill nurseries, one of my favourites and I used to be a frequent visitor to their wonderful nursery in Hartfield, East Sussex... if you're back over here any time and in the area, do give them a visit...it's worth it... Perryhill

...they send roses by mail order in large containers... I think 10 or 15 ltr... I took a photo when I received mine, GdeF is in the middle of the 3 here.... as I was so pleased with them...

Hi ! I live in Central Ohio and we had the coldest spot in the state for a while! we used to be zone 5 and got changed to 6 a few years ago but the last two years we have had zone 5 again! I had picked roses that were supposed to stand up to that kind of weather but the ones that really do are, Hansa, Theresa Bugnet, the Albas, purplepavement, Tuscan Superb and William Baffin. The rest die to the ground, they come back but it takes awhile.

I bought mine (along with Goldfinch) from Trevor White. I love this nursery - the roses (bare-root) are exceptional - gigantic healthy roots, great prices and a lovely collection. I recall Marloreana ordering from Trevor too. There are few nurseries which sell species roses (apart from hedging roses) so I treasure Trevor's output as it is affordable (for me), unlike either Beale's or Austin's.

..yes I would always choose Trevor White for bare roots if they have what I want available...they seem considerably superior, but I don't think they do containerised, so for that I have to look elsewhere during the summer months...

Camps and Marlorena, I am in Australia and will be visiting England in Jul/Aug, could you tell me where Trevor Whites nursery is please, Thanks in Advance. Sorry to everyone for thread jacking. I have GdF on order this year as it was sold out by the time I ordered. It will do well in my 8b/9a Zone. Regards David.

David, I don't think Trevor White is open to the public... Campanula might know more about this but as far as I'm aware they are a mail order company... whether you can visit them by prior arrangement I wouldn't know, but here is their web address... Trevor White

...I would think for nursery visiting at that time, you would be better off with Peter Beales nursery, which is also in Eastern England, or David Austin's in Shropshire... both are open to the public and have display gardens to visit...

Thanks Marlorena, David Austin's is penciled in for the third time with a possible talk to Mr. Austin. I had thought of Beale's. We are staying in Aylesbury so we can go any direction. South to Cornwall is also penciled in. I will contact Trevor White to see what can be arranged. David.

grief, even more OT but big apols to MARLORENA for persistently spelling her name wrong.

..oh that's alright, I often smile at any misspellings... but thank you....

...we should perhaps warn David about visiting Cornwall in July/Aug.... as it tends to be invaded by those from ''up country''... otherwise, we wish him a lovely time of course...

..just don't go to Newquay....

We have to go as one side of the the grandparents came from there.

Maybe in that case you could plan that part of your trip for early in July before the school holidays begin? What part of Cornwall do/did your grandparents come from? The more southwesterly parts of the Cornish coastline are lovely to explore, if you can get there when it's not packed out with tourists.

Comtesse :¬)

Sorry Camps for going Off Topic, I had apologized in my original post. I shall start a totally different one about m.y trip. I have ordered two of GdF as I am going to "try" and breed with it for Australian conditions.

I have GdF and it is quite big and robust in my zone 8-
garden at 1600 ft outside Portland.
I cloned it two years ago and it struck easily. It seems to bloom throughout the summer
and into Fall. It is not unlike
Phyllis Bide, which I also have, though it seems more robust. I bought two specimens of Phyllis Bide from Cistus
nursery and one just died. Luckily
I had cloned it too and will replace it.

I also have Renae rose, which is now large after about five
years, thornless, and blooms well but not spectacularly, over a fence around a small orchard. But my real delight is a Gloire de
Dijon (own root) which I am growing in a completely sheltered corner and south-facing
aspect, which I call my zone 9. It
is showing buds ahead of all others, including the very early Cantabrigensis (pictured above from last year),
or the south facing Lady Banks lutea, doubtless due to its warm microclimate.

Sally Holmes spots terribly for us in our 60+ inches of rain a year.

I have enjoyed this thread. My second year GdF should experience its first blooming this year, and I'm really looking forward to it. I'll post pics !

Kate

Thanks Camps and Marlorena. I want to be sure of GdF blooming all summer. Do you dead head your's, Marlorena?

Daisy

Hi daisy

Sorry for delay. I have to use mobile as cannot access site on p.c

Yes i prune spent flowers and it repeats till frosts

Speak again soon

OK the tag is still on the rose, I got it at Ashdown. Spent blooms need to be cut off or the plant will make hips and not bloom so much.

Thanks Altorama!

Just ordered one from High Country Rose today! :-)

I love High Country Roses, I have always got good sized healthy plants.

Glad to hear that, it was my first time ordering from them. I also ordered 1 Victorian Memory (Isabella Skinner) and 1 Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Hope they have big size roses. :-)

I always wanted Victorian Memory.

I think they still have some left, go get one. :-) I should receive my ramblers from High Country Rose this Sat, can't wait. Do you plant bands in the garden or in pots? I planted all my rose bands in the garden last year, they're all alive, just hope they can grow up fast. Someone mentioned Milorganite can make roses grow fast and can keep rabbits and deer away. I am going to give it a try this weekend. I might try out with a plant light at night too, so the bands can grow 24/7. :-)

I have done both in the ground and in pots depending on the weather. If it was very hot they were in pots so I could keep them shaded and watered. The only thing I ever used was Rosetone, but I did not have deer or rabbits. Also not sure about grow lights, I think they need a certain amount of darkness. Not 100% sure on that. You must be excited!

Thanks for the info. I am very excited, the ramblers from High Country Rose and climbers from Edmund's (Jasmina,Laguna and Pearly Gates) should be here today. Now I have to plant all the bargains from Breck's and Walmart this morning, out to the garden...... :-)

Ok I need some input from you guys that know what you are doing! I found this rose available at North Creek Farms, emailed to see what size they usually ship, she emailed back that "we usually ship bare root". I'm thinking fabulous this will be a good size to get started this year, so I ordered Ghislaine and Polareis. This is what came in the mail 2 days ago. Oh and they both have tags from High Country Roses! I emailed but have not heard back yet. Am I wrong to be displeased? How would you handle this?

Thanks! Julie

This is the bottom of Polareis' pot.

In the UK, bare-root season ends in March so any plants not sold are dug up from the fields and potted up...so a 'container rose' ie. one grown in a container for a season, is different from a 'containerised rose. Nothing wrong with either but it can be a terrible shock, tipping the containerised rose out, to find the whole rootball falls away. Yours does look as though it has spent a few months in this rather small pot though...but still look perfectly healthy and good viable roses - I would not, at this point, be feeling that miffed.

That's not a bareroot rose, or a potted bareroot rose, if that's your question.

I guess I was expecting bare roots not bands :). Wanted a jump start on size this season.

Well, I would definitely call them much larger than bands.

Nothing wrong with a container rose. Loosen those bottom roots a bit when you plant the rose, and watch it go to town! There's nothing for you to regret there.

Kate

Oh no, we don't have bands in the UK but I can definitely say, looking at the girth of those canes, that you do not have a band but a more mature 2 year old rose. When I plant my bare-roots, I invariably hack them back hard (even if they never again see secateurs) so I doubt you will lose any time this season - the roses will grow away just like a bare-root.

I am so glad you got one GDF too, :-) and your Polar Ice looks huge, it's way over a band size. I hope you didn't pay a lot since they ordered from High Country Rose, and they have to make some profit as a business. I paid $14.95 each for 2 ramblers( GDF and Victorian Memory), and $16.95 for a DA rose band (Tess of the d'Urbervilles), the shipping for 3 rose bands is $18.95.

We have 2 "sister" GDFs here since yours and mine are both from High Country Rose, let's see who's grows faster. :-) Will that be fun!? :-) When you're ready to start, just let me know, mine is still in pot, not sure where to put it yet.

Thanks Ladies! I knew you would give me the scoop! I was ok with Polareis size, but thought Ghislaine was shrimpy. But Camps if you say it's big, I feel a lot better! Yes Summer I'm so happy I got this! Mine will have to be potted for a while as well. Wouldn't you know, the year I go hog wild ordering roses and plants, we have to tear out & replace our patio. I'm holding off planting anything till they are done with that, it will be a mess for sure. Thank you all for your input, much appreciated!

Julie

Zone 4 will it survive or not. Planted this rose and full of hope it will not fail me.