Hi Jerome,

I planted it one year ago, and it has grown well its first year. It repeat bloomed well last year.

It appears to be vigorous, and produces many buds. The foliage and growth habit remind me somewhat of a Noisette.

The blooms are really lovely, and I think it will bloom abundantly as it matures. The fragrance, to my nose, is not very appealing. It's moderate in intensity, kind of a musky blend.

The bees really like this rose:

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I love her so far! I got her last year. Mine is paler than Krista's, except for the very center. The outside of the blooms are practically white for me. Her buds start out pointed, but the flower eventually cups (if I'm using my terms right). The best of fragrance where I am!

She's been good on disease and is vigorous enough. Her blooms and thin canes are very floppy, though. I had to move her to where I'm letting her climb right by an entry, so folks can smell her and see her close-up.

Her canes so far remind me more of a rose like Renae or Weeping China Doll than an Austin. Very pliable, though :)

Oh, I should have added that I love the musk rose scent :) Keep that in mind when I categorize it as the best of fragrance. Wedgwood smells sweet and musky to me.

Made a 4' tripod for mine. This way I keep the blooms from looking at the ground. Heavy bloomer for me. Usually I'm not to wild about roses with this growth habit but for some reason I really like this rose. I keep it cut for a shrub instead of a climber.

I'm hoping that one of you will answer my questions as this is an old thread. I love the looks of this rose but not sure if I should order it.
1. How thorny is this rose ?
2. Does it fade to white in hot weather ?
Thanks

rosepat--are you still there? I checked Wedgwood's thorniness last night--does have slim, sharp thorns but not heavily thorned. Actually, about average for an Austin.

My new one hasn't bloomed enough for me to make any definitive statements, but so far, yes it fades to a pastel pink/white in hot weather. But so do almost all my lighter colored roses, Austins or not.

Hope that helps.

Kate

Thank you Kate, still working on my DAR bare root order so this is very helpful. I never buy white roses but I have a lot of them in my garden if that tells you anything, I am a sucker for those pale pinks that always fade to white, you think I would have learned by now but I keep hoping the next one will be different. Thanks again.

Just about to plant two and wondering - would they be good as a climber?

In my garden setting it forms a sprawling shrub about 3 1/2 to four feet tall. It's not tall enough to be a climber.

Has anyone talked to Fr. Jerome lately? His garden at the abbey is so beautiful. It must be wonderful in it's maturity by now.

I grow Wedgewood as a climber. It's pliant canes make it well adapted to wrapping around the obelisk.

I was sick earlier this spring/summer and couldn't take care of Wedgewood and other roses much at all. Feeling better now and checked out back yesterday where Wedgewood is located. It got along fine without my fussy care--it's blooming like crazy at a time when too many of my other roses are taking a semi-dormancy mid-summer break--so pretty and retains a lot of its pinkness here in mid-summer.

With care, I think Wedgewood will be an outstanding climber!

Kate

Thankyou guys! I have planted in the meantime as a bush - but have a spot that I think I would like to have them climb - as an archway at our entrance way. Yet to be landscaped! Hi from New Zealand, I assume you are all from the States?

I'm in North Carolina, in the upper south of the US :)

Mine's slowly getting to be a real climber, maybe. I can't tell yet! But she is going up instead of out (on a tall tripod), so I'd call mine a short climber at least. I'm hoping she can get pretty tall, because I'd like another one for a pergola if she can build on herself each season to get that high.

I had to transplant her to bury her graft, so that set her growth back. My winters have gotten much colder the past couple of years, so I'm burying all of my grafted roses now. She didn't have any cold damage, but I'm not risking it since so many others did.

Well I am in the middle of winter right now, so have no photos to show, but if you have some photos, it would be great to see them. We bought this house a year ago with space to grow roses so I am just starting out on my journey, although I have been caring for roses at another property we own. It is very exciting. I have also planted Rhapsody in Blue last year but didn't care for it properly last year so I must give it some good mulch and feed it well this year to help them along.

Father Jerome got very busy with his work at the abbey and he is not on either GW or FB any more. I do miss him! I believe someone on this forum is still in contact with him, but I'm not sure who it is.

Rosefolly

What Abbey are we talking about? It sounds pretty awesome.

Kate, I'm sorry to hear you've been unwell for so long. Good to know you're on the mend now. Take care.

Comtesse :¬)

The abbey is a delightful place near Lake Forest CA and Silverado canyon surrounded by peaceful native oaks and blue jays. I was hoping the abbot wasn't upset about him being online too much but I know they are possibly going to be moving to another spot in the canyon that is more level. That would take up everyones time. Our family used to have land along the same canyon road that the abbey is on but we sold it many years ago. Someone built a house there and one winter the rains washed it out on the road.

Oh Hi everybody! I am so sorry for my absence. The gardens are going well - even if I am not taking care of them as much as I used to (Fr. Ambrose and the seminarians are out there more than me lately. I should show photos soon. Things well here. I still love roses, honest. As a matter of fact, on the way home from a business trip this past week, I was able to stop through Mission San Juan Bautista and see some of the great old roses for myself, both in the cemetery and in town, including the great (not) Devoniensis in the cemetery and a giant Niles Cochet in town. Thanks to Jeri Jennings for coaching me via phone as I tried to track these things down. Will try and post photos of this expedition soon. Greetings and love to you all.

More views from spring flush this year.

I cannot tell you how delighted I am to hear from you, and see you post these recent pictures!

Thanks for sharing with us and lots of love and blessings to everyone at the abbey.

Absolutely beautiful and soothing to the soul.

I planted mine last year in the spring. I have never had a climbing rose before, so not sure what I am doing. When it was time to prune it, I tried to follow the advice of the person I bought it off. I thought I only pruned the side shoots off, but I must have accidentally cut the main stems without knowing it. Is there any way of fixing it? Will I eventually get new canes growing up from the base? I love the flowers so am hoping it will eventually be ok.

For Krista,

Is your Wedgewood Rose still fairly short? I purchased one to plant on my shed and need for it to stay fairly short. I'm z5b so just a wee bit warmer than you. I need to keep her fairly contained since she'll be growing aside of the door. I have a small metal trellis she can grow on if she stays on the shorter side.

Thanks for any info.

Sharon

Sharon, It's still 3 1/2-4 feet tall. It wants to grow to 4 feet wide, but I keep it pruned back. Now that I've been growing it for a number of years, the growth habit reminds me of a Hybrid Musk.

Thanks Krista. Now I just need to figure out where I'll put her.

Sharon

The Wedgwood Rose climbs very well and is a prolific bloomer in our Southern California garden. Spring, Summer, and into Fall, the lateral canes need to be cut back pretty regularly and new growth guided through the trellis, you really have to stay up on cutting and training. The scent when you hold the rose up to your nose is light and sweet, if pink was a scent it’d be the Wedgwood, and the soft pink shading is simply perfect! The blooms open fully and last nearly a week on average with new buds blooming all the time in the hot months of summer, note that our trellised roses get morning sun and late afternoon shade.

There is something definitely wrong with Houzz - if you look at the title of this old thread, it says it was "updated 3 hours ago", but that post is not on here. Have they put in a several hours delay on things getting posted, so they can review everything to see if it needs to be censored? Creepy!

Jackie

Thanks for the beautiful photos getbizzylivn. I am currently getting used to our new place, and we don't have as much room for roses, but still have lots. Those photos are really lovely.

So glad you popped in Jerome. Pictures are always appreciated.

Lol! Hi Sheila! I have to learn how to do it all over again. I hope it's possible from my phone, because I don't have a personal computer or office at this new place. As soon as I figure out how to post photos, I'll do it. I hope some of you all can visit this new place...it's really pretty.

Fr Jerome! So good to "see" you. Please check in more often, we miss you.

I have only posted photos I have loaded on to my computer, so I can't help, Jerome, with loading them from the phone but some do it here on houzz. I wonder if someone on here could help or your next generation gardeners could help since they were born to it. Here's hoping. We need to see those Teas.

Maybe this is helpful, I have an iphone 12, these 5 pics (screenshots) may help familiarize you with the general steps involved in posting pics you have saved on your phone. Good luck, u got this!

Thanks for this very much, getbizzylivn. I'll start experimenting with this information.