Those were wonderful! Glad you were able to pick some new roses. They even had just one of mine. Such beautiful garden design by the experts. Thanks for posting!

Wow !! I'll bet you had a blast! My head wouldn't know where to turn first. Your pics are gorgeous...Donna

Great pictures. Thanks for posting them. They bring back good memories for me.

Wonderful photography! I feel almost as if I went there in person:-). Thank you for posting.
Masha

I really really liked them! Beautiful job on the picture tour. Thanks!
Allison

Great post! Thank you. I'd like to know how they get everything to be so perfect.

Really stunning, thank you so much. You did a wonderful job. Purple Skyliner is probably my favorite rose; how wonderful to finally have a purple rambler that repeats.

I would have given Cottage Garden first prize. That was my favorite exhibit.

Ingrid

What an amazing display! Thanks again for posting these. It's great to be able to go back and really study them. Congrats on all your new roses!

Thanks for posting the pictures. They are absolutely gorgeous. Every flower looks perfect - what an amazing time you must have had. Would have loved to have been there just to smell all those beautiful roses!

Thanks, Aliska, Donny, and Jbfoodie!

Thanks, Masha. I'm glad this worked as a little reportage, heavily skweded toward roses, admittedly.

Catsrose, yes, I also wonder what it takes for them to get all the flowers ready and so perfect. Especially the roses have to be quite pushed for the show, and some take it better than others. I think Austin's The Wedgwood Rose didn't like this treatment (whatever it consists of), and was especially floppy. But maybe that was just its natural shape. I'll find out when I get one!

Thanks, Ingrid, good to know you like Purple Skyliner too. I was amazed that I would like a little rambler so much, but this one really got me. They also had the once-blooming rambler Veilchenblau there. I think that PS is even prettier with its delicate lavender hue. I also agree with you that the cottages were quite lovely. Next time I'll pay a bit more attention to these other exhibits.

Thanks Jackie and holleygarden. It was certainly worth the visit - highly recommended!

Cheers,
Andrea

Andrea, thanks for the great picture show.

About the flower shows, the one in Atlanta, takes years of planning for the one week show. It takes lots and lots of people, so I am sure this is no different and even larger, so much more time. I am a garden club member and only know about the one in Atlanta, which is similar in production but perhaps not in its size, but lots and lots of work and planning, and pushing flowers and people. ;-)

Amazing pictures---thanks so much for shraing them with us--The Purple Skyliner is a beauty---

Florence

WELL!
That was extraordinary!
Thank you so much from those of us who couldn't be there to see it. All that's missing is the fragrance.

Purple Skyliner is really intriguing, but I have to confess that it's Leah Tutu I'd love to own.
I love the rose -- and it reminds me of the day I got to meet the Bishop.
Do you have any idea what its habit might be?

Jeri

Andrea

Thank you for posting the great and breathtaking picture of Chelsea. I can see why Peter Beales won gold again this year. My first few roses are Peter Beales roses and really enjoy them.

Liz

Thanks, Patricia, also for the info about the Atlanta show. I still can't imagine what it takes to get so many plants to be in such perfect shape on time for the show.

Thanks, Liz! Which Beales roses do you grow?

Thanks, Florence and Jeri, I'm glad you like Purple Skyliner. It's not perfumed (I think), but looks so lovely in my yard.

Jeri, I agree with you about Leah Tutu, and now I wish I had bought one there (although that would have really hurt my wallet given what Beales charges for his new introductions at the show). They also have a new red rose named after Leah's husband Bishop Desmond Tutu, but I must have missed that one, too bad. Regarding Leah, I think the growth habit is upright floribunda style, with masses of those huge intensely colored, many petalled frilly flowers and very dark leaves. Makes for great contrast! The shot I took of it doesn't do it quite justice, but I think you get a better idea of its amazing color effect when you look at it above on my first Beales exhibit photo right lower corner, second Beales photo left lower corner, fourth photo front. The new Beales print catalogue states:

"Introduced as a tribute to Leah, wife of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. This superb, multi-petalled shrub rose is very free flowering and of a rich golden yellow colour. It has a subtle fragrance and the plant is endowed with abundant dark green foliage. We have been testing this rose for some several years now and are pleased to have found such a worthy name. 1.2m x 0.9m / 4' x 3'."

Catalogue symbols for this rose:
Continuous flowering, suitable for growing in pots or tubs, can be grown as a small climber (!), tolerant for poorer soils, suitable for hedges, and of course, unique to Peter Beales Roses in the UK!

Andrea

Andrea

I have Happy Memories, RoseBall, Kitty's Rose, and Colby School. I got them all from Ashdown Roses here in the states.

Thanks again for sharing your pictures.
Liz

Wow, what a treat to see. Thank you so much for posting these!

Thanks, Liz and Hoov. Liz, I'll look up your Beales roses. Beales and Ashdown are, as you probably now, partners of sorts. Paul Zimmerman also posts on the Beales website.

Andrea

Andrea, thank you for the wonderful photos, they are a treat for sure. So you couldn't resist some purchases? I can understand why. I really like the aquilegia picture.

Carla

Thanks, thanks, and one more thank for telling me about Leah Tutu since I think more attention was focused on Highrove. And Im sure you will discover a new dimension of roses with your rambler, I love them so much, you can read about my passion for them on my pages.

My Paul´s Himalayan Musk:
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And Excelsa:
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Andrea - let me add my thanks to the rest. How do you manage to bring potted roses back to the US??????

George

Thanks, Jana, also for the photos of your absolutely stunning ramblers, wow! Beales also had Paul's Himalayan Musk, what a beauty! I wish it repeated though. Does Excelsea repeat?

Thanks, George. I bribed customs - just kidding! Well, we now live in Cambridge, England, and so do our roses. So this was only a short trip for us to London. Transporting the potted roses, including the two climbers, with taxis and trains was however a bit tricky. At King's Cross train station I very nearly scratched a few people by inadvertantly waving around the lanky Sir Paul Smith. Entering MacDo there to change our little one's diapers proved to be another challenge. Imagine surprise howls at the doorstep - but at least our baby didn't get scratched ;-).

Should we come back to the US, we will have to leave our roses behind and start from scratch - again.

Cheers,
Andrea

Excelsa doesn´t repeat, too, but I don´t miss it (and I´m a fan of repeating roses). I could write long poems about once-flowering ramblers, but it wouldn´t be enough for their opulent beauty, everyone just needs to try growing them personally. Jana

Andrea, I completely forgot that you now live in England! Buying all those roses now makes much more sense to me. On a recent trip I was tempted by many plants, but kept reminding myself that I could not take them home with me. I, too, was wondering how you were going to import all those roses back into the United States.

How wonderful your garden is going to look with the addition of those beautiful roses.

Rosefolly

Jana, I see, it might really be worth trying some more ramblers - when I'll have the space ... ;-)

Thanks, Rosefolly. The ones I got from the show have finally finished their (first) flush, so now I'm waiting for more.

Cheers,
Andrea