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nanadollZ7 SWIdaho

11 years ago

Lots of glorious G's, dark lady, but I also like that big stand of foxglove next to the lovely Gertrude J. Geschwind's Shoenste is just mind blowing. Is that one plant? I love his Errinerung an Brod so much. Is it big like Shoenste? Goddess of Love, new to me, is very striking--I'm going to look that one up. Your clematis, Guernsey Cream is just yummy. Thanks for posting your wonderful pics. Keep them coming! Diane

seil zone 6b MI

11 years ago

Gorgeous, Marina! Never heard of Goddess of Love but it's fabulous!

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Aimee, of the roses you list, I can only speak directly about Mme. Antoine Mari. At 5 years in the ground, she is about 5' tall and 6 - 7' wide and seems more inclined to get wide than tall. She has leaves all the way to the ground and only this year got noticeable mildew after the first flush (tough year for that here). She has gotten past that now. Very resilient: during this year's first flush we had heavy rain with ferocious winds. She, and others of the twiggier teas, got weighed down and blown about and big ugly gapes opened in the tops of bushes. MAM, in addition, had a huge branch (close to 1/4 of her top) break off. She looked bad. But within about 3 weeks she honestly looked like nothing had happened whatsoever and was blooming like crazy (while Alliance Franco-Russe is still showing the effects of that storm, a bit). She is, hands down, the most floriferous tea in my garden so far (I have Le Vesuve, too, but she's too young to make a fair comparison; however, it's going to be hard to beat "constantly in bloom", as MAM is). Her colors do vary. The first flush, in cooler weather, is ivory in the center blending to, as Sherry says, pale porcelain pink outer petals with a touch of carmine. This time of the year, she opens the same way, but quickly goes rather pink, lighter in the center, darker outer petals. The blooms on the north side of the bush stay paler. Despite a reputation for having few petals,some blooms I checked in the first flush this year had more than 100 petals/petalloids. Later flushes have fewer petals, but still have beautiful form. Her blossoms have that opalescent luster or texture that I just love. Her pink is more on the purple-ish side than the red or coral side, if that consideration is important to you (it is to me, unfortunately: my neighbor across the street has a large planting of Sexy Rexy blooming under a pale lilac pink crape myrtle -- oh dear). I think General Schablikine wants to be taller than 6', based on the ones at the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, where they have pruned him and many other teas to a fare-thee-well and he is still at or over my head. Perhaps Le Vesuve is amenable to pruning, but I still planted mine on a 12' center (hopefully not presuming too much!) after reading the account of the "Grand Avenue Giant" at the Le Vesuve entry in the link below, because I want mine to look like that, eventually :-). Here is a link that might be useful: Cass's Garden with Roses

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dublinbay z6 (KS)

11 years ago

Well, darn it--my looong post (with pics) just disappeared in cyberspace!

So here goes again.

I remember I was waxing enthusiastically over Geschwind's Shoenste. I think "swooning" was the word I used. I actually gasped when I saw it. What a stunner!

And enroll me in the Goddess of Love fan club!

Seil, that is the second time in the past couple days that I've seen a picture of Garden Party--grew it years ago, but I'd forgotten how lovely it is. How is it on disease-resistance? I don't remember.

Here are my "G" roses:

Gourmet Popcorn--nice mini. I like touches of white for contrast in my gardens--and cools them off during HOT July!
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Gypsy Carnival (HT)-- the most beautiful blooms on the scrawniest disease-magnet plant in my entire garden. A total wimp except for those gorgeous red/yellow blooms--the only reason I keep this one.

Gypsy Carnival--side view; isn't that yellow cool!

Gypsy Carnival--full frontal view--that touch of yellow at the base is so cool!

Golden Showers climber--this 15-20 year old beauty suddenly came down with RRD this past summer and no longer resides in my garden--darn it!

Green Ice--another white mini. This one sprawls a lot. I have 5 of them scattered around the garden to make sure there is always a touch of white throughout the garden. Good disease-resistance.
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That's it--other than the other "F" rose I discovered I forgot to post earlier. Will go do that now.

Kate

seil zone 6b MI

11 years ago

Like your Gypsy Carnival very much, Kate! GP isn't the most disease resistant but it's also not the most disease prone rose in my garden either. And it's a bloom machine and they're always huge, very fragrant and gorgeous...so I keep it!

bethnorcal9

11 years ago

Beautiful roses everybody! Love that GODDESS OF LOVE!

Well, here's what few I have available to upload:

GEORGE BURNS
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GYPSY FIRE
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GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA
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GINGER ROGERS
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GLOWING PEACE
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GARDEN SUN CL
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GREAT SCOTT
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nanadollZ7 SWIdaho

11 years ago

More beauties to drool over..I see the exquisite Garden Party again. That photo is frameworthy, seil. Golden Celebration is one of my favorite Austin roses. Lovely yellows.
Kate, Gypsy Carnival is indeed a striking beauty which I haven't seen before. I'm sorry about your Golden Showers. I wonder how far west that awful disease has traveled. Hope it never makes it here.
Beth, I get a kick out of George Burns...I mean he is eye poppin' and reminds me a little of Simsalibim (or am I misremembering that rose?). Thanks, all, for posting and keeping our alphabet going. Diane

the_dark_lady
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11 years ago

OMG, Beth, that George Burns is breathtaking! Does it grow bushy for you?

dublinbay z6 (KS)

11 years ago

Yes, George Burns is striking. I wanted to add that I'm deliberately ignoring all the pics of Golden Celebration and Graham Thomas--because I'm totally envious and don't want to remember that they are too blackspot prone to dwell in my garden. I've loved both since they were introduced years ago--and yellow roses are my favorites--but I will not bring BSers into my garden. The only reason the BSer Gypsy Carnival resides here is because she snuck by me and was all settled in before I discovered the bad news about her weakness. : (

But I do actually love those pics.

Kate

Note: Edited for spelling

This post was edited by dublinbay on Sun, Jan 6, 13 at 12:04

bethnorcal9

11 years ago

I've had GEORGE BURNS for a loooong time. He's a great rose for the front of the bed. At least for me, he never gets much taller than about 3ft, in fact, usually less. Nice and wide and bushy. Blooms almost constantly.

jktx55

11 years ago

Beth, I can see why you are so fond of George Burns. Thanks again for sharing your great pics.
jack

harborrose_pnw

11 years ago

Gee, ya'll, what wonderful roses. Those Geschwinds are wonderful and the colors on Glowing Peace I just adore.

I hope that this spring and summer will bring blooms to the "g" roses in my garden ...

Gardens of the World, Gilda (which I think is the same as the Geschwind Orden Marina posted, Georges Vibert, and Grace Darling ... but here is

Gartendirektor Otto Linne in the center

Golden Wings- it only had one bloom; it was in so much shade but it's been moved into more sun and I hope for some more of the lovely yellow blooms like Seil's.

seil zone 6b MI

11 years ago

It should do great with more sun!

nanadollZ7 SWIdaho

11 years ago

Here is my lone G rose, the popular Golden Celebration. Diane

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