'Heritage' may be the best Austin rose, ever
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Austin's 'Heritage,' one of the best Austins
Comments (22)I love this rose and definitely one of my favourite Austins. It has the delicate blush pink that I like in roses. I am usually not a fan of pink roses. With regards to the shattering of the blooms, I however found they last for a few days in my garden. I am not sure if this has to do with windy locations. Maybe in very extreme windy location, they don't last? Mine would be in its third year and I will pay more attention and see how long they really last....See MoreSophys Rose...Worst Austin Ever?
Comments (12)I think you are right abot the diagnosis of ME. I demand more from a cultivar that is marketed as "Healthy" and then in my garden turn out to be susceptible to 4 fungal diseases ...all at once. In my book that is pretty bad performance... Sure if it had a fragrance to die for (Like Gertrude Jekyll) or was exceptional beautiful (like James Galway) as floriferous as John Clare (many hundreds flowers on each bush each bloom cycle) Then I would nurse the rose like a ICU patient!!! I look for roses with good disease resistance or tolerable disease resistance if sprayed (the way I grow it in my garden/climate). So my conclusion is that Sophys rose does not meet those criteria. What particularly worries me is the rust... cultivars that show stage 1 rust has to be remowed ( I grow nearly 600 rosebushes in my cutting garden) since I have seen rust spread like wildfire.... So yes I demand a lot from the cultivars I grow ... they better have good/tolerable disease resistance or they will get showelpruned like Sophys Rose got this morning. Euthanasia can be justified in a world with so many good roses :-)...See MoreBest David Austin (or similar) rose in the heat?
Comments (23)Update, 1 year later, temps in the upper 90's to 100's. Winchester Cathedral: kept growing and blooming when the heat began, but then slowed down and with much smaller flowers. Weird fragrance. Bolero: Second year. Grows and blooms throughout the heat, almost the same as in the cooler weather. Nice fragrance. Flowers are with rare exception damaged and distorted by thrips. Looks awful most of the time. William Shakespeare 2000: third year. Keeps putting out flowers if well irrigated, but flowers more pale and fry by day 2. Probably would be better if grown very wet, but not something I want to do here in the desert. Falstaff: puts out a few flowers and growth slows but does not stop in the heat. Flowers are smaller, but do not fade, and they do keep their petal count. No fragrance. Abraham Darby: Second year. Flowers withered immediately when touched by the high altitude sun here in 80 degrees, even with copious rain. Does not want to grow. May need more water. Plant is removed. Glamis Castle: New this year. After a troubling start (did not like being overwintered in the garage, was then planted out), flowers came in the heat of summer, lasted a few days without damage. Fragrance of mothballs. Radio Times: Produced a lot of flowers in its first flush that did not show damage in the heat, but as the heat wore on, no signs of growth on this second year plant. Great fragrance, color and form. Wish it would grow. Alnwick Rose: Second year. Continues to grow and put out flowers in the heat, but they don't last more than a day before getting crispy. No fading in that one day. Absolutely wonderful fragrance. Evelyn: just planted a month ago. Put out one flower in 90's heat, no heat damage. Bishop's Castle: New this year, grew slowly in the unusually cool spring, growth sped up in the heat. Keeps growing and putting out buds in temps over 100. Flowers bleach with temps greater than 100, and don't last as long but still a few days. Mild fragrance. So far the most vigorous in the heat. This is the best Austin in the heat in my garden this year. Incidentally: Madame Isaac Pereire and Marie Pavie, seem to be doing just fine in the heat, with irrigation. Thanks all, for your input!...See MoreJust bought a David Austin rose, 'Heritage'.
Comments (5)they look awesome! Sharifa asma looks pretty there...I can't almost tell the difference between her and Heritage in terms of color, but the petals are a give away. Brother Cadfael is a too pinkish. I prefer blush pink with some white color. Geoff Hamilton looks nice too... I love "the cup with ribbons" type of roses - they look so different to other roses....See MorePrettypetals_GA_7-8
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