Hi in my Roses book it states that the rose has a pleasant scent that becomes sweet
and pervasive in warm settled weather, so maybe it is just a bit too cool yet.
Hope this helps Cheers....MM

Yes, I put in a Heidesommer last season too......all for the reputed fragrance. Blowed if I could detect any fragrance all last summer....It'll have to lift it's game I reckon.

Yeay, Snodge! Where ya been? How is the home rebuilding going and is the rose garden holding up through the work?
Re Heidesommer, since you have to get down on hands and knees to check it out for perfume, perhaps it doesn't matter all that much....?

Yes - hello there Snodge - I'd also like to hear how you and the garden are faring.

Heidisommer is pretty to me but I have little to no smell anyway - but I planted it because Susan Irvine in her book "Fragrant Roses" said ........... famous last words - but it is pretty enough as Meryl says.

sorry....never believe books or labels!...not much of a pong i'm afraid.

Hi everyone,

you've probably noticed I put a little update on the moving roses thread, so I'll not repeat that.
As usual with us things are proceeding very slowly. Hubby decided to take a bit longer break from working than originally advised. Still, fair enough I suppose, the original 6 months was pretty obscured by grief over his dad's demise. Should be back on the treadmill soon enough and we can confidently proceed, the head hunters seem very active now he's put his head up into the fray.

Everyone can be suitably appalled - we plan to build an enormous great house, more like a small village, but consider that ours will not be out of proportion with the land or surrounds. It will be down hill from the road, and with so much land around it and the radically improved facade, it should look very nice. We decided to go with the trend and accept that in Sydney these days kids stay living with family longer than when we were starting out, so we may as well be comfortable. The house could be accommodating as many as 6 or more adults, plus the odd aged parent sleepover. That's another of the things that delayed us, trying to find a house that suited our block (which has a bit of slope), our pocket, our situation and wasn't FUGLY(as the kids would say). Well apparently many councils have learned a thing or two from recent times and have amended the development control plans to prevent houses that seem to be all garage from the front. Builders are adapting accordingly and we find that this has resulted in the house most likely now available in a MUCH more attractive form (what a relief)and they've even just opened a display sample, which is reassuring. It also hase some internal plan improvements as well, and I now pronounce it perfect...well perfect other than the fact we'll have to go back to having a mortgage. To cap it all off, with the recent fall in the housing market, we seem to be detecting the first signs of an improved deal from the building company too, so more the better.
At least we're pretty sure what's the agenda now though, so we're really getting stuck in to getting plants out of the way now it's the right weather. Gosh I've got a lot of daylilies!! I'm so relieved they're so easy to move!
I'm still really worried about the roses and basix, which has been very discouraging over this past season. Trouble is, we can't be certain how we'll go with the basix assessment until we're ready to hand over cash to start the process in earnest. I'm not worried about the house, but they take into account the size of the garden and what's in it. I doubt they'll favour roses, probably expecting pampered prima donnas rather than the concentration I run here.
With the water situation here in Sydney, and the size of the garden, I've been REALLY stingy re the water, not even running the drippers. Flowers diminish of course, but the teas have come through really well....and Monsieur Tillier, what a star! He'd have to be my current...