Mortimer Sackler or Ingenious Mr Fairchild?
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Dave5bWY
7 years agoI have not grown Mortimer Sackler or Ingenious Mr Fairchild but three standout pinks (besides the James Galway you already have) are:
Gentle Hermoine
Eglantyne
and Spirit of Freedom
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Comments (22)I tried to get`a Sister Elizabeth last year, but they were sold out. Now I want one more than before! Lordly Oberon surrounded by Live oaks in Topanga sounds magnificent! My aunt lived there for 8 years and finally left after having to evacuate the second time due to fire. The fire spared her house, but took the one next door. It was too much for her and she moved out of the canyon. Topanga Canyon surely is beautiful. It reminds me some of Laguna Beach in the old times. Don't you love it when a patch of light through the trees lights up a rose in full bloom? Thanks everyone for sharing your favorites. Do you follow the advice given in the DA catalog and trim your vigorous growers hard after every flush? I felt that some of the roses didn't like to be pruned that way. Maybe they were too young. Sometimes when I left mine alone, they matured into better plants on their own. St. Cecelia was that way for me. Some took a few years to get going. Fair Bianca looks to be that way. I think it's hard to tell until a few years what their true disposition will be. This is my experience anyway....See MoreYour Favorite Pink David Austin Roses
Comments (53)I plan to put Wildeve next to a fence - so if it does get long canes I will have something to attach it to. Jay [that's my son's name too!], glad to hear you like this rose - got it at an excellent discount for $5 in a big pot - it now has lots of buds. I have quite a few pink Austins - many are young so I haven't been able to evaluate yet. Am thinking I need to get Queen of Sweden, heard lots of good reports on it. England's Rose started out great last year, covered in blooms. Maybe I should have pinched them - the bush is still alive but not very vigorous - not going to let it bloom until/unless it recovers and starts growing. Love my James Galway - strong, upright bush that has a beautiful spring display then always has some blooms on it. Just got Sharifa Asma - covered in buds. I have a very old Mary Rose that does well. Love Tess of the d'Ubervilles - its on a huge fan trellis that it covers - it now has loads of big buds. Like Lady of Megginch - think I need to fertilize it more - when it blooms, you can see them all over the yard. Also have a large Scepter d'Isle that I like a lot - soft pink blooms, healthy bush, reliable rebloom. Charles Rennie Macintosh is another favorite - almost a lilac pink. I would like to see a stronger bush, but maybe its time for it to "leap" - it will be 3 yrs. old this year. That Alnwick rose is beautiful, Sylvia! Judith...See MoreInfo on Some of the Lesser Known Austins??? -LONG-
Comments (45)WOW!! Thanks a bunch Celeste. Those are the best pics I have ever seen of Mayor of Casterbridge to date.....The blooms are amazing.....a very strongly supported cup with tufts of exterior petals outside the cup and moderately and artistically packed interior petals. The contrasting button eye fits it well. My one question about MOC was whether or not the blooms were large enough, but going from the proportion of the blooms in comparison to your hand, they look HUGE. How large would you say MOC's blooms are? I have only heard a few vague reports that they were small, although like yourself, I have heard so little about Mayor of Casterbridge. I was only going to get 1 pink.....but now I have to kill one of the children and choose between Pretty Jessica, Mayor of Casterbridge, and the other pinks. I have a feeling I might end up getting 2 of the pinks....which would still make the decision terribly difficult. After 3 days of viewing and researching, I have only decided on a white in winchester cathedral. :) I'm still looking over yellows at the moment and my top 2 so far are Golden Celebration and Charlotte, although I would have probably chosen Charles Darwin as it has big cup shaped blooms, but it doesn't look as if Roses Unlimited carries him. That is going to be a toughy decision there. Happy Child is still a possibility as well, although it's a little more lemony color rather than a yellow that I am leaning more towards at the moment. Grace is a unique Austin. The bloom form is unique from the others. I havn't looked at the apricots much yet, so it's hard saying off hand which ones I am seriously considering. I know I saw Carding Mill and really enjoyed it's appearance or substituting it for an orange blend like Lady Emma Hamilton.....or going off the wall and choosing The Alnwick Rose...although I've heard the blooms are quite small. Still have a lot of research to do on Apricots, Oranges, and Alnwick itself. I still have to choose on one of the "reds" too yet. :) At least I have Evelyn and Winchester Cathedral down though....assuming they still have them in stock....See MoreNeed help on David Austins for this year
Comments (15)Wow, thanks for all the feedback, that will definitely be a lot to digest! I guess I should add my short summary of the Austin's I've grown for anyone else researching DA's for this season: Ambridge Rose - Started off in a poor location but since I moved it to a pot it has blossomed. Short grower of 2-3 ft. Once I rid it of rust it has done quite well. Beautiful, large cupped flowers of pale pink cream centers. Petal edges are often scalloped. Medium myrhh scent. Fairly thornless, lovely foliage. Benjamin Britten - Very thorny, strong and upright plant. Color is a very intriguing blend of a saturated raspberry with a tint of orange. Amazing cent is fruity and strong, of apples to me. No disease. Tall growth of 5 - 6 ft. Lots or flowers, ok repeat. Brother Cadfael - Grown as climber, very stout and vigorous. 2-3 major flushes. Huge chalice cupped pink to dusty pink blooms. Completely thorn-free. Interestingly this year, the first flush was scented strongly of myrrh, the second flush had lost that scent and was purely tea. Flowers crisp in heat but fail to full open without plenty of sunshine. Jude the Obscure - Doing great now that I removed the ivy and roots around it, took a bit to get established after ridding it of rampant rust. Grown as a climber, around 6-7 ft in partial shade. Beautiful cupped blossoms with a delectable fruity scent. The very tangy scent is probably the favorite of all my Austins. Unfortunately it seems to start losing its petals as soon as it is plucked. Very few thorns. Ok repeat. Kathryn Morely - Fairly thorny, especially around the base canes. Lovely, delicate blossoms of pink fading to white. Repeats well and often. Mine is a bit straggly since it was planted in a relatively sunny/hot area. Grown as climber, must have hit 8-10 ft this summer. Very light, almost undetectable scent. Carding Mill - My current favorite. Very few thorns, no disease. Constant flush of blooms, huge blossoms, very strong myrrh scent. The color of the blooms is amazing, fading from orange to pink to cream. When the blossoms age they turn a pale apricot, but retain its petals all the way until the end. Lovely foliage. Growth of around 5-6 ft. I love how the petal edges are scalloped, and young flowers often remind my of water lilies. Sweet Juliet - Amazing scent when you can get it to bloom. Mine seems much more bent on throwing out canes and vast amounts of foliage after the first year of blooms. Also seems prone to powdery mildew and BS. Lovely multicolor blooms that are medium to small size. Bushy, growth that needs to be well trimmed. The Mary Rose - This is probably the best bloomer I've had, with the entire bush constantly covered in peony like pink blooms - also always my first Austin to bloom each yr. Each flush the plant which I've grown as a nice arching bush (canes arch beautifully) is completely covered in medium pink flowers that gradually fade to very pale pink. Scent to me is like soap from a boutique shop. Fairly thorny and prone to BS and mildew. Generous Gardener - Tiny own root plant, seems to be a pretty good bloomer. I know I'll love the blooms, now if I can just get the plant to grow. Charles Renne Macintosh - Own root, young and struggingly against mildew. Interesting color of flowers Graham Thomas - Own root, doing quite well. Few thorns and very nicely formed yellow flowers. Lovely tea scent. Golden Celebration - Fairly good repeat, lovely scent. Nice bushy growth. Abraham Darby - picked this one up at costco w/ Golden Celebration. Very vigorous growth, although the huge and heavy blooms are too much for he canes to support. Lovely color and strong fruity scent. The Ingenious Mr Fairchild - twiggy growth with a lot of blooms. Problem is that the spindly shoots are too weak to support the heavy blooms. The scent is an interesting mix of raspberry and others. Fairly thorny, vigorous growth. Can't help putting out its unique and lovely blossoms. No disease. Geoff Hamilton - Nice bushy growth, this one has some lovely flowers. A bright pink inside its compact petals fades quickly to quite. Lovely blooms. St Cecilia - The blooms were pretty nice and it was doing pretty well until it looks like it has succumbed to some sort of spider mite, or something. Blooms turn brown in the bud and the canes and leaves are sticky all over - haven't had the time to diagnose what has happened to it. Othello - Interesting almost pinkish red blooms. We were hoping for a dark red but this wasn't it. Vigorous growth, but holy crap.. the thorns. I had never seen such a thorny plant.. it was growing double rows of thorns rather like the teeth of a great white shark. The original canes had few thorns, but the new ones you could barely see the cane itself. Unfortunately the thorns and pinkish color caused us to give it away. Scepter'd Isle - Lovely petal formation, but the flowers don't seem to last, especially when cut. Currently throwing 10-14 ft tall canes with few flowers. We're waiting to reposition it at which point it'll probably be pruned back very heavily or turned into a climber. Not much scent to the blooms, although plant is disease free and almost thornless....See More
romogen
7 years agoKate: your pic of Mortimer reminds me of Cottage Rose, another 'meh' variety.
123: I highly recommend Spirit of Freedom. The foliage is clean and the flowers are huge! They tend to nod, but it's a good trait for a climber. Needs heat to properly open:
dublinbay z6 (KS)
7 years agoUsually I say my favorite pink in an Austin is Scepter'd Isle--lovely, fairly good on bs resistance, fairly good on rebloom.
But my newest rose is always my favorite rose--which in this case happens to be Olivia Rose Austin. She's so new that she is only about one ft. tall, but she's eager to bloom already. She's somewhat smaller than Scepter'd Isle and is supposed to have good BS resistance.
Hope that gives you more ideas to work with.
Kate
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Krista_5NY
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7 years agoDave5bWY
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoI just photographed Spirit of Freedom today. Here's a picture of a fresh flower versus an older one:
This fully opened flower is larger than my hand:
Just for color comparison, because they complement each other, here's Charles Rennie MacKintosh:
rosecanadian
7 years agoDave5bWY
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filly_z8bFL
7 years agoI will have to take a pic of my Ingenious mr Fairchild tomorrow!!! It's been 90+ degrees here for the past 10 days with no rain and he's got more buds than most of my roses (except molineux). I am in NW FL on the gulf coast. It's humid and hot. My IMF is in the Sunniest part in my yard, the SE corner. He is by far very well adapted to heat! His canes are very strong and vertical. He's very thorny which I hate, but his blooms are so pretty! They are heavy so they do nod down when fully open and the smell is so strong, even in the hot afternoon! They smell like fruity rose sometimes more notes of lemon with a faint raspberry note. There is no sprinkler nearby so I water with a garden hose once or twice a week. I had him in a terrible part sun area his first year and he didn't bloom once, had floppy, and thin canes. Since his move to 8-10 hrs of full sun he has thrived!! No BS whatsoever which is amazing in this climate. I read on garden forum of someone who was growing him successfully in AZ so I think he does very well with sun! For me, his blooms don't fry in the sun either, they last 2-3 days in high heat, they will wilt a little though but the petals stay in until the bloom fades. Here's a pic from spring:
I have James Galway too. I love those blooms I think I got too aggressive pruning him to my porch pillar though recently and the heat has kinda halted him from producing new canes... Hopefully some rain will help. Here's a pic of my James Galway:
filly_z8bFL
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Melody Idol
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MiGreenThumb (Z5b S.Michigan/Sunset 41) Elevation: 1091 feet
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoMy 'The Ingenious Mr. Fairchild' is only two years old and grafted on Huey. I planted him deeply (and was actually labelled Tradescant direct from David Austin Roses). I had ordered Tradescant, but was sent an improperly labelled him.
First year of growth was very thin, floppy, and loose. This year is similar, but with many more laterals developing. He has only sent me one new basal, but it's now five feet tall and using my "unknown shrub rose" as a support.
I love the fluffy, peony-like flowers. Their scent to me is sweet rose, lemon balm, and the slightest fruity with mint hint. They have all so far been near the ground level.
It has been rudely healthy and repeat flowers well. I hope that it begins to "leap" next season, its third year with me.
Steven
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