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Comments (2)Hi amelie325: I checked out the roses you listed in HMF. You have a great selection, that's the first time I see William Jesse, it's beautiful ... please inform when they bloom, would like to know how they smell. I am leaning toward Old Garden Roses for the scent. I have 15 Austins ... but when I bought and sniffed Comte De Chambord, Jacques Cartier, Paul Neyron, Annie L. McDowell, and Gruss an Teplitz .... I'm hooked ever since. I'm excited about these 6 roses coming this Wednesday.... I got them for $8 each during Roses Unlimited's summer sale last week: Lawrence of Arabia, Summer Samba, Duchesse de Rohan, Angel Face, Le Rire Nias, and Gene Boerner (this has no scent unless the weather is cold, but it's almost thornless & DR)....See MorePlanting the Serbian order (I do this for fun)
Comments (26)Daisy, I brought out my copy of G.S. Thomas's book and consulted it when I was making up my order. I agree totally about the appeal of his writing: Thomas is an excellent descriptive writer, who makes you fall in love with roses simply through clear sober description, rather than by employing purple prose. He's a model stylist. Kippie and Marianne, thanks for your comments. Kippie, DH and I are not the only ones working in the garden; I know you've had plenty to do and have done it well. Your place sounds like it's a lot of fun. Marianne, I'll keep your comment about 'Cynthia Brooke' in mind. Who knows if one day I might have it? a cutting exchange, perhaps? I seem to recall you have 'Radiance'. Pam, yes, we regularly amend with old hay, the more rotted the better. I'm coming around to thinking that Strawberryhill is right, that hay works but that peat-based potting soil as an amendment in our soil is a bust. I do try to keep the hay away from direct contact with the roots, which get a kind of clay "sleeve", but then fill the hole with alternating layers of clay and hay. With the increased volume and reduced compactness we end up with a greater volume of soil, so that we can better terrace up the planting hole. This helps drainage in wet weather and also retains water when it rains in dry periods. We employed this method last year for our fall planting, and the roses did well with it, and the soil looks good. I imagine you have some tricks of your own: do you have any advice? Lux, You're right, of course, and though I've lived all my life in various Zone 8's I have been some places where it got genuinely cold. BUT, such cold as Italy gets, it leverages to the max. Right now we're in the middle of an unusually chilly December, and when the temperature is only about 30F, but never warms up; when the puddles are frozen, the sky is a lowering gray, the landscape is covered with snow; when the roads are icy and you have to drive with chains, and you get about eight hours of dim daylight and have to keep the wood stove roaring every waking hour, LORD it feels cold. By the way, we were actually rather lucky concerning our weather when we planted the roses: it was the only time this month that conditions were tolerable for working outside....See MoreMonday morning bouquet
Comments (9)Thanks again. Kublakan, the red one is Dublin Bay, once it starts blooming, after the initial spring flush, it seems to have a few blooms all season long. There are times when I'm very pleased with it, and other times when I'm not, but it does produce lots of flowers. I planted it own root between 2006 - 2007....See MoreShowcase your OGR's
Comments (65)Hi Nik, mine came from 'Vivaio S'Orrosa' here in Italy - Vivaio S'Orrosa The website is in Italian only but if you click on 'Il Cuore della Collezione' and then on 'Rosa Te' and then 'Le Nostre Te' you will find three pages of photos of his tea roses (drool). Apart from Dr. Grill, I've also bought from him Octavus Weld, Anna Olivier, Mlle. de Sombreuil (Roseraie de l'Hay) and, last year, Lady Roberts. All the roses are incredibly healthy and strong growers. I checked back through my photos of Dr. Grill and can only say that the flower colour is extremely variable and, obviously, my plant is still very young. I apologise if I've posted these photos before but here is a rose from my Dr. Grill photographed at 12:22 on 18th October - looking very pink - And here is the same flower two hours later - A day later it looked like this - These colours are quite different from the colours in July/August (when it was very hot). It's getting quite a few buds at the moment and I'm interested to see how they develop. However, after a glorious Indian summer for the past few weeks it looks as if we're due for some much colder weather next week so the buds may never turn into flowers :-(...See MoreSara-Ann Z6B OK
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