Question about David Austin roses at Lowe's
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Comments (25)I second The Alnwyck rose. I have two planted in an East facing bed. It blooms at least 4_5 times between May and late October. They are a beautiful pink with just a hint of salmon. The fragrance is out ofvthis world as well. Almost raspberry. Mine have been in the ground for three years now and are 4 ft tall by 3 feet wide. That's a neat height because Austins can be giants in North Texas. I also have Sharifa Asma. I love her fragrance. But I've had her for two years in morning sun and evening shade. She only puts out about three flushes per season. Perhaps she needs to be in the ground one more year before she " leaps". May you pick the best rose for your garden and your life....See MoreQuestion About Miss Alice & Sister Elizabeth - David Austins
Comments (10)I have a potted Princess Alexandra and have been very pleased with it. It is an excellent grower and I really like the blooms. I am making a trip to Chamblees and think Sharifa Asma would be perfect, so plan to get one. I put Pink Peace elsewhere, so that's out of the mix. I may include some noisettes or pink polyanthas in amongst these. I wasn't crazy about Miss Alice, too small for this bed, so do have it growing in a pot, which it seems to like. I had an Englands Rose which I liked very much, but after summer hit [and in Texas, the heat isn't for sissies], it declined and finally died this year. I think it would do well with afternoon shade, which that bed didn't get. Sister Elizabeth isn't thrilling me in this spot - I am beginning to realize that many of the Austins, at least for me, just don't thrive in all day sun in our Texas heat - I have a spot behind my horse barn that gets shade after 2 or 3pm - they seem to like it better there. I am rethinking where I put these roses, and may move Sister Elizabeth back there later in the fall. No photos yet, but will post some when I get them. I do appreciate all the advice! Judith...See Moreabout the David Austin bagged root roses out there now
Comments (28)Since this thread has popped back up I should say that DA did replace the damaged roses and the replacements are awesome. I haven't seen any of the DA body bag type roses at our Whole Foods lately or anywhere else. If I saw some I would probably get some even though I definitely don't need anymore DA roses this year lol. I went ahead and ordered Lady of Shallot from DA because I really wanted that one and hadn't found it elsewhere grafted....See MoreQuestions re Sizes of Mature David Austin Roses...and Others?
Comments (25)Deborah, thanks for reminding me of Code Girls, which I've wanted to read for quite a while. Prices have probably dropped now. I'm sure this book follows the long line of those books featuring women who did the science, while men got the credit. My uncle was a code breaker in WWll. We still don't know exactly what he did. Strangely, I like English novels of manners and comedies of manners, which "Remains" is, but it's not really clicking with me. Not long ago, I finished he sixth novel in the Mapp and Lucia series (comedies of manners), written in the 1920s-30s by E.F. Benson. They start slow and become hilarious and ridiculous. And though the author wrote lots of other books, probably more serious, these six novels are his best known. I'm an Anglophile, and they are British to the core. The author's father was the Archbishop of Canterbury, no less. I promise to post the cuke sandwich recipe in the autumn thread today. Curried chicken salad makes wonderful little sandwiches, too, and is another mainstay for tea parties. I saw Love's Promise photos a while back and thought it was a gorgeous rose. I need to look it up again. I hope your Hot Cocoa makes a full recovery. We have few gophers out here because of the blessed badgers. There are lots of voles, though, and Finn makes short work of many, Plus, he never eats them, which is a good thing, because they carry parasites. There's nothing like seeing a worm hanging out of a kitty's rear end--gack. Carol, I'm so glad for your warm temps--I swear your weather predictions are the same as ours. We're having smoke again and some wind. Not nice weather to be out in. My sympathies on the spruce tree. I have a story about Colorado Blue Spruce for another time. However, Noooo, on the "stupid avocado tree". My father in law had the most wonderful avocado tree in LA, along with citrus trees. How I miss them, and the perfect avocados he gave me. We all are big avocado fans, and can use many up fast. I wish you could experience the fun of tall candelabra on your roses. I really get a kick out of them, but yes, they are weird looking. Some roses never shoot them up--like Tamora, which is too busy blooming, which I like better. Diane...See Morejane__ny
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