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Which David Austin rose would look best?

4 years ago

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Hi there! First time poster here.

Ive just built my first home and I’m looking for a pale pink David Austin rose. The plan is plant one variety as a small hedge along the front of my home (west facing zone 6 with many freeze/thaw cycles). I want something pale pink but not so pale it can appear white but not so pink it competes with the color of the front door (the color in the second photo). I’m considering Wildeve, The Alnwick, or Queen of Sweden among others.

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nanadollZ7 SWIdaho

4 years ago

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nanadollZ7 SWIdaho
4 years ago
Hi Natcat, welcome to the forum. There are lots of cat lovers here, me included. Anyway, I think you should consider Boscobel, one of Austin Roses most reliable roses. It's a lovely pink that won't fade into the background and blooms a lot. It has the orderly growth habit you want for a hedge--medium sized shrub with a rounded shape, and no huge floppy canes which a lot of Austins produce. I also have the problem of light pink roses that fade out in our hot summers. They look great up close and awful from a distance. I hope you have a wonderful gardening experience in your new home. Below are a few pics (I hope they post). Diane
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natcat2000
Original Author
4 years ago
Boscobel is a beautiful rose that I hope to plant somewhere in the side yard. I’m glad to hear that it is reliable as I’m a newbie gardener. Although for the front foundation plantings I’m wanting something more pale pink as Boscobel is too close to the color of my front door.
Lilyfinch z9a Murrieta Ca
4 years ago
Beautiful home and the color of your home will be so pretty with pink roses ! How about eglantyne ?

Queen of Sweden while beautiful is such an awkward shape shrub . Well it’s not a shrub it’s like a hybrid tea . Blooms in cycles , I feel like I got 3 a year in Tennessee and it always had canker in the spring . I did love the blooms . We had very mild freezes and the canker it got made it very frustrating.

You may absolutely love Olivia but it will fade to white when they age . Blooms a ton though . Graceful habit !!
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ac91z6
4 years ago
Welcome to the forums, Natcat! You've got a lovely new space to play with, congratulations!

I only have a couple pink DAs, and they're only a year old so I'm not much help. I can ask questions that will help others make suggestions, though!

What region of the country are you in? Knowing you're z6 helps, but disease pressures and winters can be very different in my North MO z6 vs. a Michigan z6 vs. a NY z6. We've got several cold zoners, so you should get plenty of feedback.

Any preferences on fragrance? The myrrh fragrance in some DAs is off-putting to some people.

Are thorns an issue, or no big deal?

Do want to cut the roses, or just enjoy them on the plant? Some DAs are notorious for shattering.

Do you want the cupped, cabbage-y look, or would you like a more open, flatter flower? For example 'Heritage' vs. 'Belle Story'; 'Wildeve' and QoS are, to my eyes, more in-between.

Happy rose hunting!
dianela7analabama
4 years ago
Wow I am so freaking excited for you. I would love a new home with such an empty space to plant roses :).

Boscobel is my favorite David Austin pink, but if you still think it isn’t what your are looking for I have other ideas. I agree with Lilyfinch regarding the Queen of Sweden’s hybrid tea shape. I grow it and it is lovely, but there are better shaped rose bushes. I also have a question for you. Do you get black spot? Humid environment? The best light pink David austin rose in my garden is Olivia. 99% disease free without spray is high praise. I do t know how much you are willing to spray but if fungal disease are something you will have to deal with, there is no better Austin than Olivia in the pink color range.
Rosecestlavie
4 years ago
I love Brother Cadfael, not sure if he’s pale pink enough, but he’s a prolific bloomer with beautiful peony-like flowers. I got him in April this year and had to prune him back severely due to rabbit damage soon after. Months later, he’s doubled in size. Photos are from today, and I have stopped deadheading in preparation for winter.
dianela7analabama
4 years ago
Sorry my post could t be edited

queen of sweden is also disease resistant and beautiful. I just went outside and took a picture of it’s shape. If the hybrid tea shape is something that is alright with you this is a great rose.
flowersaremusic z5 Eastern WA
4 years ago
Welcome! The color of your house is a perfect backdrop for pink roses. I have a few Austins and love them. They do well in colder climates - at least they do here. My Alnwick is not a prolific bloomer, and the blooms are smaller than my other Austins. It has a narrow, upright form with blooms at the top. The blooms on Wildeve are stunning and so quintessential Austin. However, it is gangly. Not a tidy rounded shape at all, but that might just be mine. Both are suggested for hedges in the Austin catalog.

Do you have a David Austin catalog? The fold out with the roses grouped in colors, from the deepest to the palest would be helpful in finding the right shade and the description of every rose includes if it's suitable for a hedge.

My favorite photo of Wildeve

Please let us know the roses you choose and we always love to see photos.
Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
4 years ago
I will always choose Olivia Austin for its beautiful color fragrance and hardiness such a healthy rose.
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Vaporvac Z6-OhioRiverValley
4 years ago
RoseCLV, your Brother is so beautiful as is your Olivia, Dianela. I may eventually have to get these two. Does you Olivia read pink in the sunlight or white?

Natcat, I know you want a lighter rose, but Boscobel would look awesome with your door. However, I can see how you might like a more complementary pink as colours in one's own yard can look so different in another and it might just look clashing.. Who knows, so best to be safe, perhaps I don't know where you live exactly, but here, Eglantyne is about 5'+ and able to get much taller; it also gets BS really bad. I'm trying to think of other mid-range Austins, but others here grow so many more than I. Does it have to be Austin-bred? If not, Summer Romance is a great mid-range pink, although many complain of scant repeat. That hasn't been a problem for me. What about something like Belinda's Dream or even Quietness? If you can accept a smaller less full flower, consider La Marne or even Carefree Beauty. A friend grows both and I've been very impressed. Is fragrance a must? If so, a wonderfully fragrant rose is LaFrance, but I don't know how it would do for you. I like all of AC's suggestions.

P.S. Although this isn't a rare or "great" rose, I've seen some fabulous hedges of double pink KnockOut.
sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
4 years ago
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flowers, your Wildeve is breathtaking!! I might need that one! I never hear anything about her...

I have great luck with both Olivia and Boscobel. I am in a different climate though. My Boscobel tends to get very coral tones during hot humid weather. Olivia is always the sweetest light girly pink. Both my Olivias got 10 ft here this summer.
natcat2000
Original Author
4 years ago
To answer some of the questions:

I’m in Nova Scotia, Canada. I live just a few kilometers from the ocean and a few hundred meters from a brackish lake. Hurricanes and rainstorms tend to leave salt all over the windows so the roses would need to tolerate that. As for diseases and other things, I don’t know as I’m completely inexperienced in growing anything as I’ve been an apartment dweller.

As for cutting, low thorns, and scent it doesn’t matter as I plan to plant roses for cutting elsewhere on the property.

For shape I prefer the large deeply cupped flowers that resemble a partly opened peony.

last summer I had a potted Brother Cadfel that was beautiful before I killed it. And a potted Queen of Sweden than never bloomed because I broke the roots while transferring it. The upright hybrid tea shape of the bush is what’s putting me off of the Queen of Sweden for hiding the front foundation. She is my favorite so I’ll plant her elsewhere.

The Olivia Austen Rose does look beautiful I think that’s a great suggestion.
natcat2000
Original Author
4 years ago
I forgot to add: we have high humidity here. 90% + humidity for most of the summer.
ladybug A 9a Houston area
4 years ago
In a completely different climate than you, but my boscobel remains very small, not sure what height you want the hedge. And my brother cadfael is skinny wanting to go upwards. I dont have Olivia, but she looks lovely.
dianela7analabama
4 years ago
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Vapor Olivia here reads light baby pink. I have her with morning sun and afternoon shade as I think it likes to fade in all day sun. I think I read somewhere that she is perfect for those who like pink and white roses because you can have both colors at the same time. I also would like to give her props for always opening well and not showing as much thrips damage as other roses in my garden. She grew 4 feet on her first season and is never without blooms. I can’t wait to see what she can do at maturity during a spring flush.

natcat thank you for replying to our questions. Those answers are the key to choosing the perfect rose. If you have lots of humidity as much as I love ALL Austin’s, and I really love them all (planted over 250 roses in the last 3 years). I think a lot of them would be challenging to grow in your area without a spray routine. There is a big difference between “gardening David Austin’s” and landscaping with David Austin’s.

I honestly have no experience with gardening where salt is an issue so I can’t advice on that. After having gardened Austin’s in the humid southern United States I have learned that 90% of them will be naked sticks by this time of the year without timely antifungal sprays. A lot of the new varieties are handling the fungus pressure much better than the older varieties and Olivia is a star on the health department. If you are ok with spraying choose the Austin you love the most from the catalog. If you want an easy to maintain rose landscape I would still recommend Olivia as a pink and queen of Sweden, or choose a non Austin like a Kordes. Maybe Savanah or something known for being very disease resistant.

I hope someone else who grows Austin’s here in high humidity can contribute more choices.

I realize this is not an Austin, but a lot of the Kordes have better disease resistance than the Austin’s in high humidity so just a thought.
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nanadollZ7 SWIdaho
4 years ago
Have you considered rugosa roses that might handle your salt issues better? I've grown Brother Cadfael for years, and he seems a little picky for your weather challenges (lots of balling in the rain, and shriveling in the heat). He's huge here. If fading isn't an issue for your roses, then Olivia would be good. Here, her color is washed out in the desert sun....Got to go roast a chicken, so I'll cut this short. Diane
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natcat2000
Original Author
4 years ago
Thank you for getting back to me Dianela7bnorthla! To be honest I have been stubbornly stuck on David Austin. Before seeing DA roses I only knew of the tea roses you see being sold cheap at the grocery store. I had a look at Kordes and was surprised to see that print shaped Rose I assumed was exclusive to DA. The Earth Angel is really pretty and I will really look into reviews on her.

With your advice I’m not feeling so bad about killing my potted Brother Cadfel. He was only a few spindly stocks at best before some sort of tiny worm wrapped the entire plant in a spider like web.

Does anyone else have experience with Kordes roses? I’m torn between Kordes earth angel and DA Olivia.
oursteelers 8B PNW
4 years ago
I have both and wouldn’t be without either but I think the overall opinion of the forum is that Olivia is the better of the two. It will be interesting to see what people say
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Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
4 years ago

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Just to muddy the waters how about yellow?

Teasing Georgia.
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Perma n’ Posies/9A FL
4 years ago
Diane‘s recommendation for rugosas is a great one! They can handle the sea spray and humidity. They’ll hedge beautifully, and there are quite a few with delicate pink blooms and to-die-for fragrance.

If you placed a pair of DAs in pots near your door, you could have the best of both worlds. :-)
dretutz
4 years ago
Queen of Sweden here. Love it. Pale pink but does not fade to white even at a distance. Prolific clusters
natcat2000
Original Author
4 years ago
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Kristine - Teasing Georgia is on my list of roses to put somewhere on the property
dianela7analabama
4 years ago
natcat check out the older threads on Kordes, there are a lot of nice roses. I also grow earth angel and it is gorgeous, smells like apples and limes and is very disease resistant. It does not however bloom as much as Olivia but mine is young and I heard the own root Korde’s take a while to get going.

They were almost white the first season and now 2nd year they are light pick like they should be. Good luck!

btw teasing Georgia is on the short list of great disease resistant David Austin’s.
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Sheila z8a Rogue Valley OR
4 years ago
I would put in a hedge of rugosas. You could also plant some DAs to see how they grow for you, but the rugosas would be a total success. Corn Hill has some lovely roses you could look at on their web site. There are several wonderful pink choices. They do well with coastal salty locations. I think they look really natural and healthy and this can be hard for the DAs to pull off. I lived in Alaska for 33 years and they were lovely there and here. They always look good.
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Vaporvac Z6-OhioRiverValley
4 years ago
You probably have the soil that suits rugosus as well.
nanadollZ7 SWIdaho
4 years ago
Aren't rugosas the type of rose that grow all over the tip of Cape Cod? Way back in prehistoric times, I took a beach tour of that part of the cape, and the roses featured prominently. Diane
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Rockridge Rose
4 years ago
I love Queen of Sweden. bush is compact and orderly, pretty green healthy leaves. the blooms appear lit from within. simply heavenly. 9B Northern California. SF Bay Area
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Rockridge Rose
4 years ago
Have fun! you appear to have a blank slate! I have to cram new ones into my small urban plot. Jelly.
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User
4 years ago
Get a rose you're in love with.... if you're having a whole hedge of it, then you've got to love it..

...my choice here would be without question..... 'Scarborough Fair'.. in that colour range.... I'm near the sea and it withstands the elements.... it blooms constantly, in poor soil, drought conditions and heat - such as we get it here on occasions... 3.5 tall by 4 foot wide... no issues... it should be better known really.... not double, but semi double... musk scented with hips in winter.. I think it's good for zone 5...

I took this photo in blazing 100 deg .. which I don't get too much..

...this is a late evening pic... just before dark...

...you will get that I totally love this rose... of course no one else has to like it.. but...

...hope you find something you like just as much....
natcat2000
Original Author
4 years ago
Rockridge Rose - the lit from within look is exactly why I love DA Queen of Sweden! I think she would look great in a garden with other plants in front to hide the sparse stalks.

marlorena - Scarborough Fair was also one I was thinking about for elsewhere in the property. Although the pics I see online tend to look different from the catalogue.

Any opinions on whether roses are the best plant for foundation plantings? I walked by a home with a ?snowberry bush? last night and it got me thinking...
erasmus_gw
4 years ago
My husband thinks roses are ugly in winter. I don't mind them much but I think something evergreen might look nice for a foundation planting. You can grow roses in another spot. Plus, if it's right beside a walkway you'd be chopping back thorny ones if they overgrow their spot. This from someone who has roses beside my house that sometimes grab us when we walk by. I also have some boxwood plants, Japanese maple, and hydrangeas.
Vaporvac Z6-OhioRiverValley
4 years ago
I tend to like something evergreen with other plantings in front that may die to the ground or lose their leaves. This is why I might have left a much wider bed in front. If the walkway isn't concrete, it still might be possible to move it forward and have a more generous planting area. Your house is charming and landscaping as opposed to planting things randomly will help play up this charm. Not that you haven't already considered this or that a rose hedge is a bad idea!!! Perhaps you might post this query on the landscape design forum. Lilyfinch had a beautiful front yard planting in her old house, but in Z7. Wish I could find that post.
Dingo2001 - Z5 Chicagoland
4 years ago
I like Marlorena’s suggestion of Scarborough Fair, does well here. I have both Olivia and Earth Angel & they are both good roses. Check out Bliss Parfuma, Zaide, Sweet Mademoiselle, Polar Eis, Belinda’s Blush, Pompanella. I don’t spray and these are healthy and have sort of the Austin look you might like.
Stephanie, 9b inland SoCal
4 years ago
If you are interested in trying Rugosas somewhere, here is a link to a nice rugosa thread and towards the end, Moses has a list of a few really good ones with a thorough explanation for why.
https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5176896/sources-and-recommendations-for-rosa-rugosa
Krista_5NY
4 years ago
Three of my hardiest Austins are Eglantyne, Geoff Hamilton and Mortimer Sackler. Eglantyne has a strong sweet fragrance similar to rosewater. Mortimer Sackler has a beautiful fragrance as well.

Geoff Hamilton's fragrance has a fruity note reminiscent of strawberry.

Olivia Rose Austin is compact, lovely new Austin with a nice fragrance; not quite as strong as other Austins but very pleasant.

Eglantyne

Geoff Hamilton

Mortimer Sackler

Olivia Rose Austin
ladybug A 9a Houston area
4 years ago
I agree with Vapor that you may want some evergreens in there. Even in a warm climate, Roses have periods of time where they dont look full. A layered planting will look better year round. Difficult to tell from the pictures if you have enough space in the bed by the house.

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Landscaping junipers you like the look of

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