Boscobel vs. Lady of Shalott
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Comments (9)I am near you - about 3 hours from Galveston in east Texas. I love my Tess. I have her on a huge fan shaped trellis - she has very healthy foliage and lots of nice blooms. Two of my favorite Austins are Carding Mill and Abe Darby. Wollerton Old Hall, new for me last year, does get really big, don't find the blooms fragrant like Austin says, but they are pretty. Sophy's Rose is a really good one - healthy foliage, lots of big pretty deep pink blooms. Bishop's Castle is good. Lady of Shallot looks to be big. I have quite a few new ones that are healthy and growing - they will do better next year. Great big for me are James Galway and Scepter d'Isle - like them a lot. I have Lady Emma and Munstead Wood planted where they get full sun until 2pm - hope they like it there. I really like Ambridge Rose too. Love the blooms on Jude......mine is very small though. I am getting another Young Lycadis - my chickens were scratching in that bed and killed it. The color is a different, brighter looking pink that I really like. Englands Rose was new for me last year - it started off looking and blooming fantastically.....then it starting dawdling around. Am hoping it will get going again in the spring - it was really nice. I want to try Princess Alexandra of Kent - have heard good things about it. Do any of you all plan to try the new Austins? I want Boscobel, The Lark Ascending.......not sure about the others. caldonbeck, the photos are fabulous! Judith...See Moreold roses vs. modern reproductions
Comments (61)I have grown both David Austin roses and OGRs in Southern California. I no longer grow OGRs, and I have become a David Austin rose addict. Many Austin roses now have exceptional health, very good repeat bloom and heavenly fragrance. While some OGRs are also strong in these same categories, I know of few that put all the qualities together in the same rose. What I have found especially lacking in OGRs (with the exception of the Portland Rose de Rescht) is a good repeat bloom. Many do not repeat at all, and of those that do rebloom, it is often just a light autumn bloom. I once tried to grow the once-blooming Damask Madame Hardy, and I don't think it produced more than 3 flowers in the 3 or 4 years that I grew it. I don't think it liked the lack of chill in Southern California. I finally removed it. In contrast, I find that many, but not all, David Austin roses equal or surpass the OGRs in their old-fashioned beauty and fragrance; and some are in almost constant bloom. My prime example is the Austin rose Tamora. The repeat bloom in my garden has been as good as any floribunda, and I find the myrrh fragrance to be exceptional. Some people complain that Austin roses are too big for ordinary gardens, but there are cultivars that remain relatively small. Prospero reliably holds to the size of a floribunda in my garden, and Tamora is a little bigger. I also am growing some new varieties that most probably will remain the size of a floribunda or HT: Young Lycidas, Olivia Rose Austin, Boscobel, Munstead Wood, Princess Alexandra of Kent and Heathcliff. Many of the bigger Austin shrub roses make good climbers, and there are repeat-blooming ramblers, as well. I am growing The Albrighton Rambler along my balcony, and I have been very pleased with its repeat bloom and health. All-in-all, David Austin roses are by far my favorites....See MoreLady Emma Hamilton question
Comments (17)Hi again! I took pictures of all three this morning for you. Remembering it's quite sauna-ish here this time of year, highs in the high 90s, and we're also dealing with blackspot, botrytis, and every kind of bug I've never heard of... oh and I haven't dead headed in a few of days. Lady Emma Hamilton- This is our grafted from DA planted in this large pot 3/14/18. Her pretty flowers don't last very long, but her fragrance and pretty foliage make up for it in my book. I vote for you to try her BenT, but she's my favorite so I'm biased. ;-) Boscobel- Our Boscobel is also grafted from DA planted in this pot on 3/13/18. Her flowers last much longer than LEH, but her fragrance really really is nice. Someone else on the forum called it "cherry candy", and I think they could be right. I don't detect any bit of a "myrrh" fragrance (our Glamis Castle is definitely myrrh -blech). I tried to get a close up of a newly opened bloom so you could see the orangey yellow cast in the center, but I'm not sure it translates. I think the full picture does show the pretty pale apple green new foliage (though I am wondering this morning if maybe she's hungry too...)? Soul Sister- Our Soul Sister is a 1gallon own root from Chamblee planted in the ground on 9/27/17. When she started blooming this spring she hasn't stopped. There has been at least one gorgeous flower on her every second since. As the blooms age they fade to a creamy/buttery color, but not displeasing to my eye at all. I have her planted next to Twilight Zone and beside a pot with purple petunias. I think it is a very nice combo. Although at the moment two large tomato plants have sprouted up between TZ and SS. (I'm guessing I didn't "cook" the last batch of compost long enough.) Gillian your Rainbow Sorbet is so pretty! It looks like a prettier fuller petaled version of our Mississippi Rainbow. My husband, Al, likes reds and pink blends too. His favorite pink blend is Fragrant Hour. Shannon :-)...See MoreBathsheba vs Lady Shalott
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