Need a recommendation for an David Austin apricot color rose
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CeresMer Zone 7a NJ
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Comments (9)Having the requisite inland heat, I can share some of my experiences with tea roses. Reve d'Or has afternoon shade but is planted against the house wall and struggles a bit there, especially in the summer. I hope as time goes on this rose will become tougher, but even now this rose gives me quite a few lovely blooms. Le Vesuve, Souvenir d'un Ami, Miss Atwood, Rosette Delizy, Westside Road Cream Tea, Mrs. B.R. Cant, Alexander Hill Gray, Mrs. Dudley Cross and William R. Smith are all doing very well. Clementina Carbonieri, Monsieur Tillier and General Tartas frizzled rather quickly for me and I no longer have them. Perhaps if I hadn't been so impatient and let them mature that might have changed. Duchesse de Brabant seems to suffer also but I'm keeping her and hope for better things as she grows older. Ingrid...See MoreNeed help deciding finalists for David Austin rose beds
Comments (24)Thank you to all the kind respondents to this thread! After quite the ordeal, and several changes of heart and mind, I have finalized my rose list and placed my orders. I ended up ordering more than I originally planned, since I had to remove ALL my roses in front of my house due to rose rosette disease. I will be starting fresh, replacing the soil completely. The finalists, for those who care or may be interested, are ... From Rogue Valley Roses:- Zephirine Drouhin (replacing my beloved) Kathleen Harrop (how could I resist Zephy's sport?) Duchesse de Rohan (Tolkien fan here) Snowbird Yesterday (my free rose) From Heirloom Roses: Braveheart (thanks for the suggestion, Kate!) From Burlington Roses: Marshmallow Fluff From Roses of Yesterday and Today: Felicite Parmentier From High Country Roses: Boule De Neige Alfred Colomb From David Austin: Darcey Bussell Princess Alexandra of Kent Olivia Rose Austin Queen of Sweden Redoute The Alnwick Rose The DA roses are grafted bare roots, all others are own-root. So excited!!...See MoreDavid Austin Recommended Rose For Florida
Comments (20)I lived and grew roses for 20 years in Winter Haven and Port St Lucie for 10 years before retiring and moving to NE GA in 08. All the DA roses I grew were in PSL and grafted onto fortuniana root stock. Abraham Darby---Grew into a HUGE shrub. Bloomed profusely all year long Scepter d' Isle---I let it grow and staked the canes for the first 3 years. Once it got some strong canes under it this rose took off. Big, upright bush that blooms all year. I liked it so much I brought one with me when I retired. This is what it looks like in NE GA. It gets every bit this big in FL. Molineux---On fortuniana this blooming machine gets about 5 ft tall and easy 3 ft wide. It also does very well on it on root. 3'x3'. Own root, it does fantastic in a large pot. Pat Austin---What every one says. Can't go wrong with it. LD Braithwaite- should love FL. I got one from Nelsons on one of my trips to central FL. This is my bush that is 4 years old. Great grower and bloomer. Another great DA that loves Fl is The Prince on fortuniana. I had 2 by my front walk way in Port St Lucie. 6'x3' bushy bush always in bloom. Finding this rose is almost impossible. I lucked out and got 2 bush's from K&M before DA pulled the plug on it. If you can find bud wood, Coolroses might be able to do a "no name" custom graft for you. This is my 2 yr old The Prince. It should double in size this (3rd) year. It's already 3'x2', and the blooms smell fantastic....See MoreDavid Austin Roses need a home
Comments (5)Same here. Why do you need to get rid of them in the first place? You might try posting this to either the rose or antique rose forum for a better response. I'm not sure how widely visited this site is....See More
MasLovesRoses_z8a GA
4 years agoMasLovesRoses_z8a GA
4 years agojoeywyomingzone4
4 years ago
flowersaremusic z5 Eastern WA
4 years agoAmbridge Rose. Mine stays on the small side, but the blooms are big, cupped and filled with frilly petals and smells like heaven. The color looks like homemade peach ice cream.
Diane Brakefield
4 years agoAnother vote for Evelyn (Flowers, I didn't realize Ambridge Rose was so gorgeous or even peachy; wow; now I must look her up). Diane
ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
4 years agoI'm another Evelyn lover, I had Queen Nefertiti years ago and for me it was a lanky, awkward shrub but it could just be me. Ambridge Rose was lovely in my garden but was a rust bucket. Evelyn on the other hand has been completely healthy for me and the blooms are large and changeable, sometimes being more pale, at other times more pink and then again more apricot.
rosecanadian
4 years agoerasmus_gw
4 years agoAbe Darby is my favorite. Fragrance is powerful, sweet and citrusy. Repeat is very good. Vigor is good. Just gets some blackspot.
I like Ambridge too:
And Emanuel:
Queen Nefertiti can have a blend of colors:
Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
4 years agoLady of Shallot is a really reliable bloomer and so hearty. She does want to get tall but I keep her cut back to about 5 feet
Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
4 years agoMasLovesRoses_z8a GA
4 years ago
Lynn-in-TX-Z8b- Austin Area/Hill Country
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoCarding Mill …
A baby William Morris - Helen uploaded beautiful images of this rose on another thread
Edited to add: https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5898775/beautiful-2020-roses-in-my-garden#n=64
Btw- David Austin Roses is supposed to sell Evelyn next season.flowersaremusic z5 Eastern WA
4 years agonoseometer...(7A, SZ10, Albuquerque)
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoSomehow, Ambridge rose had fallen off my radar. That is an incredible looking rose, Flowers. Now it's on my wish list.
Kristine, your Lady of Shalott is incredible! I had always thought of it as a very bright orange, which is not my favorite color, but then again, Lady Emma Hamilton has always caught my eye.
Like others have mentioned, Abraham Darby and Evelyn are my favorites. Both have flowers of a lovely form, and of luscious colors. The fragrances are different, but both delightful and mouthwatering, more so than most roses to my nose, and I am very fragrance focused. Abe is more of a stocky rose in my garden, and Evelyn is more graceful. I've read that Abe can be susceptible to rust, so if that is a problem in your area, you may want to avoid him.
Abraham Darby
Evelyn
SylviaWW 9a Hot dry SoCal
4 years agorosecanadian
4 years ago
cyndita (west coast zone 9)
4 years agoerasmus_gw
4 years agoThank you, Rosecanadian and flowers. It's one grafted plant of Abe and it's pretty old. There's no structure he's on...he's pretty sturdy. He grows right by the hot street as part of a hedge of roses. Gets no rust here.
Can't overlook Leander. That one is more blackspot resistant. The apricot fades pretty quickly but I love the form.
Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
4 years agoMasLovesRoses_z8a GA
4 years agoflowersaremusic z5 Eastern WA
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BenT (NorCal 9B Sunset 14)