The Poet’s Wife
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Comments (9)Yes Kristine, Olivia is a star! Sharon, out of all those Austin’s I own, I love Poets wife because the scent is sweet and fruity! I absolutely love it, but can’t say it is the strongest scent. Jude definitely has the strongest scent. Because they are so young, I wouldn’t be able to tell you just yet the most accurate observations- they have not developed enough to put on huge displays! Desdemona is gorgeous, and very floriferous for a first season rose. If you stick your nose into the flower, you’d smell a delicate fresh rose scent- my boyfriend tells me it smells like rosy soap! I find his description a little strange, but I actually have a weaker nose than he. But so far, the strength of Desdemona’s scent is nothing special....See MoreI have 20 new roses coming for spring! Austins, Kordes, Meilland, etc.
Comments (34)Suzanne I have three off your DA list, all were planted last year. I can’t help but call her Dezzi, I have two, and absolutely love her. She blooms her head off and is super healthy in my garden. Across the path from Dezzi is QoS. Mild myrrh fragrance, narrow, but taller than I was expecting. Very disease resistant for me. This year I’m moving her to the back, and putting Bliss at her feet. The Poet’s Wife. Love, love, LOVE her! She stayed in the 3gal pot I bought her in all season, and surpassed my expectations. Big exceptionally fragrant blooms that remind me of fruit cups I used to get in my lunch box as a kid. I ordered two of her so I’ll have three for my mailbox garden. She does get some lighter colored blooms, I’m not sure if that will change once she is in the ground, but also very disease resistant for me. I don’t spray. I almost got Savannah too this year, and I hope South Africa turns out good. This will be my first year with a few Kordes, I mostly have Austins atm....See MoreYellow Austins: Commentary from my garden
Comments (14)I have a Golden Celebration, and I really like it. It is beginning to bloom now. I was hoping to get a couple of flowers off of it and put them with a couple of Munstead Woods, but my MWs are looking rather poor this spring. They are quite dark this time. They started blooming before I could get fertilizer out. I didn't prune much or fertilize because of our weird weather patterns. It has been up and down wildly. For instance, April 10th it was 88 degrees here. Two days later on April 12th it was between 25 and 30 degrees. It has been doing this repeatedly from March to early May so I have just waited and not tried to provoke all kinds of new growth only to get froze. Perhaps as the season goes on I can get a bouquet together to see how it looks. I also have that new climber Golden Opportunity, and It has a flower on it. It is also a gold like Golden Celebration, but the form is different. I am going to watch it to see how it does. I am having some issues with my cameras because they appear to have been set up for Windows or Mac systems. I am using Linux, so some things don't work quite the same way, and I am having some difficulty. However, I will have to see if I can get it all to work and get some pictures....See MoreNeed help narrowing rose wishlist
Comments (35)I'd like to echo what Sylvia said. I know many teas don't stay within your size range, but try Faith Whittlesey if you like perfect white roses that stay perfectly clean. It is a frequent and heavy bloomer, one of the heaviest of my roses that aren't polyanthas. For me, this rose stays 2 ft. or so because it is tender and I suspect I'm on the edge of where it will winter over. I do grow other teas but this one is tender even for a tea. You shouldn't have any problem in zone 8 losing cane to cold temps but I don't think this rose is ever going to be huge. I'm not sure how they are as cut flowers because I rarely cut my roses. No blackspot even when everything else is spotty and I do grow no spray. I don't have mildew or rust so can't comment on those. Fragrance isn't its strong suit most of the time. To me it smells like tobacco. However, in early fall it will sometimes pick up a wonderful fragrance- maybe like ripe fruit. I'm bad at describing scent but that's the best I can do. BTW, while I'm not z8, I grow a number of the other roses on your list. Everything is own-root at this time. I'm probably one of the few people on the planet that struggles with Quietness and Julia Child and Bolero is only so-so. Easy Does It is doing well. This is it's 3rd season but the first one out of a pot. It's healthy mostly and not shy about blooming. I don't remember its scent. I gave up on Austins. They just aren't happy here with my climate and soil and being grown no spray. Most died or were given away when they were struggling even in a pot. Exception is Munstead Wood. He's an odd thorny duck but his flowers are fragrant and he grows acceptably no-spray for me. Distant Drums does well for me. Occasional blackspot but grows past it. This rose benefits from being grown like a tea for me- full sun, excellent drainage, especially in winter, and sheltered from cold winter wind. Flowers are really wonderful and smell nice but do have a hint of myrrh. I can grow everything from the SdlM family and currently have Mystic Beauty, Souvenir de St. Anne's and cl. SdlM which is only about a yr. here. All are clean for me and most would rather bloom than grow. Flowers are memorable. Scent is a bit like grandmother's old-fashioned face powder to me. Hope this helps....See MoreRelated Professionals
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4 years ago@oursteelers 8B PNW I don't grow Poet's Wife, but I really like clean yellows, especially with less orange if they're going to be "yellow". I got The Pilgrim this year and it was really healthy, vigorous rose here for me with the prettiest of all the yellows I tried this year:
Julia Child - Too orange yellow for me...pretty but nothing unique color wise
Imogen - Yellow centered white Austin. Yellow is warmer side like Julia Child and flowers shatter
Graham Thomas - Again, pretty but too standard of a yellow for me
The Pilgrim has the cleanest, cool toned lemon yellow and the best scent of all my yellows. I'm awful at describing scents, but it reminds me of my Jubilee Celebration (favorite). Fresh, clean, lemon citrus scent.
On top of all these things I liked about it, the flowers were some of the prettiest of any of my roses. Really fluffy and could handle heat/sun well. Has a really nice subtle gradient to it which creates a beautiful glow effect. Here's are two pictures, first in warmer afternoon light, second in cooler morning light. Maybe you'll like her-
- 4 years ago
B I have The Pilgrim and like it. I can’t say I love it. Vigor and repeat are slow so far. He is in quite a bit of shade and has terrible soil. There is nothing I can do about the sun and tree roots but I’m going to give him a ton of compost and hope his third year is his leap year.
- 4 years ago
B I have The Pilgrim and like it. I can’t say I love it. Vigor and repeat are slow so far. He is in quite a bit of shade and has terrible soil. There is nothing I can do about the sun and tree roots but I’m going to give him a ton of compost and hope his third year is his leap year.
- 4 years ago
Your Pilgrim is beautiful!
This is the darkest colour i get on The Poet's Wife. This is a photo on cool cloudy weather. It is a bit lighter on sunny warm days but doesn't fade too much for me. But we don't as much strong sun anyway.
I like yellow flowers. I find them cheerful.
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