Windermere and James Galway: worth getting while I can?
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Comments (1)Wasn't that just the best way to spend a freezing cold, snow dusted New Hampshire morning? Loved his description of how he spends a summer day. Out in the garden at 5:00 am, get as dirty as you can until 2:30, soak in the claw-foot tub with a cold bottle of Sam Adams, and then go admire the results of your hard work for the rest of the day. Gotta love it!...See MoreDA's 'James Galway' Revisited
Comments (11)I have loved this rose since I first saw a group of about 6 or 7 young plants of it grown together in a nursery. What I like best about it is that its flat form and curly petals are so distinctive. Also the "old rose" color shadings and its fragrance that, while not powerful, does not disappoint in any way. I have not noticed any disease. I am growing mine on an arch in a north-facing exposure. It is fabulous in spring, with fall bloom that is increasing but not copious. I think if I grew it in more sun and with more fertilizer it might be more floriferous in the off season. I had no idea when I purchased it that it could reach 6' wide, and I do think its main fault here in zone 6b -7a is its tendency to get very big. I still haven't figured out how to prune it. Maybe its growth would be more restrained further north....See MoreJames L. Austin
Comments (30)Farmers Branch on my visit list for Spring! Have visited DA in England was not aware of Farmers. THANks. I have grown all the early Austin's most in Houston, which often gives different results. My experiences.... In Dallas - Sharifa is ok not one of my favs. Liked him better in H. I was considering removing him to make room for a modern, he is healthy but tired of his thorns and his semi double summer washed out blooms. . In Houston, Jude did better than Golden. Jude bloomed continually in shady spot, kept flower form and peachy yellow color in summer. My Dallas Jude does not get enough sun to perform consistently. I must have pushed his shade tolerance too too far but I wanted him at the back of my garden where his paler color would draw your eye without stopping it, esp. in evening and at night. Golden gave me a lush spring fall displays in Dallas but he took up too much real estate with little summer rewards so it is gone. Olivia Rose is never out of bloom. NEVER. I am trying to train it into a climber but she keeps telling me she wants to be a large shrub. She is so dependable as to be almost boring. Though she is smaller and paler in summer blooms are still pink and full. The rose no one mentions much that gives me year round beauty is Mary Magdalene; bush stays small and neat, flowers good size in summer, always smells great, little or no disease. She has a lovely habit of leaving a few small petals on her spent buds like tiny pop pom that are lovely for a long time, making for more bush beauty. This even in summer. Though she whites out in high heat she never looks dirty,but rather giving impression of white rose. She looks delicate but isn't probably appropriately named. I have not grown Bolero (on my spring list) but I would think Mary is rather like that rose. Another plus... sprays of both Olivia and Mary last forever as cut roses. The tighter buds will actually open if they have even the tiniest bit of color. I know everyone loves Munstead Wood but his dark summer color reminds me of Prince which I disliked. I grown MW and he is lovely when not black red, but he does have all those thorns. Sophy's Rose is another constant bloomer that keeps form and color. Funny thing, I tried grafted Evelyn when she first came out in Houston. I hated her; octopus arms, with few blooms and then only at tips. I have her in Dallas and she is one of favorites, very consistent bloomer, keeping form and color in summer. Even in Texas results vary so much. I did not give Evelyn much time in H or TLC so fault could have been mine. I grown do grow many others but this is already more info than anyone probably wants. I do go on and on and on it seems. :)) My Dark Lady has been super, I just cut 10 giant blooms before freeze comes....See MoreScents worth buying & comparable scents?
Comments (129)So beautiful! I am a little jealous yours needs such vigorous pruning after first flush. I suspect James Galway wants cold winter to trigger vigorous spring growth. Mine is 4 years old and just under 3 feet tall after a light deadheading after the last Spring flush. It just sits in stasis mode the rest of the year. I probably should replace with a pink that does better in Zone 9b, BUT I love his blooms so much I will keep him a bit longer, especially since he looks so perfect green and mannerly the rest of the year. One thing I haven’t tried is alfalfa tea. I wonder if I gave some mild organic fertilizer and tea treatment once our summer heat ends and fall weather starts, if I might get a fall flush? Our fall weather doesn’t start until mid October....See Morenoseometer...(7A, SZ10, Albuquerque)
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