Two seedlings of James Galway
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Comments (9)Ah, thanks for the explanation Maria. Since your lovely photos bring us joy, Alegria is also a good shorthand, but it's nice to know what's correct. You're right that English is confusing on forums like this to know if posters are men or women, even for native English speakers. In this thread, "Laurie" and "Lily" you can guess are women from their log-in names, but you'd have to know that for "vaporvac" since that login doesn't indicate. Sometimes English names are confusing, since Kim isn't a common name for a man but Kim (roseseek) is a man, and Chris can be either a man or woman. Many people assumed Chris was a man from her posts about commercially growing Kordes roses, but she clarified that when someone asked her. I figure if we all love roses, it doesn't matter. I usually use someone's log-in name if I'm not sure and don't refer to someone as "he" or "she" unless I know. Cynthia...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 MoreTwo beautiful climbers: James Galway and Teasing Georgia
Comments (4)Thank you, Helen. I'm helping a friend with his (rose) garden and need a low thorn climber for his "he-shed". Good health is also a requirement because I doubt he wants to spray all over something he just built. I've been eyeing James since seeing the gorgeous pictures of him growing in Bavaria. So long as he gives three flushes, I think that would suffice. It's just and extra sort of rose. Thank you for taking the time to post pictures of the canes. We also have Teasing Georgia on order and a few others you grow!! : ))...See MoreWindermere and James Galway: worth getting while I can?
Comments (19)Gorgeous, as always, bayarea_girl! So are you saying that Bathsheba is a much superior rose? I'm not really looking for a new rose - it would mean that I would have to remove something else. Your photos of Bathsheba show a rose with beautiful form, and are more pink than the DA photos. Those DA photos are much more orange than I want in my garden. If James Galway is going away, and it's a fabulous rose, I may remove an Eden and put it there. And if Windermere is a "must have" rose, I could see removing something for it. Maybe Dee-lish which is a nice rose, but a much more strident color than I'd prefer, or Abe, which is a lovely rose...at times, but opens an eye popping orange which always makes me unhappy, and he has turned out not to be the happily growing bush that I thought he'd be but rather scrappy looking despite my best efforts at pampering. Or Sonia Rykiel, whose bush was a fright last year....See MoreDiane Brakefield
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