Mortimer Sackler rose
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Comments (5)Your roses look healthy and raring to go! It won't be long now before you have blooms. Ingrid...See Moredesigning mixed cottage bed around a few roses - ideas needed
Comments (10)Mortimer Sackler might work as your gangly teenager. It wants to grow leggy and long but can be grown as a shrub too. Canes are pliable and you could train a few of them up the light pole if you wanted to. Flowers are a true light pink color with a lovely delicacy and some fragrance too. Planted in full sun, it's likely to bloom and rebloom well. I don't remember any thorns at all on ours, though we had them for less than a year and they might have eventually gotten some thorns. The two we had came from David Austin, and their website and catalog reflects very accurately exactly what the blooms looked like on our plants. The Mortimer Sacklers here were planted in less than ideal sun conditions, yet they required no spraying for blackspot. I don't recall seeing any powdery mildew either. David Austin describes Mortimer Sackler as a hardy variety, but you might want to give them a call to get a more specific opinion on the zone 5 winters where you are. What they say about the plant overall seems accurate to me. Best wishes, Mary Aside: we lost our Mortimer Sacklers to Rose Rosette Disease. Interestingly, their flower scent, once they had the disease, was many times stronger than before the disease hit them. The same thing happened with all the other roses that came down with Rose Rosette Disease here: suddenly they had a much stronger flower scent... a wonderful unusually strong scent. Not a new scent, just a much stronger scent than before RRD came along. Here is a link that might be useful: David Austin's description of his Mortimer Sackler...See MoreFragrant Austin roses
Comments (15)Thank you. Vesfl, Olivia Rose Austin is about 2 x 2 feet. I've had it for a only a few years, and I don't know what it's mature height will be. It might not get much taller. It has tolerated winter well, with some dieback, but rebounds in spring. The Lilac Festival is so beautiful, so many different shades of lilac. It's been many years since I've been there to see it, but have fond memories....See MoreWhich David Austin rose would look best?
Comments (37)Get a rose you're in love with.... if you're having a whole hedge of it, then you've got to love it.. ...my choice here would be without question..... 'Scarborough Fair'.. in that colour range.... I'm near the sea and it withstands the elements.... it blooms constantly, in poor soil, drought conditions and heat - such as we get it here on occasions... 3.5 tall by 4 foot wide... no issues... it should be better known really.... not double, but semi double... musk scented with hips in winter.. I think it's good for zone 5... I took this photo in blazing 100 deg .. which I don't get too much.. ...this is a late evening pic... just before dark... ...you will get that I totally love this rose... of course no one else has to like it.. but... ...hope you find something you like just as much.......See MoreMischievous Magpie (CO 5b)
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