Love that gorgeous hedge of yours!! My princess Anne blooms well in only 4 hrs. of morning sun, short as 4th-year own root in my zone 5a:

So gorgeous! What do you think of her fragrance? I have one that will be blooming soon for the first time if we ever get any heat and the deer stay away from her

I'm disappointed with her lack of scent. Once or twice a year I can get a good scent from her in cold fall, but zero scent in hot summer. Scent didn't improve in its 4th year, so I give up.

thabk you @strawchicago z5. I am even more impressed with it knowing yours blooms even in 4 hours of sun. Mine are in all day sun.

@oursteelers 8B PNW sorry I have not really noticed a scent from mine either. If it is there, it is nothing to brag about. Scent is very subjective tho so you may find yours to be fragrant even when I can’t smell mine.

I put it right under out bedroom window so if I also don’t get a scent it will have to be moved. I’m really hoping since it’s cooler here I will get more fragrance

I have Mary Magdalene right next to my window and it smelled like a cozy fireplace and frankincense in humid nights. Bolero and The Dark Lady are also carry their scents far away. One day a roof contractor walked pass by Bolero and he exclaimed "your rose smells great !!"

MaryMagdalene has been on my wish list for a long time. So glad you’re enjoying her! Bolero is great-mine was recently eaten by the deer so it will be awhile til it blooms

Mindy of Hummingbird roses might have Mary Magdalene available next year (her own-root Austins are $22 each). I'm giving Mindy a bunch of my Mary Magdalene's cuttings. This past winter was harsh with freezing rain killing a few of the neighbor's trees. My 11th-year own-root Mary Magdalene won't give as many cuttings due to harsh winter.

With Austin own-roots, it's best to make reservation a year in advance. LongAgoRoses' Austins were all sold out within the 1st minute at 10 am of April 1 when it was open for placing orders. Someone placed an order for 50 roses that time.

I have an order coming from her in a few weeks, maybe I’ll shoot her an email about mary magdalene. my ilse krohn superior i was hoping to get from her didn’t make it through the winter so I’m hoping to get it next year!

Wow! Impressive and beautiful!

@oursteelers 8B PNW

my most fragrant Austin is Mary Rose, you can smell her 3 feet away

Dianela how tall does Mary get for you? Maybe i should get Mary and move PA to a different spot

It is hard to be certain because I normally prune so hard. I have not pruned her in a year tho and it is just 4 feet tall or so. I also haven’t fertilized her. I think the 4-5 feet range is doable with minor pruning. It does get blackspot but her scent is strong here

@oursteelers 8B PNW

I never focus on scent since disease resistance to blackspot is my main goal. When I get scent it is a pleasant extra. My most fragrant roses are

Mary

Earth Angel

Summer romance

Spirit of Freedom

First crush (was very very scented) I removed it due to thrips and kind of regret it because it was super healthy.

Emily Brontë seems to have a very nice scent but my plants haven’t done well.

The hybrid musks like Darlow’s enigma also smell nice and powdery.

Dianela, i have all of those you mentioned but Mary and Emily Bronte…Emily is a hard one for me because I love the name and

I’d read she had strong fragrance but none of the pictures of her blooms really jumped

out at me. What do uou think of her?

I love the name and the pictures from Lilyfinch. I wanted to have a very fragrant pathway along the side of my house so I planted 6 Emily. Probably due to a combination of bad soil I didn’t amend and a steep incline they just haven’t done well. My plants literally have like two branches only. I think the colors are very sweet and the scent is nice. I am giving some a chance at another area and probably will shovel prune the rest unless something changes. Here are my blooms this year. I am sorry the area is a complete mess.

As you can tell by the already black spotted leaves the healthy claims also do not seem to be true here. Of course maybe it is stressed due to the bad area. My plan is to excavate this bed with equipment and start over, not certain I’ll try to save Emily.

do you have Laguna? I was surprised by her scent today and also Mel’s heritage.

I have Laguna and mine has a mild fragrance, she is WILDLY healthy here although repeat bloom isn’t great. However she doesn’t get any fertilizer so that would probably help.

The deer came through my yard last week and gobbled up all of Mel’s blooms but I have another one on the other side of the fence that looks really good-hopefully the deer don’t find it!

If i come across anything fragrant ill ask you if You already have it. Chances are you do, it seems you have a wonderful fragrant collection already.

Thanks, Dianela-fragrance is so important

to me in the garden. It just makes walking through the yard so much more enjoyable.

You getting anytime outside with the baby?

@oursteelers 8B PNW : It is very lovely to be able to smell the roses when walking around in the garden. I am hoping to add gardenias and maybe even a jasmine that brushwood claims it is hardy to zone 6. I am really enjoying walking around in the garden with my little baby boy. He is very curious and wants to touch and taste everything.

@oursteelers 8B PNW it is 75 degrees and 77% humidity

Emily has a wonderful scent

my plant is still pittiful but the area is horrible

It looks pretty but not my favorite.

I think I’m going to have to get Emily if only for the fragrance.

Walking through the garden with the littles is the best-feels like your heart is going to burst!

Hi Dianela, since you are in a high blackspot area like me, I wondered what David Austin roses have done well for you without spraying?

I have a 2nd year Olivia Austin that did well without spraying so it made me brave enough to try James Galway, Eustasia Vye, Claire Austin, and Boscobel.

Maria

@oldworldroses z6aSW OH I'm about and hour or so north of Dianela and the healthy Austins no spray for me have been Olivia Austin, James Galway and Roald Dahl. Olivia is insanely healthy, a great repeat and one of the few roses I have multiples of in my garden.

Thank you@subk3. I will try Roald Dahl next year!

@oldworldroses z6aSW OH

Thank you for your post!

Yes I am in a bad blackspot area like you and it is my goal to ultimately have a completely spray free garden. I do not have a problem with spraying fungicides as I do not consider them to be harmful like insecticides, I just don’t want to do it. Ok so to your question. I am in love with the Austins and they tend to be weak against blackspot. My best ones are:

Olivia

Lichfield Angel

Queen of Sweden

Teasing Georgia

Bathsheba

Spirit of freedom

James Galway

Silas marner (too new to know yet)

Eustacia V (too new to know yet)

Claire Austin (pretty heathy but not sure about performance yet)

Roald Dahl is decent but gets plenty of blackspot (probably multiple strains of blackspot around)

No Austin here is completely free of blackspot***** these just seem to do well without spray. Full day sun helps tremendously in keeping them clean.

boscobell is one of my favorite DA it isnt as clean as the Other ones on my list but the blooms are so beautiful that I personally can’t do without it

For non Austin’s that are exceptionally clean

Bordeaux cityscape

Earth Angel

Dark desire

Crazy love

Flamenco rosita

Summer romance

Pomponella

Madame Anisette

Awakening

Mel’s heritage

Kendyl Marie polyantha

The fairy

Darlow’s enigma

Cloud 10

florentina

laguna

@oursteelers 8B PNW do you have beverly? I just noticed she is very very fragrant. Mine are almost and total shade and doing porly of course but they few blooms were gorgeous and super scented so it made menthink of you.

I don’t have Beverly! If she is that fragrant I think I have to have her! What is her shape?

@dianela7analabama

I live your lists of resistant roses. Kordes are esp.. hardy-resistant. I have a ton of Kordes roses now!!! I have many from your lists!

I love Princess Anne, DA, too-she’s mine, also. Ill share photos of Princess Anne tomorrow….Love your Princess Anne hedge-it’s spectacular!

@oursteelers 8B PNW

I have Beverly & she’s a beautiful blooming & fragrant! She’s in full afternoon sun! Very healthy! Award Winner! Hardy Hardy-disease resistant!

2021 Beverly Eleganza rose, Kordes in my gardens…Exceptional fragrance!

Gorgeous Beverly @KittyNYz6. Yours look much nicer than mine. I need to find her a better location

Mine isn’t doing well because it is in too much shade. I may try to move it soon. My husband who has never recovered his sense of smell completely after COVID said it smelled rosy and couldn’t smell Princess Charlene de Monaco. I think it means the scent is nice and strong. Also spirit of freedom has a nice scent also not sure if you have it yet but such a good rose overall.

Kitty I would love to hear when you find súper disease resistant roses too. I am always looking for those who do well against blackspot here without spray.

Beautiful hedge, fabulous color! It's a fine landscape rose with generous clusters of blooms. I like the fragrance of Princess Anne, a sweet Old Rose type of scent.

@dianela7analabama

Happy Sunday! Your Beverly looks lovely! Each Beverly bloom- blooms differently. My Beverly gets afternoon sun & sometimes morning.

Kordes have been the most BS resistant for me. My Kordes:

Laguna CL

Jasmina CL

Kiss Me Kate

Honeymoon CL

Kiss of Desire CL

Dark Desire

Bliss

Plum Perfect

Cream Veranda

Pomponella Fairy Tale

Cinderella Fairy Tale

Earth Angel

Summers Romance

Beverly

Madame Anisette

Polar Express

Lion’s Fairy Tale

Wedding Bells

I think many of my 100 roses are BS resistant too… here’s a few…

Olivia

Moonlight in Paris

The Fairies

Haweye Belle

Sweet Drift

Apricot Drift

Kendall Marie

Knock Outs

Last summer it rained excessively & more got BS than normally would-soil was damo all the time in mid-summer. I exoect my DAs & other roses to do fine this year.

My Princess Anne 2021

@KittyNYz6

Several on your list i do not uave and would love to try