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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: johnralphcarpenter on May 09, 2018, 08:34:30 PM
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Always a splendid display at this time of year, Rosa ecae.
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A cracker, Ralph!
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Looks splendid!
I have never seen this for sale here in Norway. Maybe it is not hardy enough for our climate.
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Rosa 'Easlea's Golden Rambler' rambling over our neighbour's fence.
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Rosa 'Paul's Himalayan Musk'
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Rosa 'Teasing Georgia'
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Rosa 'Blush Noisette'
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Rosa 'Graham Thomas'
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Rosa 'Falstaff'
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Unknown red climbing rose - this was in the garden when we arrived 22 years ago.
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Ah, so this is where the scent of roses is coming from!
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Sublime, isn't it!
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Rosa canina, the Dog Rose, grown from seed and planted in the hedge at the bottom of the garden. Very widespread here in Kent.
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Rosa 'A Shropshire Lad'
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Rosa moyesii 'Geranium' against a blue sky on Thursday and grey sky today
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Rosa 'Nevada' Don't remember seeing it this good before. It usually gets blackspot and I cut out the old stems annually but it must be three years since I've had to do that so it's got really big.
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I'm enjoying the Roses Roma and Ralph (and a bit of alliteration too).
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Thanks you, David.
Went to Sissinghurst yesterday to see the roses - splendid collection of old roses, pity it's so popular!
Rosa 'Handel'
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Rosa gallica 'Versicolor' (Rosa mundi).
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(in our garden, not Sissinghurst - too crowded for photography)
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I am reminded by the photo that the favourite rose of the late Agnes, widow of our dear friend Harold Esslemont, was Rosa 'Handel'
Funny how these things come to mind, isn't it ?
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Maggi, I was working in McGredy's nursery when Handel was introduced in 1965, a long time ago. :)
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Another great connection to remember, Michael. We were all a lot younger then, eh?
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Rosa 'Fragrant Cloud' (and it is very)
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Rosa 'Souvenir du Docteur Jamain' - good in shade.
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Rosa 'Chevy Chase' - small flowers on a climber.
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Rosa x beanii - very small flowers, sprawls everywhere.
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Rosa 'Goldfinch' - hides a shed.
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Rosa 'Veilchenblau' - another climber.
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Rosa 'Bleu Magenta' - much more purple than this picture.
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Rosa 'Peace' -
The adoption of the trade name "Peace" was publicly announced in the United States on 29 April 1945 by the introducers, Conard Pyle Co. This was the very day that Berlin fell, a day considered a turning point in the Second World War in Europe. Later that year Peace roses were given to each of the delegations at the inaugural meeting of the United Nations in San Francisco, each with a note that read:
"We hope the 'Peace' rose will influence men’s thoughts for everlasting world peace".
Peter Beales, English rose grower and expert, said in his book Roses:
"'Peace', without doubt, is the finest Hybrid Tea ever raised and it will remain a standard variety forever".]
(Wikipedia).
It was raised by French horticulturist Francis Meilland in the years 1935 to 1939, and formally named Rosa 'Madame A. Meilland'.
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Rosa 'Ayrshire Splendens', a very vigourous and floriferous rambler.
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Rosa multiflora 'Platyphylla', the Seven Sisters' Rose, another rambler.
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I always admire your roses Ralph, you have a most wonderful collection :)
The humid summers here are not very favourable for roses (not to mention some winters) but couldn't abstained and bought a Rosa 'Peace' recently, like you well mention the formerly 'Madame Meilland' cv.
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Thanks Gabriela.
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Three roses with Rosa persica in their breeding, hence the dark central eye.
Rosa 'Eyes for You'
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Rosa 'Bright as a Button'
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And Rosa 'Alissar, Princess of Phoenicia'
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The unusual hot spring presented flowers like rarely
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So many flowers - a good year for the roses!
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The hot weather is good for roses, cactii and other succulents but bad to alpines from higher
elevations and more northern places. Hope, that many of them survive in our garden.
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Lovely roses everyone. How hardy do you find the persicas Ralph?
Rosa soulieana from seed
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Perfectly hardy here - we had -15C one day this past winter. Winter wet may be more of a problem, we are pretty dry here.
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No shortage of winter wet hereabouts ;D so maybe best to try them in pots then bring under cover.
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Few pics from Carolside Garden today. There is a National Collection of gallica roses. Sorry I didn’t note the names though. Great garden, few miles south of Galashiels on A68 and well worth visiting. It is open Wed, Thur and Fri during July 11am to 5pm.
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A couple more with Rosa persica in their breeding:
Rosa 'Eye of the Tiger' - actually more yellow in the petals than shown here
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Rosa 'For Your Eyes Only'
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