....more Rose Garden notes...2020

Marlorena · May 2020

As I take an insane number of pictures, I thought it best to start my own thread, rather than clutter up any other... if anyone is looking in, thank you, and I hope you see something of interest... I aim to keep this going for maybe 5 or 6 weeks...
My roses are not for everybody, but I have some unusual ones this year, so let's see how that goes.
I do not spray roses and tolerate just about everything that's living here...

Some years are best forgotten, this is one... I'm trying to pretend it never happened.. maybe you are too.. ?
I love these lavender Tulips, they've been in flower for exactly a month.. they might be called 'Alibi', but label gone missing..

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'Zephirine Drouhin' [Bourbon 1868] just starting main flush.. growing over a Daphne bush..

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'Desdemona' and 'Anne Boleyn' roses..

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..another shot of 'Anne Boleyn'..

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'Mme. Lauriol de Barny' [Bourbon 1868]

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..with 'Kew Gardens'... full flush in about a week I think..

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..more to follow..

Marlorena · May 2020

'The Ancient Mariner'...

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..one of its sweet, musky scented blooms..

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'Lichfield Angel' early blooms are quite large... light tea scent...

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..little 'Marie Pavie' a polyantha rose with chives..

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'Blush Noisette' full of buds, just starting to open...

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Marlorena · May 2020

Geranium cinereum 'Subcaulescens'...

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California poppies suit this dry garden...

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Geranium 'Russell Prichard'.. one of the longest flowering Geraniums..

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..this is 'Wild Rover' a clg floribunda rose on top the arch.. difficult to photograph..

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celcius_kkw · May 2020

Yes! So glad your rose garden notes is back this year. I enjoyed it so much last year I’ve got to bookmark it straight away 😊 I love the ancient mariner’s scent too.. if I hadn’t already had three pinks already (and limited space) I would have bought it in a heart beat.

Marlorena · May 2020

..thanks Adrian.. so kind... I shall still be keeping in touch with the other thread, looking at all the photos everyone posts... but mine will just get in the way there a bit..
..some nice foliage this evening, on other plants I have..
Berberis 'Admiration'...

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Berberis 'Bagatelle'... a passing vehicle sliced off the front of this plant... it happens..lol.

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Hypericum moserianum... I like this foliage and it's a first rate plant...

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Camellia 'Spring Festival'.. nice dark burnished leaves..

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..fresh green on Aster frikartii 'Monch'...

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Marlorena · May 2020

'Anne Boleyn' in year 3, is a totally different rose to the puny ones I've been growing for years 1/2... this is the difference with DA roses... the blooms today are large, exciting and fabulous colour and form... musky scented too... the foliage is glossy and totally healthy..
I do have a group of 3..

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Halimium libanotis.. for May flowering I always look forward to this plant..

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Azalea 'Mother's Day' still holding on..

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Clematis 'The Vagabond' 6-8 foot May-Nov.. a favourite clematis...

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Cistus 'Thrive'... flowers all summer with light shearing..

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Marlorena · May 2020

...how I love 'The Ancient Mariner'... huge blooms, musky scented, large shrub rose... if you are thinking of getting one, I recommend you allow it to grow 6 foot x 5 foot relatively unchecked... and maintain a bit below that.. it does not suit hard pruning or growing in a pot in my view, to see the best of it..

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Marlorena · May 2020

No one I know liked 'Vanessa Bell' when it first arrived... what a mistake to make.. this is one fabulous rose... considered an equal to Olivia Rose Austin which I don't grow..
...this lemony scented rose has wonderful fresh green foliage.. I wish I had put it in the border but my conditions are so dry... and this demands lots of water.. 15 x 18'' pot..

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Loxley · May 2020

'Mme. Lauriol de Barny' really floats my boat. But 'Marie Pavie' has got me thinking about why I can't squeeze in some dwarf polyantha roses in my own garden...

Marlorena · May 2020

..I'm sure you can Will... it's also very healthy, continuous bloom and needs little attention... that's Marie Pavie...
...thanks for looking in here too..

lizf4619 · May 2020

I miss my roses. Got some bare root ones and have had them in pots over the winter. I want to plant them in a border where azaleas and pieris are doing well - acid soil -I can't get a testing kit anywhere ? Would I be OK doing this? Previous experience of roses has always been on clay.

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