Rose variety advice, please
Hello everyone!
Can I get som advice, please, from you who know your roses far better than me!
I need a rose for the middle of a new flower bed which I'm planting up with mainly pink roses. I want one that fits in with the colour scheme of pink, blue, bit of white. About 4 - 5 foot in height, long flowering period, as fragrant as possible. And the ‘old fashioned’ look. And disease resistance would be good (there! All I want is the perfect rose! ) . (I will compromise!). It will face south, south- west and is quite an open aspect, so plenty of sun. I was thinking of St Ethelburga, but am overwhelmed by the choices of roses! So your experience would be very much appreciated. I’m underplanting with typical cottage-y garden plants, salvias, cranesbill, verbena, etc, all in blues, pinks, bit of white
thank you! 🌹
Can I get som advice, please, from you who know your roses far better than me!
I need a rose for the middle of a new flower bed which I'm planting up with mainly pink roses. I want one that fits in with the colour scheme of pink, blue, bit of white. About 4 - 5 foot in height, long flowering period, as fragrant as possible. And the ‘old fashioned’ look. And disease resistance would be good (there! All I want is the perfect rose! ) . (I will compromise!). It will face south, south- west and is quite an open aspect, so plenty of sun. I was thinking of St Ethelburga, but am overwhelmed by the choices of roses! So your experience would be very much appreciated. I’m underplanting with typical cottage-y garden plants, salvias, cranesbill, verbena, etc, all in blues, pinks, bit of white
thank you! 🌹
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Like all David Austin roses it's not cheap but l've found it floriferous and healthy.
It's a bit tricky to get to as the patio is like a building site, and typically the cranesbill hasn't yet come into flower, but hopefully you can make out the dark red flowers of the shrubby salvia that's just started to flower. Eustacia also needs deadheading but I hope this helps
'Sandringham' is extremely fragrant, not disease-resistant for me but the fragrance makes it worth growing. I can't advise about its habit, I have it in a too shady spot trying to grow it as a short climber but I'll have to move it elsewhere, I think.
'Gabriel Oak' is very bright pink and can be both warm pink (middle of the bloom) and cold pink (edges) at the same time. It looks awesome with blue. I am not sure if it wants to grow over 4ft.
Those are great suggestions, thank you. Scepter’d Isle is another one on my list, as is GO. I had a look on Right Roses website re reviews for those a while back and yes, especially GO as a slightly darker pink would be excellent. All those mentioned are ones that I definitely want to buy anyway. DA’s Eustacia Vye is also definitely on my shopping list.
I think the darker pinks would go well as well as the others I’ve bought are paler.
Ha, I wish I could find somewhere selling good quality cottage garden plants! I’m ordering all over the place and it’s costing a small fortune!
thank you so much for your kindness. X
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A good place for cottage garden plants is Hardy's
https://www.hardysplants.co.uk/
They are not cheap but the quality is excellent. For shrubby salvias try Norfolk Herbs.
https://www.norfolkherbs.co.uk/plant-type/salvias/
Somewhere you might like to look at is Golden Valley Plants. They supply major garden centres. They sell online at reduced prices if they are overstocked on plants. They are near to me and in the past their plants have been excellent quality. It’s the outlet for Allensmore Trade Nursery. They don’t have a huge selection and are very seasonal, but sometimes it’s worth dipping in to see what they’ve got.
https://goldenvalleyplants.co.uk/