Above: Named after rosarian Susan Irvine's blue-stone house and first magnificent rose garden is the rugosa 'Bleak House'. It's a lovely, cheery little bloom, but unfortunately sometimes ages in an ugly manner, hanging on the bush like soggy brown tissue paper. The foliage is incredibly healthly, and like all of the rugosas that I have experienced, Bleak House is very tolerant of any climatic conditions thrown at it.
Above: This fence line runs west-east on the western side of our house, and so is exposed to scorching afternoon summer sun and hot winds. I have planted a variety of big roses along the fence, and after years of being eaten by calves in the paddock next door they have all achieved a good shrub size. The big roses seen flowering here behind the garden statue are Mrs B.R Cant and Marie Van Houtte.
Above: One of my rugosa seedlings that is suckering away merrily in a very tough spot in the garden.
Another seedling rugosa.
Above: David Austin's very free-flowering Sceptre d'Isle.
Above: The hybrid rugosa Sarah Van Fleet. So many people just adore this rose- I am often asked to include one in my yearly rose order for friends who have made a bee line for her in our garden. She is such a clear pink, and a beautifully shaped shrub that is almost completely covered with blooms when in full flower.
Above: Named after rosarian Susan Irvine's blue-stone house and first magnificent rose garden is the rugosa 'Bleak House'. It's a lovely, cheery little bloom, but unfortunately sometimes ages in an ugly manner, hanging on the bush like soggy brown tissue paper. The foliage is incredibly healthly, and like all of the rugosas that I have experienced, Bleak House is very tolerant of any climatic conditions thrown at it.
Above: This fence line runs west-east on the western side of our house, and so is exposed to scorching afternoon summer sun and hot winds. I have planted a variety of big roses along the fence, and after years of being eaten by calves in the paddock next door they have all achieved a good shrub size. The big roses seen flowering here behind the garden statue are Mrs B.R Cant and Marie Van Houtte.
Above: One of my rugosa seedlings that is suckering away merrily in a very tough spot in the garden.
Another seedling rugosa.
Above: David Austin's very free-flowering Sceptre d'Isle.
Above: The hybrid rugosa Sarah Van Fleet. So many people just adore this rose- I am often asked to include one in my yearly rose order for friends who have made a bee line for her in our garden. She is such a clear pink, and a beautifully shaped shrub that is almost completely covered with blooms when in full flower.
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