Above: David Austin's "John Clare". This rose is one of the most prolific bloomers of the Austin group, and one of my favourites. The colour is darker than in this photo..I was taking it with the sun shining directly behind the bloom. He has a nice shrubby habit, and his height and width depends on the position. This one jostles for space with the hybrid musks Eva and Kathleen, and so has grown quite tall. Another has plenty of space to spread, so he has grown wider than his height...about 1.5m x 2 m. The fragrance isn't too overwhelming...mild and sweet would probably be the most apt description.
My fave...good old speccy Cymbeline! After a big Spring flush, it is already gearing up for a big Summer show.
Above: 'Scepter'd Isle', another of the glorious myrrh-scented Austin roses. The blooms are large and very pretty, especially the way the yellow stamens are visible in the rose's centre. It develops into quite a largish shrub- about 2m x 1.5 m in this garden.
Above: The twisty unique blooms of General Gallieni, a fabulous old Tea rose that flowers continuously throughout the year, even providing a few blooms through Winter. He is a rose that really marches to the beat of his own drum (like my favourite type of people)...every bloom seems to be different, and like all tea roses the colour can vary very much in response to the amount of sunlight that it receives. This bloom is from a plant that is in a very shady position, and the blooms on it are generally deeper in colour and contrast to the blooms of those General Gallienis that grow in more sunny aspects.
Kew Rambler- what a brilliant rose! It starts flowering well after the other ramblers finish (with the exception of Francis E Lester, who is still putting up a show), and once it starts it just goes and goes and goes. Because of all the rain we have had over the past few weeks, botrytis has reared its spotty head in the garden, including on Kew Rambler. It doesn't really bother me, so I never spray for it. The only symptoms roses ever seem to display here are the little deep pink circles on the petals, which are not too detracting from the overall appearance.
Above: This rose is a cracker...I just love it! It is David Austin's Brother Cadfael, and its scent and bloom formation are gorgeous. The blooms are big and full of petals and cupped like a chalice, perfect for a pointy nose like mine to burrow into and get to the centre of the fragrance. They totally smother the bush, and the repeat is excellent if snap deadheading is conducted. This particular Brother Cadfael was only planted this last Summer, in January or February, and so is only about a metre high so far. I have another more established plant, and it has developed into a shrub about 2m x 1.5 m.
Above: David Austin's Eglantyne...an excellent 'workhorse' of the rose world, this rose puts out its pretty soft pink blooms continuously from Spring to Autumn, and grows into a largish shrub of about 2m x 2m. Like all Austins, it has a wonderful perfume (with, of course, the exception of 'The Reeve', which I still think smells of cat pee).
Above: David Austin's Tea Clipper. I have never grown this rose before, and have only had it in the garden since January 2011, so I can't as yet comment on its habit, but I can say that the blooms are lovely. Yesterday, when this photo was taken, this bloom was displaying the unusual effect of one half being decidedly lighter than the other..the bottom was an apricot, and the top a buff-gold. I have seen tea roses do this, but not an Austin.
Above: There always seems to be a hybrid musk blooming somewhere in the garden, no matter what the time of year. This is Francesca's second flowering of the season. She flowers in profusion earlier than the other hybrid musks, and has a quick turn around before she's putting on a show again. I have mentioned before that Francesca tends to drop her leaves and look a bit ratty after the first big bloom of Spring, but this is not a problem with subsequent flowerings.
Above: David Austin's "John Clare". This rose is one of the most prolific bloomers of the Austin group, and one of my favourites. The colour is darker than in this photo..I was taking it with the sun shining directly behind the bloom. He has a nice shrubby habit, and his height and width depends on the position. This one jostles for space with the hybrid musks Eva and Kathleen, and so has grown quite tall. Another has plenty of space to spread, so he has grown wider than his height...about 1.5m x 2 m. The fragrance isn't too overwhelming...mild and sweet would probably be the most apt description.
My fave...good old speccy Cymbeline! After a big Spring flush, it is already gearing up for a big Summer show.
Above: 'Scepter'd Isle', another of the glorious myrrh-scented Austin roses. The blooms are large and very pretty, especially the way the yellow stamens are visible in the rose's centre. It develops into quite a largish shrub- about 2m x 1.5 m in this garden.
Above: The twisty unique blooms of General Gallieni, a fabulous old Tea rose that flowers continuously throughout the year, even providing a few blooms through Winter. He is a rose that really marches to the beat of his own drum (like my favourite type of people)...every bloom seems to be different, and like all tea roses the colour can vary very much in response to the amount of sunlight that it receives. This bloom is from a plant that is in a very shady position, and the blooms on it are generally deeper in colour and contrast to the blooms of those General Gallienis that grow in more sunny aspects.
Kew Rambler- what a brilliant rose! It starts flowering well after the other ramblers finish (with the exception of Francis E Lester, who is still putting up a show), and once it starts it just goes and goes and goes. Because of all the rain we have had over the past few weeks, botrytis has reared its spotty head in the garden, including on Kew Rambler. It doesn't really bother me, so I never spray for it. The only symptoms roses ever seem to display here are the little deep pink circles on the petals, which are not too detracting from the overall appearance.
Above: This rose is a cracker...I just love it! It is David Austin's Brother Cadfael, and its scent and bloom formation are gorgeous. The blooms are big and full of petals and cupped like a chalice, perfect for a pointy nose like mine to burrow into and get to the centre of the fragrance. They totally smother the bush, and the repeat is excellent if snap deadheading is conducted. This particular Brother Cadfael was only planted this last Summer, in January or February, and so is only about a metre high so far. I have another more established plant, and it has developed into a shrub about 2m x 1.5 m.
Above: David Austin's Eglantyne...an excellent 'workhorse' of the rose world, this rose puts out its pretty soft pink blooms continuously from Spring to Autumn, and grows into a largish shrub of about 2m x 2m. Like all Austins, it has a wonderful perfume (with, of course, the exception of 'The Reeve', which I still think smells of cat pee).
Above: David Austin's Tea Clipper. I have never grown this rose before, and have only had it in the garden since January 2011, so I can't as yet comment on its habit, but I can say that the blooms are lovely. Yesterday, when this photo was taken, this bloom was displaying the unusual effect of one half being decidedly lighter than the other..the bottom was an apricot, and the top a buff-gold. I have seen tea roses do this, but not an Austin.
Above: There always seems to be a hybrid musk blooming somewhere in the garden, no matter what the time of year. This is Francesca's second flowering of the season. She flowers in profusion earlier than the other hybrid musks, and has a quick turn around before she's putting on a show again. I have mentioned before that Francesca tends to drop her leaves and look a bit ratty after the first big bloom of Spring, but this is not a problem with subsequent flowerings.
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