rewarding roses
Posted: Wednesday, 23 July 2008 |
I have a few roses in my garden, I had bought some when I lived on Scalpay from a well known magazine, as I moved here in winter I dug them up and brought them with me but only half survived, they were not doing too well either so last year I moved them to near where some roses that were in the garden already grow, they seem to be happier in their new home and last week when I was working in the garden I saw they have rewarded me with a beautiful bloom, I hope they keep growing,
Chinatown, this is one I thought I had lost so I am so pleased to see it growing,
Lili Marlene, this too I thought was gone forever so I am thrilled to see it growing,
Queen Elizabeth, this has grown all along but it not as robust as the experts say,
Rosa rugosa alba, this one came from a well know chain store and was also brought from Scalpay, it鈥檚 doing great,
Dog rose, there were three in the garden when I moved here, they were all very overgrown and straggly, showed signs of having been blown down then continuing to grown from where they had fallen, I cut back but kept some of the longer stems for the height but in the gale of Jan 2005 they were really knocked down so I cut them down quite a lot, two of them are in the privet hedge so I have been cutting them back and weaving new growth into the privet either side as I thought this might help support them in the winter gales, this year things are finally coming together and they look like part of the hedge, they are flowering their best ever too, the third is in the garden with the other flowers and it is taking off like a rocket this year,
Last but by no mind least is this beautiful rose that was in the garden when I moved here and so I have no idea what it is, it flowers prolifically and has a beautiful but gentle perfume, so my blogging mates has anyone any idea what it might be, oophs just remembered blooms are about 4 inches (10cm) across,
thanks and I hope your day is rose tinted,
Chinatown, this is one I thought I had lost so I am so pleased to see it growing,
Lili Marlene, this too I thought was gone forever so I am thrilled to see it growing,
Queen Elizabeth, this has grown all along but it not as robust as the experts say,
Rosa rugosa alba, this one came from a well know chain store and was also brought from Scalpay, it鈥檚 doing great,
Dog rose, there were three in the garden when I moved here, they were all very overgrown and straggly, showed signs of having been blown down then continuing to grown from where they had fallen, I cut back but kept some of the longer stems for the height but in the gale of Jan 2005 they were really knocked down so I cut them down quite a lot, two of them are in the privet hedge so I have been cutting them back and weaving new growth into the privet either side as I thought this might help support them in the winter gales, this year things are finally coming together and they look like part of the hedge, they are flowering their best ever too, the third is in the garden with the other flowers and it is taking off like a rocket this year,
Last but by no mind least is this beautiful rose that was in the garden when I moved here and so I have no idea what it is, it flowers prolifically and has a beautiful but gentle perfume, so my blogging mates has anyone any idea what it might be, oophs just remembered blooms are about 4 inches (10cm) across,
thanks and I hope your day is rose tinted,
Comments
Lovely photos, IT, these look like illustrations from a rose catalogue! What a beautiful pink the QE one is. Your "mystery rose" is gorgeous, too.
Jill from EK
Wow Island Threads, I can smell the beautiful perfume from here. What gorgeous roses you have. I have also learnt something, as I was trying to find out the name of the Rosa Rugosa with the egg yolk flower. There's some on Coll and they smell divine. Thank you, a lovely, lovely blog and really beautiful roses.
Squidgy the Otter from Wearing Rose Tinted Spectacles
they're beautiful, I think you've done very well to keep them going. I think it could be an alba rose called Celeste, it reminds me of an alba we used to have called Great Maiden's Blush but that didn't have the open centre.
Fiona D from sunny Kendal
thanks for lovely comments, Jill the photo of the QE one was taken when I got home around 10.15 last night, it was still light but overcast and so the flash went, I had done the post yesterday only to find I didn't have a photo of QE, the LM photo was taken on a sunny day last week, it is strange I have noticed before whenever I take a photo of red flowers the green background takes on a slightly weird look, Fiona thank you I will look that up,
island threads from lewis
Nice! Roses are beautiful but they can be very high maintenance in humid climes. How is it your way, IT?
mjc from NM,USA
Fiona I just looked up Alba roses and thank you for bringing them to my attention, I don't think it is Celeste because the photos I found of C are very pink, my rose is a peachy pink more like this rose http://www.rosegathering.com/beautv.html I think this may not be as open as mine though, there is a good description of albas and I am interested that they come from the dog rose as I have always thought that this rose is related to the dog rose, there are similarities, mjc the wind blows the humidity away with the greenfly, blackfly and anything else that can't hang on....now I really must do some work out side,
island threads from spending too much time at the computor and should
Love all of your roses - especially the yellow one with the blush around the edges.
Conni from NJ
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