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Poppies with hats, poppies without, poppies red, pink and plum
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A whole lot of floristry going on…
Just a little of the sumptuous floristry going on at Petersham Nurseries this weekend, to decorate and celebrate their 10th Birthday... Pictures painting a thousand words, and all that!
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Mottisfont Abbey, Hampshire
An imminent visit due for 2014 – and they are open later into the evening, but see the National Trust website for further details. An opportunity to see the best collection of Old Roses anywhere in the country. Superlative!
A joint visit today, back to Mottisfont Abbey and on to the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens in Hampshire. This Mottisfont photo gallery taken on a rather damp 21st June last year but looking superb. April cold and then lots of rain held back the flowering of the mostly once-blooming rose collection (the main show was all over by the end of May in 2011 apparently). A superlative collection of 800+ Old Roses and the lasting collection of Graham Stuart Thomas. They now have a Winter Garden and the House always seems to have an interesting exhibition. See http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/mottisfont
The Sir Harold Hillier Gardens will be new to me though I understand their well established Winter Garden is second to none.
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Train Vintage Roses with Old-Fashioned Style…
The Telegraph 3:00PM GMT 17 Mar 2010 Train Vintage Roses with old-fashioned style By Bunny Guinness Vintage or old-fashioned roses are highly evocative. Their very names - Damask, Musk, Gallicas - are redolent of the age of cucumber sandwiches on the lawn, trysts in bowers and tennis parties. All the things we no longer have…
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A family affair
With a thought to my rose talk tomorrow, I’m refreshing my memory about this remarkable woman, Mme Isaac Pereire
Madame Isaac Pereire (top left), with Lady Emma Hamilton (top right) and Evelyn.
I’ve touched upon this before – the history of women who gave their name to some of the finest classic old roses – for example Madam Isaac Pereire, Madam d’Arblay, Madame Pierre Oger, Madame Alfred Carriere. There are hundreds of roses with the prefix ‘Madame’ but the details of many of their lives are often unknown – or if documented, their histories deserve to be better remembered.
In many cases, especially with roses bred in the 19th century, they include the wives of eminent men – statesmen, soldiers or businessmen – while some were eminent in their own right. In many cases they were members of the rose breeder’s own family.
There is an article by Peter Scott in The Royal National Rose Society Historic Rose Journal No. 32 Autumn 2006 which gives a biography of some of these…
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Suitable for a northerly aspect? Roses only tolerate such a situation, they don’t necessarily enjoy it! (Peter Beales)
Roses for Partial Shade? David Austin - "The English Roses enjoy areas of partial shade, providing that there is at least four to five hours of sunshine every day. They make a great way to brighten up a shady area. The main thing is to take care to avoid areas where there are overhanging branches…
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Ma Perkins, Mme Caroline Testout, Constance Spry, D T Poulson, Belle Isis, Dainty Maid, Mary Rose, Baroness Rothschild, Chaucer, Mme de Tartas, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam and Duchesse de Montebello – all related to David Austin’s brother-in-law…
Ma Perkins, Mme Caroline Testout, Constance Spry, Belle Isis, Dainty Maid, DT Poulson, Mme de Tartas, Lady Fitzwilliam, Mary Rose, Baroness Rothschild, Chaucer and Duchesse de Montebello - all parents, grandparents, aunts or uncles, great aunts or great uncles - or cousins - of LD Braithwaite - who is David Austin's brother in law! Confused, you will be:…
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New Girls on the Block… fresh from David Austin
You might have gathered that it is pretty much Roses All the Way this week and I'll be showcasing the three new roses from David Austin at Petersham Nurseries this coming Friday, when I'll be talking about Old-fashioned and English Roses as part of a full weekend of events celebrating their 10th Birthday Celebrations. I…
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