Super Trouper Another chance to wonder at the intensity of the colour in this rose - molten lava and fiercely glowing embers. That kind of thing.
Tag: Orange
A touch of the Lady Hamiltons
Lady Emma Hamilton, an English Rose from David Austin Make no mistake, the impact of this rose is just as strong as Super Trouper, but it is saved from being at all garish by the dark foliage, plum when fresh, and the gold centre to each of the flowers. The young buds are flashed with…
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Three colours blue, orange and purple
A Moroccan influence here I think - tangerine rose Lady Emma Hamilton, deep blue Agapanthus Northern Star, Lythrum Robin and Veronica Purplicious. The colours sing out in this combination. Now where can I use this...?
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Sneezeweed
Though I couldn't find a plant label for this magnificent stand of Heleniums in the Duke's Garden at Kew, it is most likely Sahin's Early Flowerer, with an Award of Garden Merit. Long ray florets are a mixture of yellow and brownish red in irregular streaks and surround a brown centre and it flowers from…
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Lady Emma Hamilton
A David Austin rose of great beauty and exceptional fragrance. Enough to be getting on with here I think... (don't mention orange!)
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Songs of Summer
Summer Song, a rose with a quite unique colour, a rich burnt orange, is part of the David Austin stable. Fragrant, with glossy leaves and a lax, arching habit. A new introduction, Carolyn Knight, is a sport of Summer Song, with a chamois-gold colouring that will be a very appealing partner I'm sure.
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Tangerine Dreams
A fresh, rain-soaked hardy lily. In Orange. Nothing more needed here..
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Another Sleepy Bee….
Another sleepy bee (you can see the antennae drooping), catching a few Zzzz's in the cup of a little Geum flower (possibly Totally Tangerine) quite early this morning. Hard work, all that being a bee. I wonder if they dream? So pleased that I could combine a little apiology with a bit of ORANGE! Oh…
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Shades of Copper and Flame…
The luminous Pat Austin I'm reading through David Austin's The English Rose for passages relating to this rose, introduced in 1995 and named for his late wife, Pat Austin. Writing on the choice of colour and introducing new colours in particular: 'Here we are looking not simply for a variety of colour, but for good…
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