A late start followed by a long, warm summer and a mild autumn, and the roses are having a ball! So much flower and so many buds promising yet more. What a good year for the roses....
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Nice Pictures…
These pictures will have to suffice for now - snapped today, quite beautiful, with buds that will carry on the show for weeks to come. I really do know quite a lot about them (David Austin all, save Jacques Cartier, a magpie in the nest, which is a true Old Rose) but may I refer…
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Cream and Gold…. roses don’t have to be pink
Just a small selection of fragrant shrub roses from the David Austin stable (with the exception of Ghislaine de Feligonde, a delightful and vigorous, repeat flowering rambler) - and none of them pink. I'm particularly fond of the deep yellow/mustard rose Charles Austin, which has an antique, fin-de-siècle style. http://www.davidaustinroses.com
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A million tiny diamonds…
Geoff Hamilton looking rather marvellous annointed with morning dew - and in not too long, this will very likely be frost. A few photos including Gertrude Jekyll (the pink) and Winchester Cathedral (the white) - all roses from David Austin - and like Geoff, glistening with dew. Gertie we have come across before, a headily…
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Jude & Gertie
Jude the Obscure, with hints of Gertrude Jekyll and Graham Thomas Gertrude Jekyll - a beautifully scented shrub rose and Fragrant English Climber Two glorious David Austin roses, in bloom now and probably (given the long summer, after a late start) in flower for many weeks to come. Few other plants can give so many…
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Definitely Orange
Another photograph of the David Austin rose, Summer Song (this variety recently pictured as a gorgeous bud). Matched with the peaches and apricots, creams, golden yellows and even mustards, this rose should have a full dance card...
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Hey Jude!
Jude the Obscure One of David Austin's finest I think, Jude the Obscure has a beautiful form, subtle colouring and a zesty scent of citrus and exotic fruits (in the style of Lady Emma Hamilton - have I mentioned that she's my favourite? Referencing Bruce Forsyth!) The flash of pink is from Gertrude Jekyll, no…
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Heaven is a rose nursery…
A selection of roses from the Pococks Rose Nursery in Hampshire I drove down to Pococks Rose Nursery near Romsey in Hampshire earlier this week and spent a very happy hour (and two) immersed in their collection of beautiful and extraordinarily perfumed roses, some of which are included in this gallery. The Hybrid Teas and…
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An English Rose… and another…
A whole lot of David Austin - not much writing, but plenty of pictures for this Friday night. Grace David Austin rose, Grace, with distinctive quilled petals. One of the shorter bush roses and also excellent in a container. Princess Anne A rose of exceptional health, immune to powdery mildew and blackspot and flowering in…
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