10-OCT-2015
"Anna Marie de Montravel"
Early experimental breeding from way back in the 1800's, a charming tiny bloom
in clusters growing on a sprawling twiggy shrublet.. Scent reminiscent of
lily-of-the-valley. Bred in France, released in 1879
Mine is growing on the edge of a bed of roses sharing with other polyantha rose bushes.
04-OCT-2015
"Jardins de Bagatelle"
A fully double fragrant rose on a very sturdy upright well-leafed bush.. sometimes
with a pink tinge. Mine hates wet petals and I often have to cut the entire
collection of buds off the bush if we have a wet spring, but it quickly
puts out a heap of new buds to replace the spring blooms. AKA a few other
names, e.g., "Sarah" "Queen Silvia" "Gardin de Bagatelle" "Karl Heinz Hanisch" etc.
Mine grows alongside a bench seat in the oldest part of the garden.
Bred in France and released in 1986
04-OCT-2015
"Regensberg"
Has a couple of other names too, e.g., "Buffalo Bill" & "Young Mistress"
A so-called "painted" rose on a low growing ground-cover style bush
that hasn't grown that well in our garden, I was so lucky to find some blooms
to photograph back in October when this was taken. I processed the photo
yesterday because I knew I'd be busy today collecting Dick who has been
away fishing for crabs the last 3 days, and they were very successful
fulfilling their quota on the first day and eating crabs for lunch & tea.
The rose has a fruity fragrance, was bred in New Zealand and released in 1979
My bush is 26 years old.
04-OCT-2015
"Fruhlingsmorgen"
AKA "Spring Morning"
A modern shrub rose with a pleasant scent... a wonderful display in spring when the long sweeping
canes are covered in blooms. There is often a follow up display of blooms throughout
the rose season and they are followed by big deep red hips.
Bred in Germany and released in 1941
Related to the Scots rose, so as you can guess, there is no shortage of tiny thorns.
04-OCT-2015
"Baron Girod de l'Ain"
A novelty & old hybrid perpetual rose that looks striking as a cut flower... plenty of sweetly scented blooms in late spring
where I live... though not the most robust of bushes, it does look so pretty when covered
in these unusually coloured blooms. Bred in France and released 1897.
AKA 'Princesse Christine von Salm"
11-OCT-2015
"Mme Isaac Pereire"
AKA "Le Bienheureaux de la Salle" an old very fragrant Bourbon rose bred in France and
released in 1881. A climber that I let wander among other tall shrub roses.
The blooms have short stems attached to a long cane, so the effect is
stunning when a whole group open at the same time. One can peg down these
canes if trained as a tall shrub and plenty of room.
Mme Pereire was a member of a banking family during the reign of Napoleon III.
11-OCT-2015
"Roseromantic"
A low growing spreading prickly rose bush with these romantic single blooms
in spring and autumn, and eventually hips follow.. grows well as a low
impenetrable
hedge or planted among bulbs & perennials. Bred in Germany & released in 1984.
13-OCT-2015
"Handel"
A small climber, upright and a little stiff, needs a wall, fence or trellis or to be grown on a pillar for support. The cooler weather suits this rose the best. I have it sharing
with Francis E. Lester which drapes across "Handel" and compliments the colouring rather well.
This is a well-opened bloom, you can find other photos I've taken of "Handel" if you go looking through the many galleries I have on roses.
13-OCT-2015
"Pristine"
This rose was a choice of our son when we first planted out the roses in the rose garden,
he was in his matriculation year in secondary school at the time, and I sat him in
a gazebo in the nursery where I was wandering around taking notes of the roses on display
there, making a long list of roses to order bare root. I think we started with about 150 that year (1990) after deciding
what a waste of time it was trying to grow fruit trees
when our lively bird population beat us each time to the fruit.
The rose hasn't really thrived and I added a second "Pristine" not long afterwards
because our son moved into another Australian state before leaving for the States to
further his career.
Bred in the USA and released 1978.
13-OCT-2015
"Reine des Violettes"
Or "Queen of the Violets" - a lovely fragrant old hybrid perpetual rose with purple flowers that fade to violet.
Bred in France and released in 1860.
It can be a bit finnicky to grow, but a very worth while addition to the garden being almost thornless.
13-OCT-2015
A pink rose for Valentine's Day
"Mrs. Mary Thomson" a rose bred locally to suit Australian conditions.. the breeder George Thomson is an Australian amateur rose breeder,
known for creating disease-resistant roses tailored to the Australian climate.
Thomson was born in Scotland and trained with Alex Cocker of Cockers Roses in Aberdeen, also completing an apprenticeship at Kew Gardens.
In 1958, Thomson emigrated to South Australia, settling in Willunga, near Adelaide. He is considered to be one of Australia’s most productive rose breeders, planting over 350,000 seeds each year.
He works closely with long established rose nursery Ross Roses, contributing new roses to its ‘True Blue’ collection, which is bred specifically for the Australian climate. (Wiki.)
Released onto the market 1996 - very fragrant. A shrub rose, but mine has been
grafted onto a stem because I saw it growing this particular way in the nursery.
The "Valentine" connection is that the rose was named for either his wife or his mother.
04-OCT-2015
"Duchesse de Brabant"
This is the name we call this rose in Australia, but she has many more
names besides "Duchesse de Brabant" and here are some of them...
"Comtesse de Labarthe"
"Comtesse Ouwaroff"
"Countess Bertha"
"The Shell Rose"
The bush is quite lax and really needs support; apparently looks better if planted in a group of 3 or 4.
Bred in France, released in 1857
