27-OCT-2015
"Gloire Lyonnaise"
An old hybrid perpetual rose, bred in France 1885 in Lyon, the centre of rose breeding in the 19th century.
A very fragrant bloom on a tall floriferous shrub some prickles and best towards the
back of the rose-bed.
The nearest to snow that we'll ever hope to see :)
Thank you all my Pbase friends for your lovely comments and good wishes, I will
do a catch up commenting when I get a chance. A Happy Season's Greetings to you all!
07-NOV-2015
"Leonardo de Vinci"
This rose belongs to a group of roses named after artists and poets... the lightly
scented roses are in small clusters per stem, growing on
a bush which is useful for borders or hedges. Bred in France and released in 1994.
I'm not sure that I'll manage to add photos over the next couple of weeks as
our son is arriving & visiting us for Christmas tomorrow from the U.S.A. and
we haven't had him home for Christmas since the year 2000. :)
07-NOV-2015
"Royal Dane"
(aka Troika) Bred in Germany and released in 1971, this very fragrant rose is a prolific bloomer
on a tall upright bush. A good rose for a vase..
11-NOV-2015
"Shady Lady"
A floribunda in the true sense. Medium sized, decorative blooms in varying sized clusters on a plant that is fairly upright from 90cm to 1.2m. The colour is
rose madder (rose pink) shading ivory to the centre, the blooms are sharply fragrant, while the foliage is glossy light green.
Often grown as a street rose throughout the city of Adelaide. Bred in France and released in 1987
11-NOV-2015
"Chicago Peace"
A sport of the famous "Peace" rose, discovered in Chicago USA 1962, more intense
in colour than the parent rose. Always plenty of lightly fragrant blooms in spring on a
medium height rounded bush that needs some protection from black spot in
humid weather.
11-NOV-2015
"Bonica"
A very popular rose - we have 2 growing, one on a stem that I won in a raffle
(Dick was a little cross, the raffle he went in for whiskey he had no luck with)
The lightly fragrant blooms are a picture when fully out. The rose was bred'in
France back in 1981. Sometimes called "Bonica 82" because this was the breeder's 2nd go
with this rose. Grown as a bush it can reach quite a height in our warm climate.
14-NOV-2015
"Charmian"
Bred by David C. H. Austin (United Kingdom, 1982).
Shrub. English Rose Collection.
Strong, old rose fragrance. A free-flowering shrub rose with an arching habit;
The large very fragrant flowers tend to weight down the branches until they
touch the ground, so the rose can be grown as a semi-climber on low fences and walls.
I found more information in a book, as this rose has disappeared from Australian catalogues.
My shrub has been growing in amongst other roses and has stayed fairly upright
being supported by roses on all sides.
21-NOV-2015
"Deane Ross"
A memorial rose locally bred, released in 2004 and named after a rosarian, given to me to grow
by the son quite a few years ago now. So far the bush is nicely shaped,
quite prickly and not quite average height - plenty of fragrant blooms in late spring
with more to come from late summer until pruning time.
01-NOV-2015
"Leonardo da Vinci"
I have a couple of these... they would make a great hedge... the flowers are all along each cane, quite lovely to see in full bloom.
03-NOV-2015
"Apricot Nectar"
A favourite rose in Australia, and a good picking rose with a pleasant fruity scent,
Bred in the USA and released in 1965.
03-NOV-2015
"Pigalle"
A showy scented bush rose can be grown as a stand alone rose, it keeps such a
good shape
and has plenty of blooms. Also good grown as a hedge. It goes by a few other names, "Chacock" "Fakir", "Jubilee 150"
and "Pigalle 84". Bred in France and released 1984
21-NOV-2015
"Reve d'Or"
This is a delightfully fragrant rose, and probably is my favourite climber that grows on our
gazebo. It's an old Noisette with a lovely name which translated means "Golden Dream" or "Dream of Gold". Bred in France and released in 1869.
I was down the gazebo doing some training of the canes and accidentally cut off a branch
full of blooms, that's why they're in a vase now.
