Early Spring Teas

The Teas (plus a couple of Chinas) have started to flower (not that they have stopped all that much) :

Climbing Penelope up on the new pergola
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'E. Veyrath Hermanos'
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G.Nabonand
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Hermosa (New one this year)
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La Vesuve
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Papa Gontier
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Peace 1902
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Souv de Mme Leonie Vernott
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Gary.. they are wonderful. That Climbing Penelope (whatever it turns out to be) is a beautiful rose! Does it ever set hips for you?

Just great, Gary. Thanks for the photos. Have been too busy lately for photography, but here Lorraine Lee clg is out, Laevigata, Mutabilis...the best is yet to come!

Simon

The "Penelope" is only 12 months old. I have not seen any hips on it as yet.

Some more Early Spring Flowers

Lorraine Lee
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Mons Tillier
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"L'Ouche" as sold in Australia
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Bon Seliene This was a 2 metre high bush that we cut back and shifted. It has taken off and has had several flowers on it already
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Marie van Houtte
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Archduke Charles
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Gary, how old is your "L'Ouche as sold in Australia". It appears not to hang it's head like alot of teas. Apart from the breeding side Simon wants itis a lovely form of a rose.

Gary,
I really love the L'Ouche.
I think that I might have to add it to my wish list.

L'Ouche is one was got on the Mystydowns special list last year so it is only young. It is supposed to be a china though I believe there is serious doubt as to whether it is actually the correct rose.

It is a nice rose and its flowers do stand up rather than nod.

Souv de Mme Leonie Vernott

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Every Year this group of Comtesse de Larbarthe pumps thousands of flowers out. This year we treated them with a prune and a feed and this is how they treated us. More of the same. The photo does not do the plants justice. The are healthy green and covered in flowers and buds.
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Souv de Peirre Notting
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Sovuv de Therese Levet (flower is a few days old)
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Snowflake
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Souvenir De Mme Boullet. Actually supposed to be a climber but someone forgot to tell the plant that and is still very close to the ground.
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Hi,
I don;t want to be disgusting but drool, drool, drool.
Barbara B

Tea roses are just fantastic and one that most nurseries want to keep a secret. They are old and there are none patented enabling them to sell a potted rose for $25.

Larry introduced a lot of us to Tea's a few years ago and recomended
'Mrs BR Cant', 'Jean Ducher' and 'Crepuscule' to me as good ones to start with.
I now have just about all the Tea's and feature them in a small nursery I have built up. They do better here in Spring and Autumn and grow well from the Vic border to top of Qld without the need for spraying. Just feed and enjoy. Thanks Larry, you have done all the old hands a favour.

Just out of curiosity, , how many 'teas' are there around, I have had thoughts of trying to get a collection of one variety for years, some of of the members here will know of Laurie Newman, he once said to me did I mean, Botanical or Horticultural list, still reading on this thought from him, Regards David.

David there are about 60 in all plus quite a few found ones. If you do start collecting them how will you dispose of all those Steptoe roses you have.
I know you have a few of my problem roses.

Leonie Kearney from Queensland was on Gardening Australia recently. She has made a great garden of Tea's. Very interesting programe, she came across as a very dedicated Tea collector.

Gary seems to be the official distributor of Tea cuttings for the Forum as he has most of them growing well.

Collecting all the Tea's is one of the best suggestions I have heard.

Collecting all the Tea's is one of the best suggestions I have heard.

It's slightly crazy ( *coughcough* ) I know but when a rose fiend friend in the UK heard me whine about lack of places for roses her response was "With that many acres you could grow all 3500 varieties of roses at your place!".
Ummm ... somebody stop me thinking about this.... quick!

I have the room for more "steptoe" roses than most, lets start with the blocks
1. the house block, 1acre
2. sheep block, 3 acres
3. lucerne block. 2.5 acres
4. horse block, 3 acres
5. orchard block, 2acres Approx
6. Driveway block, 600metres long X minimum 16 feet wide.

Ok Wendy, have you moved the fences out so you can start planting the 3500 varieties you have not got

Gary, I have propagated 'Lorraine Lee' Clg for you. Will send next winter.
The buds came from the climbing cane. I usually like to use the larerals on the climbing cane but these weren't suitable at budding time.

How did Souvenir de Pierre Notting I sent you grow? Just keep rubbing off the understock shoots at the top and cut off just above the bud next winter to avoid dieback down the back of the bud. It is risky sending understocks with an unactivated bud but with your experience am sure it would be OK.

I figure I don't need to move the fences - just exclude the stock.

Only downside is that the paddock fences aren't rabbit-proof fences.

hmf has over 41,000 varieties listed

Simon wrote:hmf has over 41,000 varieties listed

So.... does this mean WE have to import some then??

By fair means or foul

Well done David, you can't beat land, specially close in around Mudgee.

Have run out of all the problem Steptoe DA's. Only 3 survived out of 20 odd,
Sceptered Isle, Belle Story, just forget the other one. Brother Cadfael and Grace were the last to go. Will keep any other unhealthy roses for you as the grape growing country is a lot kinder to roses. You would have to pick them up.

We have 78 varieties of "Teas". I say that with a bit of anticipation as some are probably not Teas but are sold as them. I have also counted climbing and shrub versions as separate varieties.

It would be great to import some of those available overseas.

This nursery makes me want to move to France.
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Especially when you seen the name of one of them "Hovyn de Tronchère"

I am sure that translate to "Gary Tronc come here"

First rose out here this year is not a Tea.. but similar

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'Indica Major'

Lovely plant and I suppose as it was used as root stock people did not worry if the bud failed.