Tipsy Imperial Concubine

The buds are just starting to open and I didn't want to get them wrecked by the rain so I picked the lot. LOL

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Is that why "she" is nodding her head or just her name sake showing

She lives in a pot and isn't quite getting enough sun so stems are a little lanky. Buds are so heavy I was concerned the stems would snap off in the stormy weather approaching.

I brought her inside to watch The Cup. ("Imperial Concubine" would be a great name for a horse. hehe)

Sorry to thread jack for a minute, with a name like Tipsy, how would one go past "Green Moon"

roseman wrote:Sorry to thread jack for a minute, with a name like Tipsy, how would one go past "Green Moon"

by jumping it......

After a few years finally we have had some decent flowers (3 of them so far)

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Wow..shes gorgeous!
Not sure if its the name, or the big fat delicate blooms (prolly a combination of the two), but I've been curious about this rose for awhile now. I hear she can be tricky to grow though..

I'm thinking she would be worth the trouble just to be able to tell my friends that I have a Tipsy Imperial Concubine living in the garden.
What a fabulous name for a garden restaurant!

That's great, Gary! Mine doesn't really get enough sun so I'm hoping I won't upset her too much when I shift her this winter....
I usually find the first flush of spring gets balled up but after that it is fine.

(PS. I got mine from Mistydowns. Don't know how it grows from cuttings)

TIC is on my 'maybe' list.  Now I might have to move her up to the top ...  The photos are scrumptious!  The history of her namesake is also interesting ... but can't recall where I read about her to check the facts!     

Man, she is lovely. So darn lovely!

rosebud wrote: TIC is on my 'maybe' list.  Now I might have to move her up to the top ...  The photos are scrumptious!  The history of her namesake is also interesting ... but can't recall where I read about her to check the facts!     

She is hard work. 3 years old and about 450mm high and not very good in the foliage stakes. Balls when wet and sometimes in the dry.

We had one a few years back and it was not as bad as the two we have now so I am not too sure about her. I certainly would not her on the top of my list.

I hope teas are not all so difficult. I have ordered rather a lot of them, and I'm thinking about adding Cl. Devoniensis. Hmm.

Most teas are very tough!
Hard for me to truly compare this one to my others because it really doesn't get enough sun - although if it doesn't have much foliage Gary I may have to be careful where I shift it to. Hmmmm.
I'm recognising now that I do have issues over the summer with sunburnt canes on a lot of my roses (especially the ones that get mauled by weevils or earwigs).

Just wondering AutumnDamask, does that happen every summer, or just the last couple? I was just thinking that this last summer was particularly awful, and I seem to recall a pretty nasty heat wave the year before that killed one of my japanese maples.

That said, these kind of summers may become 'the norm' in future. You just can't tell.

Thanks Balinbear - I may just keep TIC on my wish list, then. Most of my teas are tough and reliable - including Devoniensis which is delicious - although I don't have the Climbing form.

We have both though the shrub form does not grow real well. The climber is just more or less taking off after a couple of years.

We got these from South Australia so I think they would be on Dr Huey rootstock which does not do the best in our acidic soil. We have lost or removed a lot of roses purchased from there. In alkaline soil they seem to do well but we have a PH of 4 - 5.5 over most of our place and it simply does not like it.

muscovyduckling wrote:I hope teas are not all so difficult. I have ordered rather a lot of them, and I'm thinking about adding Cl. Devoniensis. Hmm.

Generally the older Teas are fine. TIC is a bit of an unknown being re-released in the 1980's from China with its breeding being unknown which does put a bit of doubt in my mind.

Myself, I really do not believe that it is a Tea. It does not grow like one and the flowers are a lot larger. HMF has it listed as a Hybrid Tea - Tea. It's listed as a Tea in the Tea Ladies Book so I will see if I can find our copy and have a read about it.

Aaah well that is interesting. It seems there's often quite a bit if confusion surrounding some of the old teas, and old roses in general. I think it's all quite fun and mysterious, although it could be a real pain (as in this instance).

Also, a bit off topic... Just wondering if you've got any low-chill blueberries tucked away in that garden of yours Balinbear? They would love your acidic soil, and make a very pretty shrub too. I'm about to plant a (sort-of) hedge of high-chill varieties at my place, but I will have to lower the pH a bit for them.

 

muscovyduckling wrote:Also, a bit off topic... Just wondering if you've got any low-chill blueberries tucked away in that garden of yours Balinbear? They would love your acidic soil, and make a very pretty shrub too. I'm about to plant a (sort-of) hedge of high-chill varieties at my place, but I will have to lower the pH a bit for them.

No we don't but I was looking at them at Bunnings a while ago.