Wish Lists

Ahh!! My dream wishlist!? I'm currently trialing roses that cope with Sunshine Coast hinterland conditions. We get severe frosts from time to time during winter and precious little rain during Spring, with torrential rain in mid Summer through to Autumn. So far, I've identified that Tea roses, Hybrid Musks, Noisettes and Bourbons seem to cope reasonably well here. Probably need to consider some Chinas as well.
So here goes...
Teas -
Dr Grill, Amelia Anderson, Homere, Etoile de Lyon, Marie van Houtte, Henrietta, Wood Street Buff-Yellow (from Tea Ladies' book).

Hybrid Musks -
Ballarina, Autumn Delight, Lavender Lassie, Thisbe, Pink Prosperity

Noisettes -
Any yellow/apricots (have Reve de 'Or)

Bourbons -
Boule de Neige, Victor Emmanuel, Mme Ernest Calvat

Happy to reciprocate from my own stock.

okay here we go

daily mail scented rose

D' aguessau


Cramoisi Superieur

Victoriana

Château de Clos Vougeot

new yorker

Tour De Malakoff

Comtesse De Murinais

Gloire Des Mousseau

Duc De Guiche

Gloire De France

17:22:24I have recently completed a new bed which is exclusively for Australian Bred Roses.

Wish list: Love's Gift (Thomson), Sharon Louise (Parkes), Dame Nellie Melba (Chapman), Amazing Grace (Chapman), Melbourne Town (Chapman)

Hi Doug, Love's Gift, very nice rose, Sharon Louise, has interesting parents. These both are for the show bench I assume.

You are correct David. An interesting point about Sharon Louise is Marguerite Parkes still has the original bush she bred in the sixties.

If I was to want to make a bush of it I would go to the source, close as to the original is best.

Wish List, well first off I would like a few acres to plant these beautiful Roses into.

Captain Christy (Climbing), C W Ellis  ROR, Mme de Walleville, Archduke Joseph, Vanguard, Menja, Unica Alba, Blanche Fleur, Louis Gimard, Jeanne de Montfort, Princess Adelaide, Nuits de Young, Suiter (Suitor), Duke of York, Cloth of Gold (Climbing), Blue Bajou, Fresh Cream. Any Mosses as I am yet to start my collecting, although I am already getting the site ready, It gets a little shade and is a lovely cool spot.

Have Fun with your cuttings I will let you know if anything comes up that I can send out.....  

Oh to have a bigger area to indulge my rosy fantasy. I would dearly love to have a Monsieur Tillier but lack the space. Have always wanted one and remember Jaci's euphoric descriptions of hers, which have stayed with me ever since. I miss her descriptions.

I saw the rose Fresh Cream a couple of years back in WA and remarked at the time,"What a magnificent specimen of a hybrid tea rose."

silkyfizz wrote:Oh to have a bigger area to indulge my rosy fantasy. I would dearly love to have a Monsieur Tillier but lack the space. Have always wanted one and remember Jaci's euphoric descriptions of hers, which have stayed with me ever since. I miss her descriptions.

Silky, give this a thought, why not a standard or a weeper of it ?

I have grown Monsieur Tillier for many years, it was about my first old rose because Trevor Nottle spoke so highly of it in his book on growing old roses. I loved it but found I couldn't let it get too big, so cut it back fairly hard each year. A couple of times I let it grow big and found the whole bush split down the middle, or branches off due to the weight of the flowers during spring storms - heart breaking. It's definitely worth squeezing in.

Oooh Roseman, never thought of a standard or weeper! Does it come in those forms? Never grown a standard or a weeper in my life, I think I'd be a bit scared I couldn't look after it in the longer term Wouldn't know what to do to have a happy plant. I'll definitely think about it though.
How much room would I need?

Todays wish list: I'm still thinking Alister Stella Gray.
And climbing Lady Hillingdon, Lady Huntingfield, Autumn Delight, Mme Alfred Carrier, Marechal Niel.

for god sake silky , buy monsieur tiller and put it in a pot LOL
 

jordan71 wrote:for god sake silky , buy monsieur tiller and put it in a pot  LOL
 

 

Oh you guys.  

  My wish list is mainly hybrid teas , Sir Donald Bradman , Red Cross , Amazing Grace , Golden Celebration ,Barbara Streisand  and another Chartreusse De Parme , my third one cause i keep pulling them out because of the health of the bush , but then i just love the fragrance , this time in a pot for sure ... 

my wish list would be a larger property that could hold five of every bush I have...

Aaah!! And the funds to purchase five of everything?!! Be nice!!

Oh, and my current wish list is Susan Irvine's book, The Garden at Forest Hall, so I can dream about all the roses I'd like to have. Not even my library stocks this one. But I will find a copy to add to my own library... just a matter of time!

Why don't you ask your library to get it in as an inter-library loan - I know our library here does that, it costs about $4 and can take a couple of weeks, but is a great way to get hold of a book you really want.
Forest Hall is a lovely book, if you lived closer I'd lend you mine!

Thanks Debbie G. I'm impatient I guess. Kind of hoping I'll come across the book so I can keep it, but you're right. Must get onto the library, then.

rosebud, have you "Googled" it, it should come up under the long list of book sellers, ebay, amazon abebooks and so forth, try for an Australian seller it will be cheaper and quicker

Mine is a simple list Koko Loco Koko Loco Koko Loco
Koko Loco Koko Loco Koko Loco, what' taking Swanes so long to release this rose.