Golden Showers

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last pic is the most recent I have, other are fairly old

Oh, now I see where it is. The garden looked so bare in the first pic that I couldn't work it out.

Looks gorgeous, thee.

Is that pierre de Ronsard behind it?

It sure is Abbi another great performer as well

Hey, I must be learning.........imagine me starting to recognise them by myself...

I have put two of them in Thee, one to climb on a fence and one to train as around a post. Not quite sure how i'll go with that, with the canes being so thick, but i'll try to bend them early and see how it works.

I first fell in love with Pierre in Dee's garden. She has a magnificent one close to the house on a verandah post.

that will look great Abbi they make a nice pillar rose maybe you should get the red one as well, another great one

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That looks lovely,Thee. Did it take long to grow to that height? Does it flower for as long as de Ronsard?

Here in NW Tas Abbi, 'Red Pierre' has been pretty much a dud. It doesn't seem to flower all year like PDR (I cut the last flowers off mine yesterday) and the flowers fail to open properly often ending up in a mouldy soggy mess. I'm actually going to dig mine up and sell it (or maybe just move it somewhere with more air movement and sun) and replace it with 'Lamarque' (...and 'Climbing Peace' is going to be dug up and sold to be replaced with 'Souvenir de MME Leonie Viennot'). The naming of 'Red Pierre' often has people thinking it is related to PDR. PDR is not, however, anywhere in its pedigree and it resembles it in form only. PDR is a far superior rose down here I reckon. 'Red Pierre' is a lovely rose for warmer places I think.

Why did you tell Abbi Red Pierre is a dud Simon? I'm trying to fob mine off onto her. Now she won't want it.

I have planted RPdR in the ongoing climbing rose bed here in warm/hot summer Mudgee, mine should go well. If this thread keeps going we might move it to a new one called "the good and bad of RPdR .

Billndee wrote:Why did you tell Abbi Red Pierre is a dud Simon? I'm trying to fob mine off onto her. Now she won't want it.

....but now you're SPRUNG...

Simon would be warmer than here............hmmmmm. Maybe it will be a dud here too, but i need practise at planting and replanting .....I'll take it.

Thanks for the info about RP, Simon, I did think it was related to PdR. Why do they name them like that.....to confuse novices like Abbi?

well mine flowers more than the pink and grew a lot quicker too

I've decided to try any of Dee's rejects, just to be sure they're no good before they're culled........who knows, maybe there will be one that will like my place.

Just as soon as mr A finishes the fence that will keep out wallabies and possums....then there'll be no stopping me.

Good on ya Abbi. You always were a softy for giving evryone a second chance, plants, animals, even people!

Just gotta get that fence finished, Dee..........

I want a Golden Showers that will grow all year like the pix. Looks so healthy, can't be growing in Sydney.

Bruce, I have recently purchased a "Golden Showers" so have not seen it flower yet. In your post do you mean as you say grow all year or flower all year. I have only seen Thee's pix and like all this type of rose it is asleep at this time of year and she did show what it is like in flower. If you have seen somewhere that it does flower all year can you give me the reference so I can have look.

I would like a Golden Showers that looked as healthy as that, unfortunatly it doesn't happen here. September, October might look good but after that will look like it should be dug up and dumped.

My rose life hasn't always been like this, lived in Orange for a number of years and had very healthy roses.

Maybe you need to grow Tea roses Ozeboy? They say they do well in the heat.

Update 1st. bloom

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Cheryl... did you take more off it this year than you normally would???

Cheryl, that looks great. We had a lot of showers here too the last days, but not so golden as yours

wet regards
Bernhard

Bernhard, I will take any showers you have to spare.

Dry regards Carole

A lovely bloom Cheryl

Beautiful, Cheryl.