Spring Roses

Great to see some flowers Like Margaret mine are still quite a way off... one or two scattered ones but nothing really to speak of yet. Keep 'em coming Gary

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It's about time I popped a few more here,

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Very nice Val. Love Othello , sink your nose into it and float off on a cloud of rose scent.
I've almost given up taking pictures of red roses as they all want to turn out Peter Prankenfeld pink and even some of the orange shades go funny colours too.
Both the digital cameras that I use now are doing it [both Fuji's] and I don't know how to alter the settings .
Funny thing is that my original camera , the Fuji A350 captured the reds , from Papa Meilland to Prospero perfectly .

cheers. Rosalie

Oh I do know what you mean Rosalie! I usually have to fiddle with the photo until I get a close colour to the dark reds. They always end up looking unnatural though. If you take the pic in the right light it sometiimes works.

Am enjoying all these. My camera is busted and will takes weeks to fix.

Aw, that's a bugga, Dave. very frustrating for you.

One of my favourite HTs

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Lovely thread Val. Enjoyed all your roses.
J150 is hard to capture the vibrant colour in a photo, isn't it?
Jude is one of my favs. Such a magnificent fragrance.

I tried to strike more of them last autumn, but I think I lost them all. sigh. you win some...........

Thanks Abbi.
I give up trying to strike cuttings every year LOL!

Love Aoteroa Val , had that down in Donnybrook. It's a great cutting flower too .
JTO is nearly always the last rose to flower for me , it's still just covered in green buds.

Cheers. Rosalie

JTO and lavender - YES! Jude is quite a good climber here.

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You have a couple of my faourites there Val . I don't know Maurice [tell us more] but the other two are on the "can't be without " list.
My MIL has Apricot Nectar as a standard and it makes a wonderful show each year.

Lovely pics.
cheers. Rosalie

Thanks Rosalie. Maurice Utrillo is a Delbard rose. I love their roses

And Graham Thomas is one of the "great" roses. It's one of my best in the garden - and setting some promising hips right now.

Graham Thomas, yes, this one caught my eye whilst visiting Ruston's on the week-end more than any other yellow. Have put is on my bare-rooted list for next year along with chaucer and charlotte.....

oh, by the way - had a really nice devonshire tea at Ruston's. Scone's were really fresh and hot. Everything was in Full bloom......Ahhh devonshire tea in a blooming rose garden, now that's the life......

It sounds perfect, Shamous!

dave graham thomas is good for breeding, had some good results using it, but whats really important is its seed germinates quite easily, used it quite a bit , with charles austin last year, the seedlings are growing strongly and flowering , cant wait untill after xmas when they get up to around 2.5 ft high and the canes can produce stronger flower buds

Yeah - Rustons is amazing, Shamous. Was there last year and met the King of Roses himself! David was out among the roses pruning.
Did you see the new Tea gardens? A wonderful collection in the making. Have you met Margaret yet? She is an amazing person I am longing to meet. She slogs away in the Tea section at Rustons - and has taken trailer loads of roses to Marysville to give to those who lost their gardens in the fires.

OZROZ they sound like great seedlings. Don't forget the photos:)