Roses, roses everywhere

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Very amateur gardeners are we! Before we moved here, we had a courtyard garden in West London, just large enough for outside eating and some pots of flowers, compensated by communal gardens, beautifully maintained leading down to the Thames. I love roses, not knowing anything about them a friend bought us a red David Austin Rose, our first summer here. Here are a few of our amateurish efforts, o/h loves pottering in the garden almost as much as he loves being on the golf course

We also love the David Austin roses. They are expensive but worth it. Mind you, our local garden centre sometimes sells them off at half price at the end of the season and we’ve picked a few up. Sometimes it’s pot luck if the labels are missing but they’re in the green pots so you know it’s definitely David Austin.

I use David Austen feed.

Throw each rose a handful in about Mch/Apl. Seems to work.

Our Arthur Bell was glorious

Thank you LucyAnna5

The whole garden is 2 or 3 weeks early and this heat has sent everything mad but it's taken a lot of water in our very dry garden. Spring bulbs were a blaze of glory too, veg garden not so good several early seeds failed too dry and night frosts, replanting seems better so far.

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Some of our beautiful roses. Cream one is Sugar Moon. Apricot rose is Sweet Honey and the pink one is Queen Elizabeth.

Quite a few more lovely roses in our garden including a gorgeous one called Forget Me Not. Planted in memory of Mum and Dad and sister.

Beautiful roses!

I think I said my M Alfred is over 30 years old. I’d forgotten a rose in our front garden. I’ve no idea of its name but it’s what I call 1950s lipstick pink and smells beautiful. I’m not fond of it but an old friend planted it when she lived here years ago - so it must be older than M Alfred!

Here it is - 1950s lipstick pink.

This was taken this morning - a "Happy Accident" as the poppy self-seeded itself right next to the rose. The rose is called "New Scotland Yard" but I believe it is no longer available.

I picked these from the garden, they have exactly the type of petals I'd have used sooooo many years ago, to create a perfume for my mother.......in a milk bottle. My creations never did end up on her dressing table

My lovely Emily Brontë. Only it’s 2nd year, it’s doing a lot better than last year, but that was disappointing. I don’t think I had fed it enough.

Witzend I love those ruffly petals, so pretty! Is it scented? And your nails are very nice too

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My Gertrude Jekyll is doing well for its first year of flowering. The other rose which starts off as dark pink buds, gradually lightening as the flowers open was already in the garden when I moved her. No idea what it is and have tried Google lens.

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My Gertrude Jekyll is doing well for its first year of flowering. The other rose which starts off as dark pink buds, gradually lightening as the flowers open was already in the garden when I moved her. No idea what it is and have tried Google lens."
I've also got a new Gertrude Jekyll this year. The flowers are lovely, full and frilly but the scent is what makes it so special. It's my fifth rose in this garden and they are like individual personalities to me, I love roses with names but 2 are not known and are too indistinguishable for Google lens to help.

I’m in the North East. My roses are growing well, but not a flower in sight yet.

The view from our window planted 15 yrs ago for my first wife, now being added to by second wife who is a very keen gardener, we don't have any view so we create one in the garden

What a lovely view you've created! Did anyone watch the recent program called Greatest Gardens with Carol Klein and Diarmuid Gavin where one of the finalists gardens was literally a rose garden and very little else. It was really lovely.

Prancer

Some of our beautiful roses. Cream one is Sugar Moon. Apricot rose is Sweet Honey and the pink one is Queen Elizabeth.

Quite a few more lovely roses in our garden including a gorgeous one called Forget Me Not. Planted in memory of Mum and Dad and sister.

I have just planted Sweet Honey as a tribute to someone I know.
It’s such a beautiful rose.