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OK - Amber Queen  & Just Joey - but what's the other?? = Tim

Now there you have me. I reckon roses are the biggest scam ever pulled on any section of the human race ever. Dead looking twigs for 6 months, disease and insect ridden for the rest of the year and for what? a few manky flowers that turn to mush the second it rains.

Oh, harsh, Eric, harsh!!

But at least you have every other sort of lovely thing. = Tim

Tim, I think your roses are really pretty and well worth waiting for. I can't help you with a name though! I have a few roses in my garden but not as pretty as the ones in your pictures, I prefer to receive mine in bunches, preferably a bunch of 24 or more!  :D

Tim,could it be alnwick castle.You can look him up in david austin handbook of roses.

Beautiful photos Tim.  I have looked in my RHS Encyclopedia and there are two that look very similar to your third one.  'Felicia' which is a vigorous shrub rose and 'Gloire de Dijon' which is a climbing tea rose. Do these names ring any bells?

Pat

Lovely Tim, and the fragrance too !   :)

Two more suggestions for you, Queen of Denmark and Heritage ??

They're lovely Tim. I just love roses  :D

Couldn't agree more with you Tim.  Fraid I don't know the names of your roses, just know they are beautiful. In fact everything is looking beautiful at the moment.  Mother Nature is on full throttle and everything is coming away in the most bountiful way.  I love this time of year!  :D busy_lizzie

I'm not a rose fan, Tim, but check out Konigin von Danemark.

Hey, Ken, I give that beauty the more delicate and fragrant English translated name !!  ;)  ;D

Okay, you all obviously know a thing or two about roses, here's a picture of my "no longer brilliant looking" rose (it was lovely before yesterdays rain, I'm beginning to agree with Palustris now).

I think it's Emily Grey but not sure, can anyone confirm me right or wrong? It is a climbing rose, flowers are yellow turning paler yellow as they get older.

Looks like a lemon chiffon pie. = Tim

Quote from: MagpieDi on June 11, 2004, 08:09:02
Hey, Ken, I give that beauty the more delicate and fragrant English translated name !!  ;)  ;D

Magpie: Sorry, you did indeed beat me to it. Konigin von Danemark does translate directly into Queen of Denmark.

I'm with Eric on this one.  I love them in other peeps gardens or in the ground of a stately home. but in my wee patch, no thanks.  I have enough pests to contend with already!  Also, always remind me of funerals, never valentines  :-\

Ken - the Queen comes closest to it, but we can't remember buying that name.  Thanks all. = Tim

Quote from: Palustris on June 09, 2004, 18:24:51
Now there you have me. I reckon roses are the biggest scam ever pulled on any section of the human race ever. Dead looking twigs for 6 months, disease and insect ridden for the rest of the year and for what? a few manky flowers that turn to mush the second it rains.

Hmm.. you dont like roses do you eric?

Have you tried climbers I have a couple looking wonderfull on a fence right now

By the way any ideas on the name of a vigourous climber whose flowers start offyellow with red highlights then fade to pink with white highlights?  ???
I'll post a picture soon but any thoughts in the meantime, its an old one i found in my garden. Love to know the name of it.

Another one, Eric!!

New Dawn - fragrant climber . = Tim

 :D Thats beautiful Tim. Ive got Dublin Bay growing, it did look wonderful, but it looks a bit battered now with the winds and driving rain, still I can look forward to its second flush.

Looked it up - quite a rose!! = Tim