Friday June 30th
Posted by Alistair on Friday, June 30th, 2006
Roses,although a firm favourite with many of us, for a while seemed to be losing favour. Perhaps it has been the popularity of summer bedding plants in our borders, or maybe the interest of what is seen as the modern garden.
Whatever the reason I am pleased to see that roses are once again where they should be,one of the top selling garden plants of last year and 2006. If you are not particularly taken with the patio roses, or the HTs, why don’t you check out the old fashioned varieties, some of them are the most beautiful of all and also with exquisite fragrance. A special favourite of ours is the portland rose.
Amongst this group are to be found not only some of the finest of old roses but also some of the most useful. They are all continuous or repeat flowering and of accommodating proportions. They can fulfil a variety of roles from mass bedding to hedging and most do very well in pots or urns etc.
The class known as Portlands was named in honor of the Englishwoman Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, 2nd Duchess of Portland. Try one of the top selling Portlands (Jacques Cartier) pale soft pink with a lovely Damask fragrance, main flowering spell is late June well into July, and will flower to a lesser extent through the rest of the season.
Jacques Cartier
Filed in Gardening News,Other subjects | 2 responses so far
elizabeth hopgoodon 09 Jul 2006 at 11:08 am 1Hello
Can you advise me please? I have a Jacques Cartier which is in a tube. I bought it last summer so this is the first summer of opening. However, small rosettes appear but do not open or if they do, are very small, and then very quickly fade.
It is positioned in semi shade and is watered farily regularly, and has organic matter added to the soil.
Many thanks
Elizabeth
Alistairon 12 Jul 2006 at 3:20 pm 2Hi, Unsure of what you mean by growing a rose in a tube. Roses really prefer full sun to flower well. Please get back with more information and I will try to help.
Regards Alistair.