More Yellow

12 years ago

This is one of my favorite times of the year. Every time I go outside, it seems like some other favorite has started blooming. Though the big stars are the flowering shrubs, particularly the early Chinese yellow roses, there are also lilacs, viburnums, and tree peonies.

R. hugonis
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This rose came as a sucker from a local historic garden. The gardeners hated it because controlling a spreader in the middle of a formal HT garden isn't any fun. They thought I was crazy to want it, until they realized it wasn't going in a rose garden. It has been my contribution to driving unsafety for about a decade now. It is currently about 6 by 10 ft of yellow.

Mary, Queen of Scots (Sequoia)
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Usually there is a break between the early yellows and the regular spinossisimas. Apparently this isn't true this year, and the first non-yellow rose is this one. It is part of the same bed as R. hugonis.

R. primula
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More R. primula pictures. These yellows are always like first children. We have tons of photos of practically everything they do. The get the oohs, and aahs that the later roses also deserve, but don't necessarily get.

Tree peony and Viburnums 'Shasta'
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This is what is on the other side of primula.

Bush shots will have to wait until after I've mowed the lawn.

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Comments (10)

ogrose_tx
12 years ago
Beautiful! These roses are so completely different from what we can grow in the south; I love them!
lori_elf z6b MD
12 years ago
Lovely! Easy care roses if you have the room for them. The first blooms are always so special.
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portlandmysteryrose
12 years ago
Mad Gallica, if I had the space, I'd follow your lead. Magical, historical, wildlife friendly, early blooming beauty! Carol
User
12 years ago
Really lovely, Mads. I love those pale simple roses above all else - although it is a bit horrific here - Cantabridgiensis in a weird sulk, Primula destroyed by wayward dog.
I pass a couple of great specimens every day, including a fabulous Fruhlingsgold. I last grew this rose in a guerilla style on neglected public space behind a block of garages....until the local council finally removed it, claiming small children and dogs had vanished.
I am going to get it again for the woods.
sidos_house
12 years ago
This is such a nice posting, Mad Gallica. And such pretty first blooms on roses we don't see so often.

How long do the tree peony blooms last up where you are? And would you strategically post pictures that include your lilacs as well? I miss them.
User
12 years ago
These roses are so beautiful! Since I saw a Father Hugo rose at a local Iris garden, I have been itching to find a space for one. Now, after clearing away the incredibly invasive berry bushes, I might finally have the space for it. But it will be in part of the yard that is also a deer throughfare. Daily visit by two herds is what I am talking about.

I think I will bite the bullet and hustle for a rose cutting from the iris garden anyway, but by any chance deer are also an issue for you? I know deer will eat anything or everything, but do they tend to leave Father Hugo alone?

Here is a link that might be useful: Father Hugo at Montclair Iris Garden
mad_gallica (z5 Eastern NY)
Original Author
12 years ago
Thank you

My hugonis is on the corner next to a fairly busy road. Deer avoid it because it is too close to the habitat of their fiercest enemy, the F-150. However, there is an enormous R. cantabrigiensis nearby that is accessible in a garden where other roses are carefully fenced in. It's the size of a one-car garage. So it doesn't look like they are favorites, but if they get a chance to mature, the deer won't be able to reach most of them due to sheer size. I must warn you, though, it isn't an easy rose to root.

Tree peonies may last two weeks here if we don't get a heat wave. They are planted on the south side of a big oak tree, so they get morning and afternoon sun, but are shaded midday.

I have two kinds of lilacs. Syringa vulgaris, the old fashioned usual kind, which were here when we bought the house.

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And Syringa microphila, which is next to the driveway. Unlike most of the roses, this one sometimes repeats.
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springroz
12 years ago
Oh, please, send cuttings!

We left a huge, dangerous Mermaid back in Texas, and I have missed it, until I saw your hugonis and primuls!!

I can grow THOSE here in KY. I have lots of lovely, tiny-flowered white and pink roses up in the woods, so I am sure those woud grow here.

Gorgeous, thanks for making my day!

Nancy
rosefolly
12 years ago
Mad Gallica, I enjoyed seeing the pictures of your late spring garden, not only the roses but the lilacs and tree peonies as well. Ours are over for the season (not the roses), but seeing yours was like an unexpected visit from dear friends. What a lovely garden you have!

Folly
annesfbay
12 years ago
Beautiful plants! So enjoyable seeing a "back east" garden.

Anne