Very pretty

Beautiful! Does it repeat well for you?

Any disease issues?

Gorgeous blooms, fragrancenutter. Aren't these stuffed nosegays fun to do this time of year? It makes all the work of growing roses worth it. What is the pretty yellow? Looks like my Julia Child's blooms. Diane

So good to hear as she is a new little baby in my garden this year. Her blooms are gorgeous.

I adore Sonia Rykiel. I think she grows better in a pot. Her flowers tend to nod and need support in the ground.

Yours is huge & gorgeous. Have you always had her as a container rose?

Wow!! That is gorgeous!!! I love it!!

Carol

That is a gorgeous rose, but it looks very sprawly.

I saw a photo online where someone had used a cut plant ladder to sort of bundle all the canes of a clambering rose together, so the tops fanned out. It actually looked really good and looked like a good idea for narrow spots. Im considering treating my radio times the same way.

I wish I could remember where I saw it....

Beautiful roses!

Thanks everyone. I have only had this rose for 1 year and it is absolutely huge now. Yes it is sprawly but I've got the space for it so I don't mind. My is not in a pot at all Ms Violet, she is in the ground and is 7 x 7 wide. My SR is unsupported at all. She has thumb thick canes and flowers are produced from the ground up at all levels. I think it will look nice too if you do use a support structure for it.

Diane, the yellow one is Happy Child. Summersrhythm, both Sonia Rykiel and Happy Child are continuous bloomers for me - I cut a few flowers almost everyday from each bush. Both will produce new shoots continuously so there are shoots and buds and flowers at all stages of development at any one time. This makes great roses if you like cut flowers like I do, but you don't get the massive flushes all opening at the same time for impressive garden display.

Kentucky_rose, I have not sprayed my Sonia Rykiel ever so she is very healthy here in zone 10 Mediterranean hot and dry climate. Having said that I don't think I am the best person to comment on rose disease resistance as apart from maybe some old tea roses that mildew, most of my roses are pretty disease free, even some of the HTs that are famous for disease problems such as Barbara Streisand - I have absolutely no disease problems with them. I guess most roses really enjoy my climate (except the albas, damasks etc that like it cold, and some David Austins' with thin petals that fry in the heat).

Here is a pic that sort of shows what I mean. but the top was open so they could flop.

Or maybelike this.

http://forums2.gardenweb.com/discussions/1626594/pillar-rose-question

It keeps the ground clear and brings the roses up to you.

That's a very pretty picture. I think a cage like that would actually suit Evelyn quite well as she gets very tall and flops a lot for me. Not quite sure about Sonia Rykiel though as she throws laterals at all levels even from the very base, and each lateral are not overly long... unless you want to trim those low ones off or tie them up individually, but there are so many of those laterals! SR is more wide than tall. The other thing I worry about caging for a rose so naturally dense is lack of airflow and sunlight in the middle which may encourage disease (which I don't have a problem with at the moment). I have trained my Gertrude Jekyll similar to the above picture but I have really twisted all the canes individually trying to force her to produce more flowering laterals. Will let you know if I have any success or failure with the experiment.

I have to add this pretty rose to my list for next year. It's rated for 6b, but I can grow it behind a garden shed. Thanks for all the info. :-)

Oh, boy, I wish I had one (several, actually) of those cages that Adam describes. All my Evelyns could use these, and even more, Princess AL of K, who is also wider than tall for me and getting out of hand--wants to interfere with her neighbor, Munstead Wood. Oh, and that huge Golden Cel, and maybe Eglantyne--I'd better quit naming roses because I could use 20 or more of these cages. How about using them for hibiscus, too? Diane

Oh Diane every time I saw the pictures of your Julia Child I wanted to get one but when I went to the nursery and smelled the rose I just couldn't buy it as anise fragrance really does not agree with my nose! I sniffed Happy Child and it was a refreshing tea rose scent so I got that instead and it has been doing extremely well ever since.

I also do not like the scent of Julia Child.

I smelled licorice. Instead I love 'Doris Day'.

'Julia Child' is the parent rose. As is 'Julie Newmar' (aka The Catwoman on Batman series :)

Look how many blooms I picked from Sonia Rykiel today:

That picture is every reason to love it!

That is beautiful, the kind of nosegay I like. Just can't have enough of those roses in a vase.
Fragrance, for me, is not a make or break thing. If a rose has a lovely scent that's a plus, but not the deciding factor. It's so dry and hot here that the fragrance of many roses just evaporates away before I can enjoy it. Diane

I know you stated you have the space, but have you ever trimmed her back, a little more tidy in appearance because gosh she's gorgeous!!!

:-) Great pics!

Thank you for the encouragement. Guess what?! I picked another bunch today! What a flower machine she is.

Violet, I have not trimmed her back much as I have only had this plant for 8 months. She has already produced over 200 blooms in this time. I will shape her this winter when she is resting. (If she does rest at all as she is still full of buds of all sizes).

I wonder how similar weather is in Hawaii versus where you are fragrance nutter? Looking at temps, we range from 75-83 generally and humidity is high right now averaging 80%). It's actually raining/drizzling right now ... hooray for night rain and ensuring black spot! :)

I grow my plants in pots and I would kill to have then half as healthy as what yours looks like. Mind sharing your chemical, organic, soil, etc on your plants?

Thanks!

Hi msdorkgir, I am in a hot and dry climate. humidity in summer is less than 20%. Temp in summer would be 90-110 during the day but cools down most nights. Winter never below freezing. We don't even see frost here. I get about 200-300 hours of chilling units per winter, just enough to grow my low chill peaches. Summer is dry and we may not see any rain for 2-3 months. Winter wet but no drizzles, just intermittent storms with a lot of rain in one hit and that's it. We are near the ozone hole so the sun here really bites. Very different from northern hemisphere. I have sandy alkaline soil, heavily improved before planting. There is always mulch on the soil to save water as we are always short of water. Soil is amended with bentonite clay, sulfuric acid, iron sulfate, chook poo, and a wetting agent before planting. Mulch is added constantly. I have managed to convert beach sand into dark black healthy soil over the years. Roses grow like weeds here, but I think it's the climate, as there are beautiful roses everywhere you look. I do a winter dormant spray when I hack everything back with lime sulfur, and occasional wettable sulfur for those prone to mildew. That's it! Something I do get - thrips!

Maybe it's the humidity .. coldest might be mid 60's here. And it rains off and on all-year long.

What about what you do with pots?

I have very few roses in pots. I only put a few small growing roses in pots so that I can raise the flowers to nose level, such as Marie Pavie and Ebb Tide. I just use a normal potting mix, nothing special.

I picked another few blooms yesterday afternoon and turned the triple decker to a quadruple decker arrangement:

Pretty petals - how has yours done for you so far ? I am thinking of adding it to my roses unlimited order and we have similar conditions. Fragrance butter these are just the prettiest photos !!

Hey Lily!! Mine really didn't grow much last year but did bloom several times. It was its first year in my garden. Hoping it doubles in size this year. :)). Mine came from RU too. Frangrancenutter is a rose whisperer to me. Lol. Lily have you seen fragrancenutter thread about abundance of blooms? It's to die for!!! Judy

Hi Judy - could you tell me if Sonia is a very thorny rose? With all those laterals described by Fragrancenutter, it might reach out and snag people walking by.

Thanks!

Ann

Thanks judy! Yes I saw the thread and that's what makes me want it !! I'm going to add it to my order.. it dosnt look like I'll regret it!!

Sonia Rykiel is fabulous. I sm adding her to my order for next spring 2022! Thank you!

Fabulous photos,!!!!!!!!

Fragrancenutter, whereever you are now, you are missed on this forum. I'd love it if you would post again and show us more of your gorgeous roses. Diane/nanadoll

Yes, your wonderful arrangements and beautifully grown plants are very much missed, @fragrancenutter

@fragrancenutter Love your Sonia Rykiel! Love to see more photos of her! She is an outstanding rose!!! Cant wait to order her 2022!

@strawchicago z5, Lovely Sonia Rykiel…. Kive to add her to my garden! Love to see your posted photos of her! Tganks, again, for suggesting her. She us top in my list for dpring order 2022

Is this Sonia Rykiel grafted or ownroot?

Probably grafted. Fragrancenutter lives in Perth, Australia, and I think most Aussie roses are grafted. Diane

So gorgeous. do you know where i can find this rose in the US? i am located in southern california

I think Roses Unlimited carries it.