Roses, At Last!

11 years ago

I've been eagerly awaiting the spring flush since last fall, and it's finally here. Most of my roses are still small, planted in the spring of 2013 and 2014, but they're finally starting to put on size. When I started planning the gardens in 2012, after buying a house, I brought with me a handful of hybrid musks and once-bloomers. I wanted to add roses that would provide color throughout the season, and be healthy and fragrant, so I added several rugosas and polyanthas to my collection. Here's what's blooming now:

Marianne - A fantastic, fragrant gallica!

It fades to a paler yellow, then white.

Rook - Dark and beautiful. Another Paul Barden gallica. Not a lot of scent to my nose, but wonderful color and a manageable size.

Jens Munk and Rotesmeer - Rugosas; both planted in the spring of 2014 as bareroots from Pickering. Jens Munk, the paler pink, isn't very fragrant, but very floriferous.

Roseraie de l'hay - Exquisite fragrance.

Henry Hudson - A very cheerful rugosa.

Cornelia - A deliciously fragrant hybrid musk.

Daybreak - Another Pemberton hybrid musk. I have this one planted next to Cornelia and they are a great pair. I love the pale yellow against the dark green foliage.

Lastly, some Poem of Ecstasy irises because they're what makes my mother swoon when she visits.

-Chris

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User
11 years ago
very beautiful collection! Thanks for sharing, such interesting varieties you have there.
seil zone 6b MI
11 years ago
They're gorgeous, Chris! Worth the wait!
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nanadollZ7 SWIdaho
11 years ago
Beautiful roses in a charming garden. I love the exquisite color of Cornelia. Yes, it was worth the wait. Please post more photos when you have them. Diane
dublinbay z6 (KS)
11 years ago
I really admire your rugosa collection. I've never seen that many rugosas in a garden and enjoyed your pictures very much. (I grow one rugosa--Fru Dagmar Halstrup--pastel pink and lovely).

Kate
Sara-Ann Z6B OK
11 years ago
They look wonderful !
AquaEyes 7a NJ
11 years ago
Awesome pics, Chris! I love how you lean more toward the "wild side" when it comes to your roses. Your garden is coming along nicely. I like that yours and mine are about the same age, and are "growing up together" at similar paces.

:-)

~Christopher
Prettypetals_GA_7-8
11 years ago
You have some gorgeous roses. I absolutely love Cornelia. Off to look that one up. Love it. Judy
comtessedelacouche (10b S.Australia: hotdryMedclimate)
11 years ago
Lovely, lovely roses, and great pics. I'm assuming from your choices you're up in a cold northerly zone? Interesting to see the Paul Barden gallica with yellow tones...

:¬)
chris209 (LI, NY Z7a)
Original Author
11 years ago
Thanks for the lovely comments everybody!

Dublinbay, I have 6 rugosas and love them all. In addition to the ones pictured, I have Therese Bugnet (which really isn't very rugosa-like, but that's how it's classed) and I also have Fru Dagmar Halstrup. It's very pretty and has a delicate beauty that I find hard to capture with the camera. The bees love it too!

Christopher, good observation! I hadn't really considered that I lean more towards "wild" type roses (without going all the way to species roses) but I think you're right. I'd like to add some hybrid spinosissimas to my collection at some point, and also have a handful of hybrid multifloras that haven't started blooming yet. It's interesting for me to look at your pictures too, and compare how they're progressing.

Prettypetals, Cornelia seems like it's going to be a great rose, and is always at the top of people's lists when it comes to favorite hybrid musks.

Comtessedelacouche, surprisingly, my zone isn't all that cold compared to zone 4 or 5. While I do have some fairly cold hardy plants, they were selected more for their other attributes. Of course, cold-hardiness doesn't hurt, especially since the last couple of winters have been pretty harsh.

-Chris
thorngrower sw. ont. z5
11 years ago
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Wow Chris I love the color of the Rook !!! I've got Jens Munk and Henry Hudson there both healthy roses. Very reliable and good repeat...
countrygirlsc, Upstate SC
11 years ago
oh, I have got to add Rotesmeer back to my list..