Wonderful! Please post more photos?

I couldn't get a shot of the whole plant of Christine Wright. There were few other older roses in flower but perhaps a photo of the rugosa Dr. Eckener from 1928 will do?

Christine Wright is outstandingly lovely, and so is Dr. Eckener for the many gardeners who like that color. To post more than one photo, simply double space below the first one you've loaded and hit the photo icon again. Some people also use the Houzz Photo icon, but I've not tried that myself.

How pretty Marianesse. It sounds very strange for someone like me gardening in a med climate to read that in early September 'most' once bloomers are over.... Once bloomers over here, even so called 'late' ones, are a very distant memory by this time of the year.

I didn't write that most 'once bloomers' are over, although that is also true, even though some may give a few extra flowers, like Agnes, Nevada, Rosa spaldingii. What I meant is that most old roses are over, both once bloomers and remontant roses. But some stalwarts remain, both in my garden and in the Uetersen rosarium and there Christine Wright really stood out. My best older roses today are Reine des Violettes, Duchesse de Rohan, Duchess of Portland and Rose de Rescht. Stanwell Perpetual flowers as always, if it may be counted as an old rose?

There were heavy rains, 40 mm in one day, while I was away so even the modern roses looked tatty when I came back home. But I'm sure they will go on for at least another month. Kordes' Rotkäppchen was quite unharmed although it is so very double and all the Tantaus which is why I am getting more of them. This is Alabaster with some rain spots but looking fairly good.

Mariatheresia

I really don't mind that the rose season is nearly over. I've had masses of roses every day since late May-early June from my 203 varieties. Roses don't go dormant in summer here and need no watering after their first season.

Regardless, it's all the same. Rose seasons are so different depending on the climate and latitude. Here after a couple of cooler weeks when roses where preparing for their Fall flush, a heat wave came and the first of the Fall flush was messed up. Others will come. Once bloomers haven't bloomed here since June, that is for the 'late' ones. and they won't be blooming until April for the early ones. Haven't had any rain since the middle of June btw and then it was just a drizzle. But we're compensated since, normally, we'll have roses blooming well after Christmas. February is when they decide winter has come. They change their mind in late March. Now it'is fertilizing and pruning time over here, to help roses bloom the most in the Fall.

Just gorgeous Marianne! Your roses are so pretty too. Thank you for sharing.

Susan

Mmarianne, I love your roses, particularly the Tantaus, which I continue to pine for. I don't think we'll ever have the newer ones available here. I would love to see more photos of your Tantau roses. I am envious of your masses of roses since May. I didn't realize you had such a long and wonderful rose season. Most of mine shut down in the heat, and of course, your water situation sounds like rose paradise. Here, it's irrigate until you are just sick of the whole "turn on the water" thing. It's the same with air conditioning. By the end of August, I hate it. I digress. Anyway, thank you so much for these pics. Diane

Beautiful pictures.

Lovely pictures from a beautiful place. Marianne, I can't imagine having so many roses-- your roses are so beautiful. I have the Uetersener Klosterrose which I believe was named for the church in town. Sharlene, I am surprised you do not get the new Tantau roses in Switzerland. They really are lovely.

I lost Uetersener Klosterrose last year and I still don't know what happened to it, the leaves just didn't develop in its third year. I've kept my pictures of it because they were some of the best I've taken. I've replaced it with a Clematis durandii but I still miss the rose.

That's too bad Marrianne, I will be sure to keep an eye on mine. It is such a lovely rose and your picture is heavenly.

That is a stunning photo, Marianne. I can see why it's one of your best. What a gorgeous rose--just perfection. I'm sorry you lost it. Diane