Adam, I so feel for you. It is so hard to adapt to this climate change warming.

The mother SP plant and the Archiduc Charles in the ground are all I have left now from my previous collection. The MWs are relatively recent repurchases. I do also have the two Mondieur Tillier and Spray Cecile Brunner in the front yard. I have been putting buckets of washing up water on them to help recover after summer.

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It looks like your rehomed roses will thrive in their new home! I hope you get to visit them. And I am glad you kept your beloved Sophies! Climate change is serious. And here in the US, I worry about when Rose Rosette will come knocking in my area. I still grow far too many roses in pots, but after I have propagated and shared rose starts for awhile, I’ll likely plant a bunch of my roses in others’ gardens like you have. I most enjoy gardens with roses among diverse plants. It looks like you are tending just such a garden! Carol

yes, I have gone in a much more waterwise direction for this garden, combining a few tough roses with flowering succulents. Archiduc Charles is still on the struggle bus, but looks quite good at the moment. But Monsieur Tillier is pretty much unphased by the heat. Earthkind for sure.

What a magnificent Archduke! We all ride the struggle bus at times, but if I looked half as good as your Archduke when at my best, I’d crown myself Archduchess. :-)

The roses that grow best for us will find us, and you grow some real classics in your set of keepers. I have heard that M Tillier is one tough rose. Strong and beautiful!

I applaud your attention to waterwise gardening. We should all live with such consideration for the planet. I look forward to every pic you post of roses intermingling with all the other wonderful (drought tolerant) plants in your garden!

Carol

Archiduc Charles

The leftovers

Adam, I am sorry to hear that you now must grow fewer roses due to climate change. Sooner or later it will catch up with us all.

Your potted Sophie’s Perpetual look wonderful. I have a new young band of this rose already covered in buds and plan on maintaining it as a sheltered pot pet. It must be a tough rose to do so well in challenging conditions, all while growing in a pot!

Your potted and planted roses are all beautiful! I covet your dragon pots. I NEED one!

And your pond—wow!

Are those Camellias behind the pond? Is that Oleander next to Charles?

I see that you grow 4 o’ Clocks like Jackie in California. Are yours scented? I am going to plant some in my garden ASAP.

Carol

The hedge along the fence behind the pond is red beach hibiscus. It thrives in our sand (not sandy soil, just sand) and needs hardly any water.

The oleander is a dwarf type called ’Lolita’. I also have an apricot one called ’Sofia’.

Yes, those are 4 o’clocks. I collected the seed from a weed growing in the pavement. They are extremely tough and very fragrant. I also used to have them in my old garden. They’re great voluntary space fillers.

Yay! I just learned a new plant. Red Beach Hibuscus. I just Googled it: Hibiscus tiliaceus rubra. It’s beautiful! Maroon green leaves. Yellow flowers that look kind of like Magnolia sieboldii. What a great drought tolerant choice!

I have never seen dwarf Oleander, either. How lovely! My mother grew a common variety in Dallas, Texas; she had to cover it whenever temps dropped. But it was gorgeous!

Ha, ha! I love that you have adopted ”sidewalk” 4 o’ Clocks! I have collected a few ”sidewalk” plants myself: variegated Bishop’s Weed, violets, lemon balm, mint, etc.

Carol

i have a huge Archduke Charles that is 20+ years old and still growing great. I have a big La Marne that is just as old. They do very well in the heat here. This past year I lost a Climbing Cecile Brunner that I brought with me from California when I moved here in 1992.

here you can see La Marne blooming on the street. I bought it from Antique Rose Emporium. A

rchduke came from there, too.

Here you can see Archduke growing in the center of the rose bed.

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Gorgeous roses and an exquisitely beautiful location! Your stonework is as impressive as your roses!! Carol