3 Jul '05 11:47 am Dear Moosey et al, firstly thank you so much for such a wonderful web site. A Kiwi by birth, now living 80km North West of Sydney we have 25 acres of sand and sandstone over orange clay, -2º overnight in winter with 0% humidity, and up to 45º in summer with 90% humidity. The 6 year drought hasn't broken, but we had 3" rain last week, we're on tank water which we've had to buy in until recently. Sounds like the perfect spot for a rose enthusiast doesn't it? Well I thought I'd post a couple of shots of the roses I've grown. I garden organically - ie. I'm really lazy and don't spray - but probably wouldn't anyway. My biggest highlights in the 2.5 years we've been here have been taking dead earth and then finding my first earthworm, stopping spraying for aphids and finding my first ladybird larvae eating the little blighters and discovering what potash is! I love the constant learning associated with gardening - it never ends. Lots of trial - LOTS of error, but I'm getting there.
My first picture is my Autumnalis - such a beautiful rose - sprays of delicately but purvasively fragrant flowers, opening from just-pink buds to a soft, warm white. I only put this rose in last winter and already it's over 2m tall. It seems to flower from Spring through to Autumn on and off - and I just love it. The second shot is of Princess de Monaco - this flower measured 6" across! I'm not an enormous fan of the classic Tea Rose - but again, I'm learning that just because it's a tea doesn't mean there aren't some fascinating variants.
5 Jul '05 2:56 pm i am impressed by your lovely Autumnails, amazing to see so much buds there, how beautiful it would be with its fully flowering! second, i am interested in its strange name of "Autumnails", how does it come from?
i have no white-flower climbing roses though i prefer white-flowers more than others, pls keep on posting your favorite roses's photos.
Bex
website manager
Camberwell, London
Beautiful roses
6 Jul '05 10:27 am Hey Jessica -
Thanks for your great feedback on Moosey's Country Garden - I'm glad you like it!
Your roses are beautiful - the Autumnalis rose especially. It's grown so much in just the year - will be covering your entire terrace soon
Jessica
member
Autumnalis - all I can find
6 Jul '05 3:52 pm Hi Sarah,
I'm glad you like the Autumnalis - she is a wonderful rose! Her scent is a bit like apples. I couldn't find much information on this noisette, but below is a bit of background.
Blossom-laden arches escaping joyously from a central pillar, Rosa cv. Autumnalis is a picture of pastel perfection.
Books on roses abound however few mention this appealing beauty. Possibly the imperfect history of its origin deters some authors. So, perhaps because she claims it as one of her ‘favourite Noisettes’ our local heritage rose expert, Dr Judyth McLeod has taken the time in, ‘Our Heritage of Old Roses’, to document what we do know about this rose cultivar. Judyth tells us its oldest catalogue listing was in 1912, however, its probable parentage suggests an origin back to Phillipe Noisette’s rose-breeding work in the early 1800s.
Well I thought I'd post a couple of shots of the roses I've grown. I garden organically - ie. I'm really lazy and don't spray - but probably wouldn't anyway. My biggest highlights in the 2.5 years we've been here have been taking dead earth and then finding my first earthworm, stopping spraying for aphids and finding my first ladybird larvae eating the little blighters and discovering what potash is! I love the constant learning associated with gardening - it never ends. Lots of trial - LOTS of error, but I'm getting there.
