Don’t let these pretty photographs fool you. I have had this rose for about five years and this is the first Barbra Streisand flower I have seen.
Phew… I am glad I got that off my chest. Continue reading
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Category Archives: Bush Rose
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle is a lilac/mauve Hybrid Tea rose. It is considered by many to be the finest Hybrid Tea in this colouring. Continue reading
Elizabeth Harkness
Day 3
It’s rose season, again, and the first off the rank for this year is Elizabeth Harkness.
Looking at how beautiful this rose is, I wondered why I hadn’t noticed it before.
My reading revealed a few reasons. Firstly, I read that this rose is best in cool climates which the summer in the South West of Western Australia is not. Secondly, its beautiful blooms tend to fade to an ivory (read “off”) white as the temperatures rise. So, during the heat of the previous summers when I have been seeking a pretty rose to photograph, Elizabeth Harkness would not have been at her best. Continue reading
Adolf Horstmann
Adolf Horstmann is not a rose I can recommend. I am not sure whether Adolf Horstmann doesn’t like the Western Australian climate (hot and dry), needs a bit more pampering than mine gets, or whether it is just that my bush is a dud. Whatever the reason, my Adolf Horstmann is the most miserable of all my roses. It is small (about 20cm tall) spindly and regularly sports dead wood and black spot. Continue reading
Pandemonium – in more ways than one
I have started this post three times and each time it has been titled something different. The first version was Orange Silk (which is what this rose is labelled in my garden) but Orange Silk is not a variegated rose and this rose most certainly is. Continue reading
Make a Wish
Ooh … it has been so long since I did a rose post. These posts are called Rose of the Week and it has been more than a week since my last one. Sorry, I have been a bit slack.
Back to the task at hand … Make a Wish, as you most certainly would have guessed, is named for the Make-a-Wish Foundation of Australia which grants wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses. $1.00 from the sale of each rose in Australia is donated to the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Continue reading
Tiffany
I am not a fan of Hybrid Tea roses generally, but I have a soft spot for Tiffany. If you are a fan, Tiffany should be in your garden. It’s a beauty. Tiffany has been, justifiably, very popular since its introduction in 1954.
Summer Breeze
This is a beautiful rose. I just love the soft rose-pink flowers but, geez, it is hard to find much information on it. What I do know is: this Summer Breeze, which was bred by Meilland (France) and introduced in 1987, should not be confused with the Kordes’ Summer Breeze which was introduced in 2000. The Kordes’ Summer Breeze is a vigorous climbing rose which has bright pink single flowers with pale cream centres. Continue reading
Sundance
The things I do for this blog. I didn’t know much about the growing habits of this week’s Rose of the Week so I just drove down to my rose garden (on my ride-on mower) in the pitch black of night to have a look at my bush so I don’t lead you astray in this post.
So, what can I tell you?
Tuscan Sun
Tuscan Sun is a modern Floribunda rose with large flowers that are carried in small clusters. It has deep apricot buds that open to stunning high-centred blooms of hybrid tea form. They are bronze/orange/apricot in the centre with coppery pink outer petals. They finish a coppery pink. The blooms are 10 cm wide, have 25 petals and are borne on long, strong stems which makes them perfect for the vase. As a bonus, they last well as a cut flower. Continue reading
Passion Fruit Garden 