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
Barbra Streisand
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Category Archives: Hybrid Tea Roses
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
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.
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?
Mariana
I am going to have trouble with this post because, to be honest, I don’t know much anything about Mariana. I presume I acquired this rose the year I went through a rose catalogue and bought nearly all the ‘apricot’ roses in it. As it turns out, Mariana is not my kinda rose, but every rose in my garden is going to have its moment of glory and, this week, it is Mariana’s turn. I have just checked out the current catalogue of the nursery in question and Mariana is no-where to be seen.
Anyway, I will do my best. Mariana is a Hybrid Tea rose. The blooms can just about be described as variable in colour. They are, in part, orange, deep coral and deep yellow. The blooms are typical hybrid tea-shaped, semi-cupped, with a high centre. The petals, however, are quite distinctive, as some are ruffled along the edges. There is no perfume. Continue reading
