[Alisdair]

David, Albéric Barbier fades to a definitely creamy white rather than a pure dead white. Hard for a photo to show, but yours looks almost pure white. Here's one I took a few minutes ago for comparison.

[Charithea]

Pallas, I was away when my Pierre de Ronsard opened but I took a picture when it was fading.  I am hopeful! The last few days it has been putting out two new shoots so maybe this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

[David Dickinson]

As I said in an earlier posting I took over a garden which contained very little other than 5 roses. Each of these was in the strangest position and I needed to move 3  of them. One I moved early spring this year has sent up a new shoot and that has given me two flowers. The  first opened while I was away and had already faded by the time the second opened. The previous owner obviously liked pink. 3 out of the 5 have now flowered resulting in 3 pink and  1 yellow. The last rose was moved about a month ago. It still looks alive but isn't doing anything yet. Will it be another pink?

[Charithea]

What a pretty delicate pink rose David.  Thirty minutes in our strong sunlight and it will look white.  I am posting two photos. One of Rosa moschata  and a Rosa moschata plena.  The first one is from our rose bush which has really settled down to producing lots of roses.  Both of our 'plena' have died but the photo here is from a acquaintance of mine through the village improvement group.  I was invited to see her highly perfumed roses but what caught my eye was this strong rumbling bush full of flowers.  It has came from northen Cyprus, from her village, and she now wants to get rid of it because it looks untidy. She planted a Stephanotis next to it as a replacement.  I of course volunteered to house the rose bush and advised her before attempting to dig it out to take several cutting to ensure it survival. There is only one other place where a Rose moschata plena can be bought and that is at the Kikko Monastery Nursery in Nicosia.  A lady that lives up the mountain propagates them and then sells them there.

[Fermi]

It's rose time in our garden! I have to admit that though many don't get watered (or pruned regularly ) the ones that do best get a bit of water through the summer.
Here are a few:
1) a rose arch made by the understock (?Rosa multiflora) from a standard rose that died - I quite like the simplicity of the single flowers so have yet to remove it!
2) close up of the flowers;
3) A wrought iron "rose pillar" planted with Rosa 'Papa Delbard' and Clematis 'Romantika';
4) close up of Clematis 'Romantika' & Rosa 'Papa Delbard'
cheers
fermi

[Umbrian]

I have a 'Love/Hate relationship with roses.....love the perfume of some I inherited when we moved house but hate the problems associated with them - blackspot, mildew.....and tackling the pruning. I have a real weakness for Clematis however and love the  colour of Romantika - especially combined with the rose in your 'photos. Don't remove the white one-  it is glorious in its simplicity!

[Fermi]

Hi Carole,
the understock rose is safe for a while! The scent at the moment is wonderful but after it finishes it gets quite rambunctious and really needs to be tamed.
Under a tree in the paddock a long time ago a rose came up which I presume is a seedling from either 'Albertine' or 'Bloomfield Abundance' with flowers half way between with a fresh tea scent. The tree is now gone and the rose has bushed out,
cheers
fermi

[Alisdair]

That's a very pretty seedling - the foliage looks splendidly healthy, too

[Alisdair]

David Dickinson's project of showing rose cultivars which do well in the Rome Rose Garden, and should be perfect for other mediterranean gardens, has been split off as a separate topic, which you can see by clicking here. Thanks, David!

[Charithea]

With the wonderful rain we had and the sunny days in between the roses are starting to recover and some are already flowering. I have taken some photos for posting.  One of the Banskia lutea with the buds on is many years old. It is  growing  slowly and has been flowing the last few years. The white rose is' name unknown 'although when we bought it it said White banksia.  The blooms are much bigger then the normal white banksie and has lovely perfume and thorns.  Finally the  Rosa mutabilis full of flowers.