What new roses does everyone have for this year?

[lunar1]

After swearing I wouldn't buy anymore roses, they sent that anniversary catalog through from David Austin. So I'm now looking forward to 5 boscobell and one Elizabeth shrub roses flowering this year.

Last summer I also planted two bathesba climbing roses on an arch, they were still shrub size at the end of last season but have really taken off up the trellis at the start of this year so I'm really excited to see them.

I think my husband has hidden the catalog now as I can't find it anywhere!

I might get Tottering-by-Gently as well. DH and I stayed at a hotel in Norfolk the week before last where the walls were covered with Annie Tempest cartoons and it made me think I had to get the rose to commemorate a lovely, sunny week away in the countryside!

really lunar1? That will be so exciting!

I've bought the Gertrude Jekyll (pic 1) shrub rose this year. I wanted to buy so many but we're thinking of moving so I had to restrain myself.

Last year I bought Ferdinand Pichard which is similar to Rock and Roll (pic 2)

@UnnecessaryFennel Basically I'd like all of them thankyouverymuch.

I think this covers it perfectly, they’re addictive 🤣

I’ve got Lady of Shallott in a sunny spot by a ceanothus snd it’s gorgeous. Also got Desdemona in a big pot by the greenhouse which is lovely. I think my favourite DA is Hansa, the colour is so rich and it’s perfect in the slightly wildlifey bit by the compost heap.

@FloBot7, that second picture is pretty much what the rock and roll fade to as the flower has been open a few days.

Oh, Hansa looks rather lovely, @SockFluffInTheBath. We also have a 'wildlifey bit' by our compost bin , so I wonder whether I could bung a lovely big colourful shrub rose up there. I'm sure DH wouldn't object to yet another rose...

Also seduced by the DA catalogue, I've dug out my non-thriving blackberry and planted Strawberry Hill to climb up my fence. It seems to have taken really well so far.

I love Rock n Roll, OP! I have been mulling over a striped one for a while.

New plantings this season are Armada, Tranquility, Tess of the d'Urberville x 2, weeping standard Perennial Blue, Ballerina, another GJ, Tottering-by-Gently and Chandos Beauty.

More DA's than I'd typically get, but the Trevor White website won't work for me anymore so I couldn't order a couple of older ones I was after.

I might get a couple of Pheno Genos later in the year

@UnnecessaryFennel it’s always been there hasn’t it? Did he just not notice before? 🤣

Question for the people with Kew Gardens- how thornless is it? Could it go close to a path without catching passing legs?

They are thornless, or else perhaps a couple of totally weak "thorns" that don't hurt. It won't catch your legs. It's a beautiful rose but mine has no scent at all, which makes me feel a bit cheated.

@sockfluffinthebath I picked mine up in B&M very cheaply!

@ABitBesottedWithMyDog perfect, thank you very much!

@Polecat03 thanks for the tip, I’ll check ours this evening!

Have a grand plan for a rose garden out the front.

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We have planted a Roald Dahl and a Shepherdess in big pots in a sunny spot by our front door. Last year we planted 8 Princess Annes to make a rose wall - got loads of flowers last year (only planted them in March as bare roots) so very excited to see how they do this year.

Princess Anne is lovely. I went to a gardening exhibition yesterday. Gertrude Jekyll was starting to bloom and I couldn’t resist. A single flower is now perfuming the whole ground floor of the house. I’m going to train her as a climber with some clematis, it’s the first time I’ve grown one, any tips? How close should they be?

I love this time of year, all the bare root roses have sprung to life. I'm sure the roses I put on my arch are growing an inch a day at least, I can't wait to see how far they go this year!

My beekeeper friend says roses are no good for bees at all. Sadly, as I love roses.

@DaleTrimont

My beekeeper friend says roses are no good for bees at all. Sadly, as I love roses.

Depends on the form of the rose I think? The doubles, tea roses etc aren’t useful but the more open flowers- dog rose style- are good for bees.

is that because because so many people insist on spraying rheir roses?

and yes, single roses are a bee magnet, Sock

I think in part, but as well the very compact ruffles of design-led roses makes it hard for the bees to get in. The more open the flower the easier it is for the bees.

Sorry, not the correct terminology there so I hope you understood what I meant

Damn whoever mentioned Kew Gardens. I am now lost in a dream of running it like a hedge at the front/down the side of my small front garden!

What a lovely thread. I'm just getting into roses, bought dh a wild eve last year & going to plant it with a climbing Gertrude Jekyll by an obelisk. We have another obelisk which I'd like to add 1 or 2 to that would complement these. Any suggestions?

I have a Boule de Neige up an obeliisk, a beautiful old damask rose from Trevor White. I love its beautiful cream blooms, and it is super bendable and easy to train around an obelisk. I grew sweetpeas on the same obelisk too for maximum fragrance and prettiness.