domingo, 25 de febrero de 2018

Pinch me! I must be dreaming!

Is that a David Austin rose? here? in my garden?


Yes, it is! Please excuse my effusiveness but this is like a dream come true! I thought I would never see these roses in person, let alone having them in my garden! I feel overflowed with joy! Recently I was visiting this very nice BLOG which belongs to Clara Billoch who is a very skilled argentine gardener and I saw that there are english roses in her beautiful garden in Buenos Aires, I asked her where I could find those roses because I had never seen them here before. She kindly replied and I - defying the heat - rushed to the nursery!


There were not many because the hot season is too advanced  and almost all were prunned , the nursery employee told me these rare (rare here!) english roses come from plantations in Rio Negro - a southern province with cold snowy winters and short mild summers- to know this gave me a sinking feeling because whenever I bought plants from the south in the past they never thrived here (peonies mostly) but as those who read this blog regularly know I am serious case of zonal denial and stubbornly defy the climate all the time, so I bough two rosebushes to start the "experiment". They are "Pat Austin" (in the pictures here) and "Charlotte" (this one was prunned.)


Will they survive? or look at least half as good as those in glossy english books? Time will tell! but righ now I am very happy with Pat and Charlotte!

See you next time!

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  1. I hope they fare far better than you can imagine, MDN!

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    1. Thanks Diana! if they do well or at least just like the other roses I might be tempted to dig out all the common roses and replace them with english ones.

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  3. The David Austin range of roses is sensational and your example shows why. I have several, giving a traditional look with the longer flowering virtues of modern breeding. I wish it was summer here in the UK with snow falling.

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    1. David Austin roses are fantastic. I had always admired them in pictures so having them in my garden is like a dream come true. Unlike you I am wishing it was winter... heat is killing me.

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  4. Wonderful David Austin rose, MDN. Congrats, you have them in your garden, your dream came true.

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    1. Thanks Nadezda, I planted them today and I only hope they survive!

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  5. Congratulations on your find! I hope they do well for you for many years.

    Here, the David Austin yellows and peach/apricot colors are the best performers.

    If you placed them where they get later afternoon shade it will help. Your higher humidity will be somewhat of an advantage, if you can keep the fungal diseases away.

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    1. HB, I'm crossing fingers here! my roses are now prunned but when cooler days arrive fungal diseases will return. sigh!

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  6. This is good news, MDN! I hope you are successful with your roses.
    I also like David Austin roses. I have three in my garden. The oldest one is called "Heritage" and stands already 15 years in the garden and survived so far every winter.
    Right now I am a little bit concerned that my roses and other plants survived the bad frost we had the last days. I think the coldest temperature in the night was -13°C.

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    1. The only problem with winter and roses here is the humidity and the rain, the roses stay wet for long periods of time and get fungal diseases, but it's never cold enough here to kill a rose. Summer is the litmus test for their survival, heat claims victims every year among my roses.

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  7. Esta linda! essa rosa.
    Gosto muito; já tive um maciço,
    mas agora acredite, não tenho nenhuma no jardim k.
    Estou diminuindo as flores no jardim.
    Boa entrada de semana.
    Abraços.
    janicce.

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