Hi, just joined. I'm not a gardner and never really had any interest, other than cutting the grass, hedges etc etc and pretty much doing what ever i'm asked by my other half. HOWEVER, I have just purchased 2 climbing roses to cover a back fence for a bit of fun. purchased from my local rose specialist. "Amnesty International" and "Summer Wine" mainly for my young grand children to help keep. I did not realise there was going to quite so much involved..... Anyway, most things i'm interest in , i join a forum, and have contributed and provide moderation to a few technical / Excel forums. I live a short distance from the sea on the coast of UK , East Wittering, West Sussex - opposite the Isle of White. looking forward to a good read here , and maybe posting the odd question here and there
ETAF. Hope you enjoy GC ... hope you enjoy your roses. I lived on the Isle of Wight, Bonchurch, before moving on to Portugal.
Good afternoon @ETAF my friend and welcome to Gardeners Corner we have a section on Roses just click on the link below (link) Roses Two lovely Roses my friend 'Amnesty International'. Bred by G. Delbard (France, 2007). Introduced in Australia by Wagner's Rose Nursery in 2017 as 'Amnesty International'. Climber. Lemon-yellow, cream outer petals. [Cream, light yellow .]. Yellow inner, white outer. Strong, citrus, magnolia, rose fragrance. Average diameter 3.5". Very full (41+ petals), cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Glossy, dark green foliage. Height of 6' 7" to 9' 10" (200 to 300 cm). Summer Wine Deep pink Large-Flowered Climber. Registration name: KORizont Bred by Reimer Kordes (1922-1997) (Germany, before 1980). Climber, Large-Flowered Climber. Coral-pink. Strong fragrance. 8 to 10 petals. Average diameter 3.25". Medium to large, single to semi-double bloom form. Occasional repeat later in the season. Climbing. Height of 8' 2" to 14¾' (250 to 450 cm). Coral Dawn (Large Flowered Climber, Boerner,1952) × Unnamed Seedling "If I have to choose a favourite that would come with me to a desert Island, it would be 'Summer Wine'. This is a wonderful climbing rose with semi-double peach flowers and an exquisite fragrance. It simply out performs other climbers time and time again, and easily matured the quickest when planted in our new rose garden. Semi-double flowers are not everyone's cup of tea, however this one has something about it."
Thanks for all the information I was originally after some red roses , as i say a 12ft castle wall while on holiday in Sidmouth earlier this year and they looked fantastic, so i got the idea to try then on my fence. however , i purchased from a local rose specialist "Apudram Roses" for a number of reason, 1) i used to go to a specilatst rose place with my Dad many years ago and 2) as we are near to the sea and get a lot of sea wind, i wanted to be sure of the variety. However, having walked around with a member of staff and talked about a lot of the variety they had, I was also after the classic rose fragrance (again as a tenager , i started making wine, and nicked all my Dad rose petals, and remember the fragrance. But none of the Red Roses had any fragrance. At the moment we are getting a lot of roses from "Summer Wine", the yellow rose however, was blooming a few weeks ago but has stopped. The rose garden said the AI rose, is just having a bit of a resting period at the moment and will start again soon, i noticed a few buds coming Thanks Again
