Roses mere Roses; October in the garden.

Bred by Francis Meilland (France, 1951). 

Introduced in France in 1951 as 'Tzigane'. 

Climber, Hybrid Tea, Cl..  Lovely fragrance; blooms in flushes throughout the seasons.  

Climbing.  

Up to 15o cm

Growing in my garden, subtropical zone 11, does pretty well.

Pruning lightly  around 1/3 in summer, when it is too hot for blooms;

Sport of  Tzigane (hybrid tea, ) 

Bliss, a garden , roses, blue sky and a hammock. Ts

'Monsieur Tillier' bred by Bernaix in 1891
 An old Tea rose with very distinctive medium sized, very double bright pink blossoms that darken to nearly brick red. The flowers are moderately  fragrant and repeat throughout the season. It forms a large bush, up to 2m tall with olive-green foliage. It may be pruned  to maintain a shorter habit. It is hardy and carefree in warm climates.


Roses of yesteryear, sweet and fragrant, find them and you will  feel like you found a treasure. Ts

CREPUSCULE Noisette Rose

Crépuscule is a reliable, strong rose bred by Francis Dubreuil in France in 1904.
Flowering throughout the season in decorative small clusters, Crépuscule creates a beautiful rose display with intense, sweet, musk Old Rose fragrance.

Crépuscule can grow into a very large tall shrub rose up to 4m high and 2 to 4m wide. It is also capable of a semi-climbing habit and can be trained against a trellis or along a fence. This cultivar is also used as a large ornamental weeping rose and can create a magnificent display of roses on arching canes.

Crépuscule is orange, fading to apricot-yellow; the name is French for “twilight”, very apt given its colour reminiscent of sunset.

Quick to repeat flower, richly fragrant and very disease resistant;

Crepuscule's twilight colour is complimented by a few pots of pansies and a"selfie" Calendula

Lovely Irene Watts,  does so well in my garden, growing in a big pot.

'Irene Watts' bred by Guillot, France, 1896. 

The blooms of 'Irene Watts' are a wonderful soft apricot color, with deeper orange tones at the heart of the bloom. Flowers eventually fade to ivory, and have a very pleasant, fragrance. 

The plant is very compact and twiggy, and will form a very tidy small to medium sized shrub.  in a mild climate it may grow to 90 cm in height. Disease resistance is much better than average, and it is a very reliable repeat bloomer.

Pink rose, old rose of silky hues
Gone are the days of dancing under stars
No foolish laughter, no singing voice
Clings to the heavy boughs to pay their dues.

Pink rose, old rose, sad rose
Wait for a breath of morning dew,
 your time and ancient ways
Of hope and subtle dreams to woo.,

Red rose pink rose, sad rose
Petals fall and withered 
Silver splendour, golden shine 
Abandoned unconsidered. 
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Perle d’Or  is a highly regarded old garden rose that is well suited to many growing conditions even alkaline clay soil and hot dry weather. It blooms from spring continuously,  replacing spent flowers quickly with new flushes of bloom. It does not like to be kept too wet. This rose works well anywhere in the landscape that has good air circulation and plenty of sun. It is also suitable for a large container on a deck or patio or along a walkway where its fragrance and flowers can be enjoyed up close. 

Polyantha 
Year Introduced1884 
Small shrub 
Bloom,  very double with outer petals that fold back to look like a pompon. Successive flushes of bloom spring, summer, and  autumn.
Very Fragrant
Full sun. Good air circulation. 
Water to establish and then very drought tolerant. Will not tolerate being watered too often. Cold Hardiness

Bred by Dubreuil in France, introduced by Rambaux, Perle d’Or is sometimes called “Yellow Cecile Brunner” or “The Buttonhole Rose”. Parentage is polyantha x ‘Mme. Falcot’. 

Give me a rose
White, pink or any colour
Still lush with morning dew. Ts

Sophie’s Perpetual climbing rose
China Climbing 
Fine fragrance
Continuously flowering

Very fragrant cupped flowers of pale blush pink, heavily overlaid with deep pink & cerise red. Almost thornless. Healthy dark green foliage. Superb shrub or small climber. 2.5m x 1.5m.






Believe it or not:

Life is part roses, part thorns.



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