Friday, November 4, 2011

New Beginnings

I always feel as if I were starting on a new adventure when a box full of new roses arrives at my door.



I know I will need a lot of patience with such young plants, but I can't help thinking about the gorgeous blooms I might, with luck, see in a few years.

Sir Henry Segrave, 1932, at the Heritage

I have become very interested in older hybrid teas and am trying to assemble a modest collection of the rarer varieties.

Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, before 1880, at the Heritage




There is very little information about these roses, so I have always considered them an exciting gamble.

Snowbird, 1936, at the Heritage


 I found very few to be total disasters (Nancy Lee is my worst purchase to date, with constant mildew and delicate blooms with lots of tissue thin petals that never open).

Nancy Lee, 1879, in my garden


Some of my best roses have turned out to be Pernetianas.

Mrs. Arthur Robert Wadell, 1909, at the Heritage



They are notorious for succumbing to blackspot, but at least those few that I grow are quite resistant to mildew and rust. Girona has been a healthy vigorous rose. Etoile de Few blackspotted a little in our cool spring but has retained most of its glossy healthy foliage with no rust and just a bit of late season mildew. Mine is a two year old plant now and has produced consistently good blooms, a terracota orange in spring and a coral pinky orange in the fall.

Etoile de Feu, 1921, in my garden


I am also very excited about "Lykke Dazla", a mystery pernetiana. My plant is very young but bushy and well foliated so far, without any disease.

"Lykke Dazla", unknown, in my garden


My most recent shipment of 8 arrived last week.

My 8 debutantes

I expect to keep most or all of them in large pots. Some older own root hybrid teas are not super vigorous and in my yard at least benefit from being in loose organic potting mix as opposed to heavy rocky clay in the ground. I can't wait to see their first blooms next spring.

34 comments:

  1. Hello! Masha Rose!
    I'm here visiting your blog, and I am delighted
    with its flowers, roses are beautiful, I am also passionate
    by flowers! Congratulations!

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  2. Szkoda, że Nancy Lee nie rozwija się, bo mogłaby pokazać swoje piękno.Twoim nowym różom życzę szybkiego wzrostu, a Tobie radości z patrzenia na ich kwiaty. Pozdrawiam

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  3. Będę czekać razem z Tobą Masha na kwiaty nowych róż... pozdrawiam serdecznie.

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  4. You seem to have unlimited room for roses. I love the orange rose with the incredibly shiny dark green leaves.

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  5. Lovely pictures on this dreary rainy fall day! Thanks for sharing!

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  6. I always enjoy (and envy) your beautiful roses! Thanks for sharing! Carla

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  7. Beautiful photo's. Love your passion for old roses.
    Starting a collection myself and your blog has wonderful info.
    Thanks for sharing!

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  8. I really am amazed at all the roses that you grow and it is increasing all the time. Beautiful images too!

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  9. those Lady Mary Fitzwilliams are stunning <3 I´m syre your new babys will grown up to be beautiful :>

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  10. They are so beautiful. I wonder if you would be keeping them indoors.

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  11. Hi Masha, the rose bands that you got delivered look great! The photo of Sir Henry Segrave is absolutely stunning, what a beautiful rose. I am so glad that you talked me into getting this rose :-). Now my band of SHS just has to grow and bloom. I truly can't wait to see this beauty flower in my own garden.
    Christina

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  12. haha, Masha, I just unboxed two new roses of my own not 10 minutes ago. I'm not dedicated enough to try HTs, but its still is a thrill to imagine them 10x bigger covered in blooms!

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  13. I had a bad day, and then I felt all the stress melt away as I viewed your amazing Rose photos again. The perfect therapy!

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  14. Masha,
    Beautiful update. I am overwhelmed by all of the lovely varieties that you display... how to chose?!? It is something that I should give some serious thought to now while I have to time to think and plan for our future garden.

    Glad you are able to get a few more roses this fall. I am like that with bulbs (800 this year :)). It gives me hope to face the cold winter months knowing that I have tulips to look forward to, as you look forward to your roses.

    Thanks for sharing!
    Julie

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  15. So exciting to see those deliveries! Looks like you have some winners!

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  16. The new arrivals in your garden are beautiful. It's hard to make a choice is it not? I only have a small garden and for me it is very difficult what I want and what I don't want. I hope the new one's brings you a lot of flowers.
    Have a nice weekend
    Marijke

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  17. I like your photo of "Lykke Dazla". Orange is such a difficult colour to photograph.

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  18. Wow, what excitement and I look forward to seeing these babies blooming for you.

    Have a great weekend ~ FlowerLady

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  19. Good luck on your new additions Masha. Experimenting with new rarer roses would be such a fun thing to do. I wish I had more land so I could plant more and roses. Always looking for a spot to add another one. LOL! Your roses you are sharing in this posting are just lovely. The Snowbird and Segrave roses are gorgeous.

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  20. Hi Masha, You have an amazing collection of roses already and I am sure the new purchases will only make it even more impressive and beautiful!

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  21. I love how roses give us two quite different colours, depending on the season. Germiston Gold goes from buttery to coppery.

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  22. wonderfull flowers! ... a rose is truly a rose ... heavenly!

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  23. Oh, your new 8 look so very nice! So exciting to get new babies! I had thought I would be getting some new ones this fall, but am so far behind, I am going to have to wait. Have fun with your new arrivals!

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  24. Bardzo się cieszę, że po długim czasie, odwiedziłeś mnie.Dziękuję.
    Uwielbiam Cię za to, że tak kochasz róże.
    Pozdrawiam serdecznie

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  25. ♡°
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    Olá, amiga!
    Passei para uma visitinha nesse paraíso florido...
    Bom domingo!
    Boa semana!
    Beijinhos.
    Brasil
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  26. Ohh.........wunderschöne Rosen!!!!

    Schönen Sonntag wünscht dir Eva!

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  27. Wow, Masha ! More roses !!! At least, we shall see them blooming in your garden ... Great choise .
    Have a nice sunday !

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  28. It's always exciting when new plants come!
    Your collection is very interesting, always find beautiful roses.

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  29. New roses always bring with such exciting possibilities! I love your Pernetianas. Those would be a disaster here with our blackspot problems but they are gorgeous in your garden.

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  30. Masha, even more Roses to show us next year, something to look forward to. The ones which I grow in pots seem to deteriorate rapidly, I suspect I am not getting the watering right, possibly over do it. alistair

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  31. How exciting to have new arrivals. I look forward to seeing their progress. You have an amazing and impressive collection. As always, your photos are wonderful.

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  32. When my new roses came, I was so excited!! I really love those apricot colored ones. Our humidity would destroy them, so lucky you to be in such a dry climate. :o)

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  33. Masha,
    Hello. Haven't blogged or commented on your site for awhile. Sooo very busy. But I had to comment on your Vintage Rose Nursery purchases. Reminds me of me about two years ago. Now those little twigs are giant rose plants in my yard that are huge. I still have about four ready to go into bigger pots. One of them is Glorie de Dijon which has already given me little blooms in the small pot. I can't wait for this one to get bigger. It seems like a long time that it's been in the band size. I am keeping this in a pot too and let it climb around my garden loggia. Good to see your photos again. Brooke

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