We have had the two wettest winters on record but the wild roses do not seem to mind:
You can also see Montbretia which is considered a nuisance by many West Cork gardeners. It originates in Africa.
Perhaps it came here on the Gulf Stream along with the Gunnera and Fuchsia from Chile? I don't think it is a garden escapee. There's too much of it for that. I have a Lucifer /Crocosmia flowering in my garden. It's related to Montbretia.
There are over 50 songs about Rose's. Shall I do 50 blog posts about them?
I think this wild rose grew from one of my many cuttings. Even wild roses are beautiful like their cultivar garden cousins.
Here's Elvis Costello singing about it being a good year for the roses. I saw him at Glastonbury festival in 1989. I was in my twenties and it seems a life time away. Enjoy:
" I beg your pardon. I didn't promise you a rose garden"..
Well it's better than a certain T.rex lyrics:
"I drive a Rolls Royce. Cause it's good for my voice". 😀
Those wild roses are lovely. I haven't seen any around here but would like to have some in my garden. Our shrub roses are blooming prolifically right now but the climbing rose by the wall has died. We have cut it down and replaced it with a honeysuckle. Hope that survives.
ReplyDeleteRugosa roses are great for our seaside gardens JayCee. Thanks.
DeleteLynn Anderson, 1970 sang rose garden and then Marie Osmond did a cover. It's a very good year for the whole flower garden.
ReplyDeleteHi Marlene. I remember 'Paper Roses' by Marie Osmond. I agree it is a good for the whole flower garden. I must collect more roses.
ReplyDeleteLovely roses 🙂
ReplyDeleteCrocosmia is the modern name for Montbretia (...like Veronica changing to Hebe.,..) Lucifer is a particularly good red variety isn't it
Thanks GZ. I propagated that one from a cutting. Lucifer is my favourite Crocosmia/Montbretia.
ReplyDeleteNo! Please do not fifty posts about roses... but I wouldn't mind a post about Cadburys' "Roses". Remember: "Roses grow on you!"
ReplyDeleteMaybe just 49 then? What's your favourite rose song YP? I have just seen the Cadbury "Roses" advert on good old YouTube.
Delete"Rosie" by Don Partridge (1968):-
DeleteRosie, oh Rosie
I'd paint your face for all the world to see
Rosie, oh Rosie
I'd like to paint your face eternally
That's a new one for me YP. "Every Rose Has Its Thorn": Poison. Saw them at Monsters Of Rock at Donington in 1990 me thinks?
DeleteI'm not sure that it is the same everywhere, but the wild roses here have such a sweet smell. The hybrids might be showier, more beautiful, but the wild roses have their own glory. We have an old rose bush growing at the foundations of the old house. I watch it every year and know that it is a plant that I will be moving towards the new house when it is finished and I have time to potter with such things.
ReplyDeleteMy wild rose doesn't have any perfume Debby. I love the Rugosa shrub roses. They don't mind the salt laden rains we get here in the countryside next to the sea. I would have a go at propagating some cuttings from your old rose bush from late August and overwinter in a greenhouse, frame or polytunnel. I must buy some more rose's. I love them.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful rose - I love the untamed ones better than the vigorously pruned 'show roses'. As for season - yes roses seem to be flowering well but I inspected our fruit trees yesterday to see what sort of crop set in the Spring and of crab apples, quinces and plums we have absolutely nothing! How are your fruit trees?
ReplyDeleteHi Tigger's Mum. The roses are wonderful this year. We don't have any apple trees anymore. The gales kept blowing off the blosson and we got very few apples.
ReplyDeleteWe have a wild rose bush like that. It's gorgeous in full bloom. But it's a winter rose bush. Our other roses are still blooming even in this great heat. They're doing well but I'm watering them almost daily
ReplyDeleteHi Linda. Roses love all the rain we get here in the Emerald Isle. I watered my plants in pots today.
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