Such gorgeous blooms!!
Neal, I realized I failed to report my raid on Palatine Roses... we joined my parents for a week of fishing north of Toronto, then planned a couple of days in Niagara Falls afterward (neither Joyanna nor Jim had seen the Falls -- we had a blast!). Once I realized our return route took us right by Niagara on the Lake (home to Palatine), I started plotting and planning...
I got a phyto certificate for 18 roses, although I was pretty sure 12 would be the max I could fit with all our vacation gear. But I packed for the return trip, and I stuffed laundry into crannies, packed one side of the back up to the ceiling, and had nearly half the back of the minivan available. So, yep, I got 18 roses, including 3 for friends (one for my best friend & gardening neighbor across the street, and two extra 'Outta the Blue' purple fragrant roses, on for Aspenhill (Terri) and one for Chantell (fragrant gardener extrordinaire). I hired Martina's boys to help get them in the ground, and we've got 14 planted... still trying to find just the right spot for a moss rose of Palatine's own breeding, where it can ramble.
I don't know which are Kordes roses, although the name sounds very familiar, so some must be. All are rebloomers except the Palatine hybrid, and all are fragrant. Our noses had a wonderful time browsing!
This actually started with Joyanna's request for climbing roses on her arch where grapes didn't work out (died back to sour seed rootstock, what a disappointment!). So on either side of the arch are:
'Jasmina' (her favorite princess is Jasmine)
'Laguna' (this one is in front of Eva's own front door)
Behind her arch is a table, sort of a "clubhouse" area. Behind that is
'Cinderella' (pale pink arching shrub) and a little beyondiin the orchard area where a couple of trees have been taken out, we put
'1912 Rose' (deep red)
'Lichtkonigen Lucia' (pale yellow)
(pink)
(pink)
Behind my bench in another new area that went in last year, I have trellis panels with
'Stormy Weather' (single/double purple with a distinct yellow center)
'Julia Child' (a raffle win last year, yellow with a citrus fragrance)
Nearby (and behind my 3 David Austin roses) are two reds,
'Scentimental' (red/white, upright)
'Toscella Vigorosa' (magenta-red landscape rose, in front of Scentimental with room to sprawl)
and another miniature pink rose went in front of the established perennial bed,
'Pink Martini'
In front of the deck where I can smell them are:
'Ebb Tide' (already reblooming!)
'Outta the Blue'
' (a hybrid tea that Eva said I'd be able to grow, a really tough one)
'Radox Bouquet'
I'll snap photos like crazy when they start blooming in their new locations! The garden has now significantly expanded into what was the "home orchard," and so far it's mostly roses adn irises!
Judging by this summer's acquisitions, my 5 favorite perennials must be roses, irises, waterlilies, plumerias, and heucheras!
(will edit after I find the missing names)
