Sunday Snapshot ... Name That Rose

When I published last week's post about the lovely new seedling that I found in my English Garden, Nana Diana told me that I should have a blog contest to choose a name.  What a fantastic idea!

She gets more readers and comments than I do, so I asked jokingly told her that she should do that post instead of me ... and she agreed.  Her "Name That Rose" post, written in perfect Nana Diana style, is HERE.  The readers who commented offered some very imaginative names for consideration.

I have a couple of favorites among the suggestions, but I'm not going to tell you what they are.  I will let you decide that for yourself.  Run over to Diana's blog, and see what her readers said.  If you are so inclined, feel free to leave a comment here or there with your own idea for a name.

This is all I have time for today.  Open Garden starts in two hours, and I still have a couple of things that I have to do before visitors arrive.

Happy Sunday, Everyone!!

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Sunday Snapshots are posts that are devoted to a moment in time that represents a slice of life in Hartwood, or wherever else I happen to be at the time.

Friday Flowers: Open Garden on Sunday and Roses for Sale.

This whole week has been chilly and gray and rainy ... okay for helping the roses in the garden hold their remaining flowers (instead of frying in the heat, if we had heat) ... not so great for this gardener who had grand plans for sprucing up the place in preparation for visitors on Open Garden Day on Sunday.  Oh, well, the roses look better than they probably ever have even without any additional tidying.

One job that I couldn't put off was organizing my pot ghetto to separate the roses that I'm keeping from the roses that I plan to sell.  I wanted to do this well ahead of time, so I could compile an inventory list and gather photos for this post and for FB.  Most of these are extra plants from my propagation over the last year or two.  A few of them are roses that I was going to keep but have decided to part with instead.

Highlighted links below each photo take you to the rose's listing on Help Me Find, the best rose reference resource on the 'Net.

From Hollywood Cemetery:

"Hollywood Brandt Indica Major"

Once blooming, fragrant, and disease resistant.  Collected from a plant that grows on the Brandt lot in Hollywood Cemetery.

"Hollywood Alba Odorata"

Vigorous, repeat-blooming rose that thrives in hot weather.

Sold out.

"Hollywood Currie Multiflora"

Lanky, sprawling rose that grows on a cast iron fence on the Currie lot in Hollywood Cemetery.  May be a very nice example of 'Tausendschoen'.

"Hollywood Haxall Russeliana"

Large Hybrid China/Multiflora rose that grows on the Haxall lot in Hollywood Cemetery.  Recently identified as 'Russeliana'

Roses from other cemeteries:

'Banshee'

Very large, spring-blooming rose, that will spread moderately via suckers ... which is how I got mine.  Very cold hardy.  (this rose is too large to ship)

"Cemetery Musk Seedling"

Chance seedling found in the Sacramento City Cemetery rose garden.  Large shrub, repeat-blooming, and fragrant.

"Thornrose Pink Grootendorst"

Hybrid rugosa.  Repeat-blooming.  Collected at Thornrose Cemetery in Staunton, Virginia.

From the collection at Tufton Farm:

"Cross Manor Blush Noisette"

Identical to 'Blush Noisette' in commerce.  Collected from the garden at Cross Manor in Maryland.

"Mount Vernon Purple Noisette"

Same as "Mrs. Woods Lavender-Pink Noisette"  

"Ruth's Tiny Polyantha"

Tight clusters of 3/4" flowers, start pink and fade to white, on a plant that is less than three feet tall in the garden at Tufton Farm.

"Ruth's Wavy Leaf Noisette"

The foliage is glossy and healthy, and it has a slight wave to each leaflet.  Tall and fragrant.  Reblooms.

Other assorted roses:

'Edith Clark'

This rose is among the first to bloom in my garden.  The color is the same as 'Louis Philippe' and many of the other red China roses.  Needs fungicide for blackspot prevention.  (This rose is too large to ship.)

'Excelsa'

Hybrid multiflora rambler with large clusters of cherry red flowers, spring blooming.  Collected in Hanover County, Virginia.

'Lucetta'

David Austin English rose.  Large, repeat-flowering, and fragrant.

'Nozomi'

Climbing miniature rose that looks best when allowed to drape.  Spring blooming, with healthy foliage.  (this rose is too large to ship)

'Pookah'

Large, graceful Polyantha with large clusters of pink flowers that fade to white and very healthy foliage.

(In addition to the ones shown, I also have "Dr. Peck's 12th Avenue Smoothie", a found Hybrid China rose from California.)

Roses will be available for pick up during Open Garden on Sunday, and I am happy to ship to folks who can't be here in person.  Roses are all $20 each and quantities are VERY limited.  (Some of these have already sold in response to my post on the Hartwood Roses Facebook page last night.)  Send a PM to connie@hartwoodroses.com or leave a comment here with questions or to place an order.  Include your ZIP code, please.  I will confirm your order, calculate postage and handling (to cover materials and such) and send you a PayPal invoice.  (For those who don't use PayPal, a good old-fashioned check in the mail is just as good.)  I cannot ship to CA, AZ, OR, and a couple of other western states that I don't remember off the top of my head.

I'm excited to see what this year's Open Garden brings.  Lots of people have told  me that they're coming, and this place could be a madhouse... just the way I like it!

(I will do what I can between now and next week to take photos of the garden and put together a virtual Open Garden post for those of you who can't be here in person.  A photographer friend is coming by today to shoot, and I always have a camera on hand, so you will want to check back in later to see what we come up with.)

A Chance Seedling

Last Thursday, I was pulling weeds in the English Garden.  While working near 'Lilian Austin', I found a tiny rose.  At first, I thought that it was a sucker (since that's what these things almost always turn out to be.)  In this case, it was a seedling ... a distinctly different little rose, probably resulting from a seed in a rose hip that fell underneath the mama plant last fall ... and Seedling had a bud on it that was almost ready to open.

Just like any sort of offspring, plant seedlings are a combination of the genetics of each of their parents.  Considering the color of that bud, there is no doubt that one of Seedling's parents (the seed parent, most certainly, based on where it's growing) was 'Lilian Austin'.  The other parent has to be one of the Noisette roses in that garden, judging from the shape of the bud and the receptacle (that's the bulby part of the bud at the top of the stem).

Seedling's slim, coppery pink bud and round receptacle.

Fat, round buds on 'Lilian Austin'

Slim buds on "Frazer's Pink Musk", which grows immediately beside 'Lilian Austin'

The leaves on Seedling resemble its mama's rounded leaves.

Seedling's leaves

'Lilian Austin' leaf

"Frazer's Pink Musk" leaf

From the time I found Seedling on Thursday morning, I kept a very close eye on it ... checking on it multiple times per day and anxiously waiting for that bud to open.  

Thursday afternoon ... nothing.

Friday, morning and afternoon ... nothing

Saturday ... nothing

Sunday morning .... Eureka!!!

See it down there?

Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce the newest unnamed member of the Hartwood Roses family.  It has the same coppery pink color as its mama, with a respectable set of stamens that makes my little rose-loving heart go pitter patter.

Finding this tiny plant makes me feel as if I've been given a wonderful surprise gift.  There's more to come soon, because it has already started to produce another branch.  I can't wait to see what it looks like and how it behaves as it matures.

For right now, I will leave this seedling in place underneath its mama.  Soon, though, I will carefully dig it up and give it a place in the garden to call its own.

Sunday Snapshot ... American Pillar

I mark the stages of rose season with the appearance of flowers on certain roses.  The first rose of the season this year was on 'Sarah Van Fleet', followed closely by 'Old Blush'.  Mid-season is marked by a riot of flowers in every part of the garden.  It's difficult to know what happened when or where to look, there are so many flowers.  One of my most eagerly-anticipated roses popped its first flower a few days ago ... yes, folks, 'American Pillar' is in full bloom, spilling dark pink flowers from high up in its cedar tree!

I hoped this would happen, years ago when I planted that tiny little 'American Pillar' at the base of the dripline of this tree.  We had a couple of years of false starts, as the long canes would get blown out of the tree by strong North winds, but I kept at it ... returning the canes to the tree and tying them in place when necessary.  Patience and tenacity paid off, and this is the result!

Happy Sunday, Everyone!

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Sunday Snapshots are posts that are devoted to a moment in time that represents a slice of life in Hartwood, or wherever else I happen to be at the time.

Friday Flowers

When the weather is hot like it has been this week, I get out early in the morning when I have work to do outside.  This morning, it was spraying fungicide.  I was intent on my task ... concentrating on each individual plant ... then I looked up and I saw the big picture.

The roses in the Miniature Garden are continuing to flower their little butts off.  Some are spent already, but others are coming along to fill in the void.  The effect is completely overwhelming and I love it!

P.S.  I sure hope the heat leaves some flowers for visitors to enjoy during Open Garden next Sunday.

Yesterday's Thrift Store Scores

By mid-morning yesterday, I had finished all the work I intended to accomplish for the day ... so, I changed my clothes and I leaned my head into the office and told my husband, "I'm going to go waste the rest of the day.  See you later this afternoon."  

I hit a couple of antique shops, but nothing was tempting.  That's how it is since I realized that I have too much stuff ... it's hard to get in the mood to bring more stuff home, no matter how wonderful it seems.  I kept at it, and I finished my afternoon at a favorite thrift shop, spent a whole $1.50, and I got really useful stuff.

The Brighton business card holder is totally my style ... embossed stainless steel, patent leather, with a silverplated monogram that spells L-O-V-E ... $1, thank you very much.  The measuring spoons will be a spare set kept in my workshop for measuring garden chemicals ... $0.50.

For lunch, I treated myself to a McDonalds chicken wrap, large unsweet iced tea, and a small Wendy's frostie (one of my guilty pleasures), and I returned home relaxed and recharged.  

Roses in the Garden, May 23.

Here are some highlights from my walk through the garden with my camera yesterday morning.

This plant of what I believe to be 'Frau Karl Druschki' came from a cutting that I took at Hollywood Cemetery.

I'm not sure that there's a prettier white rose than 'Frau Karl Druschki'

In this photo, I see "Evonna's Yellow", 'Gail Borden', 'Mme. Joseph Bonnaire', 'Maria Stern', 'Shot Silk', 'Gruss an Aachen', and more.

'Mme. Abel Chatenay is an early Hybrid Tea rose that grows superbly on its own roots.

Vignette in the Hybrid Tea garden.  'Gruss an Coburg', 'Black Ice', 'Red Radiance', and 'Ma Perkins'.

'La France' is considered to be the first Hybrid Tea rose.

Such unusual coloring!

What a beautiful rose to be burdened with such a mouthful of a name!

This flower on 'Shot Silk' is huge!

This is a seedling that was given to me by a friend.  He grew it from an open-pollinated hip from 'Belle Vichyssoise'.

A view of the combination of 'Kathleen' and 'Shailer's Provence' in the front rose border.

'Ghislaine de Feligonde' anchors the top end of the Rambler Fence.

'Banshee' is blooming like crazy in the ruin that is my Rose Field.

Pillar roses on The Arcade.  'Parade', 'Pink Pillar', and 'White Cap'.

The Miniature Garden ... which is actually huge.

'Alchymist' on the fence, with 'Birdie Blye' and 'Braveheart' in the foreground.

'Garisenda' on the fence, with 'Hi Ho'.

'Lavender Lace', 'Paul Ecke, Jr.', 'Golden Glow', 'Annie Laurie', and a lovely pale mauve rose that lost its tag.

'Alida Lovett' is an American rose that is very rare in the US.  It's easily obtained at garden centers in England, however.

This time of year, I walk through the garden multiple times per day because things happen so fast.  We have had mild temperatures, ample rainfall, and the roses are responding by producing LOADS of flowers.  I wish there was some way to attach the fragrance along with these photos!

Remember, Open Garden Day is in two weeks ... June 7, 2015, from 10am to 3pm.  I'm so excited to show you all of this in person!!