I was going through some of the photographs I took of my garden last year and came across these photos I took of some of my spotted roses. These roses are once blooming old garden roses that I grew from seed about 15 years ago from the gallica Alain Blanchard. Alain Blanchard is also quite spotted and passed this characteristic on to my seedlings, although one of my roses ended up being even more spotted that Alain.
These roses behave as gallicas, they are short and sucker like crazy. They are also quite winter hardy with very little cane death even when winters go down to -20 Fahrenheit.
I really like the starry effect the spots have on this dark double bloom. The spots are quite variable - some blooms have quite a few more spots than others.
11 comments:
Those roses are really lovely!
Sticky!!! Yuck!!!
Hah! You're only saying that because you have to prune them!
These are so beautiful. I don't know much about old garden roses, but every time I see them, I want some - and then I think about the thorns...
Your spotted roses are positively gorgeous! I have never seen a spotted rose, very cool.
I love roses
Roses...two of my favorite flowers. I had not seen these before. They sound wonderful! And you grew them from seed? Impressive!
Hi!
Two thumbs up from me for your roses!
See you around.
You grew them from seed? I am very impressed! They are beauties.
What is rose.. Should give gifted on valentines day.
Unbelievably pretty! Thanks for sharing,never knew they existed!
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