More Autumn Roses

Here are some more of my autumn roses.

 

This is David Austin’s Princess Alexandra of Kent. It’s fairly new in my garden – only a couple of summer’s old. This rose flowers fairly infrequently in this spot. I have another one in a less harsh position which does slightly better and I am going to shift this plant near it.

 

 

And because it’s such a treat to see it in flower, this is a shot of the back with the bud of hybrid tea, Fragrant Plum.

 

And it’s very lovely bud.

 

This pop of colour was irresistible – a Pat Austin bud against the dark blue fence.

 

And the heavy droop of a fully open flower.

 

This is David Austin rose, Young Lycidas. It starts as a dark bruise…

 

And gradually fills with petals and fades through the red plum tones.

 

This is hybrid musk, Felicia. I planted this as a weeping standard last spring to provide a bit of shade over a scorched lawn area. I bought it from Roworths rose nursery in Landsdale. The guy there estimated it as being 5 years old and warned me not to expect much in the way of flowering. I had low expectations but, in a classic case of under-promise and over-deliver, it has flowered continuously all season. I don’t expect it to ‘weep’ as such, being more of a spreading shrub than climber.

 

And this beauty is English rose, Pretty Jessica.