Two seedlings of James Galway
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Which rose? Scepter'd Isle, Mayflower, or James Galway?
Comments (14)I agree with most of things written about Scepter'd Isle (above), so I'll just show you a picture of her when she is "looser." Scepter'd Isle I grew Mayflower for a number of years. It was a dependable bloomer (always the first of the season) and rebloomer, and it has one decided advantage over Scepter'd Isle--Mayflower has excellent bs resistance, whereas Scepter'd Isle is periodically susceptible to BS (but not a disease magnet). My problem with Mayflower is that while the bloom is pretty, it awakens no song in my heart--whereas the blooms of Scepter'd Isle do. Mayflower I don't remember problems with thorns on either of them. I've never grown the third rose you mention. Kate...See MoreJames Galway - shrub vs climber?
Comments (10)Dave,it sounds like we both have the same problem with James G. I feel like I have a parallel issue with The Ingenious Mr. Fairchild; this one I've tried to train it's not- so- rigid canes horizontally,around a tripod, but still,the plant does not respond by putting out laterals. Now, TIMr.F is admittedly in bad soil, but still...I just don't have one single Austin rose that i can say is truly satisfactory. They seem to all either 1) refuse to thrive (too greedy, needy, water-hoggy?) or 2)thrive as green plants, but flower in an awkward and un-satisfactory way. It's irritating and frustrating to see these plants being praised so highly by many,and yet, in one's own garden, to see them being mere primadonnas. The only exception I feel obliged to make is on the account of the un-sung, never-praised, Charles Rennie MacIntosh. This rose has been in my garden for many years now, planted when I had no idea of soil preparation,etc. It's in a horrible spot, with awful soil,cruel sun ,just disgusting. Yet CRMcIntosh persists, does give me some nice blooms every year,in spite of no supplemental watering or fuss....See MoreRosa 'James Galway'.
Comments (9)Ah, thanks for the explanation Maria. Since your lovely photos bring us joy, Alegria is also a good shorthand, but it's nice to know what's correct. You're right that English is confusing on forums like this to know if posters are men or women, even for native English speakers. In this thread, "Laurie" and "Lily" you can guess are women from their log-in names, but you'd have to know that for "vaporvac" since that login doesn't indicate. Sometimes English names are confusing, since Kim isn't a common name for a man but Kim (roseseek) is a man, and Chris can be either a man or woman. Many people assumed Chris was a man from her posts about commercially growing Kordes roses, but she clarified that when someone asked her. I figure if we all love roses, it doesn't matter. I usually use someone's log-in name if I'm not sure and don't refer to someone as "he" or "she" unless I know. Cynthia...See MoreJames Galway for 6 ft fence
Comments (8)Those are beautiful! I did go down a clematis rabbit hole a couple of days ago when I realized I might be expecting too much for a rose bush in that area. But I think that they grow entirely too large for my purposes here in the PNW. I just have a 6.5 ft by 6 ft fence I need to cover. My house runs perpendicular to two other houses so it's at the intersection of two fences from both houses and I don't want anything that I can't keep pruned down to my side of the fence. All the shade tolerant clematis I read about seem to grow monstrously large. I'd love to hear if anyone thinks differently though. For now my plan might be to shift the climbing rose bush a foot or two down in the other direction where it's sunnier. I won't be able to see it from my window but visitors to our house will see it. And then to cover the part of the fence I can see through the window with the evergreen star jasmine. I'm not sure how many flowers I would get due to the partial shade conditions, but it seems like it's easier to keep pruned down. I'm going to have the same star jasmine vine in another part of my yard that does get more sunlight so it could be an interesting experiment. I'm still thinking this through though. And I have time since I don't plan on planting this area until next February/March....See MoreDiane Brakefield
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