* Mrs B.R. Cant:
A very fine rose with great qualities. Rather big, full, round shaped, pink flowers. They mostly stand solitary but they also can come in small clusters. An unusually strong fragrance is present. It's Tea mixed with a lemony bitterness. The flowers have the typical nodding flowers of nearly all Teas.
Her ability to rebloom is very good and the flowers are heat and drought resistant. Continues rain can be a problem but that's an issue for nearly all roses.
Growth is twiggy, with rather slender branches arching into a well shaped shrub. Not a small tea as she can reach 200X150 cm 7X5 feet.
She needs full sun ☀ and isn't fond of pruning. Hardiness is good and with almost 6b to 10b she's one of the most hardy teas
A very reliable and beautiful Tea
Mrs B.R. Cant bears big, rounded rosette shaped blooms with a strong fragrance
A nice fully grown example of Mrs B.R Cant
* Philippa Pirette:
A Tea found by Walter Branchi before 1997 at the entrance of an abandoned hotel in Italy. It's quintessential Tea shaped buds unfold into perfect pink with silver shading flowers of great perfection. Beautifully scrolled back petals make her a real showstopper.
No tall rose as she can reach 100X100 cm or 3X3 feet. The flowers dangle gracefully on the slender canes. Good Tea fragrance. Reblooming is very good and the flowers last for days. She can withstand some rain, heat and drought. Zone 7b to 10b.
This rose grows well in pots and makes new growth quite easily. A very beautiful addition to the Tea family
Philippa Pirette, a very elegant Tea
* Comtesse de Noghera:
This beauty, bred by Nabonnand at the end of the 19th century is a real eye-catching rose as she has stunning buff, Apricot/pink flowers.
The buds are quite big and rather pointy. They slowly unfold into medium to big, full Tea shaped blooms. The outer petals roll back and are buff to cream and the inner petals are deeper apricot mixed with pink. A very attractive flower. They stand in clusters of three or sometimes it's just one on the branch. Fragrance is a good Tea with a hint of fruit.
Some nurseries in Europe and America have the wrong rose and they'll give you Mme Jules Gravereaux. That rose is quite different. Bloomshape is different and the color is more pink. So look closely at the picture(s) on the nursery's website. Noghera has to have buff and apricot.
It's an ideal pillar or obelisk rose and I think it's the best way to grow her. She'll get 200 cm or six feet tall and 70 cm or 2 feet wide. Full sun is recommended. Mine grew extremely fast in her first year and I always plant my new roses in pot the first year to allow them to grow a big rootball which will catch on more quickly when I plant it in the ground on the definite spot during the second year. So by early August I carefully took her uit of the pot and with an intact rootball she went straight into the ground a few cm removed from an obelisk which also supports Monsieur Paul Lédé climbing. A very early HT with very similar flowers. I made a little dike around the planting spot so when I water it won't flow away but drains into the soil directly. It's better to do this with every newly planted Tea. Enough water is most crucial for roses in their first year.
Comtesse de Noghera is zone 7b to 10b and can withstand heat. She's really drought resistant from year 3 on. She doesn't like heavy rain and pruning. Never forget that all Teas hate pruning so put away those sécateurs or clippers.
Comtesse de Noghera, a nice example of a typical Tea rose
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