* Archiduc Joseph:
A very recommended Tea as she's almost Perpetual blooming and is quite hardy. Created by Nabonnand this Tea is a must have if you want to make the switch to Teas
Archiduc Joseph bears medium rather full, cupped to flat blooms in shades of pink with a coppery center. They have a nice Tea fragrance.
Foliage is grey with an almost blue shine. Once this rose is starting off she'll grow quite rapidly and in ideal circumstances she'll get 300 X 200 cm or 7 X 6 feet. Usually she'll stay much more compact and forms a rounded shrub.
Mine started off slowly and at one point I thought she wasn't gonna make it but in July things changed and she got a grow boost resulting in non stop flowers. These flowers are rain and heat proof. It's a very cold resistant Tea and she can grow in zone 6b to 10b. Always take precautions when very cold weather is predicted. A big piece of burlap can be wrapped around the graft area or you can cover it with a thick layer of straw. With very cold I mean lower than - 15° Celsius.
Archiduc Joseph is widely available at nurseries so it means it's a good, strong rose. Buy her!
Archiduc Joseph: One of the best Tea roses
*Lady Hillingdon climbing:
Lady Hillingdon is one of those Teas which stayed reasonably popular after the take over by the Hybrid Teas. Created by Lowe & Sawyer in 1910 this delightful rose deserves all the praise it got and still gets.
Parents: Papa Gontier X Madame Hoste
Buds are very pointed and the flowers are large, semi double in a magnificent yellow with deeper yellow heart. The color changes in rich apricot when aging. These flowers often stand in clusters. They exude one of the most strong Tea rose fragrances in the rose world. In 1917 a climbing sport was discovered by Hicks in the UK and soon this sport surpassed it's parent in popularity. Today, Lady Hillingdon is nearly always only available as the climbing sport but some nurseries keep offering the original form
The original rose grows into a well rounded shrub of 100X100 cm or 3X3 feet. New growth is red to bronze colored, few thorns.
Lady Hillingdon has qualities that are very important. She is more hardy than most Teas, zone 7b to 10b and she's is as good as Perpetual blooming. I don't know any other rose with such rapid reblooming skills
Rain, heat and drought resistant but she does need a sheltered warm spot in full sun when you are in zone 7b. Can be grown in pots.
The climbing sport does get much taller and can reach up to 6 meters or 18 feet. It's a magnificent sight to see her in full flush. Can be used against walls, old sheds, fences and even small, old fruit trees. Contrary to our intuition she's very suitable for East facing walls.
Both the bush as the climbing form HATE pruning so just don't
I have this 20 meters (60 feet) South facing wall and it had Apple Blossom (rambler) and a very big Mme Isaac Pereire growing against it. But Pereire couldn't take the full sun and scorching heat and Apple Blossom only bloomed for two to three weeks and became very vigorous. I didn't want to prune each year to keep her in check. I managed to digg her up and gave her away. Pereire was badly damaged and a hard pruning didn't work to grow new wood. I ordered two new ones for semi shade spots.
So now I had a big area of wall to cover. I decided to go for Rêve d'or and yes, Lady Hillingdon climbing. Both love full sun and heat and are fairly drought resistant. The golden yellow/buff /cream flowers would get a nice backdrop of old brick stones. Rêve d'or quickly covered 2X2 meters and Lady Hillingdon climbing was planted in early spring this year. It is remarkable how that rose reblooms. In a few years the wall will be covered by these two roses which, most importantly, can withstand the hot circumstances.
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