[sclarke624]

David Austin rose
Ferdinand Pichard

[mumofstig]

The colour is a bit bright for me...........I prefer this one 

http://www.classicroses.co.uk/products/roses/pompon-de-panachee/

[spencekelliem]

Fab.... the brighter the better! I dont live far from David Austin, may have to take a visit

[gillie]

We have this rose in the garden.  It is an old rose - variously described as a bourbon and a hybrid perpetual.  David Austin may well sell it - but he did not breed it.

Gillie

[Spana]

I usually go for pale colours but i do like that, its lovely.  Is it in your garden

I think this one is my all time favourite, its Just Joey.  I wish i could get it to last in water

[mumofstig]

none of the roses seem to last do they 

I have this one in the garden from David Austin and it lasts better than the others I have ...not for ages, but a bit longer 

[Spana]

Thats nice mum, similar to the one in my avatar but cant recall its name, but it did come from David Austin.

I've spoken to them about making them last and they say they have no problem, most unhelpful really.  I wonder what they mean by ' last'.  Mine seem to go dull almost straight away and the petals start to fall after a day or so.
I do what the books say do, like putting the cut ends into boiling water or bashing the stems with a hammer altho i use the rolling pin, but they never look much for long once picked.
I think a big vase full of cosmos and gypsophila does just as well much easier, much cheaper and lasts a week

[sclarke624]

I usually go for pale colours but i do like that, its lovely.  Is it in your garden

Yes its in my garden.
And I took the photo of it one of my fave photos of the garden.

[Yabba]

David Austin rose
Ferdinand Pichard

That's pretty cute, but our Trellyn Kiwi (dahila) is cuter


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[Spana]

That is nice Yabba

Dahlias have been a bit out of fashion haven't they, but seem to by coming back in.  No wonder, that bloom looks very trendy and modern and they last well in a vase 

How do you keep the earwigs off them

[Yabba]

Well, the organic side of us tries swearing and plucking off the earwigs ( damn they move fast and can hide in the most obscure places!) ... the inorganic side uses far more swear words and enough chemicals to raise the dead, given a decent enough voltage on the lightening strike

It is a cute bloom though huh? ... it's years of helping my mate grow those that led to me growing the veg I do now

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[Spana]

I bought a couple of new dahlias last year.  Cant remember the name but they looked a lovely colour on the packet but in reality they look like a dirty smelly dish cloth, gray and dingy.  They're making better plants this year so i hope the colour will be better, or is that wishful thinking

[mumofstig]

 :blink: they sound really appealing Spana, NOT 

[Spana]

Not a lover of dishcloth grey then, they will go with most colour schemes

[mumofstig]

indeed, but sorry, not with any of mine