29-11-2023, 09:42 AM
(29-11-2023, 08:54 AM)kiwimade64 Wrote: My very first Westerland rose has opened this morning and I thought I would share. It's stunning! And I love love love the orange. The black ties are there until she grows taller and can be supported by the wires. I'll remove them then but in the meantime, I ignore the ugliness lol. It's nice soft 'rope' so gentle on the new growth.It's a lovely rose. Ours has several trusses in bloom now and the flowers look wonderful in a vase with deep red roses (Munstead Wood, Falstaff). Westerland stems do tend to be fragile and last season we lost several branches to the wind.
My newest rose is Auckland Metro, which is the palest ivory pink with a lovely lemony scent. I'm hoping it lives up to its reputation for high health and vigour - so far it has given us two blooms, both perfect but on quite short stems.