22-11-2023, 07:32 AM
(22-11-2023, 05:27 AM)kiwimade64 Wrote: morning ladies The sun's out and I'm going to mow the lawn before the wind and hayfever kick in. I might even use my fancy-smancy gadget and do the edges.
Just gorgeous, Olive What a display, and I love the colour. It looks very similar to Crepuscule in colour? Sally Holmes is a brute of a rose, another that wants to take over the world. But makes up for it with gorgeous roses.
Yes, the colours are similar to Crepuscule, but the structure is different - Country Maid is, I think, a floribunda, with each stem having about 30 smallish flowers. It's quite a compact plant, maybe a bit over a metre high, 2m wide. Its only flaw is that it doesn't hold well when picked. I'm not totally certain of its name as I've never been able to find another one, and there are other roses also called Country Maid which are quite different. My husband thinks it is called Buttermaid, but I haven't been able to trace that. Any ideas on this? I'd love to get another one.