RE: [Rose-list] Heirloom Old Rose Garden/Eugene Furst/Lady Hillingdon

**"* S* <S*@schwabe.com>**

Hi Wendy, thanks for your input.  So you have not actually seen the blooms
on the Cl. Lady Hillingdon to compare the two?  When you do, let me know!
Thanks.

Susan Saxton, zone 6b
For mine is a little old fashioned garden where the flowers come
together to praise the Lord and teach all who look upon them to do
likewise.
Celia Thaxter

I AM in shape.  ROUND is a shape!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wendy Ronald [w*@netlist.co.nz]
> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 1999 4:07 PM
> To: rose-list@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: [Rose-list] Heirloom Old Rose Garden/Eugene Furst/Lady
> Hillingdon
> 
> 
> I have both forms of Lady Hillingdon in my garden in New 
> Zealand. When I
> first planted the bush one I was told by Lloyd Chapman of 
> Trinity Farm He
> write the articles on Old fashioned roses on my website)  
> that Lady H needed
> a lot of care but if looked after she would reward me! Now 3 
> years old she
> has only grown a little - the flowers are beautiful and very 
> fragrant. I
> think she actually deserves replanting in a sunnier and drier 
> position.
> 
> The Climbing version is only one year old and is in a better 
> position. It is
> definitely more vigorous although not compared to some other 
> climbers I
> have - notably Westerland. I live in an area of high rainfall in the
> Waitakere Ranges above Auckland in the North island of NZ and I am
> surrounded by native bush. It is not the most ideal
> conditions for growing healthy roses although we persist!
> 
> Wendy
> http://gardens.co.nz/RoseGarden
> 
> 
> >Also, does anyone have any experience with Eugene Furst or Lady
> >Hillingdon/Climbing Lady Hillingdon?  I have the shrub form 
> of LH and had
> >read somewhere the climbing was superior.  Chris at HOGR 
> disagreed with
> that
> >and I just wanted more in put.  Thanks for your help!
> >
> >Susan Saxton, zone 6b
> >For mine is a little old fashioned garden where the flowers 
> come together
> to
> >praise the Lord and teach all who look upon them to do likewise.
> >Celia Thaxter
> >
> >I AM in shape.  ROUND is a shape!
> >
> >
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