Re: Tea roses (was Alister Stella Gray)
"William A. Grant" wrote:
>
> UPDATE. For those who were interested in this lovely rose a month ago, here
> are some new facts.
> The rose was named for the son of the raiser, a wealthy but obsessive
> rosarian who lived c.100 years ago in a village in Somerset between Bath and
> Bristol. he moved there from the north so that he could grow better tea
> roses. The garden ws tiered in a series of terraces which faced south,
> trapped the heat of the sun, and enabled the wood to ripen in a way that it
> would not normally in the UK.
Bill
I am very much aware of how much heat roses with substantial tea blood
need to do well. I had the climber Devonenis for a few years, but even
though my garden is sunny and sheltered I seldom got a good bloom. The
majority just balled even well into summer.
In the end I got discouraged and gave the plant away to someone living
out on our west coast, where the temps are much nearer to a true
Mediterranean climate. I lost track of the person shortly afterwards, so
don't know if the move was successful.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata,
New Zealand (astride the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
