Yay, now that winter is here it’s time to plant bare rooted roses. I am currently waiting for two new roses to arrive in the mail, Jude the obscure which is 1.25 m tall and is a soft creamy apricot colour and like a cabbage rose. I am not one for all the technical terminology, but you get the idea of what the flower looks like.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_'Jude_the_Obscure'
The other rose is new one caller Creamy Parfuma, which is 1.2m tall. I love something with a strong fragrance and good to cut for indoors, as well as soft coloured roses with a soft feminine touch. I try to buy long flowering roses to keep the garden looking nice. My advice is to buy robust disease free roses that repeat flower and you are sure to have a beautiful garden all year round, teamed with evergreen shrubs. Winter can look depressing in the garden if everything is dormant for months on end. So when I got the garden bug, I made sure to only buy evergreen shrubs. Canberra winters can be really nice if you plan your garden to be green all year round. You can then enjoy relaxing in the garden with a pleasant view.
https://www.treloarroses.com.au/Creamy-Parfuma
I have a bit of a conundrum because I am running out of space for plants. They just give me so much pleasure and I find it hard to resist new flowers. I do get ruthless at times and clear an area to replant if the flowers don’t perform well such as becoming leggy and straggling. The weather also plays a part in what I plant or grow from seed. If it is drought tolerant, can take the scorching hot sun and doesn’t require constant watering then it will be a standard flower in the garden.
