"As we approach the new year why not plant a rose to keep up to date with the trending @pantone colour of 2024, Peach Fuzz. Making your outdoor space the place to be come the summer months."
This vigorous, upright rose makes a very good climber in both beauty and performance. It bears pleasingly cupped, pale lemon buds which gradually open to large, creamy white flowers, the outer petals perfectly arranged in concentric circles. They have a strong myrrh fragrance with dashes of meadowsweet, vanilla and heliotrope. The growth is strong and particularly healthy, and it is clothed in attractive matt green foliage.
As if it wasn’t already difficult to grow roses in Oklahoma, we are now battling Japanese beetles too. Normally, I don’t like to include words of war in my posts, but battling Japanese beetles is just that. War.
Damage from Japanese beetles on Rosa ‘South Africa.’
Identifying Japanese beetles
From the University of Illinois Extension: “Adult Japanese beetles are stocky and range from about 3/8…
Successful rose breeding depends on meticulous planning and paying close attention to even the smallest details. Important characteristics include the beauty of the flower form, outstanding garden performance, health, and fragrance. The selectors working with David Austin also look for an almost indefinable characteristic– grace. We believe that this special quality sets the English Roses apart from other roses. Following the initial selections, the most outstanding seedlings undergo up to eight years of field trials. Eventually just three to six new varieties will be released each year.
From the Handbook of Roses, First Australian Edition: The David Austin Australian Collection; David Austin (My Ko-Fi Here)