English Rose, Austin Rose 'Heritage'

English Rose, Austin Rose 'Heritage'
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Its fragrance is unique

Hello, Manuel.

A very lovely photo of one of my favorite roses...I've never quite been able to capture that delicate pink in a picture, but you have done it for all of us.

By the way, did you know that Heritage was David Austin's personal favorite of all the roses he'd given the world? I have others which I admire (Abraham Darby, and Princess Margarite), but Heritige is the one most present in my garden.

Thanks again,

Beverly (Circe33)

Thank you Circe33,
Unfortunately I have never been in the Gardens of Austin´s family in England, and I have only a very small number of "English roses": Glamis Castle, Claire Austin, William Shakespeare 2000 and Gram Thomas. I bought those roses by Internet from commercial traders, including David Austin. "Heritage" is really a very nice rose, but the others are not as nice as it was said in rose catalogues. In my geographic region, south of Portugal, the weather is to dry and hot and English rose are not very happy there.

Thank you Circe33,
Unfortunately I have never been in the Gardens of Austin´s family in England, and I have only a very small number of "English roses": Glamis Castle, Claire Austin, William Shakespeare 2000 and Gram Thomas. I bought those roses by Internet from commercial traders, including David Austin. "Heritage" is really a very nice rose, but the others are not as nice as it was said in rose catalogues. In my geographic region, south of Portugal, the weather is to dry and hot and English rose are not very happy there.

Thank you Circe33,
Unfortunately I have never been in the Gardens of Austin´s family in England, and I have only a very small number of "English roses": Glamis Castle, Claire Austin, William Shakespeare 2000 and Gram Thomas. I bought those roses by Internet from commercial traders, including David Austin. "Heritage" is really a very nice rose, but the others are not as nice as it was said in rose catalogues. In my geographic region, south of Portugal, the weather is to dry and hot and English rose are not very happy there.

Hello, Manuel.

I have never seen the original Austin site, either. All of my Austin roses come from Germany, where a gardening company (Dehner) has the legal permission to breed Austin roses...a good idea, since any plant coming out of England is usually outrageously expensive. The exchange rate, from Pounds to Euro, is at fault.
Here in Northern Italia it can be very hot in summer, too, but my rosegarden is along the edge of an old stone farming terasse. I made the active ground quite deep, so everything thrives.

I have a list of very heat-tolerant roses in my files. Would you like a copy? Let me know. Cheers, Beverly(Circe33)

Hello Circe33,
I am very sorry for the delay of the answer to your gentle mail mensage (more than one year). But the fact is that I am a very old man and I have a lot of difficulties to work with Technologies of Information, they are not of my time. So, please, could you send me a list of the roses that support warmer and drier wether, like those in the south of Europe. For the moment I have a small collection of rose cultivars (about 3 hundred). Some goes well, other not so well and even others have died without an apparent and reasonable cause, but I am aware that I will go correcting the mistakes I have given.
Thank you again for your helpfull proposal. Yours sincerely.
Manuel Dalmeida .

Hello, Manuel.
I'm so sorry to be posting a reply so late--
I'm also not much of a fan of technology, but it is what we have to work with.
Here are some good references for you on heat-tolerant plants. Just use the internet link to read about these possibilities for your garden:

Top 10 heat-tolerant roses:
http://judyscottagegarden.blogspot.it/2013/06/top-10-best-roses-to-grow.html

Lady Banks rose (one of the hardiest heat-tolerant roses):
http://www.backyardgardener.com/plantname/pd_a070.html

Plants for a drought tolerant garden:
http://www.backyardgardener.com/dry/index.html

Our heat in Northern Italia is only intense for a short time in the year, but it is always accompanied by a lack of rain. I'd installed a rainwater collection tank which rests under the terasse next to the house--
underground storage insures that the water stays cool, and
since it sits at an elevation I can use gravity to deliver water during the dryest time. The three cubic meters of extra water make a big difference when the heat comes on! And since the water comes from the sky it is relatively pure--could also be used for the household in case of a water-shortage.

I wish you happy gardening, and an enjoyable Spring!

Best, Beverly

p.s. The photo attached is my latest passion: Himalayan meconopsis. It's going to be a challenge to grow them here, but I was so impressed by their form and color when I saw them in a botannical garden in Canada years ago I just have to have them. They need a woodland setting, so I've been building a "forest garden" for such specialties down in our woods.
Wish me luck! It seems that gardeners are never satisfied without a challenge...

B.-