My Penelope only blooms one time in late spring. It is almost always my earliest bloomer. Very delicate colors and sweet scent make up fo...Read Morer the sprawling habits. This rose probably shouldn't be in my zone but does quite well! No problems with diseases.
I really thought I'd be knocked out by the color on this rose, but it's just ok. The growth habit is really awkward on it. I am going t...Read Moreo grow a rambler next to it (and kind of through it) to help cover up the fact that it's "splayed" itself out in the garden. It did overwinter very well, though, and it does seem to grow pretty quickly.
I love this rose so much I named my puppy after it. I have 3 in a semi circle that just get better every year. Mine are fragrant peach fa...Read Moreding white with good disease resitance. They do get very large at least 6 ' tall and mine are about 7-8 'wide or more. Did well in part shade at my last garden as well.
I have six of these wonderful antique roses planted as a hedge and it is spectacular! They are covered with beautiful and fragrant flowe...Read Morers in the spring and early summer and rebloom periodically after that. I have not had that much trouble with black spot - they have been very disease free in my location - central Texas (zone 8).
I'm torn between a neutral and positive response on Penelope. Each year I say I'm going to dig it up and each year it blooms I'm so take...Read Moren by it that I don't have the heart.
In the early part of the season (in the northwest) when she starts to bloom and it's still cool outside the colors are like a soft, pastel sunset of pink and yellow and they're a simple kind of beautiful. The buds are a peachy rose and contrast beautifully with the open blooms. As it gets hotter the colors wash out to almost white and the blooms are shorter lived.
The leaves also start out healthy and gorgeous only to eventually succumb to blackspot and fall - just about every last one - off the bush (that's when I start saying I'm going to dig it up).
The early blossoms are enchanting enough, for me at least, to keep this one in the ground. It's also one of the first roses to start blooming which is a definite plus after a winter in the northwest anxiously awaiting color.
All in all this is a nice, simple, "cottagy" kind of rose with a small bouquet of roses to a stem. One of the most beautiful bouquets I've made combined Penelope with lavendar and potato vine blossoms.
My Penelope only blooms one time in late spring. It is almost always my earliest bloomer. Very delicate colors and sweet scent make up fo...Read More
I really thought I'd be knocked out by the color on this rose, but it's just ok. The growth habit is really awkward on it. I am going t...Read More
I love this rose so much I named my puppy after it. I have 3 in a semi circle that just get better every year. Mine are fragrant peach fa...Read More
Lovely, strong fragrance on a large shrub. The color is a peach fading to ivory. It may not survive a very harsh winter without protection.
I have six of these wonderful antique roses planted as a hedge and it is spectacular! They are covered with beautiful and fragrant flowe...Read More
I'm torn between a neutral and positive response on Penelope. Each year I say I'm going to dig it up and each year it blooms I'm so take...Read More
Penelope has a fairly awkward growth habit; its fragrance more than makes up for that, though.