TIME TO PLANT ROSES

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 124, 27 May 1937, Page 26

TIME TO PLANT ROSES

Rose-planting time is round again, and those who intend planting would be wise to get preparations under way. Beds should be .prepared by proper digging and manuring..Koses are hardy and db'Jnot require '-coddling.- they, should be planted in a fairly open position provided they are sheltered from the worst of the winds. It is quite a mistake.to plant under overhanging, .trees." ■• ' . ■. . ,'V : ' ' ; It is-well to decide which varieties are to be planted, and : to; get the. orders in to the nurseries early, as popular varieties are liable to be sold out towards the end of the season. There are so many excellent varieties obtainable that it is difficult to 'give a short list .\bf.' the best in the various colours, but all those mentioned below can' be recommended as strong growers and free bloomers.; Some are suitable only for garden purposes, others will produce blooms fit for the show stand as well as being good garden varieties. ■ .GOOD; RED KOSES. Portadown.: —A deep ' rich crimson with avvelvety sheen, bloom large, full and beautifully formed. Very free flowering. Wm. Orr.—Deep velvety crimson, flowers large, full and of perfect form and very fragrant. , Good either for bedding or as an exhibition variety. Covent Garden.—A- very strong grower -bearing deep, reddish crimson blooms of good form and substance. The General. —Colour, blood-red, flushed with orange. A free fiowerer and a rose of fine form. Rather dwarf growing..... , . , ■-, ■ ; Catherine Kordes. —Scarlet with crimson shading. Buds long and pointed. Earl Haig.—Deep reddish crimson' flowers of immense size, borne.on stiff, straight stems. A good exhibition variety. , Etoile de Holland. —Rich red, semidouble or double blooms, sweetly scented. Strong grower and mildew proof. ■ ■ s ' THE BEST YELLOW ROSES. Madam Henri Pate.—Pure goldenyellow blooms with large petals. Very floriferous, the plants have glossy-green foliage, free from disease. Long buds which open well in all weathers. A good rose for any purpose. Madam S. Dv Pont—Colour, deep yellow. Flowers large and sweetly scented, and freely produced. Good growth. ~ McGredy's Yellow.—A fairly stronggrowing rose, having good, deep yellow flowers suitable for exhibition. Ville de Paris. —A strong-growing variety; The flowers are sunflower yellow slightly tinted with orange. The blooms-open well in any season. Good shaped bud.

Golden Dawn.—A good, strong-grow-ing rose, having flowers of a rich ..sunflower yellow, suffused with deep rose. Very free flowering. Sir Henry Seagrave.—Colour, primrose yellow with chrome base, which intensifies. ..with age... Flowers;, are large, full, and beautifully formed, and borne on long, strong stems. SOME PINK ROSES. ■ Shot Silk:—A- vtf ell-known-.and very popular rose having blooms of brightcherry ' cerise overshot with salmon orange. Good growth and foliage.' Ethel Somerset. —Colour, salmon-pink. A beautiful rose for all purposes. Una Wallace.—Colour, cherry rose without shading.. FlpWer of ; a perfect "shape. Strong-growing'plant. A good show rose. ■ . . . ;' ■ • Chas. H. Rigg.—Colour, deep rose pink. Good shape and substance.'Growth vigorous' arid free flowering. ' Very sweetly scented, and an ideal rose for any purpose. Editor McFarland. —Colour, bright rose, shaded with salnion. .' Flowers of a beautiful form, and growth vigorous and erect; foliage dark green and disease proof. Mrs. W. E. Lemon. —Another good pink rose, the colour of which is described, as reddish carmine pink. A very fine rose for any purpose. Elizabeth of York.—A fine garden rose. The colour is a rich shade of cerise pink with a flush of orange salmon. Lorraine Lee. —A perpetual,flowering rose particularly valuable, as an autumn bloomer. The colour is rose pink shading to lighter pink". Splendid shaped buds. . .. . APRICOT-COLOURED ROSES. Mrs. G.-.'A. Van Rossem.—A good allround rose. The flowers are large and full, and carried on stiff, rigid stems. Growth.is.vigorous with bronzy foliage: Colour:' Heavily flamed and shaded dark orange ;; and apricot on a dark golden yellow ground. ' , Countess de Castilliga.—A stronggrowing rose having flowers of orange flushed with vermilion, passing to' golden coral. Angela Pernet.—Another strong-; growing rose, the flowers being sweetly scented and of orange, shaded with1 chroihe vyell6w^. ( j . ■ ■ Souvenir.de' Madam Boullet.—A good grower. The flowers range from primr rose yeilow.- to apricot, are of good shape, .arid, carried on long stems.. r Emma Wright—A beautiful decorative, rose which is .most attractive;. Beautifully shaped buds, opening to reddish coppery orange. Talisman.—A very attractive and distinct rose.. .The, colour,..is hard'- to de-scribe—cqppery-yeilow is fairly, near. A good, free.vblopmer. ' : 7