Hello Donna,
that particular rose in front of a statue of Kwan Yin is none other than a very young
Abbaye de Cluny. It was the very first bloom and it was so radiant that it seem to me it was lit from within ;-)
Do you have any photos of your climber? I am asking this because in looking at the photo again to see what which one were speaking of, it reminded me of another one that seems to glow from within, E.Veyrat Hermanos.
After most of my life growing roses I am finding more and more that indeed both climate and temperature make certain roses look quite different from each other depending upon the place where they are planted.
Unfortunately this year - once again - the weather has conspired to deprive us of the
long awaited first flush. The rains have been horrible here and most of the beauties are now balled and covered with botrytis, so as soon as the sun comes up we will be out there doing a very unseasonal pruning to get rid of the problem. If you have a photo
of your climber and you are willing to share it, please send it to me at
[email protected]and I will be happy to help with what little I know to try and find out, if I can, what your mystery rose may be. Here is a photo of the one and only bloom we managed to steal from the weather. E.Veyrat Hermanos in its infancy.
Thank you again for your kind comments and by the way, a glitch when we changed servers threw the portal of our website - it needs plenty of revisions so it is not up - somehow out of its place and put instead our business portal there. Thank you, I will make sure that is taken care of right away.
Allegra
