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Le_Not 
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30 APR 23 by
Le_Not
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Fascinating to see old rose catalog covers like this! I wonder whether there's a collection of these online somewhere?
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30 APR 23 by
Lee H.
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Not really a collection per-se, but go to archive dot org, and search “rose catalog”. You’ll get lots of examples. They are fun to read, too.
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1 MAY 23 by
Le_Not
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How very interesting -- thanks!
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Is this a once-blooming rose?
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3 APR 23 by
Le_Not
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Yes, it is a once-bloomer -- but it has a long blooming period.
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Hi guys,
Does one of you have experience with growing LH in big pots? I grow many roses in pots with great success so I wanted to ask your opinion. She'll come in a hot Southern faced garden in Flanders, Belgium.
Thx
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28 MAR 23 by
HubertG
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Yes, Pereirelover, 'Lady Hillingdon' will grow very well in a large pot. Mine was planted in about 2000-01 and has in fact been growing in the same pot ever since. I've never repotted it (the pot is simply too heavy) and just top the soil up every now and then. It was originally grafted but I planted the graft below the soil and it has clearly developed its own roots now. I'm in Sydney, Australia, and I get no frosts. It's a healthy rose in a pot, only getting a touch of mildew in bad seasons. It's one of my favourites.
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28 MAR 23 by
Le_Not
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This is wonderful news! I'd love to try 'Lady Hillingdon', but it's too cold here to be in the ground over winter. But now that I know that the rose will thrive in a pot, I simply must try it...
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29 MAR 23 by
HubertG
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LeNot, it's certainly worth a try. Good luck!
I should add that my pot is raised off the ground by small feet so that the roots don't get an opportunity to grow into the ground.
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Good! I've planted them today in a spacious pot. Let's hope they'll do fine.
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14 DEC 21 by
Le_Not
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No less a gardener than Gertrude Jekyll (in "Roses for English Gardens", 1902) puts 'Mrs John Laing' on her list of the best roses:
"Rosy pink; vigorous. Few Roses have so many good qualities. It is hardy, of good growth, and free-flowering, and almost as good in the garden as in the show."
(And for what it's worth, I think she's right. 'Mrs John Laing' really is a splendid rose: a hybrid perpetual that everyone should grow.)
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What page please, and we’ll add that as a reference.
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14 DEC 21 by
jedmar
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Thank you Jedmar. Reference added.
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"Gertrude Jekyll (in "Roses for English Gardens", 1902) puts 'Mrs John Laing' on her list of the best roses:"
Back in my younger days I was an acolyte of both GJ and Graham Stuart Thomas and purchased many of the roses they recommended. I purchased 'Mrs. John Laing' in 1993, 2001, 2002, & 2003 from Sequoia Nursery, Heirloom Old Garden Roses, and Vintage Gardens. All four plants failed to thrive and died. I made the assumption that I was purchasing the same clone from the three nurseries and that there was a deficiency in that particular clone. Now that I know someone is happy with their 'Mrs. John Laing', I would be interested to learn where it was purchased.
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15 DEC 21 by
Le_Not
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I purchased two from High Country Roses this year: one for me, and one for my mother's rose garden. (And yes, of course it was due to the glowing reviews from GST!) Both arrived in excellent shape (far larger than any of the other HCR plants, some of which were tiny), and have thrived. Mine was almost continually in flower from July until our hard frost on October 31st. The real test will be her winter hardiness, of course, but 'Mrs John Laing' certainly is in good shape going into winter.
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2 JAN 23 by
Le_Not
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Hi Palustris,
It may interest you to know that HCR finally has 'Mrs John Laing' back in stock.
By the way, I can now attest that both my coddled MJL and my mother's (in much harsher conditions) handled last year's challenging winter just fine. (It wasn't atypically cold for Zone 5b, but there was a spring thaw followed by a very punishing hard freeze.)
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Many thanks, it looks like MJL might be worth trying again!
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