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'Lady Hillingdon, Cl.' rose Reviews & Comments
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Quite a good crop of hips this winter. I cut open 10 and got 6 seeds worth planting, though I'm not expecting much. Larger than average for Tea seeds.
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Any success - result with the seeds?... I've just found quite a few hips on my young LH clg. and i wonder if i should check and sow the seeds. Haven't checked the original LH form's descendants though, if there are any interesting ones among them
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No success at all. But I'd try your seeds anyway.
Lady Hillingdon had descendants as seed parent, but none are still around: which may mean they weren't much good. But many prize-winning roses have vanished too.
Some of its offspring as pollen parent are still grown.
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Thank you very much for the reply! Yeah, surfed through the descendants, only found one, a brand new one - it's quite pretty actually. We'll see. This cultivar is somehow precious to me from the first time i saw it (and i always tended to choose plants based on this), i might try the seeds, who knows. At least something nice for the back of the garden :)
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I'm not good at identifying roses, but Lady Hillingdon is one that can be recognised from a long distance.
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Yes, probably that's why i've always wanted it too. :)
Secretly hoping that in a couple of years an offspring will be similarly noticeable (well good luck to me :D )
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One of the roses which may be reluctant to climb if grown from a cutting.
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Interesting. Does it still get fairly boofy? Or does it imitate the standard bush form? I've found the bush doesn't seem to be one of the larger Teas.
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Agree, the bush doesn't get as big as some Teas. The climber is moderate.
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So if it was grown from a cutting would it be likely to just stay around 1.5-ish metres (same as the bush form)? Or would it get bigger (2.5 to 3-ish) but not really climb as such? If the latter, that could still be a nifty thing.
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I think it's the luck of the draw, or perhaps, where you take the cutting from. You get either the usual bush or a climber.
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I just wanted to ask someone how Lady Hillingdon cl. does when grown from a cutting (and does it root well at all).
I bought a bareroot plant last spring and it started off very well in zone 6-7 (rather 7, next to a south facing wall, altough rather shaded in the heat), growing to about 7 feet (2 meters) and having around 8 nice, near-basal branches, was already flowering till frosts.
I spend quite some time in Greece and if it roots i wanna plant one there as well, i guess at least zone 9-10, proper mediterranean island climate.
is it as healthy on own roots as on graft?
Thanks Peter
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Teas on their own roots; "The first year they sleep, the second year they creep, the third year they leap, and then they go on forever."
I grew all my Teas on their own roots in zone 9b. I guess it depends a bit on the soil you'd be planting in, but I'd try it, using a sprinkle of water-saving crystals in the soil and plenty of mulch if you're going to be away a fair bit of the time.
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Thank you very much for the advice, i'll definitely try it. I think watering won't be a problem, i'll be there enough from Spring till Fall to take care of it :)
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Is Lady Hillingdon Climbing a vigorous rose? How does it do in a hot climate (like South Texas - zone 9a?). Thanks.
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Lady H thrives in my Mediterranean climate, zone 9b. The full blast of summer sun can bleach the colour so you might want to avoid a west-facing position. See the description for size.
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Available from - Agel-Rosen
http://www.agel-rosen.de/Climbing-Lady-Hillingdon/2334/rose.do
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