What means: "One of the English Rose varieties that has been replaced." Do you replace your children, if you don't like them? You may give the same name to another rose, but you cannot replace a rose!!!
I had read that too in one of Austin Catalogues and it is mentioned in one of the references: http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=66.116 It is the way the Austin Nursery talks about roses, that they themselves consider not to be worthy to be propagated and sold..... but of which some buyers/rose-lovers think, that they still should be!
'Superceded' was the phrase I remember seeing in various publications for a number of roses that Austin either actively or quietly discouraged his licenced growers from continuing to sell.
Years ago I saw a list of some of his earlier roses & the relevant grower contract pages stipulating that his Australian licenced growers were strictly forbidden from selling to the public - that none of them were earning royalties was hardly coincidental. (There were also a very small number of his best & most popular roses that somehow fell thru the royalties cracks, at least in AUS, & growers were able to continue producing them withouyt Austin benefiting financially.)
Bow Bells is truly one of the best roses that I grow. I grow around 1300 for 15 years. Bow Bells is highly resistant to blackspot in my southern humid and hot climate. Always in bloom. Bow Bells gets huge, 8 x 10 if given space. I also grow around 80 of the David Austin roses, and this is one of the best. It just lacks the big scent and lots of petals that everyone has come to expect from most Austin roses. Bow Bells does have a mild fragrance.
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9/007 I am interested in getting THE NUN, '87. Would you reccommend it? I live in the Silicon Valley, CA. I have intense sunlight, but also have a lot of shade on our balcony. Also, will this rose grow in a pot? Thanks!
I noticed that the listing here says "occasional repeat" but you say your's is always in bloom. Also, everytime I see the rose at Huntington Gardens and Descanso, it seems to be in bloom?
Mine's a really great bloomer. I'm in humid, hot NC z7b. We do get winter chill, definitely. I don't know whether it's a climate thing or what, but I highly recommend her as far as bloom quality and frequency!
