I call this one "Gelli Aur" (pronounced, roughly - Gethly Ire in Welsh). I was given a cutting of it and it will happily root if it touches the ground, so I have several more in planters and have planted 3 out the front too.
It flowers once, in May, heavily scented, single white petals with a touch of pink at the edges when in bud. No hips I can remember. Grows quite strongly and vigorously.
Any suggestions? It's not in any of my David Austin catalogues and I can't find it searching on line.
Not a clue but its really pretty :-)
ReplyDeleteI think it might be a Kiftsgate BB. We have one near the greenhouse and it needs careful cutting back as it is quite rampant, but has pretty, single white flowers any time now.
ReplyDeleteHave a Google for Kiftsgate Rose images. Lots of lovely photos which show how versatile Kiftsgate can be.
I think if you had it as a cutting it may well be unidentifiable - the only rampant white rose I know is Rambling Rector and it isn't that.
ReplyDeleteDW - I have Kiftsgate, climbing up and over a Hawthorn tree. It isn't out yet, but this other one is. I will have to compare them. Thanks for the suggestion - I will go look anyway.
ReplyDeleteWG & Fi- I would, of course, love it to be a New Type - or rather, a very old one, nearly forgotten . . .
Just checked - and Kiftsgate flowers early July at Kiftsgate Court . . . Hmmm. A sport of it, or a close relative perhaps.
ReplyDeleteIt might be a new sport then? "May Cousin of Kiftsgate" !
ReplyDeleteMy Paul`s Himalayan Musk is just coming out, although it has lost a lot of buds in recent strong winds. Is yours out yet? The scent is wonderful.
What a beautiful rose, simply dripping with blooms and bees. It's lovely to be given rose cuttings. I have a pink rose given to me as a cutting and I call it 'Mair's rose' after the lovely lady who gave it to me.
ReplyDeletePS: Itsy has been given extra hugs and told they were from you. xx
You don't say how prickly it is? It looks rather like one my mother has - out now - but maybe the flowers are a bit larger. It might be the species rosa felipes, from which Kiftsgate derives or, if it's very prickly, might be multiflora. My guess would be felipes, which my Roger Philipps book implies flowers earlier than Kiftsgate. Lovely, anyway!
ReplyDeleteGC - virtually no prickles - I forgot to mention that. Will go off and look up aunts and uncles of Kiftsgate!
ReplyDeleteMags - thank you. I know she is in the perfect home, which gives such peace of mind. If you want a cutting of this rose, shout out.
DW - First flower on the PHM yesterday, but MILLIONS of buds . . .
Whatever it is it's very pretty.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like what we call here in the US, Multiflora rose. Be forewarned though, if it is, it's a very invasive plant--farmers here burn it out of fields as it chokes out grazing pasture.
ReplyDeleteI am very interested in why you have called this rose Gelli Aur (Golden Grove in English). I was at Golden Grove today and saw a beautiful, scented white rose climbing on the mansion there. I wondered what it was called. It seems to be the same or very similar to the one you describe above. I think it would be lovely to call it Gelli Aur as it is such a lovely name!
ReplyDeleteI have seen this rose again today and it looks identical and smells wonderful yet it is flowering now in October!! I hope this is an unidentified rose because it should, in my view, be called Gelli Aur. I hope you see this post because I would love to get a cuting from you.
ReplyDeleteI have one similar that I believe may be a wild Himalayan rose but have been unable to identify. Mine has a slightly green tinge, beautiful scent, vigorous growth, virtually thornless and bee pleasing.
ReplyDeleteI have one similar that I believe may be a wild Himalayan rose but have been unable to identify. Mine has a slightly green tinge, beautiful scent, vigorous growth, virtually thornless and bee pleasing.
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