Enjoy these photos of the first roses to bloom in my Cottage & Rose Garden!
Désirée Parmentier
There’s a saying about perennials: “The first year they sleep, the second they creep, then they leap!” Well Désirée Parmentier sure took a huge growth leap this summer. Hardy to zone 4, this stunning Gallica rose is by Louis-Joseph-Ghislain Parmentier of Belgium and dates to sometime before 1841.
With a strong rich fragrance and a huge flush of blooms, she is giving us quite a show!
Bonus Blooms: Clematis & Foxglove
Crown Princess Margareta
“Crown Princess Margareta” is an English Rose by David Austin, c. 1999
Mostly buds still, but getting ready to burst in to bloom!
Albrighton Rambler
“Albrighton” is a wild and woolly English Rambling Rose by David Austin, c. 2013. She is just starting to come into my own in my cottage garden. Planted against the picket fence for support, her sprawling willowy limbs are loaded with tiny shell pink buds that will soon open to small, perfectly round, frilly pink blossoms. This is her first year blooming for me!
Morden Snow Beauty
A continuous bloomer hardy to zone 2 (!), “Morden Snow Beauty” is part of the Parkland Series Collection by Lynn Collicutt (Canada) c. 1998. This is just the start of her blooms for the summer!
Unknown Rose: Possibly “Bolero“
Unfortunately the tags for some of my roses have… wandered away. I’m not exactly sure who this beauty is but my best guess is “Bolero” and wow, isn’t she stunning! (France, pre-2000)
Carding Mill
“Carding Mill” is an English Rose by David Austin. Looking forward to her big apricot blooms!
Madame (Félicité) Hardy
Here’s one of my favorites (don’t tell the others!)
Madame Hardy is a French damask dating to approximately 1831.
Fuzzy frilly rosebuds open to perfect white densely petaled blooms with the cutest green button eyes. Her thorns are no joke but she’s worth getting jabbed a few times!
I hope you enjoyed this peek at the first bloomers in my June 2023 Cottage and Rose Garden! Come back soon for more blooms!
