20 Most fragrant rose in my garden 2024 ( part 1)

[@Petethegardencat]

Hi Ken! I never get bored hearing you talk so enthusiastically about your roses. Thank you for the rose garden review. Can’t wait to see part 2. 🌹🌹🌹❤

[@kenvoong5977]

Thank you catgarden, always appreciate getting your lovely comment.

[@vorong2ru]

13:45 same for me, this year Penelope is barely any fragrant and the blooms arent as perfect as they were last year. I thinj thats the weather we had this year, she likes warm spring and enjoys that sunny weather we have at the moment..

[@kenvoong5977]

Hi vorong, yes Penelope is very disappointing for me. I was too afraid to prune her hard in this first, this time I’ll cut her back further. I’m more drawn to many of the newer recently purchased roses than to give her much attention.

[@peterhaymaker7562]

Hi Ken, Really enjoyed the tour around your roses. Sad that we can't attach the scent to videos. I'll just have to wait until I come across these roses. I shall now get on and look at the next 10 roses. Cheers! P.

[@kenvoong5977]

Hi Peter, thank for tuning in. That would be a good idea with scent attached, saves me having to describe the scent as I’m hopeless at picking certain notes and fragrances.

[@rareandwonderfull]

2:07 Spirit of Freedom? Extra beautiful form, nicely quartered. I am intrigued to grow it. I am infatuated with 2 qualities in roses, 1st is fragrance strong, old rose scent, second is form, old romantic, Victorian era cabbage rose form, deeply cupped, it doesn't get any better than that. I had no premeditated plan to be a rose grower, but once drawn in, it is intoxicatingly beautiful. I have no intention to have a lot of roses, just the best roses, and the number increases year by year😊😊 3:52 Yes, I would classify it as a floribunda, no long stemmed single blossom per stem like a hybrid tea. Although, going back to the very beginnings of hybrid tea, they were so named not for a particular form, but because the scent was deemed to be similar to black fermented dried tea leaves. 13:15 Penelope Lively, that gorgeous old, romantic, Victorian cabbage form that I adore. 14:15 It is good to know if a rose plant has lax canes, because such roses must be elevated in a pot or such to bring them up to eye level. I doo love nodding roses, but I would not want ALL roses to be nodding. 14:44 A very neat and tidy arrangement that you have for most of your roses. 14:52 Lady Gardener has very much the same golden glow center as Eustacia Vye, a rose strongly saturated with the finest perfume. 16:00 Lovely quartered form and lovely, clean, pure cadmium yellow. Thank you for sharing your observations, you are a greater assist in deciding what to grow than the rose sellers catalogs. Ralph in Ohio. Tomorrow night, part 2.

[@kenvoong5977]

@@rareandwonderfull your detailed analysis of these roses are really impressive. You would do a much better job at reviewing these roses better than I could. Your terminology and description is so accurate just like a true rosarian would have described them to be. Thanks for tuning in.

[@rareandwonderfull]

@@kenvoong5977 No, you do better than I at explaining. It's just that I am immersed in rose culture for many decades, huge rose books and even more online learning. Now I go watch your second part, loveliness overload! Thank you for the reply and your show and tell!

[@naomisdreamgarden]

Hi Ken. Great video. I had said i would slow down on adding roses to the garden. But now after your video, I am making my list, and mapping out new garden beds 😊😊😊. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@kenvoong5977]

Thank you Naomi, I envy you have such huge garden, I’m sure space isn’t your problem. I wish I had the luxury of having a pencil and paper to write down a list. By the way Naomi, did you manage to keep the rosette disease from spreading to your other roses ?

[@naomisdreamgarden]

@@kenvoong5977 I am closely watching the other roses in the garden. For now they all look healthy, minus the bug damage 😅 I am still trying to decide what to plant in the vacant spots. ❤️🌹🌹😊

[@wendybartlett6717]

Love seeing and hearing about your beautiful roses Ken. I'm looking forward to part 2. Hope you're enjoying the beautiful weather but I can sympathise if you're stuck indoors working.

[@kenvoong5977]

Hello wendy, thank you. I think we’re all really enjoying these few days of sunshine. Yes my line of work involves being inside everyday. I know we shouldn’t moan, but it really does get extremely hot inside the kitchen.

[@bellarosa009]

Absolutely stunning roses, Ken!! Can you share your tips to growing roses successfully in containers? What size are the containers? Thank you!

[@kenvoong5977]

@@bellarosa009 Hi Bella, yes I have many of my roses in containers, of course having them in containers isn’t the best option. My tips for growing roses in containers is most importantly is that your container must be over 55cm and fairly deep, and as with all roses they need to be fertilised twice a year. I tend to liquid feed my potted roses once every two weeks. Having a watering routine is also important when the weather is hot and likely to dry out. So I water my containers roses every couple of days in the summer. What you should bear in mind is that most roses grown in a container will never be as bushy if they were in the ground, so knowing how tall they might grow is important. Bigger and taller varieties can only be in the container for 3-4 year and eventually will need to move to the ground. My experience with roses in a pot compared to ones in the ground I find the ones in containers thrives better probably because they get more attention from myself. So having roses in containers isn’t always a bad thing so long as they are looked after. Good luck

[@gavinparry5426]

Wonderful collection of Roses Ken! Best performer so far in my garden is 'Bring me Sunshine' with around 100 buds/flowers

[@kenvoong5977]

Hi Gavin, yes bring me sunshine is my favourite yellow rose this year. We have good taste!!

[@gavinparry5426]

@@kenvoong5977 🤪 Mine is 3 years old now. You're in for a treat!

[@kenvoong5977]

@@gavinparry5426 yes I have 2, one in the ground and the other in a pot. So far the one in container has grown much more. Hopefully mine will be like yours one day

[@nikkonch]

Hi Gav, are the stems on BmeS strong enough to support the flowers or is it a floppy rose? I am a bit disappointed with The Poet's Wife which seems to be turning into a ground cover rose in my garden!

[@gavinparry5426]

@@nikkonch Ive only got one stake on BMS Nik in the centre. The stems are strong but the sheer number of flowers tilt them over slightly. Well worth buying imo. Certainly my best performer so far in 2024 with Emily Bronte 2nd. Sweet Honey & Brother Cadfael also doing very well. I have no idea why DA retired BC. Beautiful 🌹and very strong scent.

[@danyrob09]

This is so wonderful to see considering our weather is 107-109 temps in Zone 8b Nevada right now. Can’t wait for fall when the temps will cool so my roses can give me more blooms! Nice Roses 🌹 ❤

[@kenvoong5977]

Hi Dany, gosh 😅 I’m Surprised any rose would survive at all with these temperatures. I think we’re quite lucky in uk because our rose thrive in these cooler climates ( minus the rain)🌧️

[@AlistairMcCulloch-x9o]

Hi I',m new to your channel .Do enjoyed yhe video.Beaitiful garden.Thsnk you for sharing.x Liz from Scotland.x

[@kenvoong5977]

Hi Liz thanks for watching 😊

[@michaelmcdonnell1280]

Hi Ken, im new to your channel. Really enjoying your videos and looking forward to more. Michael in the West of Ireland 🇮🇪

[@kenvoong5977]

Hi Michael, thanks for watching.

[@Emma-rd6ge]

Love your videos, you have a lovely calming voice and I much prefer to hear just you speaking and the backdrop of nature than the music in the background. It might just be my adhd but I find it hard to focus on what you're saying with the music playing 😂

[@kenvoong5977]

@@Emma-rd6ge Thank you Emma, I will try to make more videos with minimal background music.

[@rosegardengems]

Hello Ken, it must be difficult to put the roses in ranking, they are all beautiful and for sure their scents varies. I sometimes cut some roses and put in a room to know how strong the scent after 6 hours or a day. I’m curious which rose is your number one in terms of scent. Thanks for this interesting video!🌹🌹🌹

[@kenvoong5977]

Hi Gemma, yes ranking roses in term of scent is challenging. With each individual of us having different sense of smell is personal. 1,2 and 3 was pretty easy as I knew which one was my favourite, but the rest was certainly difficult. This was Where struggle to decide on the last few. So I had to compromise and came up with a result.

[@englishpeter8768]

Beautiful roses especially liked the hue of Lady Gardener. I could swear I caught the fragrance in the air! But ...I could Hardy believe it to hear that Bathsheba and Gabriel Oak are indeed side by side, so Far From The Madding Crowd, that must be Heaven Scent? Sorry Ken, you are strictly forbidden to obtain any roses with monikers such as Troy Boy or Sergeant Sneaker, etcetera. 🥰🥰🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🥰🥰

[@kenvoong5977]

Hi Peter, I do prefer the scent of Bathsheba over Gabriel. I know some will disagree, but all our noses detect different sense of fragrance. Are those you mentioned below are roses? I googled some of those you mentioned but none of them are to be found .

[@englishpeter8768]

Ah.... forgive me Ken, if my response caused problems..... Both, Bathsheba and Gabriel Oak are characters from Thomas Hardy's 'Far From The Madding Crowd ' Gabriel Oak is separated from his love Bathsheba, as she is wooed away by eponymous lecherous Sergeant Troy....so my tentative link to your pleasant video....was you chose both consecutively , So at last they ARE together! My Sincerest Apologies. 🥰🥰🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🥰🥰

[@kenvoong5977]

@englishpeter8768 Thank you Peter, what such coincidence that these were the two characters from the novel. This is where Da got the origin of the names of these two roses. Now I understand. Your knowledge and wisdom certainly have wowed me for sure.

[@Raj-45a]

Beautiful roses Ken. Raspberry cupcake has v intense colour. Looks healthly. Keep us updated with its performance, how many blooms it puts out through the whole season, then I may consider it next spring.

[@kenvoong5977]

Yes sure Raj, so far I’m very happy with it. So far second flush is better than the first. I will show you if weather permits. We’ve been having a lot wet weather recently .

[@soulgirlktf]

Hi Ken, that was great some really lovely roses there. I look forward to part 2. I don't know why Penelope Lively would be so flimsy and floppy is it getting enough light ? The one doing better is that in better light? May not be the case just possible cause off the top of my head other than watering.

[@gavinparry5426]

My PL quite spindly also. Disappointed so far. Only in it's first year so will give her time etc

[@kenvoong5977]

Hi Linda, Penelope gets fairly decent amount of sunlight and water 💦. I just think it’s the way it grows. I know yours in the ground , how does your Penelope look?

[@soulgirlktf]

@@kenvoong5977 Hi Ken I've just taken a pic of Penelope I will post on the community thingy I don't use that I can never find it ! and you don't get notifications when anyone else posts on that well I never do but I'll put pic up on there for you as it's better than me trying to explain how she looks :) I wonder if in ground makes a difference with Penelope.

[@howard2031]

Raspberry Cupcake is a beast. If you come across it, buy it. No disease, very full bush, has done well in a pot, looks very similar to Gabriel Oak, and is very very fragrant.

[@kenvoong5977]

@@howard2031 Hi Howard, I have Raspberry cupcake and Gabriel oak in my garden. They are both excellent roses. Thanks for your recommendation.

[@Jay_Jay]

Nice Ken. I liked your koko loko. Also I see why you’re not so happy with your Penelope Lively, I don’t know what’s going on there. I know they say to leave alone for first year or two but I have to say I’d have been tempted to cut that back early doors. My raspberry cupcake was doing similar to your Penelope Lively with weak spindly growth. So I cut it right back. Mine is yet to bud and is still pretty weak! Yours on the contrary seems to be doing very well indeed. :)

[@kenvoong5977]

Thanks Jay, yes Penelope was a huge disappointment for me. Why on earth did I go buy another . I did exactly what most people would do and just light prune in the first year. My raspberry parfuma for me is a more superior rose.

[@ksionc100]

Are you sure you own 'Chandos beauty'? I mean then flowers show similarity but mine has a different habit and the scent is stronger than anything from David Austin and very different from that of Spicy Pafuma.

[@kenvoong5977]

@@ksionc100 Hi I’m pretty sure its chandos beauty. It does have a strong fragrance. It all depends which variety of David Austin you’re comparing against. I have most of the fragrant da rose except Jude the obscure. That said our sense of smell are all very different. My chandos beauty first two years had very large blooms.

[@ksionc100]

@@kenvoong5977 I have plenty of D.A. roses collected for fragrance specifically. Most people are familiar with Gertrude Jekyll. My Chandos Beauty decisively beats Gertrude in the intensity/ wafting ability of fragrance even though I prefer Gertrude's perfume for its other qualities.

[@michelleelsom6827]

I adore the scent of Chandos beauty which, in my opinion beats all the others for scent hands down.

[@kenvoong5977]

Hi Michelle, yes chandos beauty does have very strong intense fragrance and is well Known for it. As strong as she maybe, I’m not a huge fan of the scent on this rose. It’s one of those scent I find it difficult to describe.

[@michelleelsom6827]

@kenvoong5977 yes, often folks get a different scent when they smell a rose. To me, it smells of Turkish delight & I love it, whereas I cannot abide the scent of Bathsheba. We are a strange lot, aren't we :)

[@irisjanemay1903]

That Penelope Lively is sad. It has such pretty flowers, but what's going on with it. You are not the only one with this problem. I watch the Meiland channel, and they stick their roses out without any care for several years before releasing them. Only the hardest as well as beautiful get picked. I don't think Penelope would survive that, and I don't think it would survive in my harsh climate. Nice video. Thank you for the information.

[@kenvoong5977]

Hi Iris I’m not sure what’s going on with Penelope . It’s not the first time I’ve heard of this problem with this rose. I’m starting to like Meiland roses, the long lasting flowers are on another level.

[@rosaria888]

The most fragrant roses in my garden are Charisma (Noack, 2010) and Big Purple (Stephens, 1986)

[@kenvoong5977]

That’s a German rose, I would love to own that rose

[@rosaria888]

@@kenvoong5977 Try to get German and Danish roses and you will fall in love with them. The flowers are not damaged by rain and sun. They are healthy too. The flowers don't hang. I love Poulsen's Renaissance series, see rose Ghita, Naomi, Lea, Lilo, Amelia and so on.

[@kenvoong5977]

@@rosaria888 wow so many good roses I have never heard of. I’d wish I didn’t have soooo many da roses. I will be looking at other breeders other than da from now on. Thanks for your info

[@nikkonch]

I think that's false advertising Ken, putting 20 in the title and then only showing us the first 10! We shall await part 2! How does Lady Gardener compare with Lady of Shalott overall, not just fragrance?

[@kenvoong5977]

😜 Hi Nik, I think they’re are on par, both excellent roses. Can’t really pick. The whole video put together to all most at 45 minutes long. For most people it would be too long to watch on a phone. Can’t imagine anyone would spend that amount of time watching something uninteresting. So had to make last minute adjustments.

[@nikkonch]

@@kenvoong5977 What do you mean "UNINTERESTING"?! How can anyone find a video of roses uninteresting? But yes, you're probabIly right to split it up into more manageable chunks. Do people watch these videos on phones? I need a big screen to really appreciate the glorious flowers.