Best Performing Rose in my Garden This Year | Rose Garden Tour | Kordes Roses | David Austin Roses

[@gigomesdasilva5447]

Hello Jay Jay, I believe that, despite everything, the balance of this year's performance is positive. We can't question Nature, it is what it is!... Considering all the roses I saw, it is extremely difficult for me to single out one, as I think they are all absolutely fabulous, but in a certain way my eyes remain stuck on Wedding Piano. Happy days!

[@Jay_Jay]

Hi there. I agree with you. I’ve seen many times this year just when you think it’s a washout year the roses turn on the charm as if they have been waiting. But sadly along comes the rain again to wash everything away. That said I think the roses are growing strong for it, that’s my hope anyway. You see, your eye is being drawn to wedding piano, that says to me perhaps one of your favourites? And again I agree those you can’t separate. ;)

[@gigomesdasilva5447]

@@Jay_Jay Yes I agree, I will buy it. Although for the viewer the green is not not very clear, you can see that it's present. It reminds me of the vanilla version of Pashmina. Thanks

[@LornaOsgood-y5x]

Slightly addicted to your videos. Thankyou

[@Jay_Jay]

Haha that made me smile. Love that. Thank you.

[@Ben-ci2vk]

FOR ME! This is true 👍 👏

[@Lin_Greenfinger]

Well deserved winner and great recommendation Penelope Lively. My guess Sweet honey was just off the mark . Great video, well done !

[@Jay_Jay]

Hi Lin and thanks. Top 3 very close this year. But a rose that’s been in flower since the end of May in an abysmal year for repeating and flowering it just nabbed it. :) we can only imagine Penelope lively with some age and growth on it. :)

[@Cavalier7dar]

I just knew sweet honey would make the top 5 it's the one I wanted after seeing yours Thank you for your garden videos hope to see you back at it next summer

[@Jay_Jay]

Hi Alice yes sweet honey a top performer. Top 3 all very close this year.

[@teslaandhumanity7383]

The weather you describe is exactly same as this year . I have a year old Olivia A. Hedge . Tiny still but is flowering. It’s north facing. Shame we changed Julia Childs name to Ab Fab . My daughter won the Julia Childs scholarship award in Bloomsbury London . Love your videos great information thanks ☺️

[@N.G.666]

Thank you for magical flowers and emotions you give us!

[@Ronniroses]

Lovely video jay, nice choice of music and beautiful blooms. I did feel knackered watching you , running back & fourth. 😂 I’ve now ordered both Absolutely Fabulous & Sweet Honey bare .root. You’re becoming a bad influence 🤣 ❤️xx

[@Jay_Jay]

Two great roses ronni but watch out for the thorns on sweet honey. I forgot to say she is very very thorny. Thanks ronni.

[@K.KleopatraK.]

Awesome video, as always ! and thank you for the great old song !

[@Jay_Jay]

Thank you :)

[@kenvoong5977]

Long eagerly awaited video JayJay. You were 12 stone prior making this video and now weighing in at 11 stone 2lb. It’s been a fantastic workout tour. I was short of breath watching you run 🏃 up and down you garden . Penelope lively is now probably sold out since your recommendation. And I’m glad I’ve got sweet honey and Ab Fab on its way. Not sure if i have the space may just borrow next doors neighbour garden

[@Jay_Jay]

Hi Ken and thanks. I haven’t been 12st for at least 7 years. And considerably more now I hasten to add! 😂😂

[@kylathomas68]

Your garden is beautiful. This year was ok for me with my roses. GJ was just spectacular in her first flush. But I know they would have all done better with some more sunshine. Will definitely feed next year too.

[@wendybartlett6717]

I've always loved your Amadeus Jay Jay so I'm pleased that it came first. I think us gardeners have all been hit with the dreaded blackspot this year. I've defo got to get Sweet Honey and Julia Child next year when we'll hopefully have a better year weather wise.

[@Jay_Jay]

Two great roses lovely Wendy. Watch out for the thorns on sweet honey. Very very thorny. And it will need space I suspect. A little robotic in its reliability and a gap between flushes but rock solid in performance regardless of weather. Best of luck :)

[@gavinparry5426]

Great video JJ. Some great footage and a lovely reminder of how good June was. Nice to see BC get a mention 🙂 ATB Gav

[@Jay_Jay]

Cheers gav :) bc winner winner. :)

[@nikkonch]

An excellent end of season review, Jay Jay, and a good demonstration of how gardening can keep you fit! I was lucky enough to have bought some Sweet Honeys and a Julia Child last autumn and am so glad I did. Their foliage is still shiny-healthy and abundant with lots of buds even now when many other roses are in obvious end-of-season diseased decline in this latest spell of rain and wind with their final flush being a busted flush! The only "problem" I have is that I will need to move the Honeys apart, not having anticipated their eventual height. I am not sure how easy it is to export live plants to the US, knowing how strict they can be at airports about any food you are taking in. You wouldn't want your rose to be incinerated! On discontinued roses: some rose nurseries in the UK do sell some discontinued David Austin roses, so there is always hope if you desperately want a rose. I suppose DA may stop selling a rose but then permit another grower to sell it under licence, or growers can propagate and sell the rose anyway after the 20 or 25 year licence protection period. Anyway, I am sure that you will be producing a few more videos for us over the next few months. The season ain't over till the fat man comes down the chimney!

[@Jay_Jay]

Hi nik and thanks. Regarding the export it is something I did consider but perhaps made more of an assumption bare root wouldn’t be so much of an issue but I’ll look into that. The busted flush you mention I had exactly the same!!! I was waiting for what I could see was gonna be a nice turn out only for the roses to get wiped out in those storms last week. It seems to have been the story of this year. I jokingly said to gav a while ago, Gabriel oak is like a Chinese proverb this year. When bud of Gabriel oak start to open… rain come down. Regarding the brother Cadfael being reintroduced I’m led to believe that it’s da themselves in America have reconsidered there decision to retire and will be reintroducing it. I could be wrong but that’s what I’m led to believe. Anyway best of luck with moving your sweet honeys. Sadly mine will need moving also for the same reason. :( hope your wel

[@bloombaag]

Great video mate. All of your roses are popular and top varieties across breeders. Roses are beautiful and will perform better next year for sure. I am not surprised that Amadeus perform best this year. Amadeus is all weather rose you can say, bloomed well in excess of 40 degrees in my place.

[@Jay_Jay]

Hi Rakesh and thank you. Yes it can come as no surprise these all weather roses done better in my garden this year but that said I do hope we have more sunshine and less wind and rain next year so the others can flower more often and better. :)

[@ruthsrosen]

Sweet Honey ❤ I must have it! I think I will buy it this week. A wonderful video! I couldn’t make videos last weekend, because I hurt my knee. Perhaps I will be fit this weekend. It’s not funny to see all the work to do in my garden and I can’t do anything.

[@Jay_Jay]

Hi Ruth I will look forward to your video as always. Sorry to hear about your knee. I Too have issue occasionally with mine so feel your pain. Sweet honey great rose. Rock solid performer. Very safe. Very thorny. Very reliable. Bit of a gap between the most magnificent of flushes. It does have fragrance for some but sadly not me. And it will need space I suspect. But best of luck with yours, a solid performer even in challenging weather conditions that harm other varieties.

[@Ben-ci2vk]

Julia child definitely on my list for next year 👍👌

[@Jay_Jay]

Flowers very well. Repeats very well. Very fragrant. I think a drier year with more sunshine it will do even better. :)

[@dillyroses]

Summer romance!!! I am in love with this rose! Definitely gonna buy! Thanks for introducing her! This year was very difficult for our roses you are right JJ. Looking forward for next year! Thanks for your video! Always great!

[@Jay_Jay]

A great choice. Summer romance is one of my favourite roses. From that top 5 only summer romance and Ab Fab do I consider amongst my faves. I am considering doing a rose review of Summer romance next year, but a spoiler alert for you. gorgeous sturdy flowers that hold colour in heat. Lovely fragrant rose. Usually very healthy. Strong grower. Mines repeated well this year. Generous flowers. This year in this weather I’m seeing an easy week from the flowers. Do well in rain. I had one potted that I kept in shade until 3pm until sunset. It didn’t do well at all. I moved it into full sun I think early/mid august and it responded within 2 weeks with a great flush so I suspect it likes the sun. But those lovely flowers and in a colour that lasts, with its fragrance it’s winner winner chicken dinner. Best of luck

[@isabelhei]

Thank you for sharing Jay! You inspired me to buy Julia Child and Boscobel this summer. I love your Videos! I Hope you teach us how to care about the pot Roses during the winter? 😂❤

[@Jay_Jay]

Hi Isabel. Great roses you have right there. I don’t know where in the world you are but my pot roses I do nothing with them for winter. I just make sure they are lifted an inch or so off the ground to avoid ground frost. You can get a coconut wrap/matting that you could layer around the base of the rose and add an extra inch or so of decent mulch to protect the bud Union if your worried about the sun zero temps going too low.

[@rareandwonderfull]

1:44 Yes, blackspot here in Ohio also on roses prone to it. They have now shed their summer leaves and now their autumn leaves are perfect. 5:53 My best rose is The Poet's Wife, all roses fade under strong summer sun, but especially the yellow ones, for that reason I planted her under a huge shade tree, 30 or so feet away from the tree trunk, She just keeps on blooming, and blooming andbl..... and the scent is intoxicating mix of predominantly grapefruit, underlaid with old rose scent. I just can not get enough of inhaling her perfume. 17:47 Your Bliss Parfuma has a wonderfull "dayglo" radiant sort of apricot/pink. Very desireable. My roses are 30% old, vintage roses from hundreds of years ago, 65% David Austin roses and 5% Kordes roses. I love them all, but my Old Pink Common Moss rose is soul meltingly beautiful. Her gummy mossy fresh ground allspice scented growth on unpoened blooms, then her intense old rose scent underlaid with camphor. Everyone MUST have an Old Common Pink Moss Rose, It is once and done, but such a nostalgic, vintage Redoute look.

[@Jay_Jay]

Hi Ralph, Interesting what you say about poets wife. I know on its day it can be a delight but this year has been pretty weak for me. I have given it a great sunny position also which may be a mistake I need to rectify. I know several roses that would want her spot. In fact your words have encouraged me to make a decision she’s getting moved. It’s said she can take part sun so moving she will get. I too have some roses that look perfect health wise now but only because they have already shed diseased leaves. Very few of my roses escaped disease this year so far for a number of factors I guess. Some of which I have to accept responsibility for. Not cleaning my secateurs is one! Ever! The only time mine get cleaned is when I sharpen them which is often. But nowhere near as often as cleaning them as I should. Thanks Ralph.

[@rareandwonderfull]

Good evening Jay, I am gardening 50+ years now, since I was in my nappies, and it never gets boring. 💚💚@@Jay_Jay

[@vintagelady1]

Was so excited to see your video!!! Hooray for the all the roses that managed to survive & thrive in this most hideous year for you. I cannot find that Sweet Honey is available anywhere here in the U.S.. G.B. & Australia only. I am fairly sure that American customs would confiscate her if you tried shipping her here, but you can check that out. Isn't it annoying when a company won't get back to you? Let Kordes know that you are a PROMINENT rose influencer with a following of over 2K & however many views overall. Congratulations to Amadeus---while I'm not a fan of red or orange roses, No question he has been a survivor in this most difficult year! And as for Cadfael---he has already sold out again at David Austin-U.S. I may have helped that along by purchasing 3 the first day...anyway, their website says there will be more available. I thank you much for championing him. We have started our rainy season here in the Pacific Northwest so only a few blooms will be forthcoming due to short days & cloudy skies. I put umbrellas over the Angels (Earth & Lichfield) and also over Summer Romance who is wildly budded up. I took Violet's Pride in under the clear plastic overhang b/c she has over 30 buds on her , from almost-over to babies, second flush & I've only had her since June 14, wish I could get one to you, I'll see what's involved. Eager to see how you put your roses to bed for the winter.

[@Jay_Jay]

Hi vintage, Yes i did consider the plant passport but is something I didn’t look into as yet. It may not be possible but I know companies can ship worldwide how they go about it I don’t know. A real shame because I’m confident sweet honey will do ever so well stateside. The only issue with mine would be the rootstock is suitable for the U.K. climate. But the idea of a big youtuber stateside trying it out for everyone to see is something appealing for me. Funny you should say red and orange. I’m not a fan of either, either. But seeing that vibrant red from 200 meters away when I’m driving home climbing up the front of my house it does look nice. But the whole idea is to have the other climbing white rose the other side overlapping in the middle. So it would be the red and the white together which looks much better. That’s the idea anyway. Well I hope your rainy season isn’t to damaging and hope you have a nice week. Thank you ;)

[@vintagelady1]

@@Jay_Jay War of the Roses, as it were?

[@Saigon-ej1wr]

I love your rose garden. I hope I have the money to make the rose garden in the future 🤓

[@Jay_Jay]

I wish you luck :)

[@Saigon-ej1wr]

@@Jay_Jay thanks

[@jasonwoods4811]

Well put together video mate :D

[@Jay_Jay]

Hi mate and thanks

[@Forevergardening99]

Thank you for review of your gorgeous roses and wow! thank you for reminding me of this lovely song. Please can you tell me what this song is called? It makes me happy!

[@Jay_Jay]

Hi there and thanks. The song is slave to love by Brian Ferry.

[@Forevergardening99]

Thank you so very much Jay Jay.

[@hungariancottageadventure77]

Lol waterboarding your roses 😅 I didn't think you'd you'd say Amadeus, a surprise. Like your most recommended, but love AKA❤ and Harkness, lol slave to love😅 slave to something JJ🌷⚘️🌹

[@Jay_Jay]

Hi potager and thanks. yes, Amadeus it took me by surprise also. I was chuffed it flowered for all of august. But then it became apparent it would see all of September aswell and I suspect much of October also. In a year that has been short of flushes and flowers for me that’s some going. :) and yes I’m slave to something indeed :)

[@kimfox5186]

Hi Jay Jay. I just found this video, probably because I needed to see some flowers, well I certainly was not disappointed, your roses are stunning and I'm soooo happy that you're sticking to your guns and not giving chemical fertiliser. I agree with you about the weather, but if we thought that summer was a wash out, then how can I dedcribe autumn....my soil is now totally saturated, and I'm expecting 2 bare root roses any day😢. Gertrude Jekyll and pilgrim. Any advice would be gratefully received 😊 I imagine that planting them in a swamp is not an option? Finally, why would you send away a rose that is so stunning and is doing so well for you ? Many thanks for this video, I've got soggy dahlia tubers all over my dining room table....the shed they were in could no longer resist the unrelenting wind and rain, so it was a breath of fresh air to see those amazing blooms.🙋‍♀️

[@burntjohn]

Some of he best looking and longest lasting roses have zero scent. its a good trade off. I grow a lot of stuff just for scent and texture.

[@Jay_Jay]

Thanks John. Yes it’s these roses that have done better in my garden for this year.

[@fonzy1987hh]

When you grew your Gertrude Jekyll as a shrub, did you need to support it at all? I thought it will only grow as a climber. Nice garden!!!

[@Jay_Jay]

Hi and thank you. No Gertrude grown as a shrub doesn’t need support just keep pruning it back harder in January like you would a shrub rose and it will flower like a shrub rose come summer. You might get the odd octopus cane but just snip them back. Thanks

[@KathyCBacso]

Thank u Beautiful so many roses in the pot, how can u taking care wintertime? If I ask this?/Wintertime they freeze u lived. /?

[@Jay_Jay]

Hi. I live in the U.K. so my pots do not get so cold in winter. I don’t do anything with them other than leave them sleep.

[@gardeningjunkie2267]

If you're looking for a blackspot-free rose, you should try Florentina Arborose. It is a beautiful red climber that is the only rose of mine that didn't get diseased from the dreadful spotted lantern fly. Its leaves are so thick and glossy that it stays really healthy.

[@Jay_Jay]

Hi there. I did look at getting Florentina instead of Amadeus. I battled over the two for a long time before opting for Amadeus. I think both long lasting flowers but I’m not sure what could have escaped blackspot this year in my garden. I’ve some very healthy roses succumb this year and some surprise healthy roses also that somehow escaped.

[@vorong2ru]

My sweet honey is as healthy and vigorous as yours. She is just too large for my small garden:(. And Id say the huge con is a long gap between two flashes, but it's a zero maintenance rose, as good as it gets. My Julia child was also doing well this year and almost a non -stop bloomer... My Boscobel.was the most prolific flowerer this year, but it doesn't like the rain so it didn't last...

[@Jay_Jay]

Hi vorong. Yes there is a gap between the flushes that being the reason she didn’t get top spot. But still 10 weeks in flower easily I’d suggest. A more prolific flowerer let’s say lady of shallot with 3 flushes this year so far, she hasn’t seen 10 weeks in flower. Interesting what you say about boscobel. Last year for me she was prolific at flowering. This year not so. I think a reduced number of actual flushes on many of my roses compared to this time last year and boscobel is one of them. And then when they do flower along comes the rain and destroys them quick time.

[@KroshkaSadSvetlany]

Джей-Джей👋. Розы хороши, а чем вы их обрабатываете и лечите при черной пятнистости и мучнистой росе!?🌹🌹🌹

[@Jay_Jay]

Hi there. I usually try and keep to healthier roses and stay away from the less healthy ones but this year it’s been bad. The less healthy roses I have I usually pick off the leaves before it spreads. I don’t spray. Hope that helps.

[@KroshkaSadSvetlany]

​@@Jay_JayСпасибо большое, значит никакой химии не используете. Это очень хорошо, но трудно все розы здоровыми сохранить 🤝👍🌹🌹🌹

[@gardensenglishandtrivia]

I love your Sweet Honey; it has been awarded the ADR certificate and rightfully so. Sometimes they take it back if the rose falls short of the ADR standard. Amadeus is really popular on this side of the Channel :-)

[@Jay_Jay]

Hi English. Sweet honey done very well this year. Sweet honey and Amadeus a little robotic I think but rock solid especially in weather that beats down the more fragile. But I think this weather has suited both of those roses very much and given them the chance to shine. :)

[@gardensenglishandtrivia]

@@Jay_Jay"Robotic" - what a great comparison, really! My feelings exactly :-)

[@intanbaharuddin2703]

❤hello there...l am growing David Austin's # Evelyn & the mysterious white mini rrose now. Malaysia is hot & humid , so l ordered the resistant Hybrid tea rose # Rouge Royale. May be , u can try the variety resistant to black spot like # Red Traviata by Meilland , Reve de'Or yellow orange, Ena Harkness, red very tolerant of wet weather ya 😊 Good luck!

[@obiwankenobi6952]

Hi jay jay…I can ask at Kordes if they have that for sale on the American Market, they are not as organized as DA Roses for international sales plus not everybody here speaks English very well, so no problem to ring them here in Germany…like we said earlier in the year…it wasn’t a great year weather vice but…they are still blooming 😂❤ By the way I love Bryan Ferry…❤❤❤

[@Jay_Jay]

Yes please obiwan if you could get an answer from them that would be very much appreciated indeed. I honestly believe it would fly over there. So many roses do better over there than here. And I’m pretty sure sweet honey would be no exception. :)

[@isabelhei]

I asked Kordes Germany for englisch namens of the Parfuma Collection earlier this year. They don‘t know them. I think the country departments make their own marketing plans… I realy want to find out, which one Summer romance in Germany is!

[@obiwankenobi6952]

@@Jay_Jay Hi there…Kordes got back to me by mail…Sweet Honey was never introduced in the US and it seems they won’t do it, no explanation just a short notice. So only the Roses on that Website can be bought in the US from Kordes…🤗🤗🤗

[@Jay_Jay]

@@obiwankenobi6952 interesting thank you very much for establishing that. I will let people know who ask. It’s a shame because I really wouldn’t be surprised if it would do very well in their climate. But thanks for letting me know.

[@I_love_u_sow]

Thank you for your videos this year Jay Jay! They are my fave videos to watch. Have you ordered any bare roots this autumn?

[@Jay_Jay]

Hi there, That’s very kind thank you very much. I’ve recently received a bare root from d DA Sweet Juliet. It’s an old rose but someone recommended it some time ago so thought I’d give it a go. Also I’m waiting on Madame annisette and pacific blue. These are the only roses I’ve ordered this year. What about your kind self?

[@I_love_u_sow]

Oh lovely!! Funnily enough my Sweet Juliet bare root arrived this morning! I’m waiting on an Evelyn from Trevor white and an Abraham Darby from Tuincentrum Lottum. I haven’t ordered from them before… so watch this space!

[@Jay_Jay]

@@I_love_u_sow wow we got sweet Juliet on the same day. I’m expecting it not to be the healthiest of roses but it was one that got recommended. Please do keep us updated on the place from the Netherlands. Let us know what they are like when you get them I hear good stories so far. :) best of luck

[@HBomb1983]

I’ve had a look on “help me find” and it doesn’t look like they have another name for sweet honey Jay. Although they have bread two roses and called them Both sweet honey? One in “97 a hybrid tea, and then the one you have, floribunda in 2004. Bit weird calling two roses the same name 🥴 Also “tune” at the end 😎👌🏻

[@Jay_Jay]

Thank you. Yes I did see that I just find it odd it doesn’t seem available on the us market. I only know this because people have asked for it and can’t source it at all. When I looked I tended to agree. A shame because I do “think” this rose would do very well there.

[@AmethystDiamondTarot]

Where can I get Kordes Sweet Honey? I'm in US state of Michigan. in 2021 I planted a Kordes Florentina and she is perfect red, like your Amadeus. Last fall I planted 7 Kiss me Kate's. For 2024 I have pre-ordered 11 roses from David austin. They will be my first fragrant English roses❤

[@soulgirlktf]

A shocking year weather wise but your garden is still glowing ! Really good, well done you and I loved the video Jay Jay how do you choose with such a wonderful selection I love them all :) I'm not surprised Sweet Honey is right up there - mine in it's first year is a BOSS 🦾 and no blackspot. Good luck shipping them to the US. when I moved to North America some years back I took my cat with me I cannot tell you the reams and reams of paperwork for plants and animals from UK it was quite involved, doable but not easy. Lovely video really enjoyed seeing all your roses - just beautiful !

[@Jay_Jay]

Thanks Linda. If mine gave me fragrance it would have won I suspect. Yes shipping to the states it’s been mentioned it might be tricky. It’s something I did consider but perhaps under estimated. I will look into it I know it’s possible for nursaries to do it perhaps I’ll make some enquiries. So you lived in America and have two houses! All you need now is a new phone :) 😂😂♥️ thanks Linda x

[@soulgirlktf]

@@Jay_Jay Morning, My sweet honey definitely has fragrance it's just starting to bloom again and I had a sniff this morning, yep still sweet👃I keep checking in case one day it's gone 🤔 Yeah exports via business will be all suited and booted licence docs and paperwork wise but for you as an individual not that easy, I lived in the Kawartha Lakes north of Toronto in Canada but very similar rules and regs throughout North America I believe. Came back here when my Dad died and realised I was being selfish living the dream so moved back for a while my Mum was still here then and I ended up meeting my husband during that time so stayed.. the rest is history ! Haha new phone not so sure about that🤪maybe it won't ever die - it does bounce ! 🙃 😝 😜

[@thisisjayschannel]

Jay Jay can I ask do you get many saw flies in your area ? they have wreaked havoc on my roses this year

[@lonesomeStu]

Hi Jay Jay, I think I'll treat myself to a sweet honey after seeing yours, just wondered how high yours has grown? It looks much taller than the 3 ft listed on most of the sellers websites. Thanks very much for all the trouble you must go to in producing your videos.

[@Jay_Jay]

Hi Stu, Sweet honey that you see in the back garden was purchased in a larger pot 15 litres I think. And perhaps double the size of your average container rose (all be it farmed at the same time.) it has now grown to 7ft tall in just two summers. I’m gonna say 4ft wide to be safe. My one in the front garden you may have seen was purchased midway through last summer as a normal potted rose and has grown to over 5ft easily and I pruned it hard, twice!. This rose will need space I think. I know the advertisements are wrong (in my garden anyway.) both of mine will probably now end up getting dug up because of this and moved. A bombproof rose Stu. A little robotic in its predictability/nature which could be a good thing for many. Very very thorny. But a very safe bet I think in terms of performance. Just a bit of a gap between flushes, but this will throw the odd flowers until December January I’m sure. Best of luck.

[@obiwankenobi6952]

Quick update for jay jay…Star Roses and Plants / Ball Horticulture Company is the only place in the US that sells Kordes Roses in the US, but I couldn’t find sweet Honey…I know they have it in Australia….🤔

[@Jay_Jay]

Wow I’m surprised to hear this obiwan. Only one place that sells kordes roses ! That does surprise me. But thanks if anyone asks I’ll point them in that direction to try. Thank you

[@obiwankenobi6952]

@@Jay_Jay Still no answer but I think it has something to do with Winter Hardiness also, looking at their USA Webpage from Star Roses they only sell them if they are ready for Zone 5 to 9, that’s pretty cold, here in West Germany is Zone 7, Alps are 6 so….🤗

[@joycelynhubmeier4826]

We don’t have Penelope lively on David Austin website here in America… I have over 40 David Austin Rose 🥀 🇺🇸

[@Jay_Jay]

Hi there. Penelope lively I’m sure will be available for you later this year bare root or next year. I think DA do this thing they release here in the U.K. first before going global. But it will come to you I’m sure and it’s a rose I do rate highly.

[@kelleyragan3503]

Sorry Jay Jay, I want to reach through the screen and pluck the black spot leaves off and feed your roses.

[@Jay_Jay]

I hear you. I’m sure yours and many others are immaculately kept. Mine, they will get better care next year. My only hope is the roots this year have wandered far and wide looking for nutrients. So next year they can have a feast. The blackspot this year I gave up on. Next year cannot be as bad :)

[@travellerseko]

I couldn’t find Amadeus in any nursery. Where can we find it?

[@mariapet]

What a shame that Sweet Honey is not sold in the US. Same about Astronomia (Meiguimov) - beautiful rose available in Europe but not in the US. Very strange.

[@Jay_Jay]

Yes very frustrating. Here in the U.K. we also have roses that seem difficult to acquire that are easily available elsewhere.

[@joecarangi9132]

How long do the flowers last on the shrub for Penelope Lively? I’ve heard a lot of new Austins (like Nye Bevan) flower spectacularly but the blooms only last a day, if that, so I’m hoping PL is better for the life of the blooms. (I don’t think anyone wants to have to be out deadheading every single day of the week.)

[@Jay_Jay]

Hi Joe, yes many Austin’s last only 2-3 days I find. Especially this year. Penelope is much better I’d suggest an easy 4 days. Maybe 6-7 days at a push which for an Austin is very good in my humble.

[@joecarangi9132]

@@Jay_Jay Excellent news! Thanks for that. If it’s introduced here in the US next year maybe I’ll try to nab one for a planter.

[@intanbaharuddin2703]

😮l think l saw black spot fungus on your roses....spray it😊

[@guillerminaarias3820]

Excuse me, you showed one without flowers called "Summer romance" and after that a beautiful pink one without the name. Is the same rose? It would be nice if the name appeared.

[@Jay_Jay]

My bad. Perhaps I made an assumption that everyone would understand plain English. I did explain it as best I could but yes all summer romance taken at different times one summer romance in the front garden and one in the back garden. Thanks

[@victoriaring3846]

I’d like to have a cutting of Little Honey. I’m in zone 7a. Georgia in USA.

[@Jay_Jay]

Hi Victoria. I’d love to see this grown in the states I think it would do well. Not sure a cutting would make it across the pond and as is being pointed out the issues with customs could be a problem.

[@lazarusdouvos]

but hang on you said you didnt feed olivia? so it would not do so great for her third flush

[@Jay_Jay]

Yes none of the roses in the ground have been fed. Only a thick layer of plant based mulch went down in April. I’ve said before many times it was an experiment this year because I’ve seen so many times roses thriving and flourishing in other gardens without feed. My only hope is the roots have grown strong this year looking for nutrients. Next year they will get fed :) but like I said in the video lack of food and lack of sunshine has led to a not so bumper crop this year.

[@lazarusdouvos]

thanks for reminding me again! @@Jay_Jay