Tour our Chateau’s Beautiful and Unusual Rose, Iris and Peony Collections

Château de Rosières lives up to its name and has an incredible rose collection. We’re also growing beautiful peony and iris collections and today we’re showing you around what we have and what we’re planning for the chateau’s gardens.
We live in a medieval castle with a huge, derelict estate in southern France. Follow our ambitious garden projects, from vineyards to formal gardens, tropical plants to self-sustainability. Our project is enormous and our enthusiasm contagious. We'd love you to join us.
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[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

So sorry I didn’t get the names of the varieties into the video description before this went live. Check back tomorrow evening and I’ll hopefully have them up!

[@katewestcottvt]

An ancient chateau covered in roses🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 incredibly romantic !

[@kimsytsma8493]

Mark’s knowledge is amazing, he seems to be able to do just about anything!

[@marthaizaguirre6363]

Loverly! Hope Marc is recovering nicely! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@beaniecat1980]

Such beautiful roses and irises and peonies! I love the smell of peonies 😊

[@rosemariedeschenes7013]

Love all the flowers. Never knew there was such a thing as climbing hydrangeas. I bet the roses smell heavenly when in full bloom 😍😘

[@judymossip7446]

That was a great tour of some of your flowering plants. Thanks! Marc knows so much about plants and has such a passion for all of them that he is a joy to watch as he takes us around the grounds.

[@kimbevan5614]

Hoping Marc is improving and you are not too exhausted Amy. Sending love and prayers K🇬🇧❤️❤️

[@amandahugo1421]

Mark you have a great collection of roses. Some really fascinating species. Enjoyed the vlog.

[@johnfolds5087]

I love this new channel of yours. Beautiful perennials, roses, peonies and irises. All my favourites. Michele Folds.

[@judymossip7446]

Flowers! My most favourite things 😊❤. See you tomorrow!😊

[@lawrencebaker2318]

Wonderful flower tour! Thanks!

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

Thank you!

[@lagringa7518]

Love the pink rose behind you in the first and next to last shots of you together... beautiful foliage and flower!

[@deirdrecerasa3932]

Thank you for the beautiful tour of your roses! The scent must be amazing. Marc, your knowledge is incredible! Love the hydrangea as well. ❤

[@mathewhalpin]

Such a beautiful project and Amy and Marc are so charming.

[@user-hd2mt9xh2p]

I share Marc's passion for flowers love the different colours of the iris and have loved that rose on the wall for a while. Marc's knowledge on all these ones is amazing it's truly a passion 😊

[@nannieg7622]

Most enjoyable, your roses, peonies and iris are gorgeous 🌸🌼🌺

[@pameldridge984]

The red rose u didn't know about looks like and old rose called Seven sister ❤❤

[@ritajohnson5594]

So many choices it is wonderful to have several special areas to spread the glorious roses, irises and peony . Thank you for the tour

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

Thank you!

[@michaelschwaiger8071]

What a cornucopia of flowers! And Marc has interesting facts for most of them!

[@stephaniegaromon3244]

Marc is a treasure of knowledge. My parents had hundreds of roses. Their gardens were spectacular, so of course I have a passion for roses. I have a pergola over our terraces and a very old climbing hydrangea grows above it. The flowers are beautiful. I truly enjoyed the tour of your gardens. I hope Marc is healing well. Prayers for your family. ❤

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

Wow that sounds beautiful!

[@stephn4085]

Such beautiful roses, my favourite flower. I also love hydrangeas.

[@Sherryskogstad]

Really enjoyed the tour today❤

[@pawedz7196]

Flowers are so beautiful, especially roses

[@markr.h.2574]

Your gardens and flowers are outstandingly beautiful!

[@angelavazquez5085]

As you were showing each flower, I kept saying for each, “oh, that’s my favorite!” What beautiful gardens! I would love to hear how you prep the soil for each flower and more about the actual care. So lovely!

[@nancibishof6462]

My favorite is Louis Phillipe d'Angers hybridized by Modeste Guerin in 1834. It is prolific, nearly thornless, a deep red double bloom, and heavily scented with the old rose scent. It blooms in clusters. The pruned branches when just stuck deep into the ground and watered well for a week or so readily root and form new plants. Mine is over 8' tall and about 6-7' wide. There are so many gorgeous roses. My favorite of your irises is the wild yellow & bronze one you started from a cutting. Gardens are wonderful and meant to share.

[@sanco511]

Love all of the various flowers especially the roses! I hope Marc is healing well.

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

He's doing much better thanks. This was filmed just before his accident but he's definitely improving!

[@daynight4902]

BEST WISHES TO YOU

[@sallyrowland6063]

Lovely tour thank you!! ❤ 👋 🇦🇺

[@katiemac5661]

If you let the iris flowers go to seed, you can also collect seeds and grow from seed, or even sell the seeds. The benefit of 'Old Roses', we call them antique in the US, is that they don't require huge efforts to be beautiful. But we need name tags. France must have the perfect rose climate because all the chateau seem to have fabulous roses.

[@susangladstone357]

Thanks for keeping us update on your progress and all the beautiful work accomplished on your property - glad to see you doing well Marc!

[@ricardathomason5485]

Gardens with lots of flowers makes me happy, so beautiful. Love your gardens🙌🤩😍

[@thewilliamseswonderfulworld]

Beautiful flowers! Love the chicken. 🐓🐓

[@suzieq2958]

Really enjoyed that thank you Amy and Marc. Wish we had smellyvision! 😀 Hope you're well on the mend Marc 😊

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

Ha ha smellyvision would be great! Marc is much better thanks.

[@jolandavanharen2062]

So much beauty, and with background music as Well🐔

[@heyitsmelisa]

On Saturdays I go to visit my Uncle, so I always have to catch up after the fact these days. I miss chatting with you. I'm happy to have him alive to visit with, though. :)

[@desertcole4213]

Absolutely stunning!!!

[@nancyweems5270]

Beautiful Roses

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

Thank you!

[@darvenova]

Mark is so knowledgeable! You both are amazing people!

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

Thank you! Marc has such an incredible knowledge of plants!

[@patriciakeogh5008]

Love the Hydrangeas ❤

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

Thanks! They're just coming into flower now. It's incredible!

[@jeannebernard923]

The wild Iris is the first time for me. Beautiful Thankyou Marc and Amy

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

It's a beautiful little one! Thanks for watching.

[@Skattie]

Looking good ❤

[@estavoyernathalie9433]

Nous vînmes au jardin fleuri pour la cueillette. Belle, sais-tu combien de fleurs, de roses-thé, Roses pâles d'amour qui couronnent ta tête, S'effeuillent chaque été ? Leurs tiges vont plier au grand vent qui s'élève. Des pétales de rose ont chu dans le chemin. Ô Belle, cueille-les, puisque nos fleurs de rêve Se faneront demain ! Superbe jardin, fantastique Mark ! 👏👍❤️

[@estavoyernathalie9433]

La cueillette de Guillaume Apollinaire

[@inkmetal1]

Three of my more favorite plants. I made peony jelly. I have not made rose jelly, not enough roses. Irises are just special. Thanks for the tour.

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

Wow I've never heard of peony jelly!

[@katherineleavitt7275]

I love all your beautiful flowers, I bet your yard smells delightful. My mother had a bed of irises like yours, many different colors in one area like yellow, purple, white etc. Kathy USA 🇺🇸

[@lucindajennings148]

❤❤ love love love the flowers!

[@deborahelmore1404]

I hope someday Marc may consider a little horticultural tutorial. ❤

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

Send in your questions and he'll do a Q&A some time!

[@rhondayoakum3622]

❤❤❤

[@louisegibbins9607]

Beautiful roses.

[@suehall3298]

Loverly video thank You 🤗🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Love Sue❤❤❤🇬🇧❤❤❤

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

Thanks for watching!

[@kmillenaar7536]

Good morning Amy, what a pleasure it was to see your floral displays. What an amazing iris collection. 🥰Your roses bloom so beautifully that I wondered whether the climbing roses are damaging the walls of the buildings. I was told that they must grow on a trellis or they will damage grout. I also wish Mark a good recovery, so that he can return to work with lots of energy and passion. Amy, good luck to you too with your busy work. Kind regards, Karlijna

[@avivat3010]

I love seeing you both joking around together! Clearly, Marc is in his element with plants. It's beautiful to see such passion. I would love to have a way of smelling those roses too. Thank you both for your hard, hard work. I hope that Marc is recovering quickly and painlessly.

[@jeffreyskinner7167]

Hi ,such a beautiful location. 🌹

[@sandyfry9306]

So lovely and so very sweet to see you and marc🙂

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

Thank you!

[@sandyfry9306]

@@LostGardensofChateauRosieres be encouraged🙂

[@barbaraholt7957]

Such beautiful flowers. The grounds are just stunning!

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

Thank you!

[@FRanceSource]

Stunning.🌹

[@inabates8919]

Some beautiful colours there.

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

Thank you!

[@zurastewart6375]

Loved the flower tour, along with Marcs’s knowledge of species and details of each. Cheers from Kansas, zura

[@kathrynriggs2489]

Roses are my favorite ( not that I'm very good with them) and clematis!

[@noellecarol9234]

Some of your irises are varieties I've not seen before. The white and blue ones are glorious. Hope Marc is healing and that things are easing up for you, Amy. This must be a difficult time for you as a family. Take care!

[@lindagage7315]

Beautiful flowers

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

Thank you!

[@carolesmith6620]

Beautiful roses and Marc's knowledge is amazing, I too like roses take care and see you both next time 😊🤗

[@AD-hs2bq]

What a talent!

[@janeharris6925]

Love the garden tour. Since roses grow so well, have you considered a small cultivation of perfume roses? I don’t know how many you’d need to make your own perfume essence but either way the name of the chateau it would be a great merchandise idea.

[@bobr9895]

Thanks for the tour Marc 😊

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

Thanks for joining us!

[@jimjimgl3]

Great tour from the both of you. And roses let you know very quickly if the conditions are not optimal. We have planted a few roses these last few years. Our soil has a lot of clay so we struggle to amend the soil before we plant. I am a bit of a "helicopter" gardener always trying to do the best thing but, ironically, our neighbor who does nothing to her roses has bushes that just put ours to shame. BTW. Here is some interesting backstory on the "Peace" cultivar... "The rose eventually became known as Peace. In early 1945 rose grower Meilland wrote to Field Marshal Alan Brooke (later Viscount Alanbrooke) to thank him for his key part in the liberation of France and to ask if Brooke would give his name to the rose. Brooke declined saying that, though he was honored to be asked, his name would soon be forgotten and a much better and more enduring name would be "Peace".

[@barbaramurray4191]

In the 1960's my grandmother had a rose garden (Belfast, Northern Ireland) and her "Peace" rose was always pride of place. Recently I acquired the book which tells the story of how the "Peace" rose came into being which for me is doubly special - a wonderful story and precious memories of my grandmother. Author -Antonia Ridge, "For Love of a Rose", first published in 1965, copies still available - I thoroughly recommend 🌹

[@jimjimgl3]

@@barbaramurray4191 my love of roses was instilled in me by my grandmother…the Peace rose was one of her favorites

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

This is all so lovely to hear. Thank you for sharing!

[@barbaramurray4191]

@@LostGardensofChateauRosieres Have you a copy of the book? I would be happy to forward my copy of you don't 😊

[@kandplamb]

At a later point in time you might want to consider a garden tour based on the blooming of your roses. Just beautiful. Also, loved the chickens’ additional comments😅. Thank you for the lovely tour.

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

It's always a big tricky with the roses as they flower at different times. Maybe we could do a deconstructed tour over a series of weeks!

[@mavispuchlik9852]

Oh to have your green thumbs. Gorgeous plants.

[@denisemastromina7821]

Very interesting i love peonies

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

Thank you for watching!

[@lizzie9581]

Thankyou for the tour of your magnificant flowers, roses are one of my favourites especially the strong perfumed ones.

[@carolynmaccord3635]

I have an old bed of peonies that just this year I have been weeding and fertilizing. They smell so amazing so I bought a few more for around the house. A few are now in heavy shade so I think I will transplant them in the fall. Thanks for showing us around your gardens. They are beautiful ❤️

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

Thank you! I'm a recent convert to peonies - their droopy beauty has won me round!

[@rosemarythyme6351]

New sub here from your other channel. Loved your sharing the roses, iris, peonies, and hydrangeas with us. I have them all in my Minnesota garden, in the US. I never found iris and peonies difficult to grow or transplant. They are as tough as nails. The trick is planting them high. I have David Austin English roses and mophead hydrangeas, but I'm expanding my collection to include panicles. Perhaps one day, a climbing hydrangea!

[@jampuppy]

Gorgeous! I had never heard that irises were hard to grow. I have more than I have room for here in Michigan, USA. The deer munch on most of the flowers though. Hope Marc is well on his way back to 100%!

[@TheBereangirl]

Beautiful roses for a lovely chateau! I finally got my hands on a Madam Alfred Carrier rose. She is planted in a large bottomless pot under my kitchen window and is being trained upon a trellis I built just for her. Someday she will be stunning!🥹 I have also purchased two Zephirine roses, which are climbing on trellises that frame two side entrances to our front yard garden.☺️💕

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

Wonderful!

[@MaureenBailey-rz1xq]

So beautiful 😊❤

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

Thank you! 😊

[@tinathene]

Thanks for the rosiere Rosiere tour❤

[@jobest8928]

This was such a lovely and interesting tour 🥰

[@dawnbutler2846]

A really enjoyable vlog. I love Roses and where I live in Essex, UK they thrive, especially this year with all the rain. Amy you look as if you have your back ache back and were trying to put on a brave face. Do hope Marc is on the mend.So hard for you.🍷🍷🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

This was just before Marc's accident. I think we were both just exhausted that day!

[@christinecox8073]

Beautiful flowers thanks for sharing ❤

[@raynonabohrer5624]

I never have trouble with aries. I haven't taken care of them for years.And they're still blooming like crazy.

[@peter_bazinet]

I've been away for a few days, so I'm catching up on videos now!!!

[@lisakilmer2667]

So remarkable beautiful!

[@janetwhitney233]

The climbing Hydrangea is beautiful.

[@GRANDIPRTradeMarkAcceleartor]

Good to see Marc up and about. Is he healed completely ? Oh lalalalalalala those Irises. The dark almost black one 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

This was before the accident. I think the day before! We put a note at the beginning of the video but I guess it wasn’t sufficiently clear as a few people missed it.

[@GRANDIPRTradeMarkAcceleartor]

@@LostGardensofChateauRosieres I didn't see it..... Anyway I do hope he is recovering well!

[@jaimemulder82]

I love all the different varieties you have!

[@shirleyw8531]

Lovely to learn the French name of the peace rose. My nana bought me one when I was small and I loved being in charge of it and looking after it. I tried to buy one a few years ago but I am really struggling to find a peace rose so I will try looking up the French name

[@hedgewood7152]

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[@elaineteut9579]

Your roses are just beautiful. I bet they smell wonderful. They remind me of the David Austen roses. You have a beautiful climate for growing them. By the time you are finished with all your projects, outside and in, you will have a real show place. People will be coming from near and far. Great job.

[@paulettebarber7219]

Wonderful roses ❤ I only have two miniature roses in a pot on my patio. This year I’m trying to grow Dahlias, next year I want to add more and get Peonies as my daughter in law stole mine 😂. Everything has to be in pots as I have to protect from deer and awful ground squirrels. But I’m determined 😂

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

Wow it sounds like you have a lot to contend with!

[@genelane2243]

Very nice Iris. I hope you are able to find a lot of sunny spaces to spread them around the grounds. Most of mine are confined to a small space in my back yard.

[@margielynch7196]

I would love a garden tour🎉

[@miriamlorenz7687]

I agree re iris planting method - shove them in and they grow! I did that with all of mine and they are thriving.

[@penihavir1777]

Thanks so much for the garden tour!!! ♥️♥️♥️ I love your wild iris story. I’m curious, do wild irises have a strong fragrance, as some modern varieties do? I enjoy mixing varieties too. When they’re all the same, I call it “a suburban garden.” 😉 I didn’t even know that there’s such a thing as a climbing hydrangea. I’ll have to look that up and see whether it can grow as far north as I live (where it can reach -40°C/-40°F… or used to yearly and still does on occasion). I wish I had the patience to grow roses. In my climate, it’s a lot of work to protect them over the winter. How lucky to live in a place where they thrive so well. A true garden paradise, you chose your home well. ♥️ Thanks for the peony advice! Mine do well for the first set of flowers, but the second set of flowers rarely open. One was here when I moved in and the other given by a neighbor (and amazingly fragrant), but both were originally in full sun so that’s where I kept them. And the peonies at my brother’s place when he bought it were also in fun sun (all day). I’m currently reworking the back yard, and a neighbor offered me a bunch of peonies she needs to divide. So I’ll put those on the east side of the garage, protected from the afternoon sun, and see whether they do better. 👍

[@jamesthurber4730]

I find iris' quite hardy, actually hard to kill. They have completely naturalized on our property, keep trying to give them away! Some of your varieties are gorgeous!

[@harrietdevine1295]

I love all these types of flowers but haven't had any luck with irises or peonies. I do have many many roses, including Pierre de Ronsard, but none as spectacular as yours. Beautiful x

[@LostGardensofChateauRosieres]

Thanks Harriet!

[@lisac1110]

Oh my lord i love the flowers roses etc just glorious i got a sent for every season in my gardems with also lilies etc what i love the most is korean viburum they bloom very early and smell like carnations dis you ever check reblooming iris ? All the best hugs 😊😊😊❤

[@sarahhudleston832]

I also love Papa Meilland. Best scented red rose in my opinion!!!! My mum had 400 rosebushes in our home in Zimbabwe and she knew all their names even in the dark when she used to water them and pick them when it was cool.

[@RonRobertson-lafrance]

Wonderful flowers, on that rose that might be Zepherine Drouhin, it might be my monitor, but it looks too pale for that rose (though it could be one of the sports that is paler pink). It should be entirely thornless (as are the two sports that I've grown). Love your collection of plants, I hope I can go to that iris farm, as well as the peony farm some day! Great video!

[@joannemacintyre251]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@raffaellavitiello1762]

4 am , l dont think so, will see you for breakfast ❤❤❤