Original name is Aschermittwoch.
This rose is classed as a once bloomer but since becoming established it repeats reliably for me.
The bloom form and colour I find fascinating.
The form is very old world and the colour changes amazing.
Sometimes brown,tan,ash,pale violet or cream or combinations of those colours.One of my favourites
He is a very vigorous and tough rose that I imagine would do well anywhere.
To me he is sort of halfway between a climber and a rambler
and could climb trees or be espaliered on a high fence.
LOTS of thorns!
regards
sandie
Another beautiful Rose Sandie and a terrific Pic, I have never seen that one before. Sounds interesting love the colour. Thanks for the look.....Cheers..MM.
Sandie, I know it's classified LCl, but it's never been more than a shrub for me. Yes, it's fragrant. My favourite funeral parlour colour I call it. Very interesting rose wonderfully captured.
Thanks everyone- Kate- I am new to the digital camera and still trying to find my way-I have hundreds of pics on my computer waiting to be resized and compressed-I plan to keep only the best ones. Hazel-To me it has a slight but fresh fragrance-don't ask me about perfume 'notes'I only know if I swoon it is a heady wonderful fragrance and if I don't then it is medium to average. :) Lozza-I initially saw Aschermittwock at a large rose nursery in Perth-there it was grown as a shrub/climber planted on a trellis and allowed to climb but the rest of the plant not on the trellis was kept as a shrub.I fell in love with it immediately.Unusual colours really appeal to me and most roses of this colouring are weak in constitution but this one is tough and vigorous. I think it would be a versatile rose-climber or large shrub. regards sandie
Hello, im from the states and i have been wondering about whether or not i should plant this here in my texas zone 9a garden. the hottest temperatures we recieve here are about 100 degrees F but it is usually only a couple days per summer and it drops doback down into the 90s by the next day. Im right on the coast(about 5 miles inland) and the relative humidity is always about 95%. I was basically just wondering how hot and humid this rose would be before it became living trash.
