THE BEAUTIFUL LADY EMMA HAMILTON (No wonder Nelson fell for her)

lovely rose

It's a very pretty colour Ba, and good to know it's a toughie against the weather......

Nice to know the rose stood up to the weather. It's beautiful.

I have this one as a climber on my Pergola Ba, and she is a real beauty..What a lovely addition to your garden. So glad that yours weathered the storm ok, I heard that it hit the Midlands quite badly..

Phew! Lovely rose, and feisty too.

Beautiful, dies look a nice strong plant :-)

Lovely rose

Beautiful and tough with it - who could ask for more?

Beautiful ,scented and tough. What a bonus !!:o))

That's a pretty rose :o)

That is very pretty Ba :o))

You`ve made a start then Ba, like the colour of this one I think Hot chocolate would compliment it.
Wasn`t that weather awful we had tremendous thunder and lightening with it, good job there was some exciting tennis on.

Thank you all for your kind comments, it was awful yesterday and today she's being attacked by strong winds as are all my poor long suffering plants, Stroller I suppose you've got the same? How has the weather been fo everyone else?:-)

I'm not that far away in the East Midlands but we had none of your weather. It was muggy but sunny. The wind has picked up today though.

It was horrendously muggy here too and the storms didn't clear it..... get back to work lol:-)

Yes Miss!!!!!!!

Thought so:-)

Very nice ... As u know I love roses .. just got one today .black baccera .. think that's how u say it ......

Oooh don't know that one, are you putting a pic on?:-)

What a beautiful rose BA at least you know she can stand the rain......shocking summer isnt it?

I'm getting a little fed up with it Dd, I heard on the radio that summer will start in September! :-)

Beautiful colour, I am glad the rain did not spoil it.

I have this BA and I was wondering if mine was doing quite well because it is under trees and big shrubs which protect it from the worst of the rain...glad to see yours is doing well in a more exposed position. It is a terrific rose, and lovely perfume too. The new foliage is a gorgeous bronzy hue and seems to be very disease resistant, and my shrub is now quite large...probably about 3' across and about 6' tall. It flowers a long time. Last year, mine was still going in December. Great choice! :D

Wow...six feet tall! The perfume it was that hooked me Karen and the lovely shaped flowers. The colour of mine seems more gentle than pics I've seen too. I went for a pinkish one to compliment the Queen of Sweden in the two front beds, but there were none I liked and Emma sort of stood out. Do you have yours as a short climber? If she needs support as she grows, what do you recommend? I'm not very good at that sort of thing and it must look nice:-)

BA, it is lovely, but I've been out today and it definitely needs some support, it's flopping over. I just keep it as a shrub, let it do it's own thing really. I have tied the 6' high part to an obelisk as a temp measure, but I need to get in there and sort out the rest. Think for now I shall just tie string right around the whole thing, about half-way up. Next year I shall get a big circular metal support on legs for it. Might actually do that soon....instead of the string I could buy two semi-circular supports and carefully push them in around it.....I'll let you know how it goes! :D

Those two semi circular support sound a good idea Karen, do you know who sells decorative ones that would be there permanently? Not that I need them immediately, but would like to know for when I do. :-)

Its amazing how they shrug off the weather and just carry on flowering. Its beautiful.

Thanks Rose, this assault from the weather is none stop isn't it:-)