IN PRAISE OF AUSTIN ROSE LADY EMMA HAMILTON

She's a beauty, floppy or not. Is this your front garden Ba? Lovely design, with lovely planting :-)

What an absolutely gorgeous rose! She looks great planted there, wish I could smell her!

Yes it is Gralew, thank you:-)

I wish you could smell her too louisa, thank you:-))

What a beautiful rose. I've never seen one like that before.
I like your lavender around that circle :o)

Love that Rose Ba...Your garden is so pretty....

Such a sumptuous colour,Ba.

Thanks Hywel, I had to put gravel under the lavender as last year rain was sitting for some time on the surface here! I've always concentrated on the back garden and thought it was time for a front garden makeover, like you:-))

Thank you Motinot, I just noticed on the third pic from bottom a little Rosie dog sneaking out of the porch:-))

Thanks Suey, did you notice my little smooth girl Rosie in the third pic from bottom? :-))

isn't she a gorgeous shape? I like the apricot colour as she opens. I don't tend to like the ones that change colour but this one is lovely.

Thanks Seaburn, it's so hard to describe her colour, but she is rather vivid at times, changes with the weather too. Her new growth is an added bonus as it's quite dark bronzy which looks fabulous with her colouring:-))

I have it! I love her bronze leaves!

A beautiful rose. We put in three when we first moved here, though sadly one died for no apparent reason... but the two remaining have performed wonders.
Yes, it does flop a bit but it can be forgiven that because of its lovely flowers and wonderful scent.

Excellent pictures.

Doesn't she smell lovely too Liasciubba, in David Austins dellin garea, the Lady Emmas were grouped together and from far away you could see the bronze haze dotted with her lovely globes:-)

Thanks Fractal, do you use any props for it? I grow geranium Orion with her and unfortunately many of her lower flowers are obscured by it (good geranium by the way) I suppose I'll have to move them away from her somewhat, the problem is the beds look bare early on until Orion spreads:-)

yes it's great scent ! I've been last year I'm birmingham and k regret I couldn't go to visit Austin because of family not interested and because even if close it was complicated to go by train , so we went to visit Shakespeare.s town . we made a compromise visiting Anne Hataway house and garden .
next tim e I'll go with gardener friend just for garenen tour's !

I have the same problem, family kind, but not really interested in Gardening:-)

may be we can go together!

That would be lovely lol:-)