David Austin's Fighting Temeraire

I have this one Bornagain and I love it too. Gorgeous fragrance too.

How long have you had it Waddy? Sadly mine is by the pond so it's at the back of the bed which means I don't get the benefit of the perfume. Still, maybe it will be carried on the air, and I do have quite a few with wonderful fragrance where I can get closer including my old fragrant delight:-))

Its good that the newer roses are perfumed - the fashion for form without scent was unsatisfying I always thought.

I agree Stera, a rose by any other name , without perfume, would not smell as sweet lol:-) I have a very lovely rose called sweet cover, but it has no perfume at all so does not smell as sweet, but is so lovely I excuse it. Apart from that one, I think most of my roses are fragrant. I also have a flower carpet rose with no smell (amazingly long flower season)and two with a faint smell. I have a lot of white pinks called dianthus Memories. When I bought them a percentage of the sale went to the Alzheimers society. It is one of the strongest, beautiful perfumes of all of my plants and so easy to grow and propogate.

I wish I could smell it! Gorgeous colour though, and I agree about Dianthus. My bright pink one really gives the border a lift 🙂.

Mine is a four year old Bornagain. It started off in a large pot, but when I redesigned the garden I found just the place for it. Mine isn't flowering yet, but I mean to post some pictures of all my roses when they bloom.

BA yes pinks smell wonderful - take me right back to childhood. i discovered this Spring that Magnolia stellata smells lovely - why did I only just notice that?

Hi Sheila, the other thing I like about dianthus, apart from scent and beauty is they are so easy to propagate. I just take a piece and either push it in a pot ot in the soil, they almost always take:-)

I look forward to that Waddy, I do love roses :-)

Hi Stera, I wonder if it's something to do with the lock down. We hear more, see more and smell more ....erm... I don't mean we smell more, you know what I mean:-))

Me too BA ☺☺

Lol BA!

Another lovely one BA, I`ve just put a pic of one of my new ones "tottering-by-gently" think I bought it because of the name.lol.

I'll, have a look Phyll, my Mortimer Sackler (your recommendation) is looking lovely, great rose, no thorns and is easily managed......did I mention the perfect perfume too:-)))

A really Turner coloured one Ba, it's lovely..

Thanks Janey:-)