Roses: What is your favorite David Austin/English Rose?, 1 by springlover

springlover wrote:
Eglantyne: I'm in zone 6...just north of Deeetroit in the 'burbs. Not close to the water, so I have the roses mulched every winter with composed alfalfa manure. My "manure" source gets it from throughbred horse farms nearby, and those "fillies" aren't fed anything but the best! LOLLOL, so don't have to worry about "weed seeds"!
During the growing months I have made alfalfa tea from pellets and sprinkled pellets around my flower beds. I didn't see any great improvement with those methods tho.
I have instructions from the rosarian that planted them initially (since I knew nothing about roses at the time) regarding feeding, mold/mildew issues, bugs etc...It was quite a rigorous spray regime. If anyone would like the "method" I'll post it.
Below is Heritage, another of my favorites