At our previous home, we purchased 2 bare root plants from David Austin Roses around 2009 and planted on either side of a west-facing arc...Read Morehed arbor (zone 9 CA). They grew vigorously and within a couple years were meeting in the middle of the arch, approx. 8 ft. Very heavy bloom in spring and needed significant pruning to keep from getting too "bushy". I don't recall any reblooming, but bloom season was pretty long. Flowers were 3"-4" with moderate, clean fragrance. I recall some flowers balled and wilted in heat, possibly from insufficient watering in drought-y California. Had some issues with mildew. We used no pesticides and little/no fertilizer.
I purchased this rose solely for the name for my mother in Sacramento, California where it lives happily. I pruned it for her and stuck t...Read Morehree branches in the ground here in San Mateo (zone 17.) They all grew.
It blooms beautifully in the spring. It is about six feet tall. The scent is heavenly. It does ball in the early summer when we have our high fogs that burn off about 11 am, but later in the year the blooms open fully again. No problems with disease. It would probably be even happier if I watered it more.
Brother Cadfael is a rewarding rose with exquisite flowers - when they don't ball. My three plants attempt to bloom every spring with gre...Read Moreat abundance, but mostly end with the flowers balling. I experience no repeat bloom despite attempts to prune heavily or train the long canes horizontally. The plants produce very long, upright stiff canes. Disease resistance is good here in central North Carolina.
Approximately ten years ago I purchased 3 bareroot plants of the wonderful Brother Cadfael Rose from a mail-order plant company. I love ...Read MoreEnglish roses and took a chance on the fragrance. They are in a deer-proof enclosure in my front garden and their glorious fragrance pervades every corner of my yard. BC are prolific bloomers, four times a season and seem to arch ever upward. I have not tried to train them to a trellis as climbers but can see how they would do well. I have had no luck with propagating with cuttings, but will keep trying. I'm very happy with these roses and my neighbors comment admiringly every long growing season.
This is growing in my garden in Mississauga, Ontario. (Zone 5) At the moment I have the 4th set of buds on it this year. Lovely and easy ...Read Moreto grow. Collar and fill with mulch each fall and it's happily in it's 4th year.
This was purchased in memory of my trip to Shrewsbury, England, home of the fictional Brother Cadfael. Every year, I look at the lovely flowers and rememeber the equally lovely countryside and the rose gardens I saw in Shrewsbury
At our previous home, we purchased 2 bare root plants from David Austin Roses around 2009 and planted on either side of a west-facing arc...Read More
I purchased this rose solely for the name for my mother in Sacramento, California where it lives happily. I pruned it for her and stuck t...Read More
Brother Cadfael is a rewarding rose with exquisite flowers - when they don't ball. My three plants attempt to bloom every spring with gre...Read More
Approximately ten years ago I purchased 3 bareroot plants of the wonderful Brother Cadfael Rose from a mail-order plant company. I love ...Read More
According to David Austin's 2009 Handbook of Roses, they named this rose after the hero of Ellis Peters' detective stories.
This is growing in my garden in Mississauga, Ontario. (Zone 5) At the moment I have the 4th set of buds on it this year. Lovely and easy ...Read More