Black Tea

Originally bred as a mystical brown red rose. Yet it becomes a little bit lively red in my local area. Should I call it 'black tea' rose, still? lol

Black Tea rose, HT

Black Tea rose bud

lil' ruffles

Black Tea rose in the showering rain

Heaven on Earth

first time we met

untidy bush

too sad to cut off all buds, i had to

In this pic, it took a month to regrow

Heaven on Earth bud

Colour changed, the day after

Heritage

The very beneficial feature of Heritage rose is it's most frequent flowering, compared to the other roses in my garden. I was buying this David Austin's English rose hybrid firstly because it was bred in the year 1984, the same year I was born. I guess it represents me though, hehe. Additionally its blush pink colour is considerably attractive. It's rare colour I could buy from my local tree shop, bear in mind that the common shades of roses here in Thailand are those of vivid and intense colour. Thus, when you saw this kind of pink, you wanna own it then haha xD

Blush pink David Austin's Heritage

Beautiful Heritage develops her full bloom.

Heritage bud 

At first I thought its leaves incurved due to having place it in shade for too long. This is however one of its features though.

A comparison between younger bloom and older bloom, different shade of pink!

Delicate petals of  Heritage

Although I honoured Heritage as the me-representative, it is not the best rose in my garden. The reason is, I am really annoyed at the fact that the flowers aren't long-lasting enough. Too bad it drops too quick, only a day after its full bloom. And that is sad T^T

Abraham Darby

One of my favvvv'rit English roses is Abraham Darby. I bought it without having a name tag. What I need to do then is trying to search for its name. I need to re-plant it as it was grown in the chaff so I moved it to a better rich and well-drained soiling. I need to feed it food and protect it from disease. These were done just to reveal its true beauty. And here is the result...

Abraham Darby's bud

Apparently seen its ruffling petals

This blossom was of the winter. So no doubt it looks healthier. 

Fully bloom of Abraham Darby

As far as I have a record of it, it spends  about  3 weeks  to finish its flowering competency.  

In my opinion, Abraham Darby does its job very well in Thailand. It suits every weather condition; heat, rain or dryness. In the summer, although Abraham Darby appears smaller, its beautiful shape still remains. I wonder why it's not been listed in David Austin's recommended variety. Or I should consider growing the non-listed in my area instead, lol.

Evelyn

David Austin's Evelyn rose is the first rose in my English rose collection. I've grown it for about 8 months (up to Jan,2012). This rose thus has survived Thailand's rainy season and Thailand's unique winter ;P That means, different season, different appearance. 

Colour is more vivid at the state of opening

Personally I think this happened due to heat and rain.

Full bloom of Evelyn in rainy season.

3 months since bought

See how it gave the first flower during the period when temperature was running low, 18 degree C.

It is far more beautiful than in rainy season.

Evelyn, taken with Heritage. Nice weather simply made the flower bigger.

8 months since bought. Thinking it's time to find a new pot.

Prosperity

I got this Prosperity climbing in a standard version. Although Prosperity has long been listed in my wishlist, I bought this tree rose without having known it is 'it' before. I knew that it is the famous Prosperity floribunda rose as soon as I tried to google for it.

What I really love about this rose is the way its pink bud that opens white then. It's cute isn't it. The very word the seller said and made me decided to buy this rose is 'like it's candy' lol. Am I too easily convinced though? hahaha. 

Love these pink buds. Guess it's a general character seen in many other white rose hybrids.

White bloom

Prosperity climbing rose, Standard

white blooms in cluster!

Not only it's dominant in free-flowering, it is healthy and resistant to disease. (At least in my garden, lol)

Blanche Neige

Blanche Neige means snow white in English. Originally, it was named 'Witte Koster', which I guess it means white cluster, its outstanding feature. According to google searching, I found that it was named 'Blanche Neige' or sometimes called 'Snow White' following the renowned Disney's Snow White.

Blanche Neige is a polyantha rose that is so resistant to disease. This rose seems to share a common character with miniature rose for being mini as well. Easy to be confused, it is. By the way, Blanche Neige has white flower which comes in clusters and has no fragrant at all. One thing I love so much about this rose is its flower shape. It is more or less cupped, depending upon the weather is like. These photos were taken in December, which is comparable to, likely, spring season of warm climate countries. During this time, Blanche Neige is very flowering and looking healthy. 

its buds, look just like jasmin

young flower sometimes has pink tint

Leaves are somehow long and pointed. I guess it's a trait of polyantha rose. You don't have to believe me, lol

top view

little miss Snow White

Blanche Neige and Ink Spots