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'The Poet's Wife ™' rose Reviews & Comments
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This is my first post to this most helpful site. I purchased this rose April 7, 2021. She got off to a very slow start with tiny leaves, her few blooms were really small and she stayed overall small. I was advised by David Austin company to be sure to feed her Vigoro, Scotts Rose or Maxicrop. . Even though all my other roses thrived on my feeding regimen, including my beloved D.A. Tottering-by-Gently, I have faithfully been feeding with Vigoro since then. She gets full sun all day, and I keep up with our rain amounts in order to supplement watering in between. This spring, she has come out gangbusters with foliage, and it finally is normal size this year. She has some buds, which look to be normal size. However, this year I noticed some discoloration in some of her leaves. I took a pic and researched and it appears to be Rose Mosaic virus, which would probably explain her slow start and diminutive leaves/blooms? I reported to D.A. and they have already shipped a replacement! Wow! So, my question is, since she is looking healthy right now and the virus, from what I understand, is not contagious to my other roses, should I leave her? Or go ahead and dig her up? I am very sad to do it, since I have been nursing her all this time and looking forward to seeing how this plethora of buds open up here shortly.
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I'm told that viruses can spread between roots of nearby roses.
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I planted The Poet's Wife earlier this summer and it is quickly becoming one of my favorite plants in my entire garden! The fragrance is exceptionally strong and heavenly on this one-- very strong lemon notes with a touch of old rose. I find myself stopping to smell it multiple times a day! It is still a small plant, considering I only planted it about 2 months ago, but it puts out buds over and over. The blooms are a deep, vibrant yellow for about 2 days before they fade to more of a buttercream color, but I enjoy to color contrast between the new and the old together. I look forward to watching this girl get to her full size!
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Mine is still small even though it's in its third season (it's own root and in a large container), but it blooms a lot and always has a nice fragrance.
How's it doing for you this season? Is yours grafted or own root?
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The Poet’s Wife did not survive in my zone 5 garden. It was killed back quite heavily after the first winter, and didn’t make it through the second.
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Thank you for your report on winter hardiness. I lost many roses in my zone 5a winter, esp. with freezing & heavy rain in late April.
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This rose is now being offered by David Austin USA. The picture on the DA website is quite stunning. It is stated to be of the Old Rose Hybrid group and the (optimistic?) zone rating is given as USDA 5-9.
Can someone in Europe, or the USA if you already have 'The Poet's Wife', tell me how well it has performed in your garden and how hardy do you think it is?
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#1 of 5 posted
15 JUN 19 by
ChrisBC
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My PW is now in its fourth summer. The blooms are lovely (not lasting when cut), colour a beautiful deep yellow, and the scent is almost too strong! What I dislike is its growth habit. It requires an awful lot of staking; otherwise the tall stems fall over, and the shrub looks ungainly. Arching? To an extreme! Has anyone else experienced this?
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Yes absolutely... I have to stake mine too... it's very wide spreading and rather gangly in habit...my plant is about 5 foot tall and 6 foot wide but staked... but I wouldn't be without it, it's a constant bloomer.. non stop production and the scent is just what I like too...
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Hi! Because it’s legged you think it would be good on an arbor? Is it kind of like trying to be a climber? I’m thinking of making mine a climber if I get one.
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#4 of 5 posted
6 OCT 20 by
ChrisBC
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Although it grows long leggy branches, I don't think it could easily be made into a climber. It is a very large shrub in my garden and would spread too much; also it doesn't grow quite tall enough (6 ft max), plus it's quite thorny. But then I haven't tried to train it that way. It does throw out many beautiful fragrant blooms all season long.
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