Warm (20 degrees C or so) but breezy day in the Queen Mary’s rose garden in London’s Regent’s Park today and Claret was by far one of the best scented roses for intensity, comparable to Chandos Beauty, Donatella, Emily Bronte and Konigin von Denmark. Incidentally, many beds of traditional hybrid teas have been removed and replaced with grass, in an obvious bid to make maintenance easier and drop older more blackspot probe varieties. Very sad to see gone, among others, Double Delight, Special Anniversary, Diamond Jubilee and various older DA varieties at the garden’s entrance.

A beautiful rose thats a warm orange with yellow undertones. The flowers spring sin size when it's warm but keep their spiraled form. I was truing to cross them and removed the sepals one the buds colors book though the bud but had not opened at all and none produced pollen after drying for a day.

Hello Yvonne!

I was just wondering if I could ask a few questions about your ‘Helen Traubel’ rose that is in your impressive garden!

(Namely if you knew of any nurseries that still stocked it, or if you would consider doing cuttings)

I’m desperate to get it this particular variety for my grandmother and would adore any insight / help!

Thank you so so so much!

Cheers!
Luke