Bobbie James
Hybrid Multiflora, Rambler
Origin - Sunningdale Nursery (England), 1961
Parentage - Unknown
Color - White, yellow stamens
Foliage - Glossy green
Thorns - Extreme
Size - 8' - 25' h. x 10' w.
Fragrance - Light
Repeat bloom - No
Disease resistance - Good
Hardiness - Zone 6
The Name of the Rose - Named after the Hon. Robert James, in whose garden the rose was discovered.
Graham Thomas, then working for Sunningdale Nurseries, discovered this rose as a seedling in the garden of the Hon. Robert James (who had died a year earlier) and his wife, Lady Serena James, near Richmond, Yokshire.
The rose resembles a wild rose except that the flowers are much larger and have a musk fragrance. Blooming occurs only once in mid-spring but it is a profuse blooming and nearly obscures the foliage. The flowers begin to open slowly and it takes about two weeks for all the buds to open. This is an incredible sight! My rose did not bloom for several years so it might take a while to get established.
Many books recommend that you grow this rose in a tree and I initially planted mine with that purpose in mind. However, I decided later to buy an iron gazebo and train the rose over that. The thorns are pretty vicious so this wasn't a fun task but they are extremely long and not too difficult to train.
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Origin - Sunningdale Nursery (England), 1961
Parentage - Unknown
Color - White, yellow stamens
Foliage - Glossy green
Thorns - Extreme
Size - 8' - 25' h. x 10' w.
Fragrance - Light
Repeat bloom - No
Disease resistance - Good
Hardiness - Zone 6
The Name of the Rose - Named after the Hon. Robert James, in whose garden the rose was discovered.
Graham Thomas, then working for Sunningdale Nurseries, discovered this rose as a seedling in the garden of the Hon. Robert James (who had died a year earlier) and his wife, Lady Serena James, near Richmond, Yokshire.
The rose resembles a wild rose except that the flowers are much larger and have a musk fragrance. Blooming occurs only once in mid-spring but it is a profuse blooming and nearly obscures the foliage. The flowers begin to open slowly and it takes about two weeks for all the buds to open. This is an incredible sight! My rose did not bloom for several years so it might take a while to get established.
Many books recommend that you grow this rose in a tree and I initially planted mine with that purpose in mind. However, I decided later to buy an iron gazebo and train the rose over that. The thorns are pretty vicious so this wasn't a fun task but they are extremely long and not too difficult to train.
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