It’s a pleasure to share all my geeky knowledge with you all

No problem lots more of these to come

@@thesummerland6165 you are most welcome thank you for watching and that is the exact reason why these videos were created and all of my own personal reviews to give you the best most balanced and natural opinion I can to enable you to spend your money as wisely as possible

Look out for the next one, which is the soft things and my personal favourite

Do you check the availability? I’m having thousands of messages from people saying that roses are becoming available for pre-order I don’t want you to miss out

Hope you have a great season ahead

I’m glad that you like it it will be included in the next collection filmed which is the soft pinks. It’s a much lighter hue than the salmon and peachy tones on display here

Of the shed ? Why ?

I love this idea. I suspect we'd all get shed envy and have to start saving for a new one. Are you worried you'd have to tidy up, @the_GardenerBen?

Yeah, Gertie is a QUEEN of all pink roses. She is second to none.

@@YRzone8a my best for disease resistance collection is available to watch hear on KZfaq at any time

@@the_gardenerben may i ask which weather zone are you in?

@@YRzone8a I’m located in Hampshire on the south coast of the UK which is growing zone 6-9 I classed myself as growing zone seven however over recent years our weather has become more and more changeable we are regularly seeing winter temperatures fall to -10 and summer temperatures in excess of 34°

Hi, thank you for your message. I’m really glad that you like them. Unfortunately it’s not a rose that I’ve reviewed just yet. It’s been difficult to get hold of in the UK over recent years.

It’s a lovely rose I’ve reviewed it you can see the review hear at any time

The reasons for retirement vary the official line is that the right he’s no longer perform well in our changing climate, which is not true in my personal growing experience, it’s more down to copyright each rows when it’s launched is given a Latin name and a commercial copy written name once the copyright expires. David Austin need to make the decision whether the rose is worth spending more money protecting the copy written nine, all allowing it to be grown by other people on the Licence using its Latin name. Which is why I now include the Latin name in most of my posts

Didn't know about this, but makes much more sense! @@the_gardenerben

I know, I too am gutted that we never got Lady Emma in NZ, and now never will.

​@the_gardenerben Yes. I wish they would be a little more transparent about this, to be honest, and not take the "not up to scratch" line. I've had clients who are rose obsessed suddenly panic that they ought to get rid of something which is quite happy because "DA says it's not happy anymore," despite visual, OBVIOUS evidence that said rose doesn't read the website and would stick two fingers up if it did. I did get Lady Emma Hamilton out of one such event though😂! Great reviews, by the way. I love the fact you so frequently reference Tottering By Gently, which is one of my all time top three: I love her simplicity, ability to stand up to the damp (and, in my case, super windy) SW UK, her hips, the pollinators, and how beautifully she glows at dusk. Thank you very much.

What’s your location?

For me, YL is a crimson red, and Jubilee celebration made it into the hall, pinks section, officially marketed as a coral

@@the_gardenerben interesting. I guess climate really does make a difference with DA roses. Here, YL is mostly deep pink/magenta. It's very similar in color to Princess Ann and Gabriel Oak. I actually thought Gabriel Oak was YL in the video until you revealed the name

@@everettedl the colours are slightly different here and of course there is the shape Gabriel Oak is much more raspberry. Pink opens fairly flat cushion.YL is very much more, a plum crimson, very dark, indeed very similar in colour to Munstead wood, but once again with a silver hue to it deeply cut the bowl is always surrounded by closed petals on the outside.

I was wondering about James L Austin. Are you not a fan, or just not in flower this time?

@@princessflounce as a general rule, I am a fan, but mine failed to produce its first flush this year. The second is incredibly heavy, but I didn’t flower at all until about three weeks ago.

This is a video about deep pinks specifically though, presumably there will be another one for light pinks. Wouldn't you say Scepter'd Isle is a light pink?

@costask3404 Alnwick is lighter than Scepter'd Isle. My Scepter'd Isle sometimes is close to Gertrude Jeckyl with her color. Almost neon pink with bright yellow center. Pure magic ! I think Scepter'd Isle is better than most of these roses.

I of course have not forgotten her. She is coming up in the next section which is the soft pinks. This collection showcased everything with a salmon, coral and Peach in tone

@@the_gardenerben OK THANK YOU !!

@@violettawlodkowska4190 it’s available to watch now