Marianne

 Marianne, bred by Paul Barden circa 2000

Marianne is a new rose to one of the old garden rose classes, the Gallicas. It's parents are Duchesse de Montebello and Abraham Darby. I have only had this rose since 2019 so I don't have a ton of information on this rose, I am instead going to link to Paul Barden's webpage about it. 

https://web.archive.org/web/20181107070459/http://paulbardenroses.com/gallicas/marianne.html

A full bush picture

Abraham Darby

 Abraham Darby, bred by David Austin, introduced in 1985. Parents are Aloha and Yellow Cushion. Abraham Darby has also been used as a parent. Its offspring are in different classes of roses such as David Austin/English, Gallica and shrub. Not a comprehensive list but here are a few offspring:

William Morris, David Austin

https://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.18151

Oshun, Paul Barden

https://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.37080

Marianne, Paul Barden

https://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.37540.1

Hettie, Paul Barden

https://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.37607.1

Janet Inada, Paul Barden

 https://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.47644

65-08-11, Paul Barden, not released into commerce

https://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.62371

Here are some pictures of Abraham Darby in different phases of bloom.

As the bud begin to open

Getting closer to fully open

Just about to drop petals

Fully open

Transition into summer

 Now the weather is starting to warm up other roses are opening up. Top to bottom: Abraham Darby, Monsieur Tillier, Oscar Peterson, and Duchesses de Brabant. Stay tuned for more pictures and information on these and other roses.

The building of a rose garden

I started my rose garden here in Missouri in April of 2020. The roses I started with were Safrano, Monsieur Tillier, both Tea roses; Ellen Tofflemire, Marianne, Tuscany Superb, all Gallica roses;  and a rose that I had yet to see bloom coming from a cutting. The last rose struggled all summer and wound up dying due the February 2021 freeze. Over the course of the summer the rose total got added to by Duchesses be Brabant, a Tea rose; Abraham Darby, a David Austin English rose, Rise n Shine, a miniature rose that the rabbits ate to nothing and a rugosa rose, which the rabbits ate as well. I did add a few more roses in late fall, winter and spring with a few more in the future. 

When I planted the original 10 or so roses I put them in the grass and just mowed around them. I did eventually add mulch to the area, along with a bench, and summer annuals. The below pictures are from when I first added the summer annuals  to the main rose garden, I have a few in a couple of areas elsewhere in the yard. The pictures are also of tonight with the roses blooming in it. I plan on updating this as my rose garden blooms and grows.

 

Spring in Missouri

Some of the roses blooming for me this spring. Top to bottom: Ellen Tofflemire bred by Paul Barden, Marianne bred by Paul Barden and Tuscany Superb

Ellen Tofflemire and Marianne are both recent additions to the Gallica class of roses. The Gallica class is one of the European old garden roses classes. Tuscany Superb is a Gallica rose as well, but was bred pre 1837.

I guess that you can call Ellen Tofflemire and Marianne new old garden roses. 

 

Almost Thanksgiving and still going strong

 Monsieur Tillier, a Tea rose introduced in 1891. This is currently in a zone 6 location so we will see how it handles the winter.

After heat, storms, and cooler weather

July was really hot. Most of the 6 roses just sat and did nothing. August started a little cooler and then had a few storms. The storms are gone, temperatures have cooled down. Here is a couple of happy rose bushes.