The Roses: Alnwick Castle

Alnwick Castle rose

Alnwick Castle or sometimes called Alnwick rose: one of the more recent David Austin English roses, named after Alnwick Castle in UK, apparently because there was a new garden under construction there, which ought to include many David Austin Roses.

Bred by: David C. H. Austin (United Kingdom, 2001). Modern romantic shrub, English rose.
Plant Source: 2010 Apuldram Roses
Blooming: Reblooms better in the warmer summer, generally not stingy. Nice raspberry fragrance.
Growing: Grows into a nice compact, upright bush, about 1-1.5 m high here in NL. Healthy, not fussy, reasonably vigorous.
Hardiness: Normally she has little winter damage, but gets into trouble if temps drop to -10C and bellow. Did not freeze out with -15C, but lost quite some canes.
Planted: Front garden, almost full sun.

Notes: It is easily one of my most favorite DAs, because of its awesome raspberry fragrance - strong and delicious! Really, it is easily in top 10 of best smelling roses for me, which is subjective of course, but definitely worth to sniff if you come across it.

Allium karataviense "Ivory Queen"

I have found these pics when sorting out the old garden photos: it is allium karataviense "Ivory Queen". I think this one met its demise somewhere down the garden re-design line, although with them bulbs you never know, it can still pop up somewhere in the garden, where it accidentally got dumped with some soil. If it is goners, not sure if I will get it again, as I am not too fond of alliums in general, but this was one of the more nice ones that I have ever had.

Allium karataviense "Ivory Queen"

Allium karataviense "Ivory Queen"