Red rose, orange hips
October 28, 2008
Brisk weather enlivened both the gardener and the unknown climbing rose planted by the previous owner. It’s red—my favorite color. The scent was faint, but perhaps it’s because temperatures were cool yesterday (upper 60s for most of the day, with an afternoon high of 71 degrees). Just look at all those buds.
The color looks a little different in this photo, in the evening light. Does anyone recognize it? Dorothy, does it still look like ‘Dortmund’ to you? I’d love to have an ID.
The fat, orange hips are delightful too—like mini pumpkins just in time for Halloween.
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Pam, there is something about these single/double roses, every time I see them I promise myself that I will buy one but I still haven’t! Perhaps this year. Your photos are lovely.
Best wishes Sylvia (England)
Thanks, Sylvia. This rose is quite nice, but then it’s hard to find an unattractive rose, isn’t it? —Pam
Pam, You are finding all the gifts this new garden has waiting for you. A lovely rose, I do hope it has good fragrance on a warmer day. Nice cool weather to garden in, too. Lovely photos. Gail
Hi, Gail. I’m so glad this rose bloomed for me so I could decide whether or not to keep it before I redo that bed. It’s a keeper! —Pam
Pam I don’t know what your rose is but I am often mesmerized by your photos. I look at them like I would see them as a painting. I sure hope you don’t mind that I paint some of your photos. You usually paint with your camera. Lovely too I might add.
Lisa, of course I don’t mind. In fact, I’m flattered by the idea that you paint some of my photos. I loved the anole one you did. —Pam
Pam … what gorgeous close ups you have taken of this rose .. and it is difficult with such an intense colour .. I find mine blur or don’t come true to colour .. you did a great job !
Love seeing such nice fat rose hips too !
Joy
Thanks, Joy. I found that using the Custom setting on my Canon S3 IS, which provides a cooler tint than the Foliage setting, works best on the reds, whites, and other intense colors. Maybe you’ll find a setting on your camera that works better too. —Pam
Pam,
I don’t know how in the world Dorothy was able to identify that rose without blooms. Amazing… I do agree with her that it is a ‘Dortmund’. Jamie and I just started collection antique roses this year and ‘Dortmund’ was the first one we bought. Ours has bloomed on and off all season and the clusters of blooms hold up surprisingly well considering how fragile it looks. It’s blooming now, as a matter of fact.
I don’t know how she did it either, Randy. She obviously knows her rose hips! Thanks for the confirmation that my climber is ‘Dortmund.’ I’m glad to know it’s performing well for you, and I hope it will do the same for me. The only thing is, this one is kind of shoehorned into its space. How big does it want to get, and is it a losing battle to keep it trimmed to, oh, about 6 or 7 feet? —Pam
Pam, stunning photos of rose & hips and I love the hips at this time of year, they add colour to the garden and are wonderful to make marmalade and soup of. Do you have Rose hips soup in US? / LOL Tyra
Hi, Tyra. Thanks for visiting. No, I’ve never made rose hip soup, but someone else mentioned it to me recently. But was it an American? I can’t recall. It certainly isn’t something I’m familiar with, but it sounds intriguing. —Pam
I don’t think your hips look fat. They do look orange, though.
How about globular then? —Pam
What a beautiful Rose. Single Roses have such a simple elegance. I’m starting to appreciate the hips as much as the blooms of Roses. They are nearly as distinctive. I wish I could get a photo of the hips of my ‘Carefree Beauty,’ but something keeps eating them!
‘Carefree Beauty’ does have lovely hips! I grew that rose in my old garden. Is it the naughty squirrels at Squirrelhaven that are eating them? —Pam
Roses are one of my favorite flowers. They come in so many colors and shapes. I think back to my childhood in Missouri. We never clipped off the rose hips and they were as important to the beauty of the plant as the blooms. I have to laugh at my neighbor’s antics. As soon as my rose blooms start to fade he has to be out there and clip them so the petals don’t end up in his manicured grass. Beautiful pictures, Pam.
Thanks, Phil. It is strange when people get worked up about petals or a few leaves in the garden. Colorful ones look as pretty on the ground or in the grass as on the plant. —Pam
Yowza – that is one gorgeous rose! And I agree with Mr. Macgregor’s Daughter – single roses are tres chic.
And it’s really a treat to read, step by step, how you are going about creating a new garden.
Chloe M.
Hi, Chloe. I’m glad you’re enjoying the process. So am I. —Pam
What’s not to love about that red? I’d say that particular rose is a keeper!
I think so too, Cindy. What’s better than red roses? —Pam
That red rocks! I’m not yet a rose person. Not that I don’t like them, but in my limited experience, they’re not so crazy about me. I’m already having fun watching your new garden unfold.
Hi, Iris. The antique roses I’ve grown so far have all been easy. I hope you’ll find one that will pull its own weight. There’s nothing like a rose in the garden. —Pam
Oooh… I’m so glad that you have a ‘Dortmund’ in your garden! I was going to guess that, or the similar-looking ‘Henry Kelsey’ even before I saw Dorothy’s original guess. The blooms are spectacular, and most of the rest of the foliage in your lovely garden will hold up to ‘Dortmund’ pretty well, I would guess. 🙂
I hope so, Kim. I was considering taking it out—sunny beds are precious to me now—until I saw it bloom. I will give it a year and see how it does. —Pam
I was going to guess that it was that or Altissimo. Apparently Dortmund is well-known for its nasty thorns, and that’s one way to ID it. I’m glad you’ve found a healthy red rose in your new yard– what a nice surprise! (I inherited a not-so-nice ‘Dr. Huey’ myself.) Did you leave Valentine to surprise the next owners of your old house? I’m sensing a theme here. 😉
The thorns got me a couple of times yesterday. Yes, they are nasty. So unlike mild-mannered ‘Valentine,’ which I left in the old garden. Actually, I left all the established roses, but I took the newish ‘Radrazz’ Knockout. —Pam
Hi Pam, I was going to mention Altissimo too, we have that one entwined with the white ‘Moonlight’ on the old clothesline pole. I have grown Dortmund in Houston, both flowers are similar. I am so glad you are going to leave it, it will make a good base for future additions!
Frances
I’m going to give it a try for a while, and I hope it will perform well. The flowers sure are pretty, but I’ve yet to meet a rose I didn’t like. —Pam
The rose is lovely but the hips, with the central stamens still attached, are beautiful.
I think so too, Layanee. —Pam
Pam,
So pretty. If it were a darker red, I would have guessed Altissimo, but it is not that cherry red yours is. The rose hips seem to be the belles of the Autumn ball.~~Dee
Thanks for confirmation of the ‘Dortmund’ ID, Dee. —Pam
Pam, this rose has the same form as my ‘Topsy Turvy.’ I wonder if they have share some genetics.
Good question, Kylee. ‘Topsy Turvy’ is certainly pretty with those white swirls. —Pam
I am an aficianado of ‘Dortmund’s’ colorful hips. It’s one of the many things that I like about the rose and, I think, one of its most easily identifiable features. I agree, it is a great rose, one of my favorites.
Kudos to you for the rose-hip ID, Dorothy! —Pam
Pam, I – like Dee – almost thought ‘Altissimo’ , but the yellow stamens were missing. And that little white eye it has – how charming! My R. ‘Altissimo’ is shaking her hips all over the place, a real mood lifter! I am truly in awe of Dorothy. That was an awesome id!
I am contemplating buying another rose – ‘Mutabilis’ … after perusing your old postings I decided I don’t have enough blossoms in my garden.
Hi, Germi. I’d love to grow ‘Mutabilis’ if I had the room and the sun. At the last house I lacked the room. At this house, the sun. Argh. —Pam
Interesting! I believe Dortmund is one of those roses that is hardy way north. And you, the Texan, are the only person I know who has it. Beautiful rose–I have a single with gorgeous stamens and hips too. Don’t know what it is either.
‘Dortmund’ is said to be hardy in zones 4 through 10. That’s a big range, isn’t it? —Pam