The rose in the icon is Castle Balthazar. It's a bit obscure (trying googling on it). There used to be a entry for it on Kordes' website, but I can't find that now.
I picked it up in the clearance section at the hardware a few years ago. Marked down to $5 from $35 or some ridiculous amount.
It started to flower soon after I brought it home. It has the most ordinary flowers, a single circle of light red petas with a yellow centre, but it's was so enthusiastic. Imagine this tiny rose plant in a pot, and it has more flowers than many large bushes produce.
Then it got hit badly by black spot, for which my rose book says dust with a fungicide and remove all infected leaves. So I did, until all I had was a stalk with two small branches sticking off it, at which point I thought I should stop. Didn't stop it covering itself with flowers again though.
This year though, there's no sign of flowers :\ The cold spell knocked a lot of roses about, and lack of rain isn't helping. Hopefully, it's just taking it easy for a bit.
I picked it up in the clearance section at the hardware a few years ago. Marked down to $5 from $35 or some ridiculous amount.
It started to flower soon after I brought it home. It has the most ordinary flowers, a single circle of light red petas with a yellow centre, but it's was so enthusiastic. Imagine this tiny rose plant in a pot, and it has more flowers than many large bushes produce.
Then it got hit badly by black spot, for which my rose book says dust with a fungicide and remove all infected leaves. So I did, until all I had was a stalk with two small branches sticking off it, at which point I thought I should stop. Didn't stop it covering itself with flowers again though.
This year though, there's no sign of flowers :\ The cold spell knocked a lot of roses about, and lack of rain isn't helping. Hopefully, it's just taking it easy for a bit.
