Hayley Westenra Rose

[Paddy]

Welcome to Rachel

... who shares her name with this Hayley Westenra rose:

[dutchjoyce]

Aug 14, 2008 22:50:41 GMT Paddy said:

For Joyce:

Thanks Paddy,
The roses in my garden will bloom very soon too!!(again!!)

Greetz JOYCE.

[Paddy]

Aug 16, 2008 8:09:09 GMT dutchjoyce said:

Thanks Paddy,

The roses in my garden will bloom very soon too!!(again!!)

Greetz JOYCE.

In time for Dublin Limerick Lichfield Liverpool Northampton!


Paddy

[martindn]

By then, the Last rose of summer will have faded and gone.

Martin

[Paddy]

Aug 17, 2008 12:36:36 GMT martindn said:

By then, the Last rose of summer will have faded and gone.

Martin

Hi Martin,

Last year, I had roses blooming much later than that.

The weather/seasons ain't what they used to be!


This one certainly will 'have faded and gone':




But, if one of her 'lovely companions' is blooming then

... I'll bring it with me in November ... to Northampton.


See you there?


Paddy

[martindn]

Hi Paddy,

See you there?

I hope so! Look forward to meeting you!

Martin

[postscript]

Hi everyone.

I clicked quickly through and don't think the following has been previously posted ... Oh yes it has, says Richard! and better presented too!

Anyway, the purpose of the post was to assure Nicola she was quite right to share a moment of someone else's enchantment with Hayley.

I will now turn this post into another related subject. Who has imported into the UK and what was their source, please? I had a feeling there was a nursery in Reading where I shall be this Saturday--no I haven't got my dates mixed up its for someone else's performance and I can't pin down the nursery

And how are you getting on with them? Will there be at least some buttonholes this year?

Peter S.

[Richard]

Hello Peter!

I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but if you look at the first two posts right at the start of this thread...

hwi.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=unicef&action=display&thread=1947&page=1

Edit: Make that the first three posts! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

Richard

[Richard]

Hello again Peter, I've just noticed your edit!

The address in Reading is HERE, but note it should be Loddon Bridge Road, not London Bridge Road. It was over two years ago, so things may have changed in that time. Your earlier post HERE might also be helpful.

The rose is also known as 'Rachel' and can be purchased from Apuldram Roses HERE.

Richard

[phillip]

Jul 25, 2008 2:57:22 GMT @larryhauck said:

Jon,

Isn't that from a U S Viet Nam war protest song from the sixties?
I think it was by Pete Seeger in about 1967 or 68.

Larry

Really? I thought it was traditional and much earlier than that and a French song that Marlene Dietrich used to sing.

[phillip]

Jul 25, 2008 2:57:22 GMT @larryhauck said:

Jon,

Isn't that from a U S Viet Nam war protest song from the sixties?
I think it was by Pete Seeger in about 1967 or 68.

Larry

Oh, Wikipedia confirms it was "a folk song of the 1960s written by Pete Seeger and Joe Hickerson."

It also says:
"It was first performed by Marlene Dietrich in French (as "Qui peut dire où vont les fleurs?") in 1962 at a UNICEF concert." So my memory isn't completely bad either.

[drew]

Tasman Bay

Rose nursery's contribution recognised by garden trust
By ELISE VOLLWEILER - Nelson

Imagine working in a place so redolent with roses that you no longer register their scent.

Such is the lot of Motueka's George and Ben Pratt, whose business, Tasman Bay Roses, was recently added to the index of gardens of regional significance by the New Zealand Gardens Trust.

The trust, established by the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture, aims to develop a database listing gardens of note throughout the country, as well as to promote tourism and education about these gardens and establish standards of excellence in the "open garden sector".

Tasman Bay Roses obviously fit the criteria - after being visited by a contingent of judges in September, the nursery's owners were informed this year that it had been added to the register.

It took every one of the 10 working days' notice they had been given to get the post-winter garden pruned, mowed and generally prepared to its owners' high standards before the judges descended, but George had been confident that the sprawling and painstakingly tended garden was significant enough to qualify.

He said the judges had been impressed by its "wow factor", which came from not only the roses but from the layout and the ambience created by the bordering trees, which were planted when the family started the business four decades ago.

Tasman Bay Roses was founded in 1965 by the current owners' parents, Nigel and Judy Pratt, who began the initial layout and plantings. Originally, the rose side of the business was run in tandem with the Pratts' hop production, but after 10 years, it became clear that for economic reasons, a choice had to be made between the two. The roses won.

Since then, the gardens and nursery of Tasman Bay Roses have grown to cover about 1.6 hectares, and the business nurtures and sells more than 1200 varieties.

Indeed, the trust's website refers to the huge range of roses in stock, "from the earliest cultivars to the latest modern releases".

Wandering around the expansive gardens, the names of dozens of these varieties spill easily from George's tongue.

He cites the 220-year history of the Duchess of Portland rose, describes the new varieties that "capture the imagination", such as Rhapsody in Blue and Hayley Westenra, and talks of the continued popularity of the Peace, Iceberg and Dublin Bay roses.

"We grow them all because we love them all," he says simply. "Everybody should have a rose in their garden."

People are welcome to bring a picnic lunch and enjoy a stroll around the garden, free of charge.

Certainly, there is something to look at all year round, whether it be the winter-time contrast of the pruned garden, the strutting golden pheasants - which, when the sunlight hits, look as if they will burst into flames - or the Pratts' massive apple-snuffling kunekune pig.

Of course, the most glorious time to wander through Tasman Bay Roses' gardens is in the height of summer, when the blooms from the climbers cascade from trees and trellises and the warmth of the sun sends the roses' sweet, heady scent spiralling through the air.

Not that George and Ben notice.

Tasman Bay Roses is in Chamberlain St, Motueka. There is no charge for visiting the gardens.

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[Ross]

CONGRATULATIONS HAYLEY

The following article was in todays Christchurch Press



So well done Hayley on your Rose being voted best i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

[Belinda]

Awesome Ross

I have not bought one yet but i think i will Get one this year

Belinda

[Richard]

Congratulations Hayley!

Success seems to go hand in hand with the name!

Richard