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'Easlea's Golden Rambler' rose Reviews & Comments
Discussion id : 153-674
most recent 27 OCT HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 25 OCT by ParisRoseLady
Patricia, I was excited to see your contributions on this rose, because I just read the profile article on Walter Easlea in a back issue (Summer 2013) of the magazine The Rose, the publication of the Royal National Rose Society (UK). Walter Easlea was a consummate rosarian and hybridizer, and hugely influential in spearheading the rose breeding industry of the UK, founding Danecroft Nursery in 1906, which expanded and flourished until the WW II government restrictions forced it (plus all the UK rose operations) to shut down in 1939. He died at age 85 in 1945, and was active in the rose world until the end. Easlea's Golden Rambler is arguably the most emblematic rose of Easlea's breeding career, although many of his creations survive today.
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Reply #1 of 10 posted 25 OCT by Nastarana
Do you know how Americans can access The Rose?
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Reply #2 of 10 posted 25 OCT by ParisRoseLady
Nastarana, I believe that publication has ceased, the profile for it on HMF states it ran until 2016, so only back issues are available. Check out my postings from today in the Recent Photos category to see the magazine listings I posted, they will take you to the publication listing.
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Reply #3 of 10 posted 25 OCT by Patricia Routley
Thanks ParisRoseLady. I agree with your opinion of The Rose. I have a few from 2002-2010.

The Easlea men also grabbed my attention some years back and I gathered in a little bit of data on them. In the Members Comments for the breeder Walter Easlea Jnr, a lady called Dawn (HMF member - EastwoodRoses) lived near the old Easlea Nursery and wanted to promote the Easlea roses.

I am very fond of 'Easlea's Golden Rambler'. Last summer I actually pruned it just after flowering and thought at the time "Jay-Jay would be proud of me". It is a little early yet in the season, but it hasn't liked it as much as I expected. Probably getting a little too much shade these days and I should strike it and put it on the south sunny side of the Wee Garden.
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Reply #4 of 10 posted 26 OCT by ParisRoseLady
Patricia, it is good to hear that there are folks actively trying to maintain and preserve interest in cultivation of the Easlea roses. And YES, you should strike one in a sunnier location, and see what happens!
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Reply #5 of 10 posted 26 OCT by Jay-Jay
I'm "proud" of You, daring to prune, Patricia.
I'm proud, I do Not "prune" Easlea's Golden Rambler... that I can restrict my-selves in only taking away the dead wood and let the rose thrive and abundantly flower.
It's the most spectacular display of roses in our garden and it lasts a few weeks.
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Reply #6 of 10 posted 26 OCT by Patricia Routley
How utterly beautiful Jay-Jay. We who grow these beautiful old roses are very much rewarded.
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Reply #8 of 10 posted 27 OCT by Jay-Jay
... We're blessed!
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Reply #7 of 10 posted 27 OCT by ParisRoseLady
Love your pictures, Jay-Jay! Thank you for sharing. And yes, agree with Patricia about the rewards of growing old garden roses, I have previously grown them on my first property, but subsequently had to give them up due to multiple moves... I WILL get back to them one day!
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Reply #9 of 10 posted 27 OCT by Jay-Jay
Do I hear Schwarzenegger? I'll be back?
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Reply #10 of 10 posted 27 OCT by ParisRoseLady
LOLOLOLOL!!
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Discussion id : 115-660
most recent 9 MAR 19 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 8 MAR 19 by Patricia Routley
An update on some ‘Easlea’s Golden Rambler’ offspring.
‘Easy Going’ was the 2016 obvious EGR seedling found underneath the plant. I dug it up and in the process broke it away from the root. Later the top half survived and it flowered in its pot quite well in 2018. Very similar bloom, perhaps a little paler.

In 2017 I grew three seeds from ‘Easlea’s Golden Rambler’
‘Easel’ flowered a single whitish colour very early, and then died.
‘Easily Done’ is growing well in Its pot but did not bloom in 2017.
‘East of Eden’ is growing well but did not bloom in 2017.
These last two are surprising me with their reddish new foliage. Because of the deep green foliage of the parent, I just wasn’t expecting the red tint. They are due for planting out, but the soil is still hard and dry, so perhaps a little later. I will add photos later today.
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Reply #1 of 3 posted 9 MAR 19 by Robert Neil Rippetoe
Are they all climbers Patricia?
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Reply #2 of 3 posted 9 MAR 19 by Patricia Routley
I think ‘Easy Going’ might be, but it is too early to say Robert. I will give them space to climb if they want to and update you in a couple of years.
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Reply #3 of 3 posted 9 MAR 19 by Robert Neil Rippetoe
Thanks Patricia,

As you likely know, climbing genetics are usually dominant.

I have a nice EGR descendant coming along. It's out of Viru's, 'Lanjique', It's quite compact, low growing and repeats well.

I'm glad shows no tendency to climb so far.
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Discussion id : 99-946
most recent 17 SEP 17 SHOW ALL
 
Initial post 23 MAY 17 by Jay-Jay
This year the first flowers are of a very deep almost orangy yellow.
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Reply #1 of 12 posted 23 MAY 17 by StrawChicago Alkaline clay 5a
Orange flowers look so good in your soil. Is your soil sticky & heavy clay, or is it alkaline loamy (fluffy) soil?
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Reply #2 of 12 posted 23 MAY 17 by Jay-Jay
It's Easlea's Golden Rambler and most years Golden Yellow or lighter with sometimes just a tinge of orange or even red. see my earlier photo's.
This year maybe due to a late cold period with night-frosts, the color differs.
And no, I don't have those soils, that You mention, but just plain boulder-clay enriched with humus, lava-meal and fertilizer. Top-soil is just 40-60 cm and right under that top layer 5 m of impenetrable boulder-clay.
Lots of oaks nearby, so lots of leaves and Hedera helix covering the soil.
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Reply #3 of 12 posted 23 MAY 17 by StrawChicago Alkaline clay 5a
You are blessed with boulder-clay, that's high in calcium, and your roses have the most petals ever. I admire your Francis Meilland bloom (lots of petals). When my roses' petal-count is reduced, I always give it gypsum (calcium sulfate, slightly acidic). After having Marie Pavie for 6 years .. the blooms have less petals, so I gave it gypsum last fall. This spring: Marie Pavie's blooms look nicer (twice more petals). When KBW in Pakistan used wood ash on his roses ....he got the most petals in his blooms. "Wood ash is roughly 10-25% calcium, 1-4% magnesium, 5-15% potassium and 1-3% phosphorus."
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Reply #4 of 12 posted 24 MAY 17 by Patricia Routley
Jay-Jay, would you tell us what season of the year you prune 'Easlea's Golden Rambler', and how much?
My bush was making a fair bit of dead wood up top and didn't look too good. After trying to strike it for years, I bit the bullet and pruned it down to 15-20 inches or so in early Autumn. Now in late Autumn it is putting out new growth. I took the opportunity of taking many cuttings from the thicker laterals and all of them still look OK with many producing leaf growth. I hope there are roots down there to match the leaf growth.

(My self sown seedling below the plant is still in situ. It hasn't grown much and is probably about two feet tall. I am looking forward to seeing it produce something in spring.)
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Reply #5 of 12 posted 24 MAY 17 by Jay-Jay
Hi Patricia,

Until now, I just pruned what wasn't looking good or dead. Pruned what was bothering me back to a lateral and pruned that, what fell or blew off the "cat-cage" or broke in a storm.
That way it was renewed almost completely in a few years, but the original bare legged canes stayed.

When You want to prune it regularly, just prune the main canes back to a lateral on the height You like, I would suggest. Just like one does with black-currant bushes or apple-trees, of which the canes/branches are ageing.
I prune out of my gut-feeling/experience and observations.

Most of the roses I prune in late winter, but this-one during the growing season/after flowering, when I can see, which canes aren't productive/healthy any more. Or when I have scissors at hand and feel healthy enough to climb the stepladder or crawl on the cat-cage.
It's a prickly, scratchy and bloody, but rewarding job. Good luck!

And a hint: once bloomers like it better to be pruned just after flowering and not at the end of the season. Over here the fresh canes would die during the winter-frost periods!

Could You pot or replant the seedling,when it is in rest/dormancy, so it has less competition of the original?
Please post some photo's when in bloom.

Good to have You back!
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Reply #6 of 12 posted 24 MAY 17 by StrawChicago Alkaline clay 5a
Thank you for that fantastic tip: "And a hint: once bloomers like it better to be pruned just after flowering and not at the end of the season. Over here the fresh canes would die during the winter-frost periods!"
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Reply #7 of 12 posted 24 MAY 17 by Jay-Jay
You're welcome.
Pruning is mostly just plain sense.
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Reply #8 of 12 posted 24 MAY 17 by Patricia Routley
Thanks Jay-Jay. Yes, I will pot up the seedling.
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Reply #9 of 12 posted 24 MAY 17 by Jay-Jay
Do You get temps below zero°C at all in winter, Patricia?
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Reply #10 of 12 posted 24 MAY 17 by Patricia Routley
Never. But we can go from 2C to 40C throughout the year.
The long term average minimum temperature is 9.7C. (Does that make me a Zone 11b?)
and a long term average maximum of 18.4C.
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Reply #11 of 12 posted 24 MAY 17 by Jay-Jay
Oh Wow!
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Reply #12 of 12 posted 17 SEP 17 by Patricia Routley
Jay-Jay, I potted up the seedling, but it was brittle and broke away from the root.
I've potted the top (later edit - named 'Easy Going'), and separately the root (later edit - died). Early days for both.

After the big prune (and it has been slow to really get a go on), I sowed many hips. Got the second one up today. Temporary names of
'East of Eden' and 'Easel'.
Later edit: the 3rd, potted up on Oct 23, 2017. Name: 'Easily Done'.
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Discussion id : 64-817
most recent 21 NOV 16 SHOW ALL
 
Reply #1 of 2 posted 7 APR 14 by Jay-Jay
I agree Brad, only my Easlea's Golden Rambler has a dry spot, poor soil and is located under old big oaks.
It's bare-legged, but on top of the outdoors cat-stay it flowers and grows abundantly. Sets hips easily, but just few seeds germinate.
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Reply #2 of 2 posted 21 NOV 16 by Patricia Routley
I double agree. It is just breath-taking here at the moment. There is a 1m high prickly seedling underneath it that I am watching.
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Reply #3 of 2 posted 21 NOV 16 by Jay-Jay
Please post photo's of the 1m high seedling. Over here the seedlings do not grow well.
In the meantime: Enjoy the display of the mother-plant!
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