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'Easlea's Golden Rambler' rose Reviews & Comments
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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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Do you know how Americans can access The Rose?
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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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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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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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#5 of 10 posted
26 OCT by
 Jay-Jay
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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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How utterly beautiful Jay-Jay. We who grow these beautiful old roses are very much rewarded.
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#8 of 10 posted
27 OCT by
Jay-Jay
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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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#9 of 10 posted
27 OCT by
Jay-Jay
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Do I hear Schwarzenegger? I'll be back?
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