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The scent of this rose is heaven like! - that being said I'm on the fence of whether to keep this rose. It fries up so easily in a higher temperature. I'm in a 9b and this rose fries up in ball and fails to open up in May. A bummer. The other Kordes roses open fine in my garden.
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He’s better in part shade otherwise he gets fried.
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I have found this to be true here in Raleigh, NC (7b). She was so much happier when she wasn't getting afternoon sun in my treeless yard.
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Saw some of these in the shops today and really loved the fragrance. Could definitely smell the myrrh in it. One of the better David Austin fragrances that I've smelled.
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#1 of 7 posted
9 MAY 18 by
 HubertG
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This was one of the worst Austin roses I've smelt. Nasty hint of cat pee. Luckily it didn't flower very much. Glad to get rid of it.
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Nothing at all to do with 'Tea Clipper' (but perhaps you needed to stand back and smell it.) A paragraph that caught my eye:
1975 Australian Rose Annual
p31. Dr. A. S. Thomas. Perfume.
.....The cat-like civet produces its perfume in a gland too. Known as 'civetone', it is extremely unpleasant in odour. However when very greatly diluted it becomes attractive and most useful as a perfume fixative.
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#3 of 7 posted
10 MAY 18 by
HubertG
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LOL, 'Tea Clipper' must have LOADS of civetone.
I bought this rose solely because it was the only potted rose in the nursery sending out fresh new shoots in mid-winter. However that happened to mean it put out a lot of growth at the expense of flowers ... luckily.
I should add that someone I knew thought the fragrance was lovely. It's funny what some people can smell and others can't. A lot of the Austin roses are spoilt for me by some underlying unpleasantness in the fragrances. I think my favourite Austin fragrances were Evelyn and Jayne Austin and Sharifa Asma.
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#4 of 7 posted
29 APR 21 by
wittejo
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My Tea Clipper hasn’t flowered at all! Meanwhile, it takes up space. I’m a bleeding heart when it comes to giving plants "one last chance," but this is ridiculous!
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#5 of 7 posted
29 APR 21 by
HubertG
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Wittejo, count your blessings that you've never had to smell it, lol!
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#6 of 7 posted
29 APR 21 by
wittejo
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Ha Ha! Imma take it out this weekend! (insert sinister laugh here)
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Mine has not flowered either and is suffering from dieback from unknown causes. It has some new shoots though, so I'm still trying to nurse her.
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