GOODBYE ALBERTINE
It's a sad thing when you have to get rid of a plant that is established and doing well but Albertine had to go. Albertine is a rambling rose with thorns like fish hooks. One got well embedded under the skin on my forearm the other day, when I accidentally fall into the rose, and that made my decision.
Albertine makes a glorious show of roses in summer but it is not a repeat flowerer and it is a savage thing, taking much pruning to keep it in shape and control as it can grow 12ft high and spread 15ft at least! I shall have to look for something more gentle to take its place, something without thorns, a repeat flowerer, with a great fragrance.
Sorry Albertine.
When you've gotta go, you've gotta go.
Albertine makes a glorious show of roses in summer but it is not a repeat flowerer and it is a savage thing, taking much pruning to keep it in shape and control as it can grow 12ft high and spread 15ft at least! I shall have to look for something more gentle to take its place, something without thorns, a repeat flowerer, with a great fragrance.
Sorry Albertine.
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| Albertine has vicious thorns |
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| Albertine |
When you've gotta go, you've gotta go.