Charlotte's Rose

Dorothy loved roses.  On Park Road, she had many varieties or roses, many of them climbing up trellises that she had made.  She had nearly thirty different varieties of roses on Windermere Drive as well.  Sadly, roses aren't has hardy here in New England as they are in England.  But there are some.  One that is hardy here that Dorothy had on Windermere Drive is David Austin's Shropshire Lad.  We talked about it, including my wanting to plant it.  That was of course more than seven years ago.  I want to have Shropshire Lad climb up the pergola that is not yet built (along with clematis, which Dorothy also grew).  I love roses too, so I thought I would try to grow some of the hardy shrub roses offered by David Austin.  One of them is named Charlotte, how could I resist that?  The other one (which is pink) is called Gertrude Jekyll.  (What a terrible name!  I don't like the name Gertrude and Jekyll just makes me think of Jekyll and Hyde.)  I ordered bare root roses on their own root stock.  Here is Evelyn and Charlotte getting them ready for planting.