{"id":18713,"date":"2017-07-10T20:01:05","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T19:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18713"},"modified":"2017-07-10T20:01:05","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T19:01:05","slug":"roses-are-red-and-charitable-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/trees-and-shrubs\/roses-are-red-and-charitable-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Roses are Red and Charitable Too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am miffed\u00c2\u00a0 that the Royal National Rose Society has gone into administration (May 2017). Originally formed in 1876 it owns land in St Albans but finds annual running costs onerous. As small compensation here are details about a couple of charitable red roses.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18714\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18714\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18714 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Princes-Trust-rose-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Princes-Trust-rose-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Princes-Trust-rose-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Princes-Trust-rose-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Princes-Trust-rose-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Prince&#8217;s Trust\u00c2\u00a0 Climber Rose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>This rose was bred in 2000 by Harkness roses and named to help raise awareness and funds for the The Prince&#8217;s Trust.<\/li>\n<li>The clusters of slightly fragrant, pure scarlet or blood red blooms are produced repeatedly throughout the summer into the autumn.<\/li>\n<li>The green, glossy foliage provides an attractive backdrop to the blooms.<\/li>\n<li>Normally a 10&#8217;\u00c2\u00a0 climber it can\u00c2\u00a0 grow up to 15 feet even on a north facing wall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18715\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18715 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/National-Trust-Rose-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/National-Trust-Rose-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/National-Trust-Rose-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/National-Trust-Rose-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/National-Trust-Rose-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">National Trust &#8211; Hybrid Tea Rose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>A medium sized 3 foot high flowering Hybrid Tea rose.<\/li>\n<li>Spiraling petals of\u00c2\u00a0 vivid red make florist quality, long stemmed blooms produced throughout the summer and autumn.<\/li>\n<li>Young foliage is coppery red foliage maturing to a glossy, dark green.<\/li>\n<li>Different suppliers make differing claims about the scent ranging from undetectable to sweet or strong. I think it is very light compared to most roses.<\/li>\n<li>The eagle eyed may see some black spot but it is a hardy disease resistant rose that will tolerate poorer conditions than other rosa varieties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At least the two beneficiaries The Prince&#8217;s Trust and the National Trust are still operating as charities even if our <strong>Royal National Rose Society<\/strong> is becoming defunct.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"grid product-info\">\n<div class=\"grid_5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am miffed\u00c2\u00a0 that the Royal National Rose Society has gone into administration (May 2017). Originally formed in 1876 it owns land in St Albans but finds annual running costs onerous. As small compensation here are details about a couple of charitable red roses. This rose was bred in 2000 by Harkness roses and named to help raise awareness and funds for the The Prince&#8217;s Trust. The clusters of slightly fragrant, pure scarlet or blood red blooms are produced repeatedly&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/trees-and-shrubs\/roses-are-red-and-charitable-too\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trees-and-shrubs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}