Do you have some close up pics of Windermere? I saw this rose once at the nursery and it looked beautiful, but i didn't purchase it. Maybe it's because David Austin didn't market/advertise this rose enough.

I'll get some close ups - they were just starting to open when I took this picture a couple of days ago, but there are some fully opened ones now. They have the wonderful petal-packed old English form you see on so many Austins. I'll get the camera out today.

Karen, wonderful photo of a wonderful rose!!!
'Windermere' is my absolute favorite white English rose. I probably have nine or ten of them in my garden.
Very pleasing bushy growth, hundreds of blooms, great repeat, fragrance to die for... Oh, remarkable disease resistance.

I have lots of pictures of this rose, both closeups and whole bush shots (please see the link below).

Here are just a few:

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Here is a link that might be useful: Windermere photos @ my Photobucket

Those are really beautiful pics, Karen and Dark Lady.

Karen, my Winderemere is in its 4th year and it's absolutely huge....it took off like gangbusters this year and is easily 4x4. I severely underestimated the space between the adjoining neighbors, and now have a wee crowding issue. It really overwinters well also; not too much cane dieback. Very hardy down here in central Illinois.

Thanks, Terryjean! Maybe I don't have to have two - one may take the place of two if mine grows like yours is. We're both zone 5, and I usually find Austins to be quite hardy, so I'l enjoy seeing how big Wintermere gets.

I have a couple of them. Repeat is quick, fragrance is good, but the flowers are very ephemeral--two to three days at most. Other than that I like it a lot.

You're right about ephemeral (love the term - much nicer than 'blows quickly'). In a way it is a good thing the blooms don't last too long because there are so many it would weigh down the canes. The other new Austin I put in is Princess Alexandra of Kent - it's blooms last and last and last.

I always get confused with the words, 'ephemeral' and 'ethereal.'

So ephemeral means, 'lasting a very short time'.

What does 'ethereal' means? The dictionary says, 'extremely delicate or refined.' Not sure exactly what that means. I assume it means when you see something that is ethereal, you immediately think of angels and heaven.

Karen, lovely pictures.

If you'll allow me to enable in a similiar colour theme...go get yourself a Lion's Fairytale from Palatine for next spring. ;)

Oh Morden Man - I've been thinking about Lion's Fairytale from Palatine for a couple of years - now you've gone and enabled me.

Karen,

You will love Lion's Fairytale. Surprisingly hardy, superb disease resistance, strong rounded growth with large white/cream blooms that hold well in wind and rain and once established, it is rarely out of bloom... It is one of the best of what is already a great series of roses.

I purchased Windermere today. I am hoping to use it in breeding. Does it ever produce hips for you?