Black Baccara

I want to be honest: I'm not getting great results with Black Baccara and I'm not entirely sure why. powdery mildew in humid summers has been a recurring problem despite my attempts to address it. I've been focusing on deadheading spent blooms to encourage reblooming based on everything I've read. …

People describe Black Baccara as easy and I'd push back on that slightly. deadheading spent blooms to encourage reblooming needs consistent attention and black spot fungal disease on the leaves can undermine progress quickly if ignored. Where Black Baccara is genuinely underrated is the beauty. rep…

I nearly gave up on Black Baccara after three months of mediocre results. Then I focused properly on deep watering at the base rather than overhead and within a few weeks the difference was dramatic. It now lives in a large terracotta pot on a sunny patio and has genuinely transformed that spot. re…

I planted Black Baccara at entirely the wrong point in the growing calendar and spent the first few months wondering what I'd done wrong. rose dieback from hard winter frosts didn't help matters. Once I understood applying rose-specific granular fertiliser in early spring things improved substantial…

Black Baccara is a genuinely satisfying plant to grow, but I want to be upfront about one thing: powdery mildew in humid summers. I've dealt with it twice now and it takes consistent attention to manage. Beyond that, repeat-flowering over a long season makes it one of my favourites in the collectio…

I've been growing Black Baccara for a full year now and want to capture what each season offered. first flush of blooms in late spring was the clear high point — everything you're told about Black Baccara at that time of year is true. But the plant has something to offer in every season, which I had…

I brought Black Baccara home six months ago with high hopes and almost no knowledge. The first challenge was understanding applying rose-specific granular fertiliser in early spring — something I hadn't expected to matter so much. Once I got that right, the whole thing settled down. I grow it in a …

As a complete beginner I was nervous about starting with Black Baccara. It turned out to be more forgiving than I expected, as long as I paid attention to deadheading spent blooms to encourage reblooming. I grow mine in a trellis or pergola for climbing varieties which is working really well. excep…

My first attempt at Black Baccara failed — powdery mildew in humid summers got hold of it and I didn't know what I was looking at until it was too late. I left it alone for a year before trying again. The second attempt, with proper attention to deadheading spent blooms to encourage reblooming, has…

I'd had Black Baccara for about eight months with acceptable but unremarkable results. Then I started really paying attention to deep watering at the base rather than overhead and the difference over the next two months was dramatic. exceptional fragrance on warm afternoons became much more pronoun…