Absolutely gorgeous...and all the photos are making me so envious I have quite a few roses myself - Winchester Cathedral, Rosa Handel, Nostalgia, Iceberg, Compassion, Eye of the Tiger, Dublin Bay, Lady of Shallott and Snow Goose. I'll post some pics when they start to bloom.
May I also ask what feed/fertilizer does everyone use? I'm planning to mulch and feed my roses this weekend and it would be great to hear what everyone uses. A friend suggested chicken pellets - are these good for roses?
@Busy-Lizzie I absolutely adore your garden (or to be honest, I am green with envy)
I would like to know if you plan your borders or if it just evolved into this over time. And the roses are absolutely lovely, your garden setting suits them.
I use rose fertiliser, whatever is available in the garden centre that has iron in it as my clay limestone isn't very good at giving iron to roses. Preferably one that lasts a bit too, slow release. I use blood, fish and bone for planting.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Yes I am ahead here, Marlorena, but the downside is keeping them going in the summer heat. Roses tend to slow down a lot here in July/August but they do come back again.
My favorite yellow of yours, Marlorena is The Poets Wife. I was very tempted by that, but look forward to seeing my Ab Fab, which I hope will suit my conditions better.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Yes, 'The Poet's Wife' is a winner... it destroys the much touted myth that you can't grow roses in shade.. providing it's not caused by trees or large shrubs it's not a problem for a lot of them, especially Austins I find..
Love the 'ZD' hedge above... I always have an idea to plant this with its 'sports' ... 'Kathleen Harrop' and 'Martha'... all the same rose but in different shades of pink... I think that would look nice..
I can't say I've ever used chicken pellets.. when I look at the NPK they seem quite low in nutrients.... but perhaps useful as slow release... I use various different kinds, usually with a higher potash figure [the K bit]..
Daughter and I have just been walking around her garden counting the roses. She has 94! They are climbers, ramblers and shrubs. She knows all the names, habits and colours of all the ones she planted, which is most of them.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
'Bonica'... one of the healthiest and trouble free roses you can get out there... not much scent, light and fresh at best... but always in bloom and makes a great show as a large shrub...
'Hyde Hall'...[Austin -English Rose] Large blooms, musky scented... on a rather coarse and thorny shrub which gets big..
'Dunham Massey'... [Horner/Beales 2013].. an Austin lookalike as so many are these days... nice scent, bit floppy in growth... always flowering..
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May I also ask what feed/fertilizer does everyone use? I'm planning to mulch and feed my roses this weekend and it would be great to hear what everyone uses. A friend suggested chicken pellets - are these good for roses?
And the roses are absolutely lovely, your garden setting suits them.
My favorite yellow of yours, Marlorena is The Poets Wife. I was very tempted by that, but look forward to seeing my Ab Fab, which I hope will suit my conditions better.
Love the 'ZD' hedge above... I always have an idea to plant this with its 'sports' ... 'Kathleen Harrop' and 'Martha'... all the same rose but in different shades of pink... I think that would look nice..
I can't say I've ever used chicken pellets.. when I look at the NPK they seem quite low in nutrients.... but perhaps useful as slow release... I use various different kinds, usually with a higher potash figure [the K bit]..
'Bonica'... one of the healthiest and trouble free roses you can get out there... not much scent, light and fresh at best... but always in bloom and makes a great show as a large shrub...
'Hyde Hall'...[Austin -English Rose]
Large blooms, musky scented... on a rather coarse and thorny shrub which gets big..
'Dunham Massey'... [Horner/Beales 2013].. an Austin lookalike as so many are these days... nice scent, bit floppy in growth... always flowering..