@purplerallim.. thank you... I do... it can't quite make up its mind what it wants to be that one.. but I don't mind a bi-colour... wait till you see my 'Oranges and Lemons'...
This is the Malvern Hills. We have been in this cottage less than a year and I don't know when it was last pruned properly. I cut quite a bit off early this year, I could walk upright under it then, now I have to stoop quite low. It's on an arch and is about 4m high and 4m wide. As it's repeat flowering I don't know what to do about pruning it. Should I just dead head it now, cutting about a foot off each flower cluster? Underneath is a mass of tangled twigs.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Oh gosh, I would find that to be out of hand... if it was mine I would have to cut it back hard, even losing any current flowers or new buds... removing all dead wood and taking it right back to the main framework on the arch... massive thinning out on that one... but you might not want to be so drastic... I like to keep things under control … eventually someone is going to have to take the loppers to it to reduce it..
I love looking through this thread, please keep posting your lovely pictures🙂 Here are a couple of my earliest roses, albeit miles behind everyone else's:
Golden Gate, strong as an ox, plentiful thorns Summer Sweetheart, old foliage is a bit manky (unpruned) It's a warmer pink in real life, but this is the best I could do with my phone🙂
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Me too, except for the size of plant!
This is the Malvern Hills. We have been in this cottage less than a year and I don't know when it was last pruned properly. I cut quite a bit off early this year, I could walk upright under it then, now I have to stoop quite low. It's on an arch and is about 4m high and 4m wide. As it's repeat flowering I don't know what to do about pruning it. Should I just dead head it now, cutting about a foot off each flower cluster? Underneath is a mass of tangled twigs.
Golden Gate, strong as an ox, plentiful thorns
Summer Sweetheart, old foliage is a bit manky (unpruned)
It's a warmer pink in real life, but this is the best I could do with my phone🙂
Remembrance (I don't think I like red roses...)
Kew Gardens with a proper cluster now
Arthur Bell
Malvern Hills, lovely foliage and flower. I like the white edges.
A very Valentines day inspired Royal Jubilee!
Think the 3 plants compliment each other well!!
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Vanessa bell
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.