@Katsa Great pond and really lovely assistant cat.
I'm not sure that any of DA's climbers are truly bee-attracting. His website suggests Generous Gardener and Lady of the lake are, I don't know the latter but I've not noticed the honey bees mad for GG, there still seem a lot of petals in the way. The campanula, hypericum calycinum and clover on the other hand are buzzing. I guess bumble bees could manage the petals, they fight their way in and out of full peonies.
@Mr. Vine Eye, thanks for the cutting and rooting information. I will try this autumn. Hopefully by then Gabriel Oak would be big enough for some cuttings
@katsa Not sure if this has been mentioned but I wonder if Crown Princess Margareta would be a consideration?
Also as was mentioned elsewhere, I'm not sure if this would be ok for you or not but I wonder if you could make a bed near the pergola along the lawn, if the footings for the posts are not too large there, then you could plant in the ground and have a bigger selection. Two foot distance to plant from should be fine. If this isn't something you want to do totally understand.
After a week’s rain and having been busy at work I finally have a week off and I’m so glad the warm dry weather has returned.
Went around inspecting my roses this morning and spotted these two clusters of roses - I love clusters as they showcase the same blooms from various angles at the same time.
First up is my yellow patio rose
And Roald Dhal doing its thing again this year - very floriferous
Lady Emma Hamilton isn’t quite doing the same - lots of buds but it doesn’t produce a proper ‘flush’ somehow..
I've posted two pics to try and illustrate where I would like to put my mystery, cheap, unnamed rambler I bought and potted on a few weeks ago (best I've been able to come up with for a name is "Rose Ruby" which grows to about 6'x4'). Would it be a suitable partner planted between two other ramblers, it will be about 1.5ft away from one and slightly more from the other, with the idea of it scrambling up through them. My only concern at the moment though, is whether Ruby is prone to blackspot as I've noticed quite a few affected leaves.
I'll be interested in what the experts reply to you @peteS, regarding how close is too close in relation to rose replant disease if you plant a new rose near a really established one.
@Marlorena ...I bought it from a market, unnamed unfortunately, but too cheap to ignore. I've scoured the internet for clues...red, small leaves, small flowers etc, and come upon a rose which fitted the bill called Rose Ruby. But I dare say it could be any one of many more.
@peteS oh ok... I'd say it was 'Excelsa' actually... a biggish rambler.. and easy to propagate from which is why it was so cheap.. sometimes called 'Red Dorothy Perkins'...
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Also as was mentioned elsewhere, I'm not sure if this would be ok for you or not but I wonder if you could make a bed near the pergola along the lawn, if the footings for the posts are not too large there, then you could plant in the ground and have a bigger selection. Two foot distance to plant from should be fine. If this isn't something you want to do totally understand.
..where did you get the rose and what makes you think it's called Rose Ruby?...
...I bought it from a market, unnamed unfortunately, but too cheap to ignore. I've scoured the internet for clues...red, small leaves, small flowers etc, and come upon a rose which fitted the bill called Rose Ruby. But I dare say it could be any one of many more.
oh ok... I'd say it was 'Excelsa' actually... a biggish rambler.. and easy to propagate from which is why it was so cheap.. sometimes called 'Red Dorothy Perkins'...