@micearguers I don't have any experience with other "teas". No nettles in my garden or close enough. Alfalfa tea has more nitrogen than potassium, I've seen NPK numbers from 2-0.5-1.5 to 5-0.5-2 (in dry pellets which says nothing about the tea) but I think it's all guessing.
This is another Graham Thomas bloom. It has lots of buds and I love the blooms but my goodness is it covered in blackspot. Such a shame as I love it otherwise.
My roses and sweet peas got battered by the wind. I'd just planted Alister Stella grey and my goodness did the wind whistle through the bottom of the garden.
I'm now second guessing my decision as pockocks suggests that it does better in a sheltered site. Which it ain't! Also, does anyone have any suggestions for how to trail it between the bed and the pillar? My current attempt looks a bit rudimentary.
Thanks for sharing the pots @Nollie. I'm going to have a look as id like to get some for the bare roots I'm planning to order.
That Aquarell and Wildberry are still very alluring @Marlorena and Octavia Hill is appealing too.
@Nollie Thank you for looking. I've had a quick search but Mica Decorations seem only to be available as indoor products here. But in bed last night I realised that a very large bowl (55cm dia at least but too shallow for
roses) I bought last year in Germany resembled yours, sure enough. Not here at the same price no doubt.
Diamond eyes has opened its first bud for me. I am really happy with it
First blooms on my Charles de Mills, slightly spoiled by this infernal rain...but they have remained upright and there are a couple more buds to open, so fingers crossed they might (and it is a big might this summer) open to more favourable conditions. Any way not bad considering it's only been in the ground a couple of weeks.
...nice Charles.. you will have to keep your eye on that one... let us know if you can get any scent from it.. @Tack ..I like your little pots planted up... I've got one like that but had various things in it... sempervivums at one time..
..now.. @Katsa ..your Alister Stella Gray.. long time ago I had this, I planted in Spring and it did nothing all summer until autumn when it threw up a long climbing cane.. not sure how yours will behave having just planted it.. the rope is ok but you might not get any growth on it before winter.. have to wait and see on that... also the rose might send up shoots from the wrong side, going out to the left, which will mean having to bring them across to the rope... if you get several basal shoots, you could remove any growing in the wrong direction but it would be a shame to do that.. ..it's quite a tough rose, I know of one growing in Scotland...
..as it's quiet, here's one of my favourite perennial ground covers, which makes a nice change from Geraniums and suchlike.. ...all it needs is the sharpest of drainage as it's a native of the Balkans and Greece... it's hardy here for me, had it for years, but not for heavy winter wet conditions.. ...surprisingly, I grow it with a rose, and it doesn't object to some composted manure run off, or rose fertilizer, is evergreen dying back to a tufted mat in winter, and so easy to propagate, just break off a small piece, plonk in gritty soil, water, and it will soon start to grow,.. it also seeds itself gently.. it flowers from late June to autumn without cease..
..a fantastic plant with a fabulous name that just rolls off the tongue [with practice].. Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana 'Pink Starlets'... you could also call it Gypsophila as it's very similar..
Thanks for the heads up @Marlorena. What would you do in my position? Train it more upwards first and then arch across? Or consider an alternative rose?
@Katsa ...it depends on what you think of the look of it, you might think it looks odd... as it grows it will be forced to develop a laid back appearance, as it's trained towards the post.. like someone in an aeroplane seat that has tilted it back.. it's going to require some tying and training as it grows to reach that post and then upwards on it, but once a main cane has reached that post, you could remove that long stick is it?. as it would no longer be needed.... I use green string and tie stems to stems so they head in the right direction.. ..it will be a while before you need to do any of this though, so worry about it later and work on it as it develops What I would have done, by hook or by crook, would be to remove some gravel and dig a pit close to the post, even if there's concrete nearby, the roots would find their way around if I could just get a hole big enough for the rose... ...also, I don't like climbing roses in pots, too problematic in the long term...and if you replace it with another rose, it's still the same issue as it is just a bit too far from that post, but I think it'll work out alright and you'll find your way with it..
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This is another Graham Thomas bloom. It has lots of buds and I love the blooms but my goodness is it covered in blackspot. Such a shame as I love it otherwise.
I'm now second guessing my decision as pockocks suggests that it does better in a sheltered site. Which it ain't! Also, does anyone have any suggestions for how to trail it between the bed and the pillar? My current attempt looks a bit rudimentary.
Thanks for sharing the pots @Nollie. I'm going to have a look as id like to get some for the bare roots I'm planning to order.
@Tack
..I like your little pots planted up... I've got one like that but had various things in it... sempervivums at one time..
..now.. @Katsa
..your Alister Stella Gray.. long time ago I had this, I planted in Spring and it did nothing all summer until autumn when it threw up a long climbing cane.. not sure how yours will behave having just planted it.. the rope is ok but you might not get any growth on it before winter.. have to wait and see on that... also the rose might send up shoots from the wrong side, going out to the left, which will mean having to bring them across to the rope... if you get several basal shoots, you could remove any growing in the wrong direction but it would be a shame to do that..
..it's quite a tough rose, I know of one growing in Scotland...
...all it needs is the sharpest of drainage as it's a native of the Balkans and Greece... it's hardy here for me, had it for years, but not for heavy winter wet conditions..
...surprisingly, I grow it with a rose, and it doesn't object to some composted manure run off, or rose fertilizer, is evergreen dying back to a tufted mat in winter, and so easy to propagate, just break off a small piece, plonk in gritty soil, water, and it will soon start to grow,.. it also seeds itself gently.. it flowers from late June to autumn without cease..
..a fantastic plant with a fabulous name that just rolls off the tongue [with practice]..
Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana 'Pink Starlets'... you could also call it Gypsophila as it's very similar..
...it depends on what you think of the look of it, you might think it looks odd... as it grows it will be forced to develop a laid back appearance, as it's trained towards the post.. like someone in an aeroplane seat that has tilted it back.. it's going to require some tying and training as it grows to reach that post and then upwards on it, but once a main cane has reached that post, you could remove that long stick is it?. as it would no longer be needed.... I use green string and tie stems to stems so they head in the right direction..
..it will be a while before you need to do any of this though, so worry about it later and work on it as it develops What I would have done, by hook or by crook, would be to remove some gravel and dig a pit close to the post, even if there's concrete nearby, the roots would find their way around if I could just get a hole big enough for the rose...
...also, I don't like climbing roses in pots, too problematic in the long term...and if you replace it with another rose, it's still the same issue as it is just a bit too far from that post, but I think it'll work out alright and you'll find your way with it..