@Tack I am glad to hear it does well for you. What do you think about the fragrance? My Sandringham was very good in its first year (I bought it potted so it benefited from antifungal treatment from the garden centre) but went downhill in its 2nd year. It fights though. I think it should be happier in your drier climate.
@poppyfield64 Minerva is bad for disease resistance. The fragrance is one of the best and it is a true purple, not pink or red. Fading to greyish mauve, which is also quite nice. I saw some photos of it from continental Europe (all much better and bigger than my plant), I think it's happier in areas with less disease pressure.
@newbie77 I think they maybe get too big - and I know what you mean. The leaves aren’t particularly interesting. Like you say, maybe I’ll get some more heuchera and I’ll be dividing my brunnera.
hopefully with more success this time, last year I killed it!
@Delsie76 I didn't know you could get bare root now. I thought they had to be dormant so November at the earliest. Everybody on here seems to be buying potted plants for now and placing advance orders for bare roots to be delivered in the autumn.
Edit. I missed earlier posts to this effect. I think bare root potted means it was lifted as a bare root last winter, possibly kept chilled and then potted up for this season rather than fully pot grown.
Right. That's helpful, thank you. So it's not too early to plant potted ones?
That's a shame @edhelka the colour really caught my eye. I've also looked at Ebb Tide and it's offspring Twilight Zone but I believe they don't stay true to colour.
@Mr. Vine Eye your cuttings are looking really good. I'm planning on trying this too with a couple of mine. Do you use any kind of rooting powder?
Agapanthus in the new border. I am not sure about the variety, it's small and dark blue... I want more. I think I have the tag somewhere in the shed.
Probably Navy Blue / Midnight Star. I have tons of it, I bought 9x 9cm pots of it last year. Longacres had it for £2.99 each. It's quite vigorous, you'll be able to divide it soon.
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour".
@Loxley Thank you! I inherited it, move it to a pot when we were redoing the garden, there it was neglected for a year. Then I moved it to the new border. It's only approx. 45x45cm, I am not sure if it plans to grow bigger/taller but I've never seen it bigger. Its size makes it perfect for the edge of the border.
Thank you @edhelka and @Omori for all the useful info and I will refrain from a severe prune of Lady of the Lake and grow Ann Folkard or a clemtis (or both) up the stems to conceal them as @Marlorena suggested.
Stupendous thunderstorm and unbelievable quantities of rain yesterday, then the same in the middle of the night. Old stalwarts Warm Welcome and Julia Child, plus newbie Diamond Eyes came off totally unscathed. It was a severe test, but this is how some newbies fared:
Soul, Burgundy Ice, Rose de Molinard - blooms totally ruined although the shrubs of Soul and RdeM stayed upright, whilst the canes of BI are bent double over the supports.
PAoK whole shrub hit the floor, broken canes and not a bloom or a petal left on it.
Bonica also hit the floor but retained most blooms, even if they are a bit dirtied
Stormy Weather and Astronomia, even though they bloom more or less continuously, are kind of inbetween just now, but no damage to the shrubs or new buds.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@edhelka...hi edhelka, I see you live in roughly the same part of the world as I do...the soggy North. I don't know about you, but my number one priority when buying a rose is to try and find out it's resistance to rain; it can be the most beautiful, most fragrant rose in the world, but if it's in ruins after every downpour it's no good to me. Have you grown Blush Noisette, because I've read that that suffers badly with rain, but I feel it would be perfect for a 7 foot obelisk I need to fill.
..speaking from the desert of East Anglia, I could do with some of your rain @Nollie 'Duchesse de Brabant'... 'Bathsheba'... ..climbing cane of Bathsheba, showing breaks at almost every leaf node.. 'Mrs. Paul'.. clg Bourbon.. 'Wilhelm'.. Kordes Hybrid Musk... 'Frances Dubreuil'... one of the most strongly scented hybrid teas... Kordes 1932.. 'Marie Nabonnand... clg Tea.. 1938..
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hopefully with more success this time, last year I killed it!
@Mr. Vine Eye your cuttings are looking really good. I'm planning on trying this too with a couple of mine. Do you use any kind of rooting powder?
Stupendous thunderstorm and unbelievable quantities of rain yesterday, then the same in the middle of the night. Old stalwarts Warm Welcome and Julia Child, plus newbie Diamond Eyes came off totally unscathed. It was a severe test, but this is how some newbies fared:
Soul, Burgundy Ice, Rose de Molinard - blooms totally ruined although the shrubs of Soul and RdeM stayed upright, whilst the canes of BI are bent double over the supports.
'Duchesse de Brabant'...
'Bathsheba'...
..climbing cane of Bathsheba, showing breaks at almost every leaf node..
'Mrs. Paul'.. clg Bourbon..
'Wilhelm'.. Kordes Hybrid Musk...
'Frances Dubreuil'... one of the most strongly scented hybrid teas... Kordes 1932..
'Marie Nabonnand... clg Tea.. 1938..