Great photos @Mr. Vine Eye. Is your Buddleia called Flower Power. It looks similar as I saved it to my photos last year with the intention of getting it.
Katsa, I know, you inspired me But I need the full 120-125 width, so I need one full-arch to create one half-arch.
There are two types of arches - 1) (left) and 2) (right). There are some exceptions but not many and I would avoid the 1st type made with the more solid-looking square tubing.
My plan is to simply fix a piece of wood to the wall and then either drill vertical holes and push the bars in (type 1) or simply screw it to the top of the wood (type 2). Depending on the exact design, the remaining third of the arch could be used as a trellis elsewhere.
The question is what shape would look best when used like this. The simple straight (as sold as a half-arch and linked by Omori) is nice but it would be fixed lower than the line of the top of the windows and I think the straight line wouldn't work there.
I like that Malvern Hills button-eye @Mr. Vine Eye, I meant to add a button-eye to my list but thinking about it, I don't think I have.
Not many flowerers for me at the moment apart from the indefatigable Summer Sweetheart and Munstead Wood which I don't think has had a break that I noticed. SS has to share a border with my Joan J raspberries since I got rid of my allotment but neither seem bothered.
Munstead Wood flowering like a stick man here. It's perhaps not the best subject for a pot. I have to say though, if I may orate for a bit, I know advice is not to judge a DA in its first year but I'm really pleased with my 4 yearling DA's. I've had no floppy heads or any disease of concern so apart from some uneven/crazy growth I think they've all done nicely.
Some day, I just sit in my seating area watching the garden and thinking "it's perfect as it is, don't change it". I think most of the plans I have are more to have fun than to make the garden better. But I want to have fun (which means more climbing roses at the moment).
Super Excelsa still looking good. Flowering for two months. No disease.
Interestingly, this rose is usually described as "huge 1st flush and then some scattered blooms later or smaller autumn flush". Maybe here, with our cool summer, the 1st flush lasts much longer and the rose becomes almost continuous bloomer.
@Marlorena I was trawling back to previous posts but couldn’t establish why you have to cut down on your time on this forum next year? I hope it isn’t anything too serious...
@celcius_kkw ..oh thanks Adrian,.. no, nothing like that... but who knows what's around the corner for any of us these days.. but I think it's time to stand aside a bit, allow younger members to have their say.. so I shall be leaving it to you guys to answer ALL the questions..
..watch out for the i.d. requests though... I've even had them from overseas.. people you've never heard of.. so time to keep a lower profile I think..
@peteS I wouldn't loosen a pot grown rose. Likely they just needed longer to settle in, perhaps some transplant shock, or some other variable. Two months is not very long in the grand scheme of things, but I understand if a rose is making you unhappy, no point keeping it around.
@Marlorena ALL the questions?! But but but............
I'm safe from doing ID requests because I'm rubbish at ID
I do hope you give your input though as your experience is so valuable, and I love seeing your garden as well. Many of us (most of us?) have youngish roses so it's nice to see established ones as well. For example my garden is only two years old, it had no ornamentals whatsoever, not even shrubs, just brambles, nettles, docks, and rough grass, with overgrown hedging/conifers when we moved in. I brought a handful of roses with me in containers but other than that, the majority of roses are all fairly new. I understand being fed up with the IDs, it is a lot of work and could be rather annoying to constantly be called on for them, although I understand it's a compliment at the same time. Not meaning to pressure you at all but just to say, you will be missed!
@Marlorena, totally understand the pressure of questions and yes it is good to have a choice to answer or not. I am not expert in anything at all but have been to such situation at work in past and it was so time consuming and exhausting at times. There were more issues caused by occasionally saying "sorry i cant help" then getting thanks for where i helped.
Relax and take your time to enjoy the garden. You have really worked hard on it. But please please never stop or even reduce posting photos. You not only post beautiful photos, also tell name of the rose and plants, season when it is blooming and very useful feedback/caring tips of the plants.
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Not many flowerers for me at the moment apart from the indefatigable Summer Sweetheart and Munstead Wood which I don't think has had a break that I noticed.
SS has to share a border with my Joan J raspberries since I got rid of my allotment but neither seem bothered.
Munstead Wood flowering like a stick man here. It's perhaps not the best subject for a pot. I have to say though, if I may orate for a bit, I know advice is not to judge a DA in its first year but I'm really pleased with my 4 yearling DA's. I've had no floppy heads or any disease of concern so apart from some uneven/crazy growth I think they've all done nicely.
@Omori
..thanks so much, so kind... let's hope next year is a whole lot better for all of us...
Reblooming nicely:-
HT Royal William - a bit slow
Floribunda Happy Birthday
And again in close-up
Gertrude Jekyll - trying hard
Winchester Cathedral - really pleased with it this year
..oh thanks Adrian,.. no, nothing like that... but who knows what's around the corner for any of us these days.. but I think it's time to stand aside a bit, allow younger members to have their say.. so I shall be leaving it to you guys to answer ALL the questions..
..watch out for the i.d. requests though... I've even had them from overseas.. people you've never heard of.. so time to keep a lower profile I think..
@Marlorena
I'm safe from doing ID requests because I'm rubbish at ID
I do hope you give your input though as your experience is so valuable, and I love seeing your garden as well. Many of us (most of us?) have youngish roses so it's nice to see established ones as well. For example my garden is only two years old, it had no ornamentals whatsoever, not even shrubs, just brambles, nettles, docks, and rough grass, with overgrown hedging/conifers when we moved in. I brought a handful of roses with me in containers but other than that, the majority of roses are all fairly new. I understand being fed up with the IDs, it is a lot of work and could be rather annoying to constantly be called on for them, although I understand it's a compliment at the same time. Not meaning to pressure you at all but just to say, you will be missed!
Relax and take your time to enjoy the garden. You have really worked hard on it. But please please never stop or even reduce posting photos. You not only post beautiful photos, also tell name of the rose and plants, season when it is blooming and very useful feedback/caring tips of the plants.