Did a bit of rose admin yesterday. Cut back Munstead Woods straggly bits and old clusters so it is now on an enforced break, see if I can improve its shape before planting in the ground this winter.
Also made a plan for all the home made and spare plants I've got sat around in pots, now I have a strategy for my winter plant-up with the new bare roots so everything should be in place come spring. It probably won't be.
Scentimental looking a bit nicer. It doesn't have much of a smell at the moment in year one. Very sweet and not unpleasant, but not very strong if that makes sense. The red is floribunda Trumpeter with the less robust foliage. That one is in the ground.
Its rained on and off all week and The Poet's Wife buckled under the strain so I cut off the older flowers. I like that rose, it would be nice for a big pot but mine is going in the ground this winter. The cup isn't for anything in the photo, I just didn't have enough hands.
The sweet Ness again. Flowers don't last (in this year's weather anyway) but it carries on and doesn't make a fuss.
My new Princess Alexandra of Kent blooms are thankfully less salmon than they were earlier - I really dislike salmon-coloured roses! So far, it has very thin canes that flop to the ground without support - a surprise, since it’s meant to have strong, upright ones. Maybe next year...
Harlow Carr has it’s thorny faults, but I prefer the cooler pink blooms. Getting a bit ‘flattened’ as well as frilly now, but it has been enjoying it’s best year and I don’t mind the wide variation in forms:
New growth on Heidi Klum is a startling colour - looking forward to seeing and sniffing some blooms at some point:
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I am planning too @Victoria Sponge also having lots of small perennials in pots which I've brought on this year. Today has been a lovely temperature for pottering in the garden. But I hope we get rain again soon, digging revealed very dry soil.
Odyssey
Strawberry Hill on a bit of lockdown upcycling trellis (oak front door sidelight)Wollerton OHAlexander appearing at last Diamond Eyes became pinker in the heat.Finally the lovely Heidi Klum
They don't last long @poppyfield64, I was appalled earlier on in the year that they lasted barely 2 days but now I'd say 3-4. That plant has the prime spot in the garden, it is in the middle of the garden, full sun from all sides and next to the garden tap. I really hope it does well.
Sounds like a typical Austin then @Mr. Vine Eye, we have to wait the requisite three years for them to come into their own. I struggle with the art of patience!
No problem @newbie77, be interesting to see what it does next year.
That’s a lovely mixed border @Victoria Sponge, great use of colour.
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Also made a plan for all the home made and spare plants I've got sat around in pots, now I have a strategy for my winter plant-up with the new bare roots so everything should be in place come spring. It probably won't be.
Scentimental looking a bit nicer. It doesn't have much of a smell at the moment in year one. Very sweet and not unpleasant, but not very strong if that makes sense. The red is floribunda Trumpeter with the less robust foliage. That one is in the ground.
Its rained on and off all week and The Poet's Wife buckled under the strain so I cut off the older flowers. I like that rose, it would be nice for a big pot but mine is going in the ground this winter. The cup isn't for anything in the photo, I just didn't have enough hands.
The sweet Ness again. Flowers don't last (in this year's weather anyway) but it carries on and doesn't make a fuss.
Harlow Carr has it’s thorny faults, but I prefer the cooler pink blooms. Getting a bit ‘flattened’ as well as frilly now, but it has been enjoying it’s best year and I don’t mind the wide variation in forms:
New growth on Heidi Klum is a startling colour - looking forward to seeing and sniffing some blooms at some point:
No problem @newbie77, be interesting to see what it does next year.
That’s a lovely mixed border @Victoria Sponge, great use of colour.