@Mr. Vine Eye, how do you manage to garden with 2 year old? I think of replying to lots of messages here but can hardly do that with my 2 year old. She needs all my attention.
We water the plants together though it takes double the time and double the water and mostly me and her drenched by end of it. She wants do do everything that i do, so i cant weed or deadhead, too risky if she follows! I tied up some roses and clematis and now she has entangled rope around so many salvias copying me
Oh no, saw a rose chafer on my Jacqueline du Pre ! Had a huge problem with them 2 years ago, but saw none last year and thought the problem had gone away. I hope this is an isolated chafer and not a start of an infestation. Any tips on how to control rose chafer??
My yellow hybrid tea is finally fully open.. wonderful lemony scent and this year it looks slightly different with an orange frill.
And Munstead Wood has also progressed and the petals have all unravelled..
The flower on MW seems to bit much larger than I remembered from last year too.
In the meantime I think Roald Dhal and Boscobel will soon be next to flower closely followed by Gertrude Jekyll and Etoile de Hollande.. especially given the forecasted warm spell this week.
Also.. my lupin is determined not to let the roses steal all the limelight..
@cats_and_dogs, I think you just have to be vigilant and pick them off and squish them - as satisfying as snail patrol!
My Munstead Wood were HUGE this year @celcius_kkw, I think they get bigger and better with age. The huge amounts of rain we had in April/early May here meant I had lots of rainwater to give them instead of my horrible hard tap water, so that may have been a factor for me. Oh and the tea!
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We water the plants together though it takes double the time and double the water and mostly me and her drenched by end of it. She wants do do everything that i do, so i cant weed or deadhead, too risky if she follows! I tied up some roses and clematis and now she has entangled rope around so many salvias copying me
This climber has vicious thorns bristling down the stems
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Rhapsody in Blue today. The scent is wafting around the garden!
My Munstead Wood were HUGE this year @celcius_kkw, I think they get bigger and better with age. The huge amounts of rain we had in April/early May here meant I had lots of rainwater to give them instead of my horrible hard tap water, so that may have been a factor for me. Oh and the tea!