Merry Christmas Eve all 🎄 Has been very mild but turned cold and windy today, sleeted it down while I was in the middle of sorting out my TCL order 🥶 A greenhouse would have been nice right about then! And of course, when I was finished, the wind calmed and the sun came out 🙄
Ah thank you @Marlorena, I'd searched but not found that. Will keep it in its pot and see how it does.....it was VERY cheap so if crown gall is a problem it's no big deal if it has to be hoiked out.
@sarinka how funny! I'm glad you like them all too and I do like having a garden twin!. Yes I won't list the camellias and magnolias that I bought last year! This is the year of the rose.
Kew Gardens, Malvern Hills, Rhapsody in Blue, Ghislaine de Feligonde and Vanessa Bell. Vanessa Bell the first to bloom and one of the last to stop - has gotten quite tall too 3.5ft in first year!
Starting to see the structure of the roses more now as the leaves drop.
Royal Jubilee
Malvern Hills
The Generous Gardener
I took a few cuttings from Gabriel Oak this afternoon. Unfortunately my Royal Jubilee cutting that started to root in water has now gone brown from the bottom up!
I was feeling flush yesterday with Birthday and Christmas money in my pocket so had a look on TCL for roses to order. But they're all sold out, so that saved me from myself.
Will hold onto it until they've got the plants I want at Secret Gardening Club again - and I think I will treat myself to one of the new DA roses in spring.
Hope you all had a lovely Christmas day. I got a lovely garden jigsaw from my wife which I started today and some "grown up" LEGO wild birds which I've been putting together. 😊
@Mr. Vine Eye My Rhapsody is still flowering too - its lovely isnt it? Fan of secret gardening club too, had some fantastic plants from them all summer.
@Tack Ebb Tide is gorgeous! Ive been eying that - is it more bluey purple in person?
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Kew Gardens, Malvern Hills, Rhapsody in Blue, Ghislaine de Feligonde and Vanessa Bell. Vanessa Bell the first to bloom and one of the last to stop - has gotten quite tall too 3.5ft in first year!
Starting to see the structure of the roses more now as the leaves drop.
Royal Jubilee
Malvern Hills
The Generous Gardener
I took a few cuttings from Gabriel Oak this afternoon. Unfortunately my Royal Jubilee cutting that started to root in water has now gone brown from the bottom up!
I was feeling flush yesterday with Birthday and Christmas money in my pocket so had a look on TCL for roses to order. But they're all sold out, so that saved me from myself.
Will hold onto it until they've got the plants I want at Secret Gardening Club again - and I think I will treat myself to one of the new DA roses in spring.
Hope you all had a lovely Christmas day. I got a lovely garden jigsaw from my wife which I started today and some "grown up" LEGO wild birds which I've been putting together. 😊
@Tack Ebb Tide is gorgeous! Ive been eying that - is it more bluey purple in person?