I need to sort my photos, most of them are in one huge folder at the moment a good job for dark winter days. And then I'll post some best of 2020 too. My main rose season is more in July than in June because of our cold summers and because I have many late flowering roses. But I think my garden is at its best in early June. For this reason, I want to focus on summer plants this year, I will be adding some dahlias to take on the show when roses start to look spotty, that will be something completely new to me.
@edhelka - I’ve got some Bishop’s children dahlia seeds for this year. Excited about those. I’ve got lots of dwarf ones but threw out the only larger one I had because it was too double and no use for the bumble bees which love single dahlias!
@Marlorena just seen the photos on the other page Marlorena. Gorgeous, would never tire of looking at those. Thank you!
Although with a tinge of sadness, I expected my foxgloves to have self seeded everywhere but they haven’t! I only grew a few new ones from seed for this year and although I grew them to fair size plants before planting out they’ve completely disappeared!
@Marlorena Your garden is so inspiring! I absolutely love the colour combos, and I'll stop worrying about packing the roses in! Im the same with the colour riot those months. Ive planted hundreds of spring bulbs (even more than usual!) to cheer up these dark months, so excited for those too.
@Mr. Vine Eye Whats that stunning rose at the bottom? Almost like a peony how beautiful.
gorgeous photos @Marlorena and @edhelka. I'm so pleased you posted them as I became a member too late ( and this thread is so deservedly active that I couldn't read back all of it ) so seeing many for the first time. I've always liked roses ( I mean , so does everyone, this is not unusual), but it's not till I stumbled upon this thread that I have started to slightly understand and appreciate their diversity beyond the ones "normally" seen as cut flowers.
edit to add -- and @Mr. Vine Eye --- scrolled past too fast need coffee.
@Marlorena, you have got a rose heaven. How lovely it would be to be in that garden with beautiful colours and fragrance of roses. Getting surrounded by so many plants and flowers in private garden has a very unique feeling, it cant be felt in a large garden like kew where everything is spersed out and there are many people.
@Mr. Vine Eye, perfect combination with foxgloves and aliums. I have planted Royal jubilee this year just because i liked it so much in your photos. When i had only seen DA catalogue photos last previously, i didnt have it in my list.
@edhelka, you have got a very good range of colours and flower shapes. Great idea to have a colour palate collage so you know what you already have and what would be nice to add in the mix.
I feel like i can have a virtual tour of your gardens by looking at photos.
Mine is a rather a poor addition to the gallery, but there we are. Ena, Moonlight, Pilgrim, Barkarole, a random rambler, Golden Showers, an unknown white, and Crimson Glory. I have others in, but not worth photographing their flowers yet. I will hopefully have a lot more pics to add this summer.
I hold out good hopes for Créme de la Créme and a Moonlight hedge. Not feeling very sure about Dr Jamain as he is essentially pink.
Thanks @Marlorena, yes I think Mutabilis will recover. It’s the only one of the newbies affected, but I think it’s that part of the garden, which is a shaded, cold spot at this time of year.
Lovely sunny photos everyone - mine are totally jumbled in one huge file along with all other photos, so I need to get organised like Edhelka!
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My main rose season is more in July than in June because of our cold summers and because I have many late flowering roses. But I think my garden is at its best in early June. For this reason, I want to focus on summer plants this year, I will be adding some dahlias to take on the show when roses start to look spotty, that will be something completely new to me.
@Marlorena just seen the photos on the other page Marlorena. Gorgeous, would never tire of looking at those. Thank you!
I had excelsior foxgloves all over last summer.
@Mr. Vine Eye Whats that stunning rose at the bottom? Almost like a peony how beautiful.
edit to add -- and @Mr. Vine Eye --- scrolled past too fast need coffee.
@Mr. Vine Eye, perfect combination with foxgloves and aliums. I have planted Royal jubilee this year just because i liked it so much in your photos. When i had only seen DA catalogue photos last previously, i didnt have it in my list.
@edhelka, you have got a very good range of colours and flower shapes. Great idea to have a colour palate collage so you know what you already have and what would be nice to add in the mix.
I feel like i can have a virtual tour of your gardens by looking at photos.
Roses in garden
Roses in home
Lovely sunny photos everyone - mine are totally jumbled in one huge file along with all other photos, so I need to get organised like Edhelka!