I found a photo of the other side of the garden from mid-clearance time. There were three of these raised beds - it took a very long time to shuffle all the soil away in bags a car load at a time! If I’d known we’d eventually get an allotment I’d have kept the greenhouse! Wasn’t wasted though I gave it to a green fingered work colleague.
I have not bothered with the box method before either @Marlorena, but if any spot needed it, it was that one. It was actually your fragrance recommendation that inspired me to buy Chartreuse de Parme! It’s my first real foray into HTs this year, so I don’t know yet whether I like them or not..
Loving the photos of your rose arches, something lacking in my garden, but because of it’s long skinny shape, an arch would have to run north to south (so looking at the arch shape from either the east or the west side). Does orientation matter much?
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Amazing transformation @Mr. Vine Eye. Love the mix of colours and everything is so lush.
Beautiful arches @Marlorena. You have trained the rose so well on those.
@Nollie , i have got Chartreuse de Parme too this year. For now it will be in a pot and then will see in future if i can make space for it somewhere or not.
No gardening for me until sometime in late feb when i have booked 2 days off. Very busy at work and home. Till then everything has to sink or swim in rain! I cant rescue anything anymore.
Lots of lovely things to catch up with. Love your pictures of CdeP and Alexandre G @Marlorena , I planted both in November. The AG is to grow through a tree, I'm very interested in how that will work but your instructions last year on how to do it made it seem doable. Us CdeP newbies can share progress.
I thought I'd share a pic of Alexandre Girault. It was fully under water for a couple of days earlier this month and by the look of things will be again by tomorrow (the back garden is flood plain).
Desperately sadly we've had another death in the family, to forstall more
rose purchases I bought a Sarcococca Confusa. It has arrived and has
blown me away with its scent. Such a treat for this time of year. I've
now ordered the S Hookeriana dygnia Purple Stem too.
@Tack ...I'm so sorry to hear further sad news... awful times this... but it's good to treat oneself to a scented plant... ..I think your rose will be ok despite the flooding, roses can take quite a bit of this sort of thing.. it could do with a surface mulch which might help as the graft is now showing, although it's personal preference as to whether you keep it like that or not..
..it'll be great growing through a tree, just let it get on with it after some initial training.. every so often you will probably have to cut it right down but it'll soon grow back..
@Nollie ..no, orientation doesn't matter regarding the arches... I had 6 in that garden, all angles... the most important points are... height and width, as a minimum it should be 7 foot to the apex and 4 feet width.. 7ft 6 ins is better.. the arch in the picture was that, Agriframes, with minimum 12 inches in the ground cemented in... but there are other arches, cheaper today, just as good if not better.. anything smaller just isn't satisfactory..
..an arch needs to lead somewhere, perhaps to an area with a different planting scheme, something like that.. I think it should also look nice maybe from a house window or seating area, so the angle there would be important for me..
...as I had so many arches I didn't grow roses on them all, and if anyone has the space I recommend a fruiting arch... I had a thornless Boysenberry and a Tayberry on one, now I would plant a thornless Loganberry, so you can have an unusual arch with thornless fruiting plants either side... the Boysenberry was fabulous, the flowers are like blackberry flowers but larger and so attactive... birds got some fruit but enough for me..
I thought I had mentioned about that rose before, I have a habit of repeating myself.. so best of luck with it..
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Loving the photos of your rose arches, something lacking in my garden, but because of it’s long skinny shape, an arch would have to run north to south (so looking at the arch shape from either the east or the west side). Does orientation matter much?
Beautiful arches @Marlorena. You have trained the rose so well on those.
@Nollie , i have got Chartreuse de Parme too this year. For now it will be in a pot and then will see in future if i can make space for it somewhere or not.
No gardening for me until sometime in late feb when i have booked 2 days off. Very busy at work and home. Till then everything has to sink or swim in rain! I cant rescue anything anymore.
...I'm so sorry to hear further sad news... awful times this... but it's good to treat oneself to a scented plant...
..I think your rose will be ok despite the flooding, roses can take quite a bit of this sort of thing.. it could do with a surface mulch which might help as the graft is now showing, although it's personal preference as to whether you keep it like that or not..
..it'll be great growing through a tree, just let it get on with it after some initial training.. every so often you will probably have to cut it right down but it'll soon grow back..
... how is your wife? I'm almost afraid to ask...
..thanks for comments re. arches...
..no, orientation doesn't matter regarding the arches... I had 6 in that garden, all angles... the most important points are... height and width, as a minimum it should be 7 foot to the apex and 4 feet width.. 7ft 6 ins is better.. the arch in the picture was that, Agriframes, with minimum 12 inches in the ground cemented in... but there are other arches, cheaper today, just as good if not better.. anything smaller just isn't satisfactory..
..an arch needs to lead somewhere, perhaps to an area with a different planting scheme, something like that.. I think it should also look nice maybe from a house window or seating area, so the angle there would be important for me..
...as I had so many arches I didn't grow roses on them all, and if anyone has the space I recommend a fruiting arch... I had a thornless Boysenberry and a Tayberry on one, now I would plant a thornless Loganberry, so you can have an unusual arch with thornless fruiting plants either side... the Boysenberry was fabulous, the flowers are like blackberry flowers but larger and so attactive... birds got some fruit but enough for me..
I thought I had mentioned about that rose before, I have a habit of repeating myself.. so best of luck with it..