Salvia 'Amistad' is not my kind of plant... I like the foliage, but otherwise it's too tall and sombre looking.. I was sort of hoping the winter might finish it off but not with the one we've just had. I have 2 as well.. This is a favourite of Monty Don but it suits his huge garden where he has so much in the way of dark hedges, battlements of evergreens closing him in from all sides... he seems to enjoy a dark, moody garden, enclosed and claustrophobic... I'm quite the opposite.. so I put up with this for now and hope that it startles me this summer.. just as well I got some yellow behind it..
I recently deadheaded 'Ghislaine de Feligonde', but some nice sprays still remain.. it blooms right into late autumn.. pollen beetles back in my garden on 'Scepter'd Isle'.. they swarm until mid August.. and can be a bit of a nuisance on some roses..
Viennetta again... I find this a cheerful clematis and easy to grow..
Thank you @Marlorena. This is where I would like it to be. One photo was taken a few years ago but the 2nd photo shows the bare wall today. I don't mind colour but must be fragrant. Pot would be about 40litres. 20 inch diameter and 18 inches high.
.. a pretty potted garden there... I'm not clear where you want the rose to go... I've copied one of your pictures and used an arrow, is it on that wall next to a climber you have there? or somewhere else?.. and how tall do you need the rose to grow?.. 6-8 feet?
Thanks @Marlorena. It's on that wall that you marked but there is no climber on it now just the empty trellis as in the 1st photo. Would like at least 8ft if possible
@poppyfield64 ...that's ok, thank you... nice wall with a good piece of trellis..
..I'm not going to advise any of the David Austin guzzlers that need constant attention, so the rose I am going to recommend for you is currently available as a potted rose from Peter Beales roses, should you wish to obtain one within the next few weeks..
..it's called 'Dixieland Linda'... and I think it will suit your wall, and your container perfectly...
Hi Marlorena...have you any experience of Charles de Mills. Being a Gallica would it have the same habits and growth pattern as my Tuscany Superb. Many thanks... by the way, have you ever counted the number of different plants you have in your garden.
@peteS ...ha.. well, no I haven't counted them but I used to keep an inventory of every named plant I had but lost track of all that... incidentally, I have far fewer plants now, I have downsized considerably from a few years ago... especially in my Geranium collection, which reminds me I might show a few of those later..
..as for Charles de Mills.. no, I've always avoided that rose... I like a quiet life, and don't want the risk of suckering... which after 5 or 6 years in the ground, you may find it starts to spread.. depends how it's planted, but it is liable to form a thicket if a close eye is not kept on it.. ..of course you may never see the problem..
@Marlorena thank you so much for your help with this. I love the look of Dixieland Linda and the colour is lovely. It will definitely brighten up that wall. I think it will be perfect so it's going in my cart 😊
Am I right in thinking that if the union is kept slightly above ground, you don't get suckers. Are the suckers little Charles de Mills's, which you would be able to plant and grow elsewhere.
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I have 2 as well.. This is a favourite of Monty Don but it suits his huge garden where he has so much in the way of dark hedges, battlements of evergreens closing him in from all sides... he seems to enjoy a dark, moody garden, enclosed and claustrophobic... I'm quite the opposite.. so I put up with this for now and hope that it startles me this summer.. just as well I got some yellow behind it..
pollen beetles back in my garden on 'Scepter'd Isle'.. they swarm until mid August.. and can be a bit of a nuisance on some roses..
Viennetta again... I find this a cheerful clematis and easy to grow..
@poppyfield64
...that's ok, thank you... nice wall with a good piece of trellis..
..I'm not going to advise any of the David Austin guzzlers that need constant attention, so the rose I am going to recommend for you is currently available as a potted rose from Peter Beales roses, should you wish to obtain one within the next few weeks..
..it's called 'Dixieland Linda'... and I think it will suit your wall, and your container perfectly...
...ha.. well, no I haven't counted them but I used to keep an inventory of every named plant I had but lost track of all that... incidentally, I have far fewer plants now, I have downsized considerably from a few years ago... especially in my Geranium collection, which reminds me I might show a few of those later..
..as for Charles de Mills.. no, I've always avoided that rose... I like a quiet life, and don't want the risk of suckering... which after 5 or 6 years in the ground, you may find it starts to spread.. depends how it's planted, but it is liable to form a thicket if a close eye is not kept on it..
..of course you may never see the problem..