The final part of the plan is to populate this border with Roses. I am planning this as a pink/red/purple scheme, with deep sultry colours. There are 5 roses already in place, and I aim to add another 7 or 8, this year (if I can finalise my choices) and/or next. I have 2 new additions on order for this border which are Rose De Rescht & Rhapsody in Blue, I am still considering others. I also plan to move my, currently potted, Munstead Wood into this border.
I've also been working on this previously unused and unkempt area this year. It is east facing so getting morning sun and then shaded from about 2pm in high summer to provide some welcome relief. Seemed ideal for a nice cosy seating area, so that's what we did..
I like the sound of your deep sultry colours owd and look forward to seeing that. It’s all coming together beautifully. Your coated wire fencing material is exactly what I’ve been looking for over here but not managed to source any yet. I’ll keep looking.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Thanks @Nollie, Yes, things beginning to fall into place. I have quite a long shortlist of possible roses, far more possibilities than I have room for so actually making a decision on 'em isn't easy. I'm going to see what the end of season sales reveal. Doesn't help that breeders are now having pre season sales too. I found Apollo fence £40 from Screwfix for a 10m x 1.20m roll. Perfect for the job. Probably not much help to you, but it maybe to anyone else considering similar application, and I see that it is now £4 cheaper!
2 of my Cordylines have succumbed over winter. I was planning to grow Ghislaine around this one so i've lost that support. Oh well. I tried to dig it out but it's a bit too large for that to be easy to accomplish, so cut it at knee height for now. Will need to find a way to kill the stump and root now so it doesn't regenerate if anyone has any suggestions?
It might regrow into a multi stem specimen from under the ground - they sometimes do. I’ve lost my red cordyline Charlie Boy, which I really liked. I have a variegated one that has survived in a pot by the kitchen door. I too liked the display of pelargoniums on the steps.
That's what I hope to avoid @pitter-patter. This one was over 4m tall, and has a substantial crown swelling just below the ground and very deep root I imagine. Impossible to dig out without damaging a large section of my rose bed too. I have 2 other cordylines which I hope will regenerate, but not this one in my new rose bed. Typical isn't it that, after who knows how many years, it has now failed. In hindsight I should have dug it out when I built this bed.
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I am planning this as a pink/red/purple scheme, with deep sultry colours.
There are 5 roses already in place, and I aim to add another 7 or 8, this year (if I can finalise my choices) and/or next.
I have 2 new additions on order for this border which are Rose De Rescht & Rhapsody in Blue, I am still considering others.
I also plan to move my, currently potted, Munstead Wood into this border.
Good luck with your roses..
It is east facing so getting morning sun and then shaded from about 2pm in high summer to provide some welcome relief.
Seemed ideal for a nice cosy seating area, so that's what we did..
Yes, things beginning to fall into place.
I have quite a long shortlist of possible roses, far more possibilities than I have room for so actually making a decision on 'em isn't easy. I'm going to see what the end of season sales reveal. Doesn't help that breeders are now having pre season sales too.
I found Apollo fence £40 from Screwfix for a 10m x 1.20m roll. Perfect for the job.
Probably not much help to you, but it maybe to anyone else considering similar application, and I see that it is now £4 cheaper!
I was planning to grow Ghislaine around this one so i've lost that support. Oh well.
I tried to dig it out but it's a bit too large for that to be easy to accomplish, so cut it at knee height for now.
Will need to find a way to kill the stump and root now so it doesn't regenerate if anyone has any suggestions?
This one was over 4m tall, and has a substantial crown swelling just below the ground and very deep root I imagine. Impossible to dig out without damaging a large section of my rose bed too.
I have 2 other cordylines which I hope will regenerate, but not this one in my new rose bed.
Typical isn't it that, after who knows how many years, it has now failed. In hindsight I should have dug it out when I built this bed.