So will I @Marlorena, I was about to ask you about notching when Nollie beat me to it. My Eglantyne had got very bare legs and I am wondering whether if I do this, the bush will branch out lower down.
I've got to have a go at notching, now I just need to find something lanky which will be hard because my roses are so little. Boscobel is probably a candidate, it is growing unattractively again. Ive got Burgundy Ice, will be interesting how mine does. Crocosmia Emily McKenzie, it is my favourite too. For sentimental reasons to do with my late mother and also for @Nollie's observations.
Back to roses, through totally coincidental placement this group of pots (Odyssey, Proper Job and Grafin Diana) are displaying a nice bouquet of rose leaf colour.
Dames de Chenonceaux is my best green with red tip example.
@edhelka ... interesting plants... I've had that Astrantia, it was a bit dry here for it, I found it needed more moisture than the others I had.. you shouldn't have that problem..
@JessicaS ..oh some nice conifers.. I love 'Smaragd'.. I've grown it in each garden I've had, although I'm trying different varieties now.. as I took it out to make way for an obelisk with roses.. Useful shapely conifers for narrow borders and corners and can be pruned when too tall.. Grows about a foot a year.. it won't stop at 100cm...
Marlorena explains it well, but I have just remembered this video from Toby Buckland which also shows how to notch, in this case a shrub, you have to watch a bit of other stuff before you get to the right segment, sorry can’t remember exactly the timing: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08lk4lg
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@edhelka , I was very tempted by 'Pink Zenith'. I have 'Violet Queen' already and thought it would make a nice contrast. I'll be interested to see how it does with you...
I'm delighted that most of my roses have made it through last week's icy blasts relatively unscathed! I'll post a few pics later. Some of the young foliage is really pretty, especially 'Chartreuse de Parme' and 'Cinco de Mayo'. Sadly my 'Roundelay' is very badly frazzled having borne the brunt of the cold winds, also 'Maigold' which was full of promising young buds. Even 'Julia Child' has a few burnt tips but I'm hopeful of recovery. The rest seem fine.
I've done notching successfully on fruit trees. I might try it on Malvern hills to get some more low down horizontals for below the window. If they don't come by themselves.
My SGC plants came, delivery was quick..but I'm not hugely impressed with them.
So far they've always been well rooted in the 9cm pot and ready to pot on straight away, but these ones were falling out of the pots! I've brought them in to get them going a bit quicker until they've grown more root.
I was having 5 minutes in the sunny garden today watching the birds pick off all the aphids on my climbing rose (yes!) and observing how much better my David Austin roses are growing than my harkness roses. All potted at the same time. The harkness have been disappointing since I got them.... not sure if they’re just slow starters.
I currently have small buds on Tess of the durbervilles and Claire Marshall already!
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My Eglantyne had got very bare legs and I am wondering whether if I do this, the bush will branch out lower down.
..I did this one late last summer, so it's just taking off now.... might be best till the weather warms up a touch though...
... interesting plants... I've had that Astrantia, it was a bit dry here for it, I found it needed more moisture than the others I had.. you shouldn't have that problem..
@JessicaS
..oh some nice conifers.. I love 'Smaragd'.. I've grown it in each garden I've had, although I'm trying different varieties now.. as I took it out to make way for an obelisk with roses..
Useful shapely conifers for narrow borders and corners and can be pruned when too tall.. Grows about a foot a year.. it won't stop at 100cm...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08lk4lg
I'm delighted that most of my roses have made it through last week's icy blasts relatively unscathed! I'll post a few pics later. Some of the young foliage is really pretty, especially 'Chartreuse de Parme' and 'Cinco de Mayo'. Sadly my 'Roundelay' is very badly frazzled having borne the brunt of the cold winds, also 'Maigold' which was full of promising young buds. Even 'Julia Child' has a few burnt tips but I'm hopeful of recovery. The rest seem fine.
My SGC plants came, delivery was quick..but I'm not hugely impressed with them.
So far they've always been well rooted in the 9cm pot and ready to pot on straight away, but these ones were falling out of the pots! I've brought them in to get them going a bit quicker until they've grown more root.
Not great when the prices have gone up so much!
The fern I got looks good though.
..your Dames de Chenonceaux has a graceful shape.. I like that very much..
2nd: Roald dahl
3rd: Darney bussell