@Nollie I ordered Young Lycidas and Comte de Chambord. Now the other 2 I would 've got it here but since they ship only with a minimum of 3 orders. I looked into most of the older austins but was worried that the disease resistance would be worse being older gen austins.
Some potted roses are back in stock with DA if any orders needs to be placed. I was so close to buying Sceptre d isle and then removed from my basket. Resisted my temptation by telling myself that I have many pinks. @Marlorena spoke high of it last season, I am not sure if it is the palest pink or would it end up similar to my other pinks like Eustacia, summer romance etc. So made up my mind to wait for Golden celebration Need to make some other excuse to control the urge by then.
Finally got round to planting this neglected own root Boscobel, will be interesting to see how it does. Looking a bit lime green due to the late afternoon sunlight, it’s not that bright green normally. Probably could do with a dose of chelated iron.
Lovely @cooldoc, Young Lycidas is delightful. Yes you never know with the older Austins, but The Prince is very healthy for me so I’m tempted to try a couple more. Some nice buds forming on TP just now:
Another on new Marie Pavie, I think I’m really going to like this rose, it’s rather cute and smells devine:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Gosh I do wish we could all relax about night frosts but next week still not looking safe. I think the established roses got away with it but the bare roots are having to recover having lost the tender shoots that appeared while en route for 9 days. Marie Pavie was one of the worst but is doing well now I think
I got a lovely delivery of clematis today. Thorncroft do send out quality plants.Only the last of the tulips here, daffodils long gone. But Conference pear in full flower and apple just starting (sideways but no matter this time, when will this issue be fixed?)
My Isaphan rose is really taking off on my rose arch it's now taller than the magnolia next to it, so I'm hoping to train it into it to give a longer season of interest. Might need a stepladder though.
I seem to have escaped the frosts. No noticeable damage to anything and all the roses have been growing well. It’s obviously just quite sheltered in my small garden. Very sunny and warm today.
Going to risk planting out my youngest’s sunflower 🌻 tomorrow as it’s too tall to fit in the window any longer! We’ve been hardening it off every day, putting it out and bringing in at night. Should be fine now.
Hard week! Looking forward to some more gardening days. Definitely going to be out with the aphid brush again - a favourite pastime last year.
I shall also try to get the waterbutts sorted. Do you know that they sell the exact same brand, identical, waterbutts in every home shop and garden centre around here and the price varies from £30 - £60. It’s mad, double the cost for the exact same lump of plastic. Some even have the cheek to remove the diverter and stand kit that usually comes with it and try to sell you them separately!
Talking of water butts, I mentioned I received a butt with damaged lid and missing tap and gasket adapter thing and was given the butt FOC. Well I contacted main office of Elho in NL asking what the thread diameter was to buy a tap, they offered to send me one right away also FOC. They then asked 'anything else?' so we're getting the adapter too. I thought asking for a new lid would be pushing it... Just excellent service.
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Lovely tulips Omori.
Finally got round to planting this neglected own root Boscobel, will be interesting to see how it does. Looking a bit lime green due to the late afternoon sunlight, it’s not that bright green normally. Probably could do with a dose of chelated iron.
Another on new Marie Pavie, I think I’m really going to like this rose, it’s rather cute and smells devine:
Going to risk planting out my youngest’s sunflower 🌻 tomorrow as it’s too tall to fit in the window any longer! We’ve been hardening it off every day, putting it out and bringing in at night. Should be fine now.
Hard week! Looking forward to some more gardening days. Definitely going to be out with the aphid brush again - a favourite pastime last year.
I shall also try to get the waterbutts sorted. Do you know that they sell the exact same brand, identical, waterbutts in every home shop and garden centre around here and the price varies from £30 - £60. It’s mad, double the cost for the exact same lump of plastic. Some even have the cheek to remove the diverter and stand kit that usually comes with it and try to sell you them separately!