Pruned my roses today a tad lighter on blood by the time I finished I am terrible for not wearing gloves , start without them on get attacked get gloves - rose need tying in remove gloves never to be wore again .
Golden celebration had a very light prune , want it to get bigger. After prune . I think the frost has go my penstemon but I'll wait and see.
Paul Scarlet on the fence , had to untie most of it to move a nice strong stem into position, I've brought down on the other side of the fence.
Ghislaine after prune and tied back down
Lady of shallot , I like to keep this one on the smaller side so prune a little bit harder but nothing to drastic .
Generous Gardener mostly retied it were a bit of a mess the wires, I 've left a strong upright shoot needs a bit more growth before I can bend it into position . I've been pruning the wisteria on the pergola as well today and took a bit off the apple tree
Mary rose got butchered , I moved it last autumn onto the garage site, its leaning one way with being near the beech hedge and possible needing more light
I haven't really touch Malvern hills other than pull some old leaves off I want it to get huge and swamp the shed, think I'll just cellotape it to the metal shed roof don't know how else I'll keep it in position in its juvenile state .
I like the look of your 'Snow Ballet' @edhelka .. did you get it from TCL? I've never heard of it, so had to look it up.. interesting rose..
... nice set of pruning pics... @Perki... and Mr Vine's earlier... .. I think you deal with yours similar to how I do it.. the lighter touch... and yeah, no gloves... we should but we can't, I find them impossible to work with...
...my first seedling appeared today from a few hips I sowed before the cold spell... maybe a photo tomorrow.. the hips are from 'Tottering by Gently'...
@Marlorena Yes, from TCL for 4 euros It is a small ground cover rose. The plan is to either try it in a big hanging basket or in a tall planter so it can trail down. And basically treat it like an annual this year and decide if I want to keep it as something more later.
a tad lighter on blood by the time I finished I am terrible for not wearing gloves , start without them on get attacked get gloves - rose need tying in remove gloves never to be wore again .
Ha! That’s very familiar. Gloves on, gloves off, gloves on, gloves off - gloves stay off. Its when you’ve got a lot of switching between cutting and tying in. Especially on a ladder!
I just made sure I had them on while stripping leaves as that’s when they get me! Especially Ghislaine, she gives as good as she gets...who’s pruning who!?
Busy afternoon:
I potted on all of my secret gardening club plants, and also my Kew Gardens cuttings. The roses slipped perfectly into some rose pots I had from the garden centre, same width but taller, so they’ve gained some extra depth of soil without me having to disturb the roots at all.
I moved slabs at the front to see how easy it would be to make a planting hole for front of house rose and it looks very good. Just a few chunks of mortar to knock out and then it’s straight into soil. Slabs went down nice and easily back into place in the mean time, so it’s reversible if need be. I’ll make sure to keep the slab I remove somewhere just in case.
Tomorrow, if I remember, I want to take a photo of the wall and then layer some different roses on top to see what colours look best.
I also brought inside my rugosa seed tray in the hopes they’ll spark into life. They’ve had enough cold by now!
Welcome @cooldoc2000. You have very nice selection of roses.
@Mr. Vine Eye, I liked video of pond. Hope soon everything gets sorted out on allotment.
I am enjoying everyone's gardening updates. Weather is nice but I won't get time anytime this month. I have booked couple of days off next month for gardening.
I think I am the only one who religiously wears gloves in garden. It slows me down. I have 8 pairs, and when one pair gets wet I change to next.
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Golden celebration had a very light prune , want it to get bigger. After prune . I think the frost has go my penstemon but I'll wait and see.
Paul Scarlet on the fence , had to untie most of it to move a nice strong stem into position, I've brought down on the other side of the fence.
Ghislaine after prune and tied back down
Lady of shallot , I like to keep this one on the smaller side so prune a little bit harder but nothing to drastic .
Generous Gardener mostly retied it were a bit of a mess the wires, I 've left a strong upright shoot needs a bit more growth before I can bend it into position . I've been pruning the wisteria on the pergola as well today and took a bit off the apple tree
Mary rose got butchered , I moved it last autumn onto the garage site, its leaning one way with being near the beech hedge and possible needing more light
I haven't really touch Malvern hills other than pull some old leaves off I want it to get huge and swamp the shed, think I'll just cellotape it to the metal shed roof don't know how else I'll keep it in position in its juvenile state .
Snow Ballet in the greenhouse
1st daffodil opening
.. did you get it from TCL? I've never heard of it, so had to look it up.. interesting rose..
... nice set of pruning pics... @Perki... and Mr Vine's earlier...
.. I think you deal with yours similar to how I do it.. the lighter touch... and yeah, no gloves... we should but we can't, I find them impossible to work with...
...my first seedling appeared today from a few hips I sowed before the cold spell... maybe a photo tomorrow.. the hips are from 'Tottering by Gently'...
It is a small ground cover rose. The plan is to either try it in a big hanging basket or in a tall planter so it can trail down. And basically treat it like an annual this year and decide if I want to keep it as something more later.
Its when you’ve got a lot of switching between cutting and tying in. Especially on a ladder!
I just made sure I had them on while stripping leaves as that’s when they get me! Especially Ghislaine, she gives as good as she gets...who’s pruning who!?
Busy afternoon:
I potted on all of my secret gardening club plants, and also my Kew Gardens cuttings. The roses slipped perfectly into some rose pots I had from the garden centre, same width but taller, so they’ve gained some extra depth of soil without me having to disturb the roots at all.
I moved slabs at the front to see how easy it would be to make a planting hole for front of house rose and it looks very good. Just a few chunks of mortar to knock out and then it’s straight into soil. Slabs went down nice and easily back into place in the mean time, so it’s reversible if need be. I’ll make sure to keep the slab I remove somewhere just in case.
Tomorrow, if I remember, I want to take a photo of the wall and then layer some different roses on top to see what colours look best.
I also brought inside my rugosa seed tray in the hopes they’ll spark into life. They’ve had enough cold by now!
@Mr. Vine Eye, I liked video of pond. Hope soon everything gets sorted out on allotment.
I am enjoying everyone's gardening updates. Weather is nice but I won't get time anytime this month. I have booked couple of days off next month for gardening.
I think I am the only one who religiously wears gloves in garden. It slows me down. I have 8 pairs, and when one pair gets wet I change to next.