First post - its taken two years for me to find this huge climber! I thought it was my neighbour's because it sort of hung over into his garden. It was sneaky growing inside a terrifying giant thorn bush! Eight hours of delicate surgery later and I freed it, bought it a nice arch and hopefully will be able to actually see the roses this year! I don't know what variety it is but the blooms are wicked crimson!
Yes Harlow Carr really came good, I has been threatening to get rid of it so it put on an amazing performance last year to prove me wrong! @Desi_in_London yes it does keep neat and compact, it’s in a border only 40cm deep, so just as well.
@Marlorena, yes please re your purple ramblers! Those two, plus Violette and Veilchenblau are available to me here. My only concern is if they just go pale pink and clash with the colours at the end of the border where the large arch would start (next door are strong orange, purple and reds). If they turned a deep magenta that would ok. The arch will be in part shade though, so somewhat protected from the ravages of hot summer sun.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@Mr. Vine Eye Mine is growing on a 7ft high trellis and always wants to grow taller, so I either tie the canes in horizontally or weave them through the trellis and it produces plenty of new vertical growth and blooms.
@Marlorena I've noticed some interesting obelisks you have, can you remember where you purchased them and are they solid steel or tubular. I've been looking up a small number of suppliers recently and some supply solid metal ones and some tubular, but I have always wondered if the tubular ones would be robust enough over the long term.
@Mr. Vine Eye You’ve reassured me that non spray is the way forward.. fingers crossed the ladybird project will turn out well.. the little ladybird lodge that I’m going to purchase looks so adorable too!
I’ve caught a whiff of the lovely fragrance of my early daffodil ‘grand soleil d’or’ today.. and it reminds me so much of what is to come in summer with the roses.
@Mr. Vine Eye The first year it was riddled with BS, instead of getting rid I give it another chance and started watering it with a good drenching at the roots every week and liquid tomo feed every fortnight, as a result, four years on it's probably the healthiest rose in my yard, even last year which was a ridiculous year for BS up here, it remained almost untouched.
Thanks Pete. Definitley in the running I've only heard good things about it.
RE the ground post from earlier. I've decided to go with the blue option. Because it gives a decent ground space to mulch and target water the roots.
Long term it'll be fine, because the slabs don't have mortared gaps, so water can get down easily.to the soil underneath and it's not on a solid mortar bed either - just the corners.
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Hehe! Just spotted these, my Rugosa seeds!
They were for the plot. So their future is uncertain but still exciting!
@Marlorena, yes please re your purple ramblers! Those two, plus Violette and Veilchenblau are available to me here. My only concern is if they just go pale pink and clash with the colours at the end of the border where the large arch would start (next door are strong orange, purple and reds). If they turned a deep magenta that would ok. The arch will be in part shade though, so somewhat protected from the ravages of hot summer sun.
Mine is growing on a 7ft high trellis and always wants to grow taller, so I either tie the canes in horizontally or weave them through the trellis and it produces plenty of new vertical growth and blooms.
@Marlorena
I've noticed some interesting obelisks you have, can you remember where you purchased them and are they solid steel or tubular. I've been looking up a small number of suppliers recently and some supply solid metal ones and some tubular, but I have always wondered if the tubular ones would be robust enough over the long term.
The first year it was riddled with BS, instead of getting rid I give it another chance and started watering it with a good drenching at the roots every week and liquid tomo feed every fortnight, as a result, four years on it's probably the healthiest rose in my yard, even last year which was a ridiculous year for BS up here, it remained almost untouched.
RE the ground post from earlier. I've decided to go with the blue option. Because it gives a decent ground space to mulch and target water the roots.
Long term it'll be fine, because the slabs don't have mortared gaps, so water can get down easily.to the soil underneath and it's not on a solid mortar bed either - just the corners.