@peteS ..yes, now would be a good time for a boost, with milder nights promised..
@Nollie ..does look rather straggly.. hope you can rejuvenate it .. the one down the road from me often has a sparse look, as if not well foliated.. so maybe that's how it is..
@JAC51 .lovely to see your roses.. Malvern Hills is doing really well, that'll soon take off.. looking at your cutting I see no reason to think it's not Burgundy Ice, if that's what you think it should be.. so I think you can be confident in that.. .. I'd like to see that orange one sometime as well... we like a good guessing game with names..
@fire oh, just noticed your garden, how lovely... such a lot going on in a small space... that arch is a favourite shape of mine.. I think it's what they called 'Monet' style.. ??.. ..lots to look forward to from your garden this year..
that arch is a favourite shape of mine.. I think it's what they called 'Monet' style..
Yes. I like the shape but hate the colour. I'm always hatching schemes to wrap it in something. It's the widest arch I could find at the time.
such a lot going on in a small space.
Hopefully it will feel wildy and private rather than ridiculously overcrowded.
this a cutting I took of a rose planted in memory of my best
friend’s dad. The family sold the house but didn’t take the rose with
them. I live next door and the new neighbours let me take the cutting.
I plan to present it to her once it’s in full bloom again.
@JAC51 a lovely post and a lovely thought. A beautiful present. Thanks for sharing.
Such great Roses and posts. Have been a silent and keen observer..... Here is a pic I took a few days ago of buff beauty growing next to the apple. It’s an absolute beast with 3 meter long canes. Flowers it’s head off off and never without a bloom. Will post some more photos soon. Keep it going!
@Fire your garden looks such a lovely, tranquil sanctuary. It’s going to look even more fabulous when your many red roses are in bloom, I can picture you cocooned in there.
@JAC51, glad you decided to join us! I look forward to seeing you Veilchenblau especially, so do keep posting. Wonderful story about your BF’s Dad’s rose, I’m sure she will be really touched. I used to be indifferent at best to roses too, but once you get the bug you can’t imagine ever being without them!
Warm Welcome is normally such a trooper of a rose @Marlorena, this is the first year out of it’s five it’s looked bare and straggly. Poor thing has been treated badly in the past, whacked back to near ground level twice due to obelisk replacement and initial bad pruning advice, but always bounced back. Finger’s crossed it will do this time. I am sharpening my secateurs ✂️
Hello and welcome, can’t wait to see your Buff Beauty in full flow @Alchemist. I didn’t realise it could grow such long canes. Do you have other roses too?
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
That’s a lovely thought about growing a rose cutting for memory of friends dad.
So this is my red rose growing by the pergola. I thought it must be a climber if it’s planted there but not so sure now as the canes are quite stiff. I’m afraid I didn’t prune it much in winter because I thought it needed to climb. I guess just see what it’s like this year for now. The thorns are quite lethal near the path so I’ve tried tying it back.
@Marlorena Haha indeed! As for dragons, apparently they have legs and often wings unless Chinese dragons, so no legs / wings is some sort of Serpent! Its supposed to be "swimming" in the grass. I dont normally go for garden ornaments but Im rather fond of him, hes a lovely feature.
I picked up my Austin crown princess margarita yesturday - reserved it from our local nursery to use some vouchers, its left from last years stock as they couldnt get Austins this year, and only had a few odds and ends left, so its at least a year old plus however old they are when they leave Austin so its quite established, im pleased. Ive given it a good water and will plant and feed at the weekend.
Its going on the left here on the outside of this arch, ive got some lavenders on the inside edges of the arch and a red clematis "Rouge Cardinal" on the other.
@JessicaS ...looks like you got a good buy there with that rose, that'll soon take off I hope.. your garden is coming along beautifully now you've had that work done.. what a transformation !..
@Ilikeplants ..your red rose is a climber by the looks of it there, and seeing those thorns and foliage, and your description, an easy if tentative guess I would say it's 'Dublin Bay'.. there's nothing to say it isn't that rose so far... and it does grow like that.. more of a shrubby climber..
@Alchemist ..nice to see you again... your apple is trained beautifully.. may I ask which variety?..
@Alchemist Thats lovely, Id just been asking about buff beauty so look forward to seeing what it looks like when in flower!
@Marlorena I cant believe the difference from that horrible wrecked muddy lawn and flooding, it doesn't look like the same garden! Its making it much easier to do borders without all those drainage issues too.
@JAC51 Looking lovely, love that Veilchenblau through the tree and such a lovely story with the cutting too. Your right roses often seem to have such stories! You'll soon be hooked, they really do reward you with months of scent and flower and pull in the wildlife.
I've just been looking at 'Buff Beauty' and it seems to fit the bill for what I want and the place I want it to go. But has it any downsides from the point of view of the usual things up here...rain tolerance and disease etc. And one more thing for all the colourists...it would be growing on the same wall as a bright pink 'Constance Spry' (hopefully). Do you think the two colours would live in harmony or would there be a horrible clash.
Posts
..yes, now would be a good time for a boost, with milder nights promised..
@Nollie
..does look rather straggly.. hope you can rejuvenate it .. the one down the road from me often has a sparse look, as if not well foliated.. so maybe that's how it is..
@JAC51
.lovely to see your roses.. Malvern Hills is doing really well, that'll soon take off.. looking at your cutting I see no reason to think it's not Burgundy Ice, if that's what you think it should be.. so I think you can be confident in that..
.. I'd like to see that orange one sometime as well... we like a good guessing game with names..
@fire
oh, just noticed your garden, how lovely... such a lot going on in a small space... that arch is a favourite shape of mine.. I think it's what they called 'Monet' style.. ??..
..lots to look forward to from your garden this year..
@JAC51 a lovely post and a lovely thought. A beautiful present. Thanks for sharing.
@JAC51, glad you decided to join us! I look forward to seeing you Veilchenblau especially, so do keep posting. Wonderful story about your BF’s Dad’s rose, I’m sure she will be really touched. I used to be indifferent at best to roses too, but once you get the bug you can’t imagine ever being without them!
Warm Welcome is normally such a trooper of a rose @Marlorena, this is the first year out of it’s five it’s looked bare and straggly. Poor thing has been treated badly in the past, whacked back to near ground level twice due to obelisk replacement and initial bad pruning advice, but always bounced back. Finger’s crossed it will do this time. I am sharpening my secateurs ✂️
I picked up my Austin crown princess margarita yesturday - reserved it from our local nursery to use some vouchers, its left from last years stock as they couldnt get Austins this year, and only had a few odds and ends left, so its at least a year old plus however old they are when they leave Austin so its quite established, im pleased. Ive given it a good water and will plant and feed at the weekend.
Its going on the left here on the outside of this arch, ive got some lavenders on the inside edges of the arch and a red clematis "Rouge Cardinal" on the other.
...looks like you got a good buy there with that rose, that'll soon take off I hope.. your garden is coming along beautifully now you've had that work done.. what a transformation !..
@Ilikeplants
..your red rose is a climber by the looks of it there, and seeing those thorns and foliage, and your description, an easy if tentative guess I would say it's 'Dublin Bay'.. there's nothing to say it isn't that rose so far... and it does grow like that.. more of a shrubby climber..
@Alchemist
..nice to see you again... your apple is trained beautifully.. may I ask which variety?..
@Marlorena I cant believe the difference from that horrible wrecked muddy lawn and flooding, it doesn't look like the same garden! Its making it much easier to do borders without all those drainage issues too.
@JAC51 Looking lovely, love that Veilchenblau through the tree and such a lovely story with the cutting too. Your right roses often seem to have such stories! You'll soon be hooked, they really do reward you with months of scent and flower and pull in the wildlife.
And one more thing for all the colourists...it would be growing on the same wall as a bright pink 'Constance Spry' (hopefully). Do you think the two colours would live in harmony or would there be a horrible clash.