Hello everybody, ( and welcome to new members) -- still reading the thread but caring for parents has taken up a lot of my time so posting has been erratic. My new bare roots ( planted in big pots in Jan) are all looking healthy enough. Some of the leaves seem to have torn /snapped off in the hail and wind, and am hoping that can wait to be neatened up next weekend. Definitely behind some of your more established ones on this thread though , so perhaps they need a season or two to settle in. As a reminder, I have absolutely fabulous / chandos beauty /and easy does it.
@Omori thanks for the list of suppliers, that's very helpful! I also appreciate the size warnings on LoS and Boscobel , I will try to keep them in check!
Welcome @TracyP, look forward to seeing your roses especially Roald Dahl which has sneaked onto my everchanging wishlist (with a few other DA's).
Rain here too, back at full capacity buttage 3100 litres, plus a couple of hundred taken from an overflowing butt (just in case!) Garden is grudgingly moving on to the next batch of flowers, seem to have been on the daffs for months.
@TracyP Hi there fellow David Austin roses fanatic.. 😉 90% of my roses are DA.. and I grow most of the ones you’ve mentioned too, like Marlorena said this is a really lovely group of Rose lovers so it would be so nice to see how the same roses might perform in different gardens.
Hello folks, I, too, rushed out in a rain lull for a quick dash round the garden, unfortunately without the camera. I have pink buds on Zephirine Drouhin (the most advanced), Penelope and Etoile du Hollande, which also has a strong new basal shoot to my delight. Hopefully it will be a better day tomorrow and Monday looks promising.
I was able to get out when things slowed to a drizzle and planted a couple of roses (Ginger Syllabub & Souvenir du Docteur Jamain) and clematis Mrs Cholmondeley. I’m new to clematis so hopefully it does ok.
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absolutely fabulous / chandos beauty /and easy does it.
Sorry to hear about your weather damage @Marlorena and @Desi_in_London
Welcome @TracyP, look forward to seeing your roses especially Roald Dahl which has sneaked onto my everchanging wishlist (with a few other DA's).
Rain here too, back at full capacity buttage 3100 litres, plus a couple of hundred taken from an overflowing butt (just in case!) Garden is grudgingly moving on to the next batch of flowers, seem to have been on the daffs for months.
Alchemilla mollis and it’s smaller cousin below, Alchemilla erythropoda.
Desdemona, soon to be a threesome.
Physocarpus which is a perfect foil for Scepter’d Isles gorgeous pink blooms.
Gabriel Oak
Shall I await leaf break, which looks to be a few weeks away yet as they are just budding out?
Hopefully it will be a better day tomorrow and Monday looks promising.