RHS Bridgwater is about 50 min drive from me, I’ve booked to go on the 23rd June. Geum totally tangerine is one of my favourite plants, it’s much bushier and dense than other geums and will flower all summer long if deadheaded, it’s what I call a good doer!
Hopefully more roses will be added to the garden over time. I watched the first part of the making of the gardens on BBC iPlayer, very interesting and I loved the pigs that were used to clear some of the overgrown areas.
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.
All my established roses seem to be shrugging off the cold wet weather, and are covered in buds. One of my two new patio roses Sparkle is doing better than the other, one is covered in powdery mildew, the other only at the tips of branches. I hope they both recover with some warm weather.🙄
@Nollie I can almost smell your divine roses from here. I would put in Munstead and Prince and Soul if I had any room. I've got to the point where I really have no space left. The patio is slowly disappearing year on year, bushes are coming out, but there is still no space. Ho hum.
That’s the trouble here @Fire, I see lots I covet too. I have to control my urges as I feel guilty about water usage and the time I spend on the roses, as opposed to getting stuck in to the ever-growing list of DIY and maintenance jobs this old property demands!
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..this is my modest version of the ''dried up river bed'' look, espoused by Beth Chatto.. I like to plant in the gravel to make it informal .. Astrantia 'Roma' just coming out on the right..
..my new Ghislaine de Feligonde, doing really well.. this replaced my original which I had to remove.. planted just 2 feet away to avoid rose replant, it was treated with mycorrhizal fungi, the only reason I use this product... it's working so far.. ..buds on this Alba rose 'Mme. Legras...'.. a progenitor of David Austins Alba rose group, at least early on..
@Omori, yes I do. My Eglantyne never has enough leaves and is rather leggy, despite manuring and feeding it. I meant to try Marlorena's tip of notching lower down the stem to make it bush out a bit more but because of the awful weather haven't yet been able to try it. The blooms are pretty though.
And another newbie breakout! Ebb Tide, a fairly small and atypical bloom (judging by Edhelka’s more mature one) but looking forward to seeing it develop. I have decided not to plant this straight out, but grow in a pot for a year so I can see how the blooms react to heat. That way, I can move it into cooler shade if need be.
Astronomia is now opening more blooms at the same time. It’s getting better each day. Looks especially impressive from a distance, as the large single blooms really stand out:
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One of my two new patio roses Sparkle is doing better than the other, one is covered in powdery mildew, the other only at the tips of branches. I hope they both recover with some warm weather.🙄
...glad you enjoyed the day at Bridgwater Adrian.. the lake photo is especially nice..
4C for an hour or so last night, here.. our rose season might finally get going the end of this week..
..this is my modest version of the ''dried up river bed'' look, espoused by Beth Chatto.. I like to plant in the gravel to make it informal ..
Astrantia 'Roma' just coming out on the right..
..my new Ghislaine de Feligonde, doing really well.. this replaced my original which I had to remove.. planted just 2 feet away to avoid rose replant, it was treated with mycorrhizal fungi, the only reason I use this product... it's working so far..
..buds on this Alba rose 'Mme. Legras...'.. a progenitor of David Austins Alba rose group, at least early on..