@ehelka Gosh I've just remembered I didn't thank you for your rose seedling advice. I have the pot kept lightly damp in good light, but not full sun and the first seedling has proper leaves and the second is coming on well. I am very interested in seeing how this works out. I never imagined that I would see flowers before a couple of years.
I very much like the cool tones of Silas Marner, Minerva was one I had my eye on too but I think I've overdone the purple now.
@cooldoc Yes, Eglantyne smells amazing, it wafts when I pass it, so much so that yesterday I sat myself next to it for a while. The petals are delicate and tissue thin so the overall impression is of fragility, just so pretty. I do support the branches now the flowers are so heavy.
Like @Omori, all of you showing Desdemona makes me impatient to see mine. Is this the rose that the most people on here have I wonder.
@Tack, that's odd, I don't get that wafting from my Eglantyne but mine is in the border fronting the drive and it is windy here more days than not. I pruned it quite low down this year in an effort to make it shorter, it's up on a bank above the drive so it's only just coming into bloom. I also love my EdeH but find that even after 3/4 years, the blooms are still so heavy they droop which spoils the effect somewhat.
Desdemona is so beautiful, I love the peachy colour she opens up with. Much larger blooms this second year. Can smell her as soon as you open the car door, lovely welcome home!
Also, I saw it mentioned before. I thought I’d have a go at doing a video of the garden. Might do some more later on in the season once things have got going more. Useful for me to compare in the future.
I tried to name as many plants as I could with onscreen text. Didn’t narrate it, I thought it was quite nice just hearing the birds.
Not sure how I managed to make it so long with such a small garden! 😂 Don’t feel obliged to watch the whole thing!
Wow @Mr. Vine Eye, that was really interesting, you've packed so much in but it all has its place and looks neat as a pin. With all those climbing elements I think it will look even more fabulous in a year or two, really 3 dimensional and full of colour and interest. Your spot for Lady of the Lake is inspired!
@Tack I love your Eye of the Tiger. I think I will end up getting it to go with my other eyes as I had thought about putting it next to for your eyes only but because that has grown so big there just isn't any room!
I have a feeling my new bed is front of the fence is going to end up full of roses!
@SeahorseFriend, that Hawthorn Is very beautiful, the pink of flowers really goes well with those lush leaves and your dragon is like the dragon in Merlin TV series.
Oh wow, you're right about Merlin's dragon! I've never seen that show but everyone keeps telling me I need to watch it ☺️
I just watched all the video... really good, birds whistling.. your Ghislaine is going to look fabulous, it's grown so quickly.. and the boys did a good job with the Sunflower..
I really liked that @Mr Vine Eye, lovely garden and lovely roses. Did you use your phone to video it and then add the plant names after. You kept a very steady hand if so! Do please do another one later on for us. I think my phone's got that facility, I must check to see if I can have a go.
My crimsons 🌹have new buds ready to open - Munstead Wood in the foreground and Darcey Bussel in the middle and Tess of the D'urbervilles at the very back.
Susan Williams-Ellis
And finally reliable Gertrude Jekyll. This rose had many branches broken during the windy days, but has recovered smartly.
Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth
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I also love my EdeH but find that even after 3/4 years, the blooms are still so heavy they droop which spoils the effect somewhat.
I tried to name as many plants as I could with onscreen text. Didn’t narrate it, I thought it was quite nice just hearing the birds.
https://youtu.be/wZR1-vkHV74
I have a feeling my new bed is front of the fence is going to end up full of roses!
Oh wow, you're right about Merlin's dragon! I've never seen that show but everyone keeps telling me I need to watch it ☺️
I just watched all the video... really good, birds whistling.. your Ghislaine is going to look fabulous, it's grown so quickly.. and the boys did a good job with the Sunflower..
Do please do another one later on for us.
I think my phone's got that facility, I must check to see if I can have a go.
My crimsons 🌹have new buds ready to open - Munstead Wood in the foreground and Darcey Bussel in the middle and Tess of the D'urbervilles at the very back.
Susan Williams-Ellis
And finally reliable Gertrude Jekyll. This rose had many branches broken during the windy days, but has recovered smartly.