Looks like it's going to be my best year so far for 'Graham Thomas' Plenty of buds beginning to open out, revealing these beautiful, buttery yellow blooms. Bit of BS, but as yet not too bad.
'Open Arms'...a DA modern small rambler. Beautiful flowers all summer which open pink, and fade to pink flush as they age. I'm growing it on a 7-8ft trellis in full sun all day.
@Dovefromabove , that rose looks like stars. beautiful against the foliage.
@Nollie, love song is looking very pretty. Still waiting for mine to open properly. May be tomorrow.
@Eustace, you have got nice collection. Your tip about onion is very useful. Now using to protect my dahlias from fox.
@Omori, you got lucky with Fragrant Delight. Are those proper buttercups, the weed one. I let it grow in my previous garden, didnt know they could be invasive and they took over a lot of border. some even hitchhiked to my new garden. They grow from both seed and root runner.
@Eustace, you have got nice collection. Your tip about onion is very useful. Now using to protect my dahlias from fox.
We are still in the process of clearing our overgrown garden as we let it fall into disrepair for the past 2 years due to our work commitments. Until then, most of my roses, relocated from our previous place, have to live in pots. Being a suburban garden, we have regular nocturnal fox visits and I recently saw one just walking along the garden fence and jumping over the fence to the next house in broad daylight. I therefore, put onions, garlic, orange peels etc. around the rose plants to deter these foxes.
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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Note to self ... get the deadheading snippers out 😉
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
In the front
west-facing bed R. glauca is putting on a show
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
'Open Arms'...a DA modern small rambler. Beautiful flowers all summer which open pink, and fade to pink flush as they age. I'm growing it on a 7-8ft trellis in full sun all day.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Blooms of two roses photographed twice in an hour..
Love Song, looks lavender in the shade, but pinker in the sun:
Golden Beauty, a muted peach in shade and truer to it’s name as soon as the sun hits:
Lady of Shalott
Queen of Sweden
Unidentified HT flowers (some in a wild thicket which is yet to be cleared,😞)
@Nollie, love song is looking very pretty. Still waiting for mine to open properly. May be tomorrow.
@Eustace, you have got nice collection. Your tip about onion is very useful. Now using to protect my dahlias from fox.
@Omori, you got lucky with Fragrant Delight.
Are those proper buttercups, the weed one. I let it grow in my previous garden, didnt know they could be invasive and they took over a lot of border. some even hitchhiked to my new garden. They grow from both seed and root runner.