Thanks Marlorena for your recommendations. Actually Dower House and Wollerton Old Hall are both very close to DA garden - all three are in Shropshire. Given I will be visiting DA garden next Friday I’m most tempted to visit all three in one swoop! Is there such a thing as death by drowning in rose fragrance I wonder.. I’m determined to find out 😛
An A41 conveyor belt ride for you I think, if you have the time... WOH, stunning place, my favourite garden, you can just get lost in the perfection of the garden rooms. You'll need at least a half day there.
@peteS .. I don't know that one off hand... I'll see if I can find out... bit diseased though isn't it? that wouldn't last long here.. pretty blooms, I like the red ring in the centre.. but not one I know immediately..
.. I meant to add, if you want a rose similar to that but a whole lot better, consider 'The Lady's Blush' from David Austin roses.. it also has that red ring at the base, larger flowers produced continuously on a much healthier plant.. excellent disease resistance..
Yes it is diseased, but given a bit more tlc than the council tend to give their plants, maybe that can be reduced somewhat. But the flowers are lovely aren't they, remarkably so considering the state of the soil it was growing in.
.. it's a bit early for shearing, and some roses don't take to that, so of course I have to prune more conventionally, and oftentimes just snip off the spent blooms... a snipping tool is useful but I just use a scissors... so I've been doing that today.. 'Vanessa Bell'.. after a tidy up..
I was sold this as 'Johnson's Blue' Geranium, which is what I keep calling it, but when you check up on this plant, everywhere says it's about 1 foot tall by 2 feet wide.. mine is 5 feet tall and several feet wide.. needing support.. I couldn't imagine it staying at just a foot high.. whether I have something else, I'm not sure, it otherwise looks identical and I've no idea what else it could be.. Absolutely loved by bees, they swarm around it ..
.my Bourbon climber 'Mme Lauriol de Barny'.. flowers until the end of June usually.. not too bad considering the weather.. I just snipped off a few brown ones.. I can see Kew Gardens below needs some attention.. 'Wild Rover' has been slow to come out this year.. it should be in full flush by now.. I love the scent and the large glossy foliage, which does black spot but there you go..
'Heritage' is powerfully fragranced... Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'..
...well I've been out and had another tidy up... here are some photos, all rather similar, taken from different angles.. These are mostly taken from the Divide rail looking towards the Pebble Beach garden, seating area and the Rose Island Bed.. It's not easy getting it all in one photo, so I took a few..
..a neighbour looking at the above once said to me, ''I couldn't possibly cope with all that''.. which is probably a fair comment.. but I enjoy a busy look..
Looks beautiful @Marlorena. I suspect what your neighbour means is that it requires more green-fingered aptitude ( and time investment) to keep that density of planting looking as good as you make it look than what s/he is willing or able to do!
That's a really nice view. Re coping, I guess it is relative... I couldn't cope with my neighbor's lawn - no weeds, almost no moss, very short and mown regularly, and even watered when it gets too dry
..thanks so much.. it's really a small area in the photos, about 35' x 15'... but it is labour intensive, so you do need to be reasonably fit to garden this way don't you? otherwise I'd just have bedding plants which is what most of them do around here..
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WOH, stunning place, my favourite garden, you can just get lost in the perfection of the garden rooms. You'll need at least a half day there.
.. I don't know that one off hand... I'll see if I can find out... bit diseased though isn't it? that wouldn't last long here.. pretty blooms, I like the red ring in the centre.. but not one I know immediately..
.. I meant to add, if you want a rose similar to that but a whole lot better, consider 'The Lady's Blush' from David Austin roses.. it also has that red ring at the base, larger flowers produced continuously on a much healthier plant.. excellent disease resistance..
.. it's a bit early for shearing, and some roses don't take to that, so of course I have to prune more conventionally, and oftentimes just snip off the spent blooms... a snipping tool is useful but I just use a scissors... so I've been doing that today..
'Vanessa Bell'.. after a tidy up..
I was sold this as 'Johnson's Blue' Geranium, which is what I keep calling it, but when you check up on this plant, everywhere says it's about 1 foot tall by 2 feet wide.. mine is 5 feet tall and several feet wide.. needing support.. I couldn't imagine it staying at just a foot high.. whether I have something else, I'm not sure, it otherwise looks identical and I've no idea what else it could be..
Absolutely loved by bees, they swarm around it ..
'Gruss an Aachen'...
'Wild Rover' has been slow to come out this year.. it should be in full flush by now.. I love the scent and the large glossy foliage, which does black spot but there you go..
'Heritage' is powerfully fragranced...
Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'..
It's not easy getting it all in one photo, so I took a few..
..a neighbour looking at the above once said to me, ''I couldn't possibly cope with all that''.. which is probably a fair comment.. but I enjoy a busy look..
Re coping, I guess it is relative... I couldn't cope with my neighbor's lawn - no weeds, almost no moss, very short and mown regularly, and even watered when it gets too dry