Well I blame Monty Don for that version that stuck in my head, he named it that way in an old book of his I have, but I agree, QofD is much easier! Yes, you’re right we do get winter chill, often severe, but short periods. I suspect the only way I will know is to try it. FD was one of the sickly specimens from you know who, so that might be why it’s taking it’s time, hopefully it will pick up.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@Imprevu ..thanks, it is nice.. it's certainly growing on me that Clematis.. gets quite tall.. yes, Florence D is thornless... I can't find one on it.. and the scent is divine..
@Athelas ..yes, but it will need watering every night during such conditions as these at the moment.. she produces larger clusters of blooms on the 2nd flush, but each bloom is smaller, more globular..
Remember, DA roses cannot get enough water during summer.. you cannot over water them when growing well, they do respond to it..
@Nollie ..what I like about once bloomers is that, once the flowering is over, you don't have to worry any more, no feeding, no watering if they're in the ground.. well not here.. no fussing waiting for blooms.. if in a pot, they can disappear or blend in somewhere.. they often have nice foliage.. I wouldn't want a garden full of them though..
..such a lovely evening... 'Cornelia'.. another thornless rose, with a sweetish musky fragrance.. 'Mme. Antoine Mari'.. still going strong.. 'Vanessa Bell' is usually a yellow rose, but during hot weather, and in the evenings, she turns white... bit of a chameleon..
I use lots of these Geranium cantabrigiense varieties... variously in pinks and whites.. I mix them all up or grow the same type in a row.. I find they're so good at covering landscaping eyesores, and they bloom with the first flush of roses.. 8 weeks, mid May -mid July..
Geranium 'Johnson's Blue', this will climb.. ..a nice rounded ball of perennial foliage on Aster frikartii 'Monch'.. flowering soon...
..I think the opening blooms on 'Bathsheba' have such stunning colourations.. .full bush shot of 'Desdemona'.. looking rather white today.. 'Erfurt'.. a rose that also have really good foliage.. hybrid musk.. Kordes.. Geranium 'Johnson's Blue' with roses.. .huge blooms on Tottering by Gently..
'Astrantia 'Roma' .. ..Dry River Bed walk.. .entrance to The Beach garden.. .. Tea Patio garden with Rose Enclosure at the end.. ...close up a proliferating bloom on 'Eustacia Vye'.. it's trying to develop another bloom from the centre..
I must highlight 'The Country Parson'.. I'm rapidly falling in love with this excessively thorny but highly scented rose.. another winner from DA.. and surprisingly wildlife friendly..
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@Imprevu
..thanks, it is nice.. it's certainly growing on me that Clematis.. gets quite tall..
yes, Florence D is thornless... I can't find one on it.. and the scent is divine..
@Athelas
..yes, but it will need watering every night during such conditions as these at the moment.. she produces larger clusters of blooms on the 2nd flush, but each bloom is smaller, more globular..
Remember, DA roses cannot get enough water during summer.. you cannot over water them when growing well, they do respond to it..
@Nollie
..what I like about once bloomers is that, once the flowering is over, you don't have to worry any more, no feeding, no watering if they're in the ground.. well not here.. no fussing waiting for blooms.. if in a pot, they can disappear or blend in somewhere.. they often have nice foliage..
I wouldn't want a garden full of them though..
'Cornelia'.. another thornless rose, with a sweetish musky fragrance..
'Mme. Antoine Mari'.. still going strong..
'Vanessa Bell' is usually a yellow rose, but during hot weather, and in the evenings, she turns white... bit of a chameleon..
Geranium 'Johnson's Blue', this will climb..
..a nice rounded ball of perennial foliage on Aster frikartii 'Monch'.. flowering soon...
...well, I've taken about 150 photos this morning... here's a few..
C. 'Belle of Woking'...
'Vanessa Bell'... gone back to yellow..
'Wilhelm'.. a red hybrid musk..
..why I love 'Kew Gardens'...
'Cornelia'..
.full bush shot of 'Desdemona'.. looking rather white today..
'Erfurt'.. a rose that also have really good foliage.. hybrid musk.. Kordes..
Geranium 'Johnson's Blue' with roses..
.huge blooms on Tottering by Gently..
..Dry River Bed walk..
.entrance to The Beach garden..
.. Tea Patio garden with Rose Enclosure at the end..
...close up a proliferating bloom on 'Eustacia Vye'.. it's trying to develop another bloom from the centre..