@Lizzie27 ah good reminder thank you, i need to order some more clematis feed.
Going to feed the roses between now and next weekend I think, the weather looks wet then which will help. I'll get the rest of the ones intended for pots in those too. They are all happily sprouting away.
I was out feeding some of my roses today too. Also did a bit of pruning and tidying of other bits and pieces. Lovely warm afternoon in the garden. Cutting back the old nepeta, marjoram and Blackcurrant sage created a lovely summery aroma and that combined with the warm sun really cheered me on for the start of the season again.
I just fed the potted roses, plus Lady of the Lake and Shalott. Mulched the pots and Lady of the Lake at the same time.
Typical! Get carried away in the warm sunshine cutting things back and then we have a hard frost overnight! Hopefully garden will have been alright as it's fairly sheltered. Forgot that it's still quite early.
Here too although I did see it forecast and carried on chopping down anyway😁 It's that awkward time of the year where you either cut down and risk the frost or the crocus flower under a heap of twigs🤔
Go through it every year, should I, shouldn't I? Invariably, I do Yet everything shrugs off any later frosts, responds well and grows again. Up to now anyway...
We are ‘enjoying’ very cold, grey and wet British-style weather at the moment. The roses are certainly appreciating the rain though. Everything is leafing up nicely except Mme. Isaac Perriere and Rose de Rescht which are only just thinking about it.
My Italian rose order arrived, sorry, no photo, far too wet out there. Small pots and enthusiastically pruned but all - William Shakespeare 2000, Buff Beauty and Alberic Barbier - have three decent canes and buds. Now I have to set my mind to finding someone to make a large arch for AB!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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Going to feed the roses between now and next weekend I think, the weather looks wet then which will help. I'll get the rest of the ones intended for pots in those too. They are all happily sprouting away.
I just fed the potted roses, plus Lady of the Lake and Shalott. Mulched the pots and Lady of the Lake at the same time.
Desdemona
Brunnera Jack Frost emerging
Set to be mild for the rest of the week though.
Invariably, I do
Yet everything shrugs off any later frosts, responds well and grows again.
Up to now anyway...
.. I notice you've been really busy in your garden. I look forward to photos of The Portland Rose...
My Italian rose order arrived, sorry, no photo, far too wet out there. Small pots and enthusiastically pruned but all - William Shakespeare 2000, Buff Beauty and Alberic Barbier - have three decent canes and buds. Now I have to set my mind to finding someone to make a large arch for AB!
'Eustacia Vye'..
..own root 'Munstead Wood'..
'A Midsummer Night's Dream'..
'Gruss an Aachen'..