Talking about garlic, someone mentioned using a garlic spray to try to help with greenfly. Does it work? Will it work on sawfly? How do you make it? I don't use bug sprays as a rule, but last year the roses were eaten alive by sawfies, my first infestation, so want to get ahead as there is lots of new growth on them, and not sure how early the bugs will arrive.
Hi everyone , sorry have been out due to some health issues in the family but everything is back under control.
Looking forward towards the new season 🌹
Regarding chives, growing them also here.
Although we have still frost at the moment , all the roses are starting to leave out , except from Malvern Hills ( planted in nov ex TCL) I’m waiting for the feeding etc and some pruning until frost is gone.
aphids check on pink cloud…
Some snapshots of the cold but sunny morning .
guirlande d amour , need to retrain also ..
Trio of bare roots planted in autumn ( Charles de emp, framboise folle, walferdange ) oxtail cut back this weekend 😉
@JessicaS, you don't need to bother with special clematis feed, whatever you are using for the roses is fine.
Lovely to see everybody's roses kicking off, mine are doing like as well as my two new Nathalie Nypels (thanks @Marlorena for your recommendation). I'm hoping my new Chandos Beauty will settle in soon that I planted last week, it looks very pathetic at the moment.
I'm debating whether to try Marlorena's notching technique on two climbers, New Dawn and Etoile due Holland, both of which have bare legs!
all the roses are starting to leave out , except from Malvern Hills.
Me too.
Not to worry, mine is also behind most of the other roses in the garden. Only small red buds for the most part. But they’re everywhere. It’ll take off in time.
Last year some people here were raving about garlic spray. I might give it a go. I've put in a lot more roses this winter, so I expect to have a lot more problems, including saw fly. We do have sparrows nesting and I expect they help a bit. I notice that the saw fly seem to be most active at night. I was going on night hunts. They wiggle in the torch light. In my garden last year they also seemed to prefer lower, hidden leaves. I missed quite a bit of damage at the back of the shrubs and at the base.
I had such problems with gooseberry sawfly. It got to the point where there was not a leaf left on the bush. It was chewed down to a stick in a few weeks. I took the shrub out in the end.
I got rid of my gooseberry bush for the same reason, it was chewed leafless..
@Imprevu .. gosh your clematis is out early, lovely... just to remind me, are you in Belgium? I tend to forget..
Walferdange always looks nice.. I think Victoria Sponge here has it too..?.. Sorry to hear about the health issues, I should add... we all seem to be dealing with something or other these days unfortunately..
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I’m waiting for the feeding etc and some pruning until frost is gone.
aphids check on pink cloud…
Some snapshots of the cold but sunny morning .
guirlande d amour , need to retrain also ..
Trio of bare roots planted in autumn
( Charles de emp, framboise folle, walferdange ) oxtail cut back this weekend 😉
and the clematis amarandii is starting to bloom…
Lovely to see everybody's roses kicking off, mine are doing like as well as my two new Nathalie Nypels (thanks @Marlorena for your recommendation). I'm hoping my new Chandos Beauty will settle in soon that I planted last week, it looks very pathetic at the moment.
I'm debating whether to try Marlorena's notching technique on two climbers, New Dawn and Etoile due Holland, both of which have bare legs!
Me too.
@Imprevu
.. gosh your clematis is out early, lovely... just to remind me, are you in Belgium? I tend to forget..
Walferdange always looks nice.. I think Victoria Sponge here has it too..?..
Sorry to hear about the health issues, I should add... we all seem to be dealing with something or other these days unfortunately..