Lovely bloom though @owd potter, finger’s crossed it supports itself better over time. I believe WS2000 is a bit floppy too, so it will have a trellis behind. Hope we see more of your garden this year.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
It is @Nollie, my favourite colour. Only went for this because Munstead Wood was sold out, but I have now added that this year. I'm hoping to see more of it too this year. Looking forward to seeing it fill out but I must temper my expectations as the roses are mostly still only in their 2nd year. I believe it will be from next year that they really get into their stride. I'll post plenty of pics tho'
Spent yesterday evening and lunch/evening today painting this one panel so I can fit the wires and plant mary delany this weekend 😆
Weather is now not looking good for painting the rest this weekend, which is really annoying. Also think I’m going to invest in a paint sprayer because painting it by hand is a miserably long job!!
Don't lose heart @zu@zugenie think how good it will look when complete I am going through the same painting replacement fence panels that I lost to the storm couple of weeks ago. I'm not a particularly quick worker but using a well loaded 4" brush, I have completed one coat on 4 x 3' panels in 3 hrs. Keep at it.
O/T.. but I got my Thompson and Morgan catalogue through the post today and I notice they have a popular plant listed as Verbena 'Buenos Aires'.. well, bonariensis does actually mean ''from Buenos Aires'', so what's the diff?... none..
An interesting tip for preventing black spot on our roses... this is new to me so thought to pass it on, although some of you might already know about it.
I was watching a Sarah Raven video and she suggests growing shrubby Salvias with roses as their leaves give off sulphur, - I didn't know that, but I did know that sulphur has long been known to prevent fungal diseases in roses, which is why during the industrial period roses rarely got black spot like they do now, with all the sulphur in the atmosphere but with our cleaner air now which is better for us, black spot is more prevalent..
So if you have a Royal Bumble, Blue Note, Cerro Potosi or some other shrubby Salvia, plant it near a vulnerable rose and see how it goes...
I did notice that Sarah's roses were all disease resistant varieties in any case though...
I have heard that about salvias and roses @Marlorena, but I grow them together and it doesn’t seem to make any difference. I watched the same video this morning from a link on the houzz rose forum then disappeared down a youtube rose video rabbit hole! It’s been pouring with rain here all day and the same forecast for all next week. Great for the garden, but I guess I will be stuck inside watching many more rose videos 😆
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I saw that too, in a new SR video. I grow shrubby salvia and roses together too, and have not noticed any difference. My Ena is planted right next to a Royal Bumble and she is covered in aphids. I have a Crimson Glory, next to a planter with Nachtvliner and Blue note. I don't think she should extrapolate from the experience of just her garden into a general rule.
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Only went for this because Munstead Wood was sold out, but I have now added that this year.
I'm hoping to see more of it too this year. Looking forward to seeing it fill out but I must temper my expectations as the roses are mostly still only in their 2nd year. I believe it will be from next year that they really get into their stride.
I'll post plenty of pics tho'
..pretty single rose, makes a large shrub..
I was watching a Sarah Raven video and she suggests growing shrubby Salvias with roses as their leaves give off sulphur, - I didn't know that, but I did know that sulphur has long been known to prevent fungal diseases in roses, which is why during the industrial period roses rarely got black spot like they do now, with all the sulphur in the atmosphere but with our cleaner air now which is better for us, black spot is more prevalent..
So if you have a Royal Bumble, Blue Note, Cerro Potosi or some other shrubby Salvia, plant it near a vulnerable rose and see how it goes...
I did notice that Sarah's roses were all disease resistant varieties in any case though...