Lovely cold, sunny morning here gave me the push to go out and survey any damage. Luckily nothing apart from Cosmos keeled over but I am happy to finally compost them. As I was lifting thick ice off the birdbath Strawberry Hill surprised me with a wafting scent. Mainauduft smells lovely too, I am amazed in the cold air. Having not rained in ages lots of rose buds look undamaged so I wonder how they'll open.
I am destined not to have Heidi Klum, TCL emailed last night saying they cannot deliver this or Great News. I am expecting delivery of the rest in early to mid Dec.
I too think of Feb as the start of Spring. The days getting longer and all the promise in the emerging bulbs means I start getting excited.
Here some of my big perennials were flattened but they are herbaceous so not a big deal and two branches of my blue buddleia snapped off at the base. I chopped them up and chucked them on my hedgehog heaps.
Last weekend I got all the DA delivery planted and potted up and when I realised I had a surplus pot remembered I actually made a 3rd order from Jones the Rose I had completely forgotten about, Vintage Classic and St Dunstan's It's because I ordered it so long ago, not because I order too many plants
TCL contacted me to let me know one of my order was out of stock and one on a long lead time, Rosa Mundi and Romana Fresca respectively. The latter was an impulse/for fun addition so I have asked now if they can add Georges Vibert, a Gallica that is always on and off my list and a curious looking yellow, Ducat Mella.
This weekend's exciting weather put a bit of a dent in my gardening plans, waterbutts and trellis/arch installations had been planned. I managed to get the biggest trellis sorted and the arch sort of sorted. I was surprised to find I was able to sink the 1' pins into the ground just using my boot (& weight ), so it's not very sturdy and will have to add some reinforcements. It's for a rose (from TCL) Rosengarten Zweibrucken and an alpine clem Jan Lindmark. I know they won't flower together but I love alpine clems. I recently received 7 new from Thorncroft, all sat in my unheated porch until the weather blows over.
Thorncroft produce fabulous quality clems, what have you got? Funny, I ordered Ducat Mella too (also Ruby Mella), I can't find out much about it but the bloom shape looks interesting and it is a manageable size, at TCL prices, once you have already got a delivery coming what's the worst that can happen?
Yes, have ordered from them a few times . I've received:
Brunette, Purple Spider, Jan Lindmark, Helsingborg, Pink Flamingo, Amber (last minute addition, a new name to me and Albina Plena.
Oh cool, glad you have got Ducat Mella too, I thought a few of them were cute, but some out of stock now. The TCL prices explain much of my order to be honest...and I have another half dozen rose spaces I've 'found' already for the sales/next year.
Just looked those clem up, lovely lot. I have mixed results with clematis, I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Often they really take off and then a stem just flops, presumably Clematis Wilt. I also have mice just gnaw them off at meece height. I don't think I should buy more but I had a little pang when one I was admiring was marked 'only 1 left in stock'.
I have difficulty with the class 2 type, some unexplained die back (and a couple of times complete unexplained death ) and even on the good ones I don't seem to be able to pour enough water on them to stop the mildew if they are in a sunny location. I have a couple on the shady side which do ok and can stay but I'm not buying anymore, even though they are such beautiful colours and everyone else's seem so healthy and a few people on here combine them wonderfully with roses.
For saying the alpine type is supposed to like free draining soil and I am on clay they do surprisingly well. I thought I lost Ruby this spring (possibly mice, or me damaging it) but happily it has reappeared.
That's interesting. I'll see what reappears (all of them usually) next year and do my best but might try Alpinas where my current ones aren't prospering.
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Lovely arrangement above @pitter-patter
Here some of my big perennials were flattened but they are herbaceous so not a big deal and two branches of my blue buddleia snapped off at the base. I chopped them up and chucked them on my hedgehog heaps.
Last weekend I got all the DA delivery planted and potted up and when I realised I had a surplus pot remembered I actually made a 3rd order from Jones the Rose I had completely forgotten about, Vintage Classic and St Dunstan's
TCL contacted me to let me know one of my order was out of stock and one on a long lead time, Rosa Mundi and Romana Fresca respectively. The latter was an impulse/for fun addition so I have asked now if they can add Georges Vibert, a Gallica that is always on and off my list and a curious looking yellow, Ducat Mella.
This weekend's exciting weather put a bit of a dent in my gardening plans, waterbutts and trellis/arch installations had been planned. I managed to get the biggest trellis sorted and the arch sort of sorted. I was surprised to find I was able to sink the 1' pins into the ground just using my boot (& weight
It's for a rose (from TCL) Rosengarten Zweibrucken and an alpine clem Jan Lindmark. I know they won't flower together but I love alpine clems. I recently received 7 new from Thorncroft, all sat in my unheated porch until the weather blows over.
Brunette, Purple Spider, Jan Lindmark, Helsingborg, Pink Flamingo, Amber (last minute addition, a new name to me
Oh cool, glad you have got Ducat Mella too, I thought a few of them were cute, but some out of stock now. The TCL prices explain much of my order to be honest...and I have another half dozen rose spaces I've 'found' already for the sales/next year.
For saying the alpine type is supposed to like free draining soil and I am on clay they do surprisingly well. I thought I lost Ruby this spring (possibly mice, or me damaging it) but happily it has reappeared.