@newbie77 yes, they are very prickly. I wore my gardening gloves for arranging the wreath. I thought of making a door wreath too, but gave up after finding that all the stems I had cut were stiff ones. Also I think the holly tree in my garden is male as it does not have any berries.
Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth
Back home from Scotland (approx 7hours of traffic jams, snowstorms etc....) to a -4 frost here. Solves the issue of summer annuals still in my big tubs, all frozen solid! Glad I protected anything really vulnerable before we went and mulched a chunk of border. Last few roses frozen, not as pretty as @Tack blooms though!
Ive still got most of my tulips to plant and my tubs... tubs should be ok but grounds frozen solid in borders, recon I can just little plastic pot them if it dosent thaw and stick in sprouting when less frozen?
Tulips will be fine planted any time up to Christmas so I would wait until the ground has unfrozen. Alternatively just plant them in bigger plastic pots then sink the whole caboodle in the ground next Spring and cheat!
Both are one of the best DA roses and can grow in large Pot. It is more about which one you like more. Olivia rose has better flower form and beautiful pure pink colour. Desdemona has white flowers with hint of pink and cupped flowers. To my eyes unless I am looking for white, Olivia has better looking flowers. However Desdemona wins when it comes to number of flowers.
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Proper frost here today. Some frozen beauties.
Ive still got most of my tulips to plant and my tubs... tubs should be ok but grounds frozen solid in borders, recon I can just little plastic pot them if it dosent thaw and stick in sprouting when less frozen?