White, cream, pink, dark red, all OK The arches are approx 7ft high The NDN insisted on having a fence, so a hedge was removed , it's a big space. New fence to the right.
@Allotment Boy This is my favourite climber below, sweet syrie by harkness roses. Beautiful strong scent and prolific. Very sturdy and healthy too. Id definaley recommend it. Bees can get in easily and are attracted by the target like centre. Ive got open arms mentioned above as well, very fast growing and happy even in a much shadier spot and bee friendly too.
Enjoying the thread as usual, lots of spring promise! It looks like attack of the triffids in my garden at the moment, mounds bursting up through the soil and cracks just before they burst through! The hyacinth especially look like mouths I will do some photography later of the lovely new growth on the roses. Ive got a weeping standard Nozomi which I got after flowering last year, once blooming but for months, it dosent really drop leaves either and has pretty hips. Id like to try another too but repeat as they are so elegant. Ill spam nozomi when its in full bloom this year!
Yes I hope it does well @Marlorena, the stem is certainly a bit skinny for that height and I will be on sucker watch. I bought some proper rubber tree ties but they are far too big so I’m using soft ties until it thickens up a bit. @Mr. Vine Eye regular intelligence reports will be submitted 😆
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I'm soaking Ghislaine and Edith Cavell. The plants look great, covered in green shoots and also white rootling shoots, which I haven't noticed before.
I've kind of decided to take out two raised bed box planters so I have some more room for dahlias ... and ... other things 🥴. The planters were taking too much watering through the summer as they have wooden bases (rookie mistake). Re water retention, deep pots hold better than shallower planters and are probably better for nixing slugs (easier to manage than damp wood sides). I'm thinking of a 50cm deep terracotta pot for the front and may be the back too, as permament (non moving) garden features. Everything in my gardens (and house) move around constantly, to date.
...my beady eyes have picked up on what is likely to be my first rose bloom of Spring, on 'Bengal Crimson'... someone else appears to have noticed too.. funny but I didn't pick that up with the naked eye... well I hope he has a good lunch.. ..nice vigorous basals on 'St. Nicholas'..
Oh, in my dreams, @Marlorena, if it ever gets to look like that it will be probably be as we are retiring to the coast. It’s planted in a huge, deep plastic tree pot sunk into the ground though, so subject to it surviving and thriving it’s coming with me wherever I end up. I might need a forklift to get it out of the ground tho!
Here’s another couple of fabulous ones I came across on my internet travels through French nurseries:
Guirlande d’Amour:
Paul Noel:
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The arches are approx 7ft high
The NDN insisted on having a fence, so a hedge was removed , it's a big space. New fence to the right.
Ive got open arms mentioned above as well, very fast growing and happy even in a much shadier spot and bee friendly too.
Ive got a weeping standard Nozomi which I got after flowering last year, once blooming but for months, it dosent really drop leaves either and has pretty hips. Id like to try another too but repeat as they are so elegant. Ill spam nozomi when its in full bloom this year!
..nice vigorous basals on 'St. Nicholas'..
Here’s another couple of fabulous ones I came across on my internet travels through French nurseries:
Guirlande d’Amour:
Paul Noel: