I can’t remember what rain looks like @Lizzie27! Obviously food without water won’t do any good, so for those debating to feed or not, do take that into account as well. I’ve more or less given up on my baking south-facing mixed border as I just can’t keep up with or justify the watering.
@dabolem that hibiscus is nice. Another one of my favourites after roses.
The potted roses in my fully paved front garden are suffering from thirst. Heat radiating from the bricks (both paving and boundary wall) is playing havoc with the roses, most of them HT roses. Hoping for heavy rain/thundershowers; there is no such indication in the weather forecast for the next few days 37 degrees C forecast for next Tuesday
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
Lovely Ghislaine in the short clip @Fire. Thanks for posting it ( I'll show it to my rose...) But why 'Horrible format'? I'm not familiar with Tiktok but it was a beautiful rose, inoffensive music, no bad language....what's not to like?
@Nollie I gave up feeding too, no rain and we are in water emergency for the very first time in my entire life. In Italy generally emergency rules for lack of water in summer are only for Southern regions, never happened here in the North side. Never.
I only started my bourbon experiments last year @dabolem and given how dry it’s been they haven’t been tested in ‘hot and humid’ conditions yet, just ‘hot’! I haven’t tried La Reine Victoria, they all seem to react differently so it’s hard to say. I am going to try Boule de Neige though. One thing, bourbons do apparently appreciate cold winters, which, so far, I continue to have.
We used to get heavy summer rain and humidity but the last couple of years I feel as if I’m back living in the dry south of Spain. I now have the same worries about water shortages and forest fires. It sounds like both our countries are experiencing the same drought conditions creeping ever further north..
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Sorry for off topic post, but re: drought. Early this morning, another dog-walker and I were agreeing this park was a godsend thanks to the trees and the river... then we realised, er, what river?
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@Mr. Vine Eye your Royal Jubilee is gorgeous, I didn’t know she could become so big, I thought she was a medium shrub
This morning I found some blooms in the patio garden, surprisingly, given the heat
Clair Matin
A very pale Mortimer Sackler, which I understand changed name but I can’t remember the new one
One rose defying current conditions is Mme. de Sévigné, a new bourbon. Producing large, richly scented blooms and beating other similar bourbons such as Mme. Isaac Pereire and Catherine Guillot hands down:
But why 'Horrible format'?
I'm not familiar with Tiktok but it was a beautiful rose, inoffensive music, no bad language....what's not to like?
I love you M.me de Sevigné, I thought bourbon roses suffered in hot and humid so I never get one, even if I love them, especially La Reine Victoria. Do you think .i could try it?
Gorgeous hibiscus, dabolem