I'm pretty happy with the roses I have, but I'm generally going for a massed effect - covering arches and fences. I'm not too bothered about close ups, on the whole or individual blooms; if a plant is happy and repeating then it's fine. Oddly, most of my blooms are far away - high on arches or on fences I can't really reach or sniff. I like my selection of reds very much. It's a narrow palette, but it delights me - the massing, the scent, the deep colour. I am desperate to get more Ghislaine in the ground - lots of it, massed. Constantly dead heading tiny blooms on Malvern, Moonlight and Ghislaine will be a big task.
The whole traditional "rose garden" look with a bloom on top of a stick is not my thing at all. I do love shrub roses when they are mixed in thoroughly with other planting; rose hedging, wildy planting bursting out all over - beautiful.
As I mentioned before, Jamains are going;Â and probably Ena too, when I can find a good replacement. Will have to deal with Rose Replant Disease for all three, which is a bit of a pain, but it has to be done.Â
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I can imagine me cycling through different dahlias quite a bit, experimenting a lot. I kind of get bored/undelighted by the same ones all the time. I split up my Rip City and gave it away to neighbours and now the neighbourhood is Ripped. It delights me that people in the garden group are exploring dahlias and have great successes!Â
I am back home on Friday, and I can't wait. I think that's the first time in my adult life I have ever said such a thing.
I have found this in the very back corner of the garden (I have a long narrow garden. Some got sold off by the last owner so it's only about 100ft long but because it was just a bramble/nettle/bindweed jungle when I first came, there are still some bits I have barely got to.). Is it rosy? Would it theoretically flower if I left it? I THINK that must have been pruned by my dogÂ
Arthur Bell before 5am. He is bright yellow in reality. I now see how DA arrived at those pics for Bring Me Sunshine lol
I am not downsizing but I know the sensation since this year I had to restrain myself and I din’t buy anything new, because of the expected weather and my long covid symptoms I knew it would have been extremely difficult to grow new roses in the proper way.
and I will let go of Hydrangeas, unfortunately they need too much water and so there’s no future for them here.
Hi, everybody. It was hot here too but nowhere near Marlorena's maximums. I think 33 was the most? And it's been dry but hopefully, some rain is coming over the weekend. I've been taking photos but not posting, so time to fix that.
I was sent this as 'Schloss Eutin' but maybe it's 'Bremer Stadtmusikanten'. SO is an apricot sport of pink BS. But hard to say, given the possible variation. Not happy so far with 'Kiss me Kate'. It has grown nicely this year but it flowers late and the blooms are small. And they refuse to open more than this. 'Comtessa', I like it so far I'll post more later.
I have removed Alexander and St Boniface. Burgundy Ice and Diamond Eyes are pending.
I have spent a happy day watering, rearranging pots and deadheading after emerging blinking into the light this morning. All windows and glazed doors that get any sunlight were cardboarded over or had old blackout curtains fixed tightly over them. With everything fully shut down we managed to keep the sunniest rooms useable and the bedrooms below 24 DegC (we have an upside down house). It was around the 38 DegC outside.
Emerged to crispy things but not too bad
Roses that took it without harm were The Prince, Munstead Wood, Golden Beauty, Chippendale and most of the climbers.
That is clem Allanah, its first flower which I assumed would fry given it is right at the top of this under the balcony handrail!
'Faustinia' The rose bed I am in love with this combination right now. The hydrangea will be planted there permanently after some prep work and will grow bigger but it is not a huge one. The front garden, 'Olivia RA' (x2) and 'Blackberry Nip'
I love your rose garden and the other bed with hydrangea @edhelka! Just wondeful, I doubt I’d ever manage to create such a beauty.
@Tack it seems to me that your roses coped very well with the heat wave. Here I lost all the 4 Hydrangea, 4 Azalea, a lot of perennials and the Raphiolepis and my roses are all sleeping.
Here at 10.30 pm there are still 30 C, I think I will die, lol
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I have found this in the very back corner of the garden (I have a long narrow garden. Some got sold off by the last owner so it's only about 100ft long but because it was just a bramble/nettle/bindweed jungle when I first came, there are still some bits I have barely got to.). Is it rosy? Would it theoretically flower if I left it?Â
I THINK that must have been pruned by my dogÂ
Arthur Bell before 5am. He is bright yellow in reality. I now see how DA arrived at those pics for Bring Me Sunshine lol
and I will let go of Hydrangeas, unfortunately they need too much water and so there’s no future for them here.
I've been taking photos but not posting, so time to fix that.
I was sent this as 'Schloss Eutin' but maybe it's 'Bremer Stadtmusikanten'. SO is an apricot sport of pink BS. But hard to say, given the possible variation.
Not happy so far with 'Kiss me Kate'. It has grown nicely this year but it flowers late and the blooms are small. And they refuse to open more than this.
'Comtessa', I like it so far
I'll post more later.
Also, assuming it's a good idea to mist them regularly as with typical cuttings?
The rose bed
I am in love with this combination right now. The hydrangea will be planted there permanently after some prep work and will grow bigger but it is not a huge one.
The front garden, 'Olivia RA' (x2) and 'Blackberry Nip'