Such a lovely bouquet. I certainly don't have enough for one of those.
Barkarole - a florists' rose, (not bushy) but I'm glad to have it. It has a powerful, insistant, upright elegance that my other roses don't have; very good posture and excellent French elocution
Henri Delbard. I can't help singing his name to the tune of "Ça plane pour moi."😁
He is one of my favourite new roses this year.
I think it was @Marlorena who said Gabriel Oak would be happy in a pot. This certainly is the case here. Looking a lot happier jn the same garden position but out of the ground. Yours is beautiful, Edhelka. I don't get those clusters.
The Gertrudes are beginning their second flush in the front garden. Just received a load more compost so tonight I'll follow your suggestion of a good water and a good mulch, @Nollie.
Eyes for You is perking up a bit but I don't know if I'll keep it. I'd prefer it to have more white.
Rachael at C and K Jones, whom I contacted a month or so ago for advice, suggested I stop feeding Ebb Tide with liquid feed and that seems to have helped. New cane at last... First ever. It's always just dwindled. Anyway, they were really helpful and pleasant at C and K Jones and I hope to order a few things from them this winter.
Ferdinand Pichard keeps blooming. Beautiful fragrance. And its foliage renders bad bed-trampling dogs invisible (in the opinion of said bad dogs).
Birthday Girl, pretty and prolific.
Lady of Shalott is blooming again, adjusting to obelisk life temporarily. I'll move her to what will hopefully be my new fence in the off season.
New leaves on Dee-Lish looking healthy.
Rose des Cisterciens keeps throwing out its huge, frilly blooms.
And- more than enough spam from me- but here is PAoK this morning. Finally bought this after years of putting it in and taking it out of my basket. Regret waiting now!
As a side note, I see that a foxlet has take up residence among my hollyhocks. While I was away she seems to have made herself at home in the shade. We gave each other a bit of a shock when I returned, when she sprang out of the flowers, but she doesn't seem off put. It seems a shame to disturb her with my gardening. I'm not sure she is very healthy. I will keep an eye.
Hi all, been on holiday in Northumberland and visited some gorgeous gardens. Not really any photos as I was in the moment! There’s still not much to report here. Very dry, obviously all the rain we had on holiday didn’t make it much further south. Shame, was lovely and green up there!
My roses are mostly asleep.
But I’m very pleased that I’ve finally had enough growth on Lady of the Lake to be able to tie in!
Can see Lady of Shalott still flowering. She's very good, don't think she's stopped really. I pruned my espalier, might have been a bit early to be honest, I usually do mid-late August but the stems seemed woody and I was itching to do it! 29 apples.
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I think it was @Marlorena who said Gabriel Oak would be happy in a pot. This certainly is the case here. Looking a lot happier jn the same garden position but out of the ground. Yours is beautiful, Edhelka. I don't get those clusters.
The Gertrudes are beginning their second flush in the front garden. Just received a load more compost so tonight I'll follow your suggestion of a good water and a good mulch, @Nollie.
Eyes for You is perking up a bit but I don't know if I'll keep it. I'd prefer it to have more white.
Rachael at C and K Jones, whom I contacted a month or so ago for advice, suggested I stop feeding Ebb Tide with liquid feed and that seems to have helped. New cane at last... First ever. It's always just dwindled. Anyway, they were really helpful and pleasant at C and K Jones and I hope to order a few things from them this winter.
Ferdinand Pichard keeps blooming. Beautiful fragrance. And its foliage renders bad bed-trampling dogs invisible (in the opinion of said bad dogs).
Birthday Girl, pretty and prolific.
Lady of Shalott is blooming again, adjusting to obelisk life temporarily. I'll move her to what will hopefully be my new fence in the off season.
New leaves on Dee-Lish looking healthy.
Rose des Cisterciens keeps throwing out its huge, frilly blooms.
And- more than enough spam from me- but here is PAoK this morning. Finally bought this after years of putting it in and taking it out of my basket. Regret waiting now!
I finally found some time again to work in the garden.
My roses are mostly asleep.
But I’m very pleased that I’ve finally had enough growth on Lady of the Lake to be able to tie in!
Can see Lady of Shalott still flowering. She's very good, don't think she's stopped really. I pruned my espalier, might have been a bit early to be honest, I usually do mid-late August but the stems seemed woody and I was itching to do it! 29 apples.
Made a friend!
@Mr. Vine Eye Wow.. look at those shimmering colours on them....
Lady Emma Hamilton :
Munstead Wood:
Falstaff: Not many flowers during first flush may be didn't like the hard pruning. I can't detect the scent.