Thank you, Marlorena. I like pink, so perhaps 1-3 Ballerina shrub roses would be ok for the spot? I would like something pretty as all the other front gardens on this side of the road are now car ports.
Garden was bent over with the frost yesterday and then it hailed again but brightened up later and nice today. Last year my early buds all fell off after a change of weather so I gave them a tentative poke, Fountain, Ness and Evelyn Fison with noticeable buds so far, all ok but last year they didn't drop off straightaway, hoping for the best😬
Haha I like it! Basset experience indeed @Mr. Vine Eye @Fire they certainly are, such snugglers, instant cheer We've been sowing seeds today (well, I have they have been eating compost, snoozing and playing bitey-face with each other
Weeded and mulched about half of the garden this afternoon. Also accidentally punched off a couple of buds from the apple tree 😬
It looks so much neater and hopefully will really help the soil come summer. But I know when I look out tomorrow it will have all been dug up, thrown everywhere and be filled with cat poop!
I was happily surprised to find that one of my older lavendars had substantial growth going on right at the base. So I took the opportunity to cut it back hard. Hopefully get a few more years out of it!
The threatened snow didn’t materialise but overnight temperatures recently dropped to -5c, so lots of sorry-looking new growth here and frost nipped buds.
Been a bit tough personally as we lost our dear old girl Sandra last week. Boy dog Bill is lost without his auntie. RIP Perro de Agua Español Casandra Negra Dama de Noche you will be much missed 🥀Â
A cheery sight this morning, however. The Prince, against a sheltered wall, survived the weather and is now leading the running for first to bloom: Â
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Sorry about your dear old girl, Nollie. Kipling was spot on when he wrote of giving his heart to a dog to tear.💔
I couldn't find Ballerina in stock anywhere I like buying roses from, so ended up 3 x Gertrude J because my mother is anxious for me to grow it (it's not available in our country). Vicarious rose-growing, SMH. In the cool light of day, I think I'll bung the new Tranquility (currently heeled in where I'll have a load of delphiniums) out the front, and make a GJ hedge out back where I sit with my book and my little glass of port in the summer.
Way too many Austins purchased this year and nothing rare/striped/fancypants/little known. I have no cool points at all.
So sorry to hear about Sandra @Nollie, it is so wrenching when they go. Bill and you need lots of extra tummy rubs and snacks.
You've been very sneaky leading us to believe you aren't ahead in the bloom stakes! But it is very cheering to see The Prince this year. Sorry to hear of the deep frost damage, is this year exceptional or do your roses normally race so far ahead of ours because the temperature switch is so dramatic when it occurs?
So sorry to read your sad news Nollie. I hope better weather enables you to garden, enjoy your roses, always a help I feel. 'The Prince' is looking good, I always like to see your photos of this rose.
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Garden was bent over with the frost yesterday and then it hailed again but brightened up later and nice today. Last year my early buds all fell off after a change of weather so I gave them a tentative poke, Fountain, Ness and Evelyn Fison with noticeable buds so far, all ok but last year they didn't drop off straightaway, hoping for the best😬
@Fire they certainly are, such snugglers, instant cheer
We've been sowing seeds today (well, I have they have been eating compost, snoozing and playing bitey-face with each other
Been a bit tough personally as we lost our dear old girl Sandra last week. Boy dog Bill is lost without his auntie. RIP Perro de Agua Español Casandra Negra Dama de Noche you will be much missed 🥀Â
A cheery sight this morning, however. The Prince, against a sheltered wall, survived the weather and is now leading the running for first to bloom:
I hope better weather enables you to garden, enjoy your roses, always a help I feel.
'The Prince' is looking good, I always like to see your photos of this rose.