ROSES: Spring/Summer 2022 🌹

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• pandakoalagirl49lS9c8QR_ Posts: 71

  March 2022

  @JessicaS what is the rose at the top? It looks like a particularly delicious dessert.

  
  

  I didn't photograph any roses last year and am enjoying these pictures. Love your top one there, too, Penny.
  

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• owd potter Posts: 979

  March 2022

  Nollie said:

  Took me a while to spot the rose there Owd, but the magnolia is indeed magnificent 😆 

  Thanks @Nollie
  I thought to make it a bit of a challenge.
  Like those find the spaceman cartoons we used to get in the free advertising papers when I was a kid.

  Just another day at the plant...

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• Marlorena Posts: 8,705

  March 2022

  ..lovely garden @owd potter
  and your Magnolia is beautiful... always looks best overlooking a lawn I think..

  East Anglia, England

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• owd potter Posts: 979

  March 2022

  Thank you @Marlorena
  It is one of the highlights of the year for the week that it is at it's best, especially when the weather plays ball 

  Just another day at the plant...

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• Allotment Boy Posts: 6,774

  March 2022

  Like @cooldocb I have one of those multi meters, they are not expensive.  I am finding that the peat free compost looks very dry on top but stays moist underneath. Having said that I watered all the pots yesterday,  and parts of the green wall were very dry, so it all needs keeping a close eye on. 

  AB Still learning
  
  

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• pandakoalagirl49lS9c8QR_ Posts: 71

  March 2022

  Is it OK to ask for hosepipe and large flowerpot recommendations here, or should I post a thread somewhere else?🌹
  

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• newbie77 Posts: 1,838

  March 2022

  I have hozelock, and 45 and 55cm plastic pots from b&q. Not the best quality but so far serving purpose for past 6 years. 

  South West London

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• Eustace Posts: 2,290

  March 2022 edited March 2022

  My choice of planters is this - cheap and big (edited to add:when you have too many potted roses!). Use hozelock too, retractable one.
  

  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
  

  
  

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• Marlorena Posts: 8,705

  March 2022

  I got a Hozelock, one that's non-kink..
  Nice planters @Eustace I've not seen those before, lightweight, just right for some of us these days.. 
  

  East Anglia, England

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• Marlorena Posts: 8,705

  March 2022

  Just to say, for lovers of the newish Pheno Geno roses from Serbia, I was in Dobbies Garden Centre today and they are now selling quite a few from their collection.   I hadn't noticed before - apologies if this is old news... 
  
  The only one I can remember is 'Olivera' from the Frayla collection.. Yellow, much like the new Austin Bring Me Sunshine..  I thought it was that one until I looked closer and saw the BOZ breeder's codes.. 

  East Anglia, England

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