You’re garden looks great @Victoria Sponge and lots of promise of things to come. Mine looks like your pond Mr.V! The ground can’t drain all this rain fast enough.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Thanks for starting this thread @Mr. Vine Eye . I have finally got time to be in the garden. I have taken 4 days off. Need to do everything I can, to prepare it for this year. I won't get any time like this for a while again. I might have to let go of some roses. Nothing wrong with them, but I need pots for my new roses.
Oh dear, my 'birthday boy' looked a bit unhapppy when I just checked. Looks like dieback, and leaves at the top of a few stems were wilted and dead. Seemed to be creeping up the stem.
Ive cut back the dead bits, theres lush growth on two stems. Very odd, this was planted last summer, no other roses in before, none too close and nothing under feet, and it was fine before. Any ideas? Post trim;
Thanks @Mr. Vine Eye, I was a bit puzzled as I had to dig down far deeper than I thought I'd have to. There are no tiny feeder roots on either shoot. It could have come from either my old established 'Penelope' rose or a newish unnamed apricot coloured 'Old English' shrub rose (both are close together). Anyway, I've potted up both shoots and will wait to see what happens although I'm expecting they will die because of the lack of roots.
Hi all! I feel like I finally have time to stick my fingers in the earth after pregnancy and giving birth in October. The garden is pretty neglected but I’ve managed to feed and mulch them. No new varieties this winter but am tempted to add a couple more this year!
Thank you @Lizzie27. A boy! It’s certainly been a complete change of lifestyle!! I think I’ll have to be letting the weeding go a bit this year for sure!
Congratulations @Katsa - just pop him in a baby chair in the garden watching you. Get him started early! 😁
I had to try and erect some defences around my potted nepeta this evening - came home to find all the new growth squashed and the pot full of cat hair! No prizes for working out what happened...
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Ive cut back the dead bits, theres lush growth on two stems. Very odd, this was planted last summer, no other roses in before, none too close and nothing under feet, and it was fine before. Any ideas?
Post trim;
But mine have always been bright green with no redness or fringing on the leaves.
Look forward to seeing more photos of your roses when you next have some spare time!!!!
I had to try and erect some defences around my potted nepeta this evening - came home to find all the new growth squashed and the pot full of cat hair! No prizes for working out what happened...