@Nollie .. fabulous garden, thank you for the link. I watched all of it, and for once even the music used was just up my street.Ā All too often it's too loud..Ā
If anybody watches it all and feels a bit deflated.. inadequate? Don't..
It's a Spring rose garden, heat and soil moisture makes so much difference but during June-Aug when ours are at their best, they will get hot and humid tropical rainstorms and he has to spray for various issues..
Secondly, and very important, roses in Florida are nearly always grafted onto a tender rootstock from China called Rosa Fortuniana, because it's resistant to nematodes in their soils which eat the roots of other stocks.Ā What R. Fortuniana does, it produces tall, strong thick upright and vigorous canes.Ā You can really see the difference in the growth habit there.Ā In trials against other rootstocks it outperformed all of them,Ā but it's really only suitable for hot climates like Florida, Australia etc.Ā Ā no good over here in Europe, it wouldn't survive..Ā
I loved his Julia Child, Iceberg and James L Austin hedges in particular, not to mention little Betty White..Ā
Lovely video link @Nollie,thank you. I would never be able to go on holiday in Spring if I had that garden, paradise on earth right there. I didn't spot a single single rose which was striking but what a collection, quite fancy a Celestial Night now. I'm glad you explained that @Marlorena, the roses do look very sturdy. What a lot of work they must be in that climate and encroaching into the mature woods.
I keep looking at the arches that link to create a long covered walkway, I do have a lot of path with lawn either side. Would look lovely from the balcony as well....
Iāve had a busy day at my allotment and in the garden. Potted on the rugosa roses I grew from seed last year. Theyāre now in proper rose pots. The roses at the allotment donāt have a single aphid. Probably due to all the birds, I wish theyād visit the garden too!
Hereās some geraniums - Cantibrigiense at the top - mixed Cambridge and Biokovo, like a little hedge now. Bottom left Russell Pritchard - you may or may not remember that I had a lot of trouble sourcing one. Had orders with it be cancelled because theyād sold it to me without having the stock, but then I finally did manage to get one, only for it to dieback. Itās growing again now though, hopefully it will do better this year. The other is Elworthy Eyecatcher - notice the cream edging on the leaves, this fades later in the year. I didnāt know much about this one, but it was great last year, flowered for longer than any other geranium I have without getting straggly - Itās got buds on it now.
Since we mentioned Astrantia - here are mine popping up. āMilanoā but not - on the left, unnamed seedling on the right and Roma at the bottom.
Espalier Apple tree blossom, itās had lots of visitors today!
Crabapple blossom - also very popular!
Chives
Tulip pot
Lady of Shalott getting substantial - lots of sticky-out growth which Iāll have to tie across or weave in somewhere.
Think Royal Jubilee is definitely going to be first. Although there is a flower on Malvern Hills which is at a similar level and being smaller flowers they open faster. Itās so high up I canāt get a good photo though!
... what a lovely old rose to keep going in the family like that, for so long..Ā back in those days, and I presume we're talking 1860's-1870's?Ā red/crimson roses like these were made popular by a man called William Paul.. from his Cheshunt, and later Waltham Cross, Herts. nursery. He bred and introduced lots of them.Ā They made their way into gardens across England.Ā Most are long since lost to commerce.Ā I suspect your rose might have been one of those, but I can only speculate.Ā They would be classed at the time, and today, as Hybrid Perpetuals, tending to climb with quite lanky growth habits.Ā
Is it scented?Ā Ā You're very lucky to have it and such a nice wall to grow it on too..
Thank you for sharing your knowledge ... very interesting. Yes the roses are heavily scented. š
@Nollie - thanks for sharing the video. Interesting to see the growth habits in comparison to mine. Nice garden. I like that itās not just roses and they have some other planting too. Otherwise it can become too much.
Ā I decapitated a flower cane on Lady Emma yesterday, must have been when I stepped over to take some photos in the border....whoops! In the past Iād have been devastated by that, but having more mature roses now in the garden I know Iām not going to be wanting for flowers!
Question RE liquid feeding pots - when do you start?
Ā I fed all my potted roses with a granular rose food in March. So it's been over a month. Is now the time to start liquid feeding?Ā
Or do I wait until after the first flush?
And if I am going to liquid feed do I do the same routine feed with the granular food in July after the first flush, or do I drop that because I'm liquid feeding?
Posts
.. fabulous garden, thank you for the link. I watched all of it, and for once even the music used was just up my street.Ā All too often it's too loud..Ā
If anybody watches it all and feels a bit deflated.. inadequate? Don't..
It's a Spring rose garden, heat and soil moisture makes so much difference but during June-Aug when ours are at their best, they will get hot and humid tropical rainstorms and he has to spray for various issues..
Secondly, and very important, roses in Florida are nearly always grafted onto a tender rootstock from China called Rosa Fortuniana, because it's resistant to nematodes in their soils which eat the roots of other stocks.Ā
What R. Fortuniana does, it produces tall, strong thick upright and vigorous canes.Ā You can really see the difference in the growth habit there.Ā In trials against other rootstocks it outperformed all of them,Ā but it's really only suitable for hot climates like Florida, Australia etc.Ā Ā no good over here in Europe, it wouldn't survive..Ā
I loved his Julia Child, Iceberg and James L Austin hedges in particular, not to mention little Betty White..Ā
Hereās some geraniums - Cantibrigiense at the top - mixed Cambridge and Biokovo, like a little hedge now. Bottom left Russell Pritchard - you may or may not remember that I had a lot of trouble sourcing one. Had orders with it be cancelled because theyād sold it to me without having the stock, but then I finally did manage to get one, only for it to dieback. Itās growing again now though, hopefully it will do better this year. The other is Elworthy Eyecatcher - notice the cream edging on the leaves, this fades later in the year. I didnāt know much about this one, but it was great last year, flowered for longer than any other geranium I have without getting straggly - Itās got buds on it now.
Yes the roses are heavily scented. š
Ā I decapitated a flower cane on Lady Emma yesterday, must have been when I stepped over to take some photos in the border....whoops! In the past Iād have been devastated by that, but having more mature roses now in the garden I know Iām not going to be wanting for flowers!
Ā I fed all my potted roses with a granular rose food in March. So it's been over a month. Is now the time to start liquid feeding?Ā
Or do I wait until after the first flush?
And if I am going to liquid feed do I do the same routine feed with the granular food in July after the first flush, or do I drop that because I'm liquid feeding?
Thanks