Can't wait for these beauties to bloom in a few weeks time. I've got quite a few buds forming on newly trained horizontal canes of Constance Spry.  Â
Lovely photos everyone. Looking forward to seeing all roses in flower. My only rose bud showing colour is For your eyes only. I pruned everything very late and when i found vine weevil in one pot, I panicked and emptied out all the pots, checked thoroughly and re-potted them which reset their growth,.
Geraniums and salvias are starting to flower. I have got many geranium rozanne plants. They are such a hardworking plants, no slug/snail problem and live on poor soil under shrubs.Â
Ugh, thunder and fierce rain storm mixed with huge hailstones here, the garden has gone from looking fresh to completely flooded in ten minutes! I hope I don’t lose all those promising rose buds, that would be just too depressing after losing earlier growth to frost 😞Â
Lovely @newbie77. I think the purple salvias in your pic are Caradonna - thinner flower spikes and smaller leaves. I have that one too, but Mainacht flowers for much longer. I don’t have a major mollusc problem here, fortunately, but do see snail trails direct to the Mainachts, maybe attracted to the bigger, juicier leaves? They leave the Caradonna alone.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Good to know the ones in that photo are Caradonna. I had some of those as well.. sigh... I have become so sceptical about slug/snails that I have stopped trying anything new unless I really want it.
I hope rain only does good things for your garden and no damage.Â
Ena is about to bloom. It's had little buds for months but has now decided it's time. It's well after Crimson Glory, Etoile and Guinee, but they get more full sun at this time of year, partly because the are growing over high arches. Ena gets west light. She does ok, but a sunnier, more generous spot would probably suit her better. I love her colour against the red brick. I have a thing for old brick.
The bloom forms in the first days of opening are my favourite.
Lovely that your birds have arrived @Mr. Vine Eye ,mine never leave so that is strange to me. But I haven't had a House Sparrow here for at least 10 years which is alarming, plenty of Hedge Sparrows and various tit types, robin and wren on the roses. The Pheasant hen is back too and I think she eats a lot of slugs as she patrols through the borders (causes a bit of damage but worth it), he hangs around all year but forages under the bird feeders mainly.
Oh no @Nollie you are having a very difficult Spring, fingers crossed not too much new damage.
Heartbreaking and backbreaking @Woodgreen, lovely job on those logs though. Are you replanting or has your lovely woods got the saplings already poised for the light space?
Sorry @Marlorena and @Imprevu have rose woes, both very mysterious. My winter bare root Eden Standard is just frozen in time with green branches and red buds. I sent a pic (below) to Vic Kjeltens at TCL and he advised to cut back all branches to 10-15cm and contact him again in 2 weeks. After waiting so long a fortnight seems laughable but maybe the shock will do it, the canes I cut off seemed green and normal.I am pleased that my new sitting room window (bottom sill 2 brick courses lower than before ) is already a good rose viewing spot.England's Rose, Desdemona and Diamond Eyes
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Geraniums and salvias are starting to flower. I have got many geranium rozanne plants. They are such a hardworking plants, no slug/snail problem and live on poor soil under shrubs.Â
Nepeta being going a while, Geranium Rozanne in the foreground, lots of foliage but no flowers yet:
 I had bought loads after looking at a photo where roses were underplanted with salvias. I lost those to slugs/snails and poorly drained soil.Â
Edit: it was this from web
Lovely @newbie77. I think the purple salvias in your pic are Caradonna - thinner flower spikes and smaller leaves. I have that one too, but Mainacht flowers for much longer. I don’t have a major mollusc problem here, fortunately, but do see snail trails direct to the Mainachts, maybe attracted to the bigger, juicier leaves? They leave the Caradonna alone.
I hope rain only does good things for your garden and no damage.Â