I don’t mind the incursions by deer, badger or fox into my plot as they mostly stay up in the wooded terraces above the house and garden, but wild boar I really, really object to! They are getting much more brazen and coming far too close to the house now. We have just plugged one hole in the fence but the grass is all torn up this morning so they must have dug under again 😡
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Interesting, thanks @Fire. Yes I guess it depends on what you want, but EH sounds a winner so far. Looking good @owd potter - enjoy your trips both. Whenever OH suggests a jaunt away, I go into a minor garden panic, which is a bit sad really 😆
Thanks @Nollie, taking granddaughter to the seaside
.. lots of roses coming along nicely.. we had a few heavy showers today, just enough to wet the surface..
@owd potter .. your garden is beautiful. I love Rhododendrons as much as roses, but can't grow them here like that..
.. the fox video was adorable, what is wrong with the mother? why is she not well @Fire
Thanks @marlorena we have several mature Rhodi's and azaleas in the back and a couple more at front which screen us from the road. They sometimes flower simultaneously and put on quite a display if we are lucky.
@owd potter wow, stunning rhododendrons!! There’s a house on my street with a particularly pretty azalea or small flowered rhododendron, it’s all flowers 😍
Mary Delany & Variegata di Bologna are doing well! I enjoy the roses with the very red new foliage, but I have to say the absolute lime green of variegata is very pleasing!!
The weeds are becoming a real pain now, going to spend some time painting them with weedkiller as there’s just so many and most of it is bindweed
Thank you for the nice comments. Unfortunately it seems the best view of the red arches in flower is from the bathroom. 😆 Of course all the laterals flower upwards so it’s hard to see a lot of them from the ground. If the garden was longer, or sloped you might get a better view.
Most of these roses are far from the nose too and the scents don’t waft.
Interesting how scents like Jasmine and wall flowers are wafting now. Some blooms seem to, some not. I guess to do with oils and pollination. Night bloomers have to.
I will have more bush reds blooming next year incl Edith Cavell, Munstead, Flanders Rose, Deep Secret and Ena. Some have good scent.
@owd potter, thats is spectacular! very beautiful.
@zugenie, rose foliage is looking great. they are mulched well too.
@Omori, nice to hear from you. Hope all going well for you.
I too have been very busy at work, havent watered anything and havent done any weeding since march. Hopefully next month when roses are in flower, i will have a bit more time to enjoy the garden. Anyway I will have vases full of roses to keep with me at desk.
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we have several mature Rhodi's and azaleas in the back and a couple more at front which screen us from the road.
They sometimes flower simultaneously and put on quite a display if we are lucky.
The weeds are becoming a real pain now, going to spend some time painting them with weedkiller as there’s just so many and most of it is bindweed
@zugenie, rose foliage is looking great. they are mulched well too.
@Omori, nice to hear from you. Hope all going well for you.
I too have been very busy at work, havent watered anything and havent done any weeding since march. Hopefully next month when roses are in flower, i will have a bit more time to enjoy the garden. Anyway I will have vases full of roses to keep with me at desk.
'Kew Gardens'..
'Reine Victoria', just opening up.. very sweetly scented..
'St. Nicholas'..