If you need to move it, say, it’s not getting enough sun or it’s crowded out, it’s not too late @Penny_Forthem. Are you sure the position is the problem?
Nothing much in flower yet here, apart from chaenomeles, teucrium fruticans, nepeta and prostrate rosemary so the bees are all over those. I note the leaf-cutter bees are out too and have already helped themselves to some rose foliage. Couple of the early species tulips have finished but a few others appearing:
A random bulb in a pack of orange Whittallii:
My lovely Dutch neighbour gave me these bulbs, don’t know what they are either, but they are certainly bright!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Lovely surprise this afternoon. First flower buds! I wasn't expecting to find any.
First I spotted the beginnings of a flower bud on Rhapsody in Blue.
And then really surprisingly; Went to feed Eustacia Vye, who still only has relatively little growth compared to some of the other roses...and she was sporting this!!
I have swept up loads of dead ladybirds from the house, they were nesting around the upper windows/eaves and came into the warmth, but not sure the few live ones I transplanted outside have made it, sadly.
@Imprevu, It looks like a mild chlorosis of some sort on your Guirlande but I’m not sure it’s iron deficiency because your pattern of leaf tip yellowing looks a little different. Mine usually show iron deficiencies with even yellowing between the leaf veins on the new growth. I have got early chlorosis on some roses too, which I think may be related to an unusually cold and extremely wet March, perhaps washing out nutrients - everything has been flooded. When my soil dries out a little more, I plan to apply a liquid feed of fish emulsion (NPK 2-1-2) with added iron. Hopefully that should sort it and certainly won’t do any harm.
Here is my Golden Celebration, the new growth is looking very pale:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I'd be very surprised if I have that distinction @Nollie! I must look up last year's notes to see when it flowered then. Funny though, it doesn't have an awful lot of new leaves, although it is doing much, much better now I'm feeding, watering and mulching more regularly thanks to your and other posters advice on here.
Hi all, still fairly new to roses, so sorry to ask questions. I,'m very keen to visit a few rose gardens this year. Not too many in the North sadly but Wynyard Hall looks like it may be worth a trip. My question is : when's the best time to visit a rose garden? I still haven't got my head around the periods of flushes yet. I know different roses can flower ar different times and the weather can change things, but generally speaking can you say the last week of June is better than the last of July ?? Is there a pattern to working out the best time to go. Thanks for any hints and advice .
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A random bulb in a pack of orange Whittallii:
My lovely Dutch neighbour gave me these bulbs, don’t know what they are either, but they are certainly bright!
@Imprevu, It looks like a mild chlorosis of some sort on your Guirlande but I’m not sure it’s iron deficiency because your pattern of leaf tip yellowing looks a little different. Mine usually show iron deficiencies with even yellowing between the leaf veins on the new growth. I have got early chlorosis on some roses too, which I think may be related to an unusually cold and extremely wet March, perhaps washing out nutrients - everything has been flooded. When my soil dries out a little more, I plan to apply a liquid feed of fish emulsion (NPK 2-1-2) with added iron. Hopefully that should sort it and certainly won’t do any harm.
Here is my Golden Celebration, the new growth is looking very pale: