I always love looking at all your roses. My own are not in the same league, but some of my photos (taken last summer) make them look more impressive than perhaps they are 😉 I think the top one is Olivia Rose Austin, and the bottom one Sheila's perfume.
I agree with you, @Tack. I definitely don’t appreciate the garden enough over the summer. I sometimes feel like I appreciate it better in the winter, while looking at the photos. Though the most precious memories from the summer are the ones when I’ve allowed myself to be still and feel part of the garden.
@bullfinch Pretty roses... are you sure that first one isn't 'Mill on the Floss'?.. I know so many of them are quite similar but that's what I would have guessed otherwise..
@Tack - “Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone!”
From my past readings, the red colouration in new growth potentially serves two purposes - Protection from sunlight and reduced herbivoration from bugs (because they’re not as attracted to the red colour, or they don’t taste as good, or because predators can spot them more easily against a red background)
Its interesting that some plants do this and others don’t.
Suppose it depends on whether the red gave them an advantage or not in the parts of the world that the plants originated in.
Rhapsody in Blue, just because I’ve mentioned it a few times recently and it’s gorgeous. Very little red in the new leaves, sometimes a tinge, but they’re often bright green.
I have a clematis Viticella, Little Nel, who is into her fourth year. She’s on a 6’ north facing fence with trellis and is doing better each year. I’d love a climbing rose to grow alongside her. The fence is, as I say, north facing but it’s a very open aspect with no building/shrubs/trees. Can I have suggestions please for a rose to complement her that will happily grow in those conditions. I’m guessing because of the pale mauve colour, I should, according to the colour wheel, opt for a orangey rose? Any suggestions would be much appreciated. TIA
Yes, for me summer is a mad rush. Trying to manage work with school holidays, going away for mini holidays, we invite friends more often to host dinner as evenings are long and bright.
In summer I usually wake up early like 5am, and enjoy garden till 6-6:30 when I do the watering, weeding etc. then the busy life takes over. Thats when I usually cut all the flowers from one rose plant and bring it in, so that rose is with me all day that day. Sometimes I feel I grow roses like vegetables
In winter I get more time to appreciate garden and thank goodness we have so many mature evergreen plants and neighbours have all those lovely trees.
In summer I should take more photos, so I can go through those in winter.
@newbie77 beautiful Camellias. Did you protect those flower buds? What’s the magic behind please? I was really looking forward to but all got frozen and turned brown due the freeze we had earlier. Thank you
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Enjoyed all photos and posts over my long commute. I am tired of winter now, I need 2-3 sunny warm days to do garden jobs.
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Pretty roses... are you sure that first one isn't 'Mill on the Floss'?.. I know so many of them are quite similar but that's what I would have guessed otherwise..
Its interesting that some plants do this and others don’t.
I have a clematis Viticella, Little Nel, who is into her fourth year. She’s on a 6’ north facing fence with trellis and is doing better each year. I’d love a climbing rose to grow alongside her. The fence is, as I say, north facing but it’s a very open aspect with no building/shrubs/trees. Can I have suggestions please for a rose to complement her that will happily grow in those conditions. I’m guessing because of the pale mauve colour, I should, according to the colour wheel, opt for a orangey rose? Any suggestions would be much appreciated. TIA
In summer I usually wake up early like 5am, and enjoy garden till 6-6:30 when I do the watering, weeding etc. then the busy life takes over. Thats when I usually cut all the flowers from one rose plant and bring it in, so that rose is with me all day that day. Sometimes I feel I grow roses like vegetables
In winter I get more time to appreciate garden and thank goodness we have so many mature evergreen plants and neighbours have all those lovely trees.
In summer I should take more photos, so I can go through those in winter.