Oh dear, Newbie. My clay isn't that bad luckily just very heavy and claggy when I get down 30cm or so, it varies a lot round the garden where the whole surface has been raised over decades of additions. Both neighbours have standing water regularly in winter but lovely green lawns way longer than us in summer.
Our snow disappeared yesterday Cooldoc, just showery, sleety yuck today. I don't find Claire Austin particularly weak necked but the canes do grow at a rate and need frequent tying in or they hang outwards/down. I had been fairly unimpressed for the first 3 seasons but was wowed by it last year, it is great with rain (or maybe we didn't get enough last summer), very healhy but blooms not very longlasting, fragrance is nothing like as strong as The Generous Gardener next to it.
WAMS I got Susan W-E by mistake from DA but am charmed by it. The flowers do shatter quickly but keep coming. I have it at distance from the house and the bright white stands out wonderfully. The blooms don't ball but can get browned at the edges. Until my huge Ash was felled in the Autumn it was in fairly deep shade, it will be interesting to see how that bed fairs in the bright light this year.
I like Crocus rose there Royas, lovely shrub shape and graceful upright blooms.
Zugenie, I planted a Standard Super Excelsa and climbing Veilchenblau, potted Savoy Hotel
@zugenie go for the kill... your garden will inspire someone else to make it better..
@edhelka had to look up most of your roses on HMF.. that Dunwich rose looks pretty but has scary looking thorns..
Oh newbie, I thought that was pothole in the road.. my ignorance.. so clay soils does not soak absorb water well? yes it is going to be rainy most days.. atleast if it warms up a bit I do not mind..
@Tack I did hover around GG for a bit while I was reading the catalogue.. liked their scent description..
found this at the Supermarket.. Miracle Gro for rose and shrubs I think.. with all the added micro nutrients, it is better than Seaweed? Tomorite will be better for flowering with the extra potassium isn't it?
@edhelka had to look up most of your roses on HMF.. that Dunwich rose looks pretty but has scary looking thorns..
Yeah, it's a super spiky once-bloomer. But super tough. I have it in a dry spot (afternoon sun in summer) where it competes with invasive crocosmias and a conifer and I can completely ignore it. Bees like it a lot and it has small black hips afterwards.
Super ugly weather here. No snow, just very windy and rainy and just above freezing. So probably worse than snow would be. There is some snow on the mountains but only on the tops, I think that the snowline will be much lower tomorrow morning.
Rose order! For some reason, potted were cheaper than bare roots. Why not, at least I don't have to plant it anytime soon.
Rather saddened to read that amateur rose breeder Frank Cowlishaw died last month... Frank gave us 'Forever Royal'.. 'Rhapsody in Blue'... 'Purple Skyliner' and 'Odyssey' amongst others..
@cooldoc That fertilizer is very good for potted roses, a perfect recipe, just that it doesn't last long if you have a lot of pots, which you do. I used to use it, a little and often rather than full strength to make it last longer.. switching to Tomorite when it ran out..
I too have a few white roses, but being lazy, I never labelled them nor properly stored the photos. Susan Williams Ellis was much improved last year, though I was at the verge of giving it away after a poor performance the previous year. Jacqueline du Pre was a late addition last season. Katherina Zeimet, has a delicate fragrance, and nice bunches of tiny flowers. However, the petal edges did turn brown in the rain.
Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth
that is sad news @Marlorena.. May his soul rest in peace.. yes it only 800mls and ~6pounds where as Tomorite was ~4.5pounds.. was thinking may be I can replace the seaweed and use this instead..
@Eustace stamens contrast nicely on Jacqueline de pre..
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Weather forecast raining for next 15days at least!
@edhelka had to look up most of your roses on HMF.. that Dunwich rose looks pretty but has scary looking thorns..
Oh newbie, I thought that was pothole in the road.. my ignorance.. so clay soils does not soak absorb water well? yes it is going to be rainy most days.. atleast if it warms up a bit I do not mind..
@Tack I did hover around GG for a bit while I was reading the catalogue.. liked their scent description..
found this at the Supermarket.. Miracle Gro for rose and shrubs I think.. with all the added micro nutrients, it is better than Seaweed? Tomorite will be better for flowering with the extra potassium isn't it?
Rose order!
For some reason, potted were cheaper than bare roots. Why not, at least I don't have to plant it anytime soon.
That fertilizer is very good for potted roses, a perfect recipe, just that it doesn't last long if you have a lot of pots, which you do. I used to use it, a little and often rather than full strength to make it last longer.. switching to Tomorite when it ran out..
Susan Williams Ellis was much improved last year, though I was at the verge of giving it away after a poor performance the previous year.
Jacqueline du Pre was a late addition last season.
Katherina Zeimet, has a delicate fragrance, and nice bunches of tiny flowers. However, the petal edges did turn brown in the rain.
yes it only 800mls and ~6pounds where as Tomorite was ~4.5pounds.. was thinking may be I can replace the seaweed and use this instead..
@Eustace stamens contrast nicely on Jacqueline de pre..