I really like the duck statues under Harlow Carr in your garden, @pitter-patter. Isn't it lovely to think that behind the ordinary (sometimes dreary) terraced façades of English houses, you could have hidden back gardens like pitter patter's or Jessica's?
A question. My new bareroot Vanessa Bell is growing OK over all (two out of three canes)- nice leaves and some buds- but the third is still frozen in time but hasn't turned black (circles for clarity). Would you prune it off or give it more time? Thank you!
Munstead Wood and Boule de Neige and Gertrude Jekyll... together with "Sarah" my three best for scent just now
Guirlande d'amour in evening light. This is its second season against a south-facing wall. The scent is picking up and it is indeed a musky rose. Thank you @Marlorena for your suggestion.
My new Graham Thomas has starting to bloom already:
Lovely scent. Described by most sellers as medium-strong. I would say at least medium. DA interestingly describe it as light.
Could someone kindly give some advice on training my James Galway:
The yellow one is a main stem I’ve trained. What I’m finding is the lateral growth of this (circled in red) comes out quite forward. It then flips around a lot in the wind. I know the laterals are cut off when pruning but do people also temporarily tie them in during the season? Especially when some of them are coming out so much. Thanks
The cutting which I took in Jan. 2022 while winter pruning has turned out to be Lady of Shalott. A few candid shots (the good, bad and the ugly) from my unruly back garden. Other than take photos, I haven't done anything so far. I've let the garden go wild 😜
Desdemona still going strong. Lady of Shalott - all octopussy 🥺 Pearl of St.Luke looking gorgeous. Munstead Wood and Eustacia Vye Gertrude Jekyll and Crown Princess Margareta
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
@agnasia that’s so funny about the label! Also the fact that they haven’t removed the label after it’s turned out to be a different rose. What did you think of Dannahue’s scent?
The first flower opened on my Dannahue yesterday. It’s quite nice. Reminds me of LEH - also quite citrusy but sweeter and not as intense.
@Oliya I thought the scent was pleasant, soft and fruity. Not intense but definitely there.
I think Desdemona was overall was my favourite for scent, also enjoyed Gertrude Jekyll, Gabriel Oak, PAoK and St Swithun. I remember not loving Bathsheba which I was disappointed about.
I was interested that most of their climbing roses are trained in a fan sort of shape, with most of the canes in a diagonal rather than horizontal. I also saw that they had Mill on the Floss and Emily Brontë as climbers, so maybe I wasn’t far wrong with the assessment of mine!
Was Emily Brontë producing flower sideshoots from that training, agnasia? Hope so. I have put a couple of her floppoer canes sideways onto bamboo canes but nothing yet...
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A question. My new bareroot Vanessa Bell is growing OK over all (two out of three canes)- nice leaves and some buds- but the third is still frozen in time but hasn't turned black (circles for clarity). Would you prune it off or give it more time?
Thank you!
Munstead Wood and Boule de Neige and Gertrude Jekyll... together with "Sarah" my three best for scent just now
Could someone kindly give some advice on training my James Galway:
Speaking of wollerton I came back to my first bloom.
A few candid shots (the good, bad and the ugly) from my unruly back garden. Other than take photos, I haven't done anything so far. I've let the garden go wild 😜
Desdemona still going strong.
Lady of Shalott - all octopussy 🥺
Pearl of St.Luke looking gorgeous.
Munstead Wood and Eustacia Vye
Gertrude Jekyll and Crown Princess Margareta
What did you think of Dannahue’s scent?
The first flower opened on my Dannahue yesterday. It’s quite nice. Reminds me of LEH - also quite citrusy but sweeter and not as intense.
I wouldn’t call it unruly but atmospheric:)
I think Desdemona was overall was my favourite for scent, also enjoyed Gertrude Jekyll, Gabriel Oak, PAoK and St Swithun. I remember not loving Bathsheba which I was disappointed about.
I was interested that most of their climbing roses are trained in a fan sort of shape, with most of the canes in a diagonal rather than horizontal. I also saw that they had Mill on the Floss and Emily Brontë as climbers, so maybe I wasn’t far wrong with the assessment of mine!