My Dr. Jamain is in shade and likes to be fed and watered. It's in a rather dry poor soil place though , well mulched. It has grown far more quickly than Park Inspektor Riggers which was planted at the same time but in a different area. The flowers are so beautifully scented. It does tend to black spot and a bit of mould once high summer arrives.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Re Morrisons - they do have some great perennials at great prices - so if something doesn't work, then not much lost money wise.
I picked up some this weekend - some nice Astilbes, Lupins and Agapanthus to augment what I already have. Though the lupins are the common blue ones, I thought they might go well behind the yellow rose.
I did also go to Lidl, but there was nothing left of interest. I didn't think I needed a mangy looking Magnolia or a Gooseberry bush!
Has anyone got experience of planting grasses with roses and what are your thoughts on rose colour combinations with Zebra Miscanthus?
I tried Zebra miscanthus with Hulthemia
Hugs and Kisses. Not the best pictures. I find it to tall, stiff
and to multi coloured to give a nice backdrop and very dry in winter. Grew to fast, too.
I prefer something lighter, airier like
Stipa, Calamagrostis x Acutiflora Overdam that starts much earlier
than roses or this.
@Mr. Vine Eye I’m growing Warsawska Nike with a pink bourbon, but since it died right back to the ground in last year’s heatwave I’ve yet to see the combination!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I like to use ornamental grasses with roses @PeterAberdeen, and prefer light filamentous type grasses, such as Stipa Tenuissima. I also find the airy seed heads of Festuca glauca work well too Miscanthus zebrina I would find too dense for roses, I grow that exact same one elsewhere with rudbeckias and echinaceas. But if you want to give it a go, I could imagine that it might possibly suit a dark red rose for my tastes
I think I've been sold a 'pup' with this so called galvanised, rust resistant wire. I only put it up last summer. I'll have to take it down and do it again with better quality wire I think before the climber on it gets too much bigger. On the plus side, it does match the colour of the wall. A belated thanks @Marlorena for my chicken pellet query. And I have noticed the unmistakeable pong of chicken manure in other products.
Gary, the handyman, is digging up the Malvern Hills rose. It shows no signs of life, gone brittle I'm going to plant a box with new earth and compost and plant a new rose into it. Trip to Peter Beales tomorrow If I decide to go for Malvern Hills again I will have to buy it elsewhere as it's by David Austin.
Has anyone tried "Excelsa"? Peter Beales has that, but Chevy Chase that I had thought about isn't in stock. Otherwise what is a good rambler or climber that will bend over an arch? Preferably repeat flowering, fragrant, not too thorny, doesn't mind some shade, not pale pink. I like pale pink but OH says we have enough in that area. I already have Ghislaine de Féligonde so not that.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
So went to Harkness today to look for a sweet syrie. Their established climbers have very purple/red stems compared to their standard 5L potted climbers. Is this normal?
Here is SS:
And here is wonderful life:
None of my established climbers in the garden have red stems.
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@Mr. Vine Eye I grew a similar colour clematis with 'Royal Jubilee'..
I did also go to Lidl, but there was nothing left of interest. I didn't think I needed a mangy looking Magnolia or a Gooseberry bush!
I tried Zebra miscanthus with Hulthemia Hugs and Kisses. Not the best pictures. I find it to tall, stiff and to multi coloured to give a nice backdrop and very dry in winter. Grew to fast, too.
I prefer something lighter, airier like Stipa, Calamagrostis x Acutiflora Overdam that starts much earlier than roses or this.
I also find the airy seed heads of Festuca glauca work well too
But if you want to give it a go, I could imagine that it might possibly suit a dark red rose for my tastes
A belated thanks @Marlorena for my chicken pellet query. And I have noticed the unmistakeable pong of chicken manure in other products.
Has anyone tried "Excelsa"? Peter Beales has that, but Chevy Chase that I had thought about isn't in stock. Otherwise what is a good rambler or climber that will bend over an arch? Preferably repeat flowering, fragrant, not too thorny, doesn't mind some shade, not pale pink. I like pale pink but OH says we have enough in that area. I already have Ghislaine de Féligonde so not that.
do any of these feeds look good??