Maybe it's trying to tell me something Nollie. I think it will be too big for it's space this year, and it's thorny too so not good to have to push past it. This was 2 years ago when it was well behaved... I have a couple of suitable spots that it can be moved to in the autumn.
YAY - I found the new thread! thanks @Marlorena Nothing to report from up North, though thankfully it is getting milder.
Roses just beginning to leaf out, so I have been taking the time to separate out snowdrops in the green and plant out into the new border near to the old cherry tree.
I also wanted to thank you all for the advice over the past three months - all the roses (even the old timers at over 40 years old) that were dug up and transplanted are showing signs of life. All now fertilised and will be mulching over the next two weeks.
Just more planting out of perennial companion plants over the next few weeks, as the milder weather creeps in, so hopefully we will have something to show of the new border in early summer.
I think it might be, owd, definitely making a break for it.
I think that shows remarkable self control Alfie 😉 Your JC at the front has got a huge chunky graft/root poking out the pot there. I like the look of It’s a Wonderful Life.
You are very welcome Peter, apart from seeing some many gorgeous roses and hearing about them first hand, it’s a lovely rosy support community here. Learning from each other is what it’s all about. Bad for the bank balance though!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@Marlorena yes Cadfael is lovely, no thorns and a beautiful scent, its one of my favourites too. Very upright, such a shame its discontinued.
@Alfie_ Syrie is a wonderful choice. Its a Harkness one. Super strong scent and lovely yellow stamens bees love. Its this one; I grow it as a shrub, its on the left here, next to Cadfael. Ive just found a few more pics of mislabelled suspected Claude Monet @Marlorena from a few years ago. Isnt Monet a climber too? That would explain the habit as well as its tall and top heavy.
@JessicaS - that rose bed is just beautiful. I live close to Harkness and they had some established Sweet Syrie which I nearly bought (regret I didn't) so they are in the cross hairs this summer.
Marlorena inspired me with her clematis-rose-geranium combo with an obelisk (pictured below). Think I will trial that this year with SS.
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I think it will be too big for it's space this year, and it's thorny too so not good to have to push past it.
This was 2 years ago when it was well behaved...
Mary Delany is still the furthest ahead!
You are very welcome Peter, apart from seeing some many gorgeous roses and hearing about them first hand, it’s a lovely rosy support community here. Learning from each other is what it’s all about. Bad for the bank balance though!
@Alfie_ Syrie is a wonderful choice. Its a Harkness one. Super strong scent and lovely yellow stamens bees love. Its this one;
I grow it as a shrub, its on the left here, next to Cadfael.
Ive just found a few more pics of mislabelled suspected Claude Monet @Marlorena from a few years ago. Isnt Monet a climber too? That would explain the habit as well as its tall and top heavy.
Marlorena inspired me with her clematis-rose-geranium combo with an obelisk (pictured below). Think I will trial that this year with SS.