My roses are behind yours too, @Marlorena and I'm also in East Anglia, south Norfolk. I wonder how my roses in France are doing? Looking forward to getting back to my own garden next month.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I'm in the northern part, rather chilly up here today.. It must be fun having 2 gardens and seeing the differences..
I try to keep 'Lady of Shalott' at around 2 mtrs x 2 mtrs, which it should be again by this summer.. one thing about Austin's, they don't half show their vigour when growing well.. I have to pull it back to this wall otherwise it would be over the road..
My new roses planted last year and over winter are doing better in terms of leaves and vigour but the older DA's I hard pruned are only just producing new shoots a couple of inches long. I think they had a nasty shock!
Is it too late to prune again my Ispahan rose on top of the rose arch? The shoots are nearly 2ft long and rather catch the wind.
Thanks again @Purplerallim for your help
with my wisteria. I coiffed it a bit more.
@Nollie, maybe most of my roses are
still to young to produce basals? I bury all of them quite deep
mostly for frost protection of the graft. The ones on own roots that
tend to produce offspring far off are planted in bottomless pots.
Preventing basals works fine. Your rose boat, can we take turns as
figurehead while soaking up some of the Spanish sun?
While you are discussing roses
named in honour of your king, HM was in my town last Friday. In
person. Ha. As it was raining to make him feel at home I decided to
stay on my couch.
Very temping rose pictures @WAMS. Lucky
me that I cannot order. And must not. TCL has shipped my order
yesterday. Fingers crossed they arrive soon, too.
While you are all busy looking out for
buds, I am looking out for leaves. In some cases even looking out for
the rose itself. What are my chances for roses planted last April
that did show leaves but dried up above ground level in August. Will
they reappear this spring?
The sorry state of Souvenir du Dr.
Jamain. Do you think it will remain a souvenir?
My best looking rose at this moment.
I see you are growing Sophie's Perpetual, @Marlorena. Mine is a bit older but was transplanted 2
years ago. It is a tiny thing. I feel misled by the name looking at
the Stanwell Perpetul monster.
I cannot remember who, but I wonder how GdF can be trained at all. The canes are strong and stiff. It does not need any support either. And happily grows 3m tall every year. Mine is in a rather shady spot. I only get one big flush.
This one looks really veiny, don't you think?
Something that really brings colour and
scent to my garden now.
Just did the supermarket shopping and ended up with another clematis "Arabella", and some gladioli "Black Sea"- it's a dangerous time of year to pop in anywhere for some milk and bread, isn't it?
Lovely, interesting photos, @ElbFee. I haven't seen a hyacinth that particular shade at the front there-- glorious!; mine are all white and blue, bar the odd rogue rouge one. I hope your Souvenir du Dr makes a dramatic return! Not sure what you did to deserve a royal visit, though (ha ha).
Isn't Ispahan a once-bloomer, @Lizzie27? I'd be too terrified to go near it with secateurs, I think!
A question.. not a good photo but it's a bird's-eye view of (I think... forgot to write down what went where) Gruss an Aachen, which despite my best efforts when digging its planting hole has ended up with bulbs not only under its canopy but right at its base- daffodils, puschkinia etc. Will they harm the rose- should I be yanking them out now- when they are an inch or two only from its base?
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I try to keep 'Lady of Shalott' at around 2 mtrs x 2 mtrs, which it should be again by this summer.. one thing about Austin's, they don't half show their vigour when growing well..
I have to pull it back to this wall otherwise it would be over the road..
Is it too late to prune again my Ispahan rose on top of the rose arch? The shoots are nearly 2ft long and rather catch the wind.
Thanks again @Purplerallim for your help with my wisteria. I coiffed it a bit more.
@Nollie, maybe most of my roses are still to young to produce basals? I bury all of them quite deep mostly for frost protection of the graft. The ones on own roots that tend to produce offspring far off are planted in bottomless pots. Preventing basals works fine. Your rose boat, can we take turns as figurehead while soaking up some of the Spanish sun?
While you are discussing roses named in honour of your king, HM was in my town last Friday. In person. Ha. As it was raining to make him feel at home I decided to stay on my couch.
Very temping rose pictures @WAMS. Lucky me that I cannot order. And must not. TCL has shipped my order yesterday. Fingers crossed they arrive soon, too.
While you are all busy looking out for buds, I am looking out for leaves. In some cases even looking out for the rose itself. What are my chances for roses planted last April that did show leaves but dried up above ground level in August. Will they reappear this spring?
The sorry state of Souvenir du Dr. Jamain. Do you think it will remain a souvenir?
My best looking rose at this moment.
I see you are growing Sophie's Perpetual, @Marlorena. Mine is a bit older but was transplanted 2 years ago. It is a tiny thing. I feel misled by the name looking at the Stanwell Perpetul monster.
I cannot remember who, but I wonder how GdF can be trained at all. The canes are strong and stiff. It does not need any support either. And happily grows 3m tall every year. Mine is in a rather shady spot. I only get one big flush.
This one looks really veiny, don't you think?
Something that really brings colour and scent to my garden now.
Lovely, interesting photos, @ElbFee. I haven't seen a hyacinth that particular shade at the front there-- glorious!; mine are all white and blue, bar the odd rogue rouge one. I hope your Souvenir du Dr makes a dramatic return! Not sure what you did to deserve a royal visit, though (ha ha).
Isn't Ispahan a once-bloomer, @Lizzie27? I'd be too terrified to go near it with secateurs, I think!
A question.. not a good photo but it's a bird's-eye view of (I think... forgot to write down what went where) Gruss an Aachen, which despite my best efforts when digging its planting hole has ended up with bulbs not only under its canopy but right at its base- daffodils, puschkinia etc. Will they harm the rose- should I be yanking them out now- when they are an inch or two only from its base?