Heavy rain, wet and windy here... don't you love Aubrietas? I do.. never seem to have enough of them... here with 'Lady of Shalott'.. Pittosporum 'Tom Thumb' are the dark plants.. 'Scarborough Fair' own root is in here.. Irises, I hope for a good display, they usually get blown over.. Berberis 'Bagatelle' in flower, makes a nice edging plant for roses I think.. 'Sally Holmes'.. bit lanky as it was moved last autumn.. nice basal coming up..
Still waiting for my Prince to come.. plenty of others producing buds and some colour on one or two, like this Love Song. Spot the sawfly leaf damage already - no fair!!
I tried growing Bagatelle here Marlorena, and Admiration, but they were small plants they succumbed to heat. The taller ‘rocket’ types of berberis grow well, I have several purple ones and an orangey one. I’m just about to plant some of these little Euonymous microphyllus ‘albovariegata’ as rose border edging shrubs:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I just looked those up Nollie, I wonder how small they can realistically be kept? I'd love some small balls dotted around in the border that I look down on from the balcony, variegated and not. Talking of which, I just took this. After days of fine weather with guests, which was lovely, I am sad today is so windy and showery that I don't want to go out. Canary Bird not yet making a huge impact other than to my excitement.I love Aubretia too Marlorena, they do well out front
I’m not a huge fan of variegated plants either, Marlorena, but very little choice here. At least the leaves are very small, so from a distance it just looks like a light green shrub.
ETA - Tack, they currently have a diameter of about 28cm, I asked the same question on the forum and was told they are extremely slow growing and can be pruned to shape, so I’m hoping to keep them no more than around 40cm.
I also have some Hebe Green Globe which are really neat, small globes, but they suffered somewhat in winter freezes, this one survived the best, the others are half dead:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I love Aubrietas. I have started a little patch. Will definitely get more this autumn. This photo reminded me, I have not yet pruned and tidied any hydrangea.
@Nollie - I have a fair few with sawfly damage too and of course when I pot up rooted cuttings they get targeted instantly 😩
I’m getting an arbour this week hopefully to go behind my garden gate which I want to climb roses with. I think I’ve narrowed it down to Generous G or Strawberry Hill. I like the bloom shapes and also like scented roses. What are people’s thoughts on GG vs SH?
Strawberry Hill is smaller and easier to train Alfie. I find the scent better and the blooms prettier on TGG but there are many more and much more continuous on SH. TGG has flushes. SH is more disease resistant too. I do have SH in a sunnier location so that may have a bearing.
Busy day in the garden. Potted my
tomatoes, planted cosmea and cleome. All way too early. But I am
leaving for a 3 weeks vacation tomorrow. Please, Petrus, no more
frosty nights. While you are all busy spotting rose buds, I will be
spotting elephants, rhinos, lions and the lot. Delighted to have at
least one bud and it counts. Because in my language peonies are
called pentecost roses.
@WAMS I will pass your roses in full
armor and will leave your roses fully enarmored, thorns, prickles and
all.
@Alfie well spotted, yes, it is a light
blue delphinium called morning dew. It is a faithful returner. The
second flush is about 1m high, but the first flush is more than 2m. I
have to tie it to a support for wind protection.
Looking at all of your glossy leaves
and the abundance as well I do think I need to look into this
fertilizing thing. I feed my roses, more or less. But maybe I should
take it to a scientific level to achieve your results.
@ElbFee Lovely cottage garden plantings with the Irises, thank you.. I have to stake mine here in this wind blown site..
It sounds as though you are off on Safari, so have a great time. Off topic but I am almost addicted to a Kenyan watering hole webcam at Ol Donyo, it's off air at the moment for renovations for a few days, but I see a huge variety of animals and birds there, including huge Elephants, lions, giraffes .. it's very expensive to stay there, I sometimes look at their website and imagine what it would be like.. Euromillions would help..
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Pittosporum 'Tom Thumb' are the dark plants.. 'Scarborough Fair' own root is in here..
Irises, I hope for a good display, they usually get blown over..
Berberis 'Bagatelle' in flower, makes a nice edging plant for roses I think..
'Sally Holmes'.. bit lanky as it was moved last autumn.. nice basal coming up..
I tried growing Bagatelle here Marlorena, and Admiration, but they were small plants they succumbed to heat. The taller ‘rocket’ types of berberis grow well, I have several purple ones and an orangey one. I’m just about to plant some of these little Euonymous microphyllus ‘albovariegata’ as rose border edging shrubs:
ETA - Tack, they currently have a diameter of about 28cm, I asked the same question on the forum and was told they are extremely slow growing and can be pruned to shape, so I’m hoping to keep them no more than around 40cm.
I also have some Hebe Green Globe which are really neat, small globes, but they suffered somewhat in winter freezes, this one survived the best, the others are half dead:
I’m getting an arbour this week hopefully to go behind my garden gate which I want to climb roses with. I think I’ve narrowed it down to Generous G or Strawberry Hill. I like the bloom shapes and also like scented roses. What are people’s thoughts on GG vs SH?
Busy day in the garden. Potted my tomatoes, planted cosmea and cleome. All way too early. But I am leaving for a 3 weeks vacation tomorrow. Please, Petrus, no more frosty nights. While you are all busy spotting rose buds, I will be spotting elephants, rhinos, lions and the lot. Delighted to have at least one bud and it counts. Because in my language peonies are called pentecost roses.
@WAMS I will pass your roses in full armor and will leave your roses fully enarmored, thorns, prickles and all.
@Alfie well spotted, yes, it is a light blue delphinium called morning dew. It is a faithful returner. The second flush is about 1m high, but the first flush is more than 2m. I have to tie it to a support for wind protection.
Looking at all of your glossy leaves and the abundance as well I do think I need to look into this fertilizing thing. I feed my roses, more or less. But maybe I should take it to a scientific level to achieve your results.
Some iris for @Marlorena.
Blue For You
Stanwell Perpetual in the back.
Augusta Luise
Already excited about the progess I will read about in 3 weeks and your photos of all the blooms that have opened by then.
Lovely cottage garden plantings with the Irises, thank you.. I have to stake mine here in this wind blown site..
It sounds as though you are off on Safari, so have a great time. Off topic but I am almost addicted to a Kenyan watering hole webcam at Ol Donyo, it's off air at the moment for renovations for a few days, but I see a huge variety of animals and birds there, including huge Elephants, lions, giraffes .. it's very expensive to stay there, I sometimes look at their website and imagine what it would be like..
Euromillions would help..
..good luck..