Thank you @Marlorena. It is Botswana for OH an me on a self-drive safari. Sleeping on the roof of the pick-up as I am still waiting for the Euromillions, too. Good thing, as I am not good at being served 24/7 either.
I would love to have Huddersfield Choral Society but it's only available from Lottum AFAIK. Love your planting, most esp the cornflowers and irises but really all of it @ElbFee. Enjoy your safari
Life looks soooooo tough for your poor overworked helpers, @JessicaS.
@Marlorena and @Alfie_, many thanks,for the feeding information. The rose is in a largish pot so ,for now, so will look for a fertiliser with trace elements in it(?). I'll leave the tomerite. What exactly are the trace elements please? ( I'm quite ignorant where roses are concerned.)
Edited to add......have just searched on line and now know what the trace elements are....thanks folks.
@WAMS I look out for unusual ones, as after flowering the birds/something tend to eat the leaves of the primula each year, I never get to keep them.🤷♀️
@newbie77 That is not what the blurb says for that rose, I looked it up as have never had it. It says 4ft wide×4ft high for Summer Song, where Blue for You is 3ft×5ft.🤔
@Songbird-2roses need three primary nutrients: Nitrogen (the "N" on a fertilizer label), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K), plus several secondary and trace elements. Trace elements (boron, chlorine, copper, and iron) promote plant cell and root growth. Iron is necessary when your soil is very acid or heavy wet clay or poor soil without many nutrients. The leaves go yellow without it, chlorosis.
Edit: see you've looked it up.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
wonderful garden pics had some catching up to do after being away for the weekend..
@Marlorena I would have preferred a Gift card to a rose.. but then again, I would have bought them already if I really wanted it.. may a Gift card with a long expiry time..?? Noticed you already got some lady bugs.. Have not seen any at my place..
congrats @Nollie on your first blooms.. have to planted up your new boat shaped raised bed? I hope your GC recovers.. It was one of my favourites last year...
@ElbFee will do that to mine as well.. and threaten to remove them if basals are not produced.. I see you got Huddersfield Chloral society.. How did you find the rose? and did you find your Augusta Luise scented?
@WAMS glad you got C de Monaco.. will await your review on bloom habit and scent..
@JessicaS you should fire your lovely helpers for napping on the Job.. I would then gladly hire them
I have moved Augusta Luise and Celine Forrestier to the ground this year, which means I would not be taking them with me when I move.. but a part of me can't part with CF.. loved the shape and colour of blooms.. AL is also a good bloomer but sadly not a strong scent, the two years it was with me..
Lovely irises, @ElbFee. I’ve also been potting up tomatoes and some annuals. Not a lot of luck with germination this year, I think the compost is not that great.
The amelanchier has flowered. On the arch, there are two Lilac Bouquets. The one on the left doing much better for some reason.
Rainy and windy here as well, but we’ve had such a beautiful weather last week! I’ve started hardening off some of the seedlings and you’ll never believe what I’ve discovered: my first rose bud! And on a seedlings at that!
@cooldoc if I had to choose, I would always pick Blue For You over Huddersfield Choral Society. They are very much alike but BFY is always a tiny tad better in scent, colour, number of blooms. Healthwise they are both top. And no, Augusta Luise does not have a strong scent to my nose. I would not buy it again. Threatening non performers to relocate to compost heap usually helps...
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Life looks soooooo tough for your poor overworked helpers, @JessicaS.
Gooorgeous primula, @purplerallim.
Edited to add......have just searched on line and now know what the trace elements are....thanks folks.
I look out for unusual ones, as after flowering the birds/something tend to eat the leaves of the primula each year, I never get to keep them.🤷♀️
@newbie77
That is not what the blurb says for that rose, I looked it up as have never had it. It says 4ft wide×4ft high for Summer Song, where Blue for You is 3ft×5ft.🤔
Edit: see you've looked it up.
@Marlorena I would have preferred a Gift card to a rose.. but then again, I would have bought them already if I really wanted it.. may a Gift card with a long expiry time..??
Noticed you already got some lady bugs.. Have not seen any at my place..
congrats @Nollie on your first blooms.. have to planted up your new boat shaped raised bed?
I hope your GC recovers.. It was one of my favourites last year...
@ElbFee will do that to mine as well.. and threaten to remove them if basals are not produced..
@WAMS glad you got C de Monaco.. will await your review on bloom habit and scent..
@JessicaS you should fire your lovely helpers for napping on the Job.. I would then gladly hire them
I have moved Augusta Luise and Celine Forrestier to the ground this year, which means I would not be taking them with me when I move.. but a part of me can't part with CF.. loved the shape and colour of blooms.. AL is also a good bloomer but sadly not a strong scent, the two years it was with me..
The amelanchier has flowered. On the arch, there are two Lilac Bouquets. The one on the left doing much better for some reason.