@WAMS ripping ivory off fence is
certainly heavy work. Do you have to cough a lot, too? At least that
is how my ivy tries to fend me off.
More on the geological OT: Hamburg is
called Venice of the north, because we have more bridges than they
do. Unlike them with water underneath. Climate change is not a
Chinese invention as some say.
@newbie77 , just love your wall. Luky you,
no hedge trimming with frozen fingers in winter.
@Wynken , are you planning your garden in
detail? Would you share? Was very impressed with @owd potter's drawing, method
as well as talent.
@Nollie, waving south to you. What is
the biggest challenge in your corner, draught, wind, heat? Indeed,
less gras is highly recommended. Mine looks like savannah in summer
anyway.
Buds are very far away here, leaves are just sprouting. As requested some summer pics to brighten Monday
morning.
clockwise: Vichy, Huddersfield Choral Society, Stanwell Perpetual and Blue for you
From a bit futher back, potted Charles Austin and Lady Emma Hamilton.
Bottom left White Jacques Cartier, Standard Mind Games
these came with the house. I only know the yellow one: Sangerhausen Jubiläum
from another angle. The bright one is definately an Austin, which one though, I have no idea.
@newbie77 I got rid of some ivy last year, but it took some diligence. A combination of hand-pulling and glyphosate (I know, I know) is what it takes. Pull as much as you can by hand, then apply the glyphosate to anything that pops up in the next week. Once the vines wither from the chemical, pull those up as they sometimes still have viable roots further down the vine. Then hand-pull anything that pops up. It took me about a month of checking every couple of days, but I finally got rid of a patch of ivy this way. If it's climbing a tree, just cut the vines wherever you can reach them and apply a bit of glyphosate to the cut ends with a small brush.
@Nollie I am not sure my climate is an advantage when it comes to roses! I can practically hear the blackspot and mildew galloping through the garden by midsummer!
@ElbFee beautiful photographs, roses and interesting double metal arch too. I see you have Vichy, I have a new one, how do you find it? Does it grow and bloom well?
Caught between the Pyrenees and the sea, I have rather challenging weather here - hot summers, short but cold, dry winters, impressive thunderstorms, late Spring and Summer monsoon rains, often high humidity.. disease pressures are high so like @SYinUSA lots of early blackspot! Not so much mildew, however. My main challenge is finding roses that don’t fry in summer temperatures of sometimes above 40c but can also cope with long periods of -8c overnight temperatures in winter. Tea and China roses are good in summer, but I have lost a number of them over winter. The good news is it means I get to trial a lot of roses to find the ones that are happy!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@ElbFee beautiful photographs, roses and interesting double metal arch too. I see you have Vichy, I have a new one, how do you find it? Does it grow and bloom well?
@Nollie I can absolutely recommend Vichy. Lovely petals, self cleaning, healthy. I released it from the pot last autumn. It has passed the trial period.
Have you tried the Canadian explorer series? Rugosa roses that are very hardy.
Vichy sounds perfect @ElbFee, thank you. I just have to see if it passes the summer heat test. Unfortunately rugosas seem to hate my very alkaline clay soil, I’ve lost 6 so far, but the Canadian series looks interesting. I have got around 50 roses, with about 40 unique varieties, that have passed my tests but I’m always interested in future possibilities 😊
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@WAMS I have a slightly different way of removing ivy from fence panels. As I was worried that trying to rip ivy off would damage the panels, I first cut all growth at ground level and removed about a six inch band of growth so there was clearly none still rooted. I left the rest to die back. When brown I then pulled it off and there was no damage. Any growth from the roots, unfortunately I couldn't get them out as they were in the next garden, I did use weed killer to spot spray. It takes time, like a couple of years, to stop it returning but I did in the end.
welcome to the best thread on the forum @ElbFee. Thanks, you must be referring a post on the old thread I guess? I'm an inveterate planner, I even manage to stick to them sometimes...
@newbie77 I use anvil secateurs, a pruning saw and a brush or a hoe to brush away the dried up bits from the fence. It's a total nightmare here. Here is a bit I have sawn off... and some rotted fence it has taken with it.
Wary of using poison for various reasons, not least all the pets and wildlife around here. And my substantial rose collection! I'm too clumsy to risk it.
Meanwhile while I have been hacking away at that, the dog has been ventilating Amazing Day with a nice new hole just behind it.😬 @ElbFee your garden looks incredible! Very English.
ETA: can't find your hellebore thread, Jessica, so will put these two here on what owd potter rightly calls the best thread on the forum. Also, my Polish friend just dropped by with a potted Mocha Rosa and asked me if I wanted it. Reader, I wanted it.😁
@WAMS, please share how are you dealing with ivy. I also have that sort of ivy patch on fence but no Idea how do I even start. I don't mind if it will need hacking with saw or weedkiller. Just some way to get rid.
Me too re the ivy, @WAMS But mine is creeping up a Douglas Fir (which I want my Paul Noel to inhabit) and also round a very, very old yew tree. There is a white/pink rambling rose near by to the Yew (about 2 meters), which we were told was Albertine, and I would rather it colonised the Yew. Unfortunately, the trellis it was on blew over in the storms a month ago and I have yet to untangle the holy mess, let alone prune it back.
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An evening photo. Green and yellow are some sort of bouncing balls.
@WAMS ripping ivory off fence is certainly heavy work. Do you have to cough a lot, too? At least that is how my ivy tries to fend me off.
More on the geological OT: Hamburg is called Venice of the north, because we have more bridges than they do. Unlike them with water underneath. Climate change is not a Chinese invention as some say.
@newbie77 , just love your wall. Luky you, no hedge trimming with frozen fingers in winter.
@Wynken , are you planning your garden in detail? Would you share? Was very impressed with @owd potter's drawing, method as well as talent.
@Nollie, waving south to you. What is the biggest challenge in your corner, draught, wind, heat? Indeed, less gras is highly recommended. Mine looks like savannah in summer anyway.
Buds are very far away here, leaves are just sprouting. As requested some summer pics to brighten Monday morning.
clockwise: Vichy, Huddersfield Choral Society, Stanwell Perpetual and Blue for you
From a bit futher back, potted Charles Austin and Lady Emma Hamilton.
Bottom left White Jacques Cartier, Standard Mind Games
these came with the house. I only know the yellow one: Sangerhausen Jubiläum
from another angle. The bright one is definately an Austin, which one though, I have no idea.
@Nollie I am not sure my climate is an advantage when it comes to roses! I can practically hear the blackspot and mildew galloping through the garden by midsummer!
Caught between the Pyrenees and the sea, I have rather challenging weather here - hot summers, short but cold, dry winters, impressive thunderstorms, late Spring and Summer monsoon rains, often high humidity.. disease pressures are high so like @SYinUSA lots of early blackspot! Not so much mildew, however. My main challenge is finding roses that don’t fry in summer temperatures of sometimes above 40c but can also cope with long periods of -8c overnight temperatures in winter. Tea and China roses are good in summer, but I have lost a number of them over winter. The good news is it means I get to trial a lot of roses to find the ones that are happy!
Thanks, you must be referring a post on the old thread I guess?
I'm an inveterate planner, I even manage to stick to them sometimes...
Wary of using poison for various reasons, not least all the pets and wildlife around here. And my substantial rose collection! I'm too clumsy to risk it.
Meanwhile while I have been hacking away at that, the dog has been ventilating Amazing Day with a nice new hole just behind it.😬
@ElbFee your garden looks incredible! Very English.
ETA: can't find your hellebore thread, Jessica, so will put these two here on what owd potter rightly calls the best thread on the forum.
Also, my Polish friend just dropped by with a potted Mocha Rosa and asked me if I wanted it. Reader, I wanted it.😁