Would the same apply to packet coffee for cafetieres? I have two packets a friend brought with him when he came to stay (he's fussy about his coffee!). Must be pre-covid as he hasn't stayed since. One packet's in the freezer and one in the store cupboard unopened. Compost bin, around roses or just binned?
Here is an updated photo of my new Malvern Hills rose … I posted a thread about 6 weeks ago showing a dead looking new Malvern Hills that I had recently planted, the consensus was it didn’t look good but when I contacted David Austin they told me to persevere with it as they didn’t think it was a goner!
Well, it’s started growing although hardly rampaging away but perhaps it will get there in the end! Looking at @Mr. Vine Eye and his gorgeous Malvern Hills makes me very envious 😂
@agnasia, this may not be your taste, but is one of my most hard-working and carefree roses - polyantha ‘Marie Pavie’. I have one either side of my front door where they get a few hours of morning sun. It has a sweet, musky scent that may not be as intense as some but it wafts nicely in the air.
Very healthy foliage, near thornless (just a few tiny prickles under the bloom clusters) and neat bushy shape. This is it this morning:
Each bloom is small but very pretty:
The blooms age to white and don’t last long but are easy to pinch off with your fingers in passing - no need to deadhead down to the next set of leaves - and there are always lots of them and plenty waiting in the wings..
I confess: I have Othello and Queen Elizabeth grandiflora. I like the rose blooms, so I conveniently forget the thorny side. 😊
I would gladly have Othello, too... perhaps in the front garden where the Gertrudes and Lochinvar have been put to try to put off non-rosy visitors. Hopefully @Elbfee can dodge them all when she visits. Of my new ones, Sarah (Meilland), Kathryn (Ronnie Rawlins), Munstead Wood, Great Expectations and the Lark Ascending all promise a lot of painful entanglements.
@Busy-Lizzie gorgeous roses... it's a nice passion to share with your daughter. @Marlorena beautiful clematis. @ElbFee I love your pictures!
New buds for me on LoS, Gertrude Jekyll, Gruss an Aachen((?) and Amazing Day, and this on my new Princesse Charlène de Monaco (a freshly-potted bareroot bought this winter).
Could you please tell me where you got your Princesse Charlène de Monaco? @WAMS
@Nollie I think Tea would (in theory) acidify the soil compared to coffee.. Now to be on the safer side, I think its best to use both on a compost heap and then to the plants rather than applying them directly..
@Marlorena I was beginning to worry about some of my TCL purchases as they have just started to put out enough leaves.. seeing your pics, I am relieved.. they are just taking their time to get established...
Not sure if I mentioned earlier but Princess Charlene de Monaco is not suitable for pot. It grows tall upright and wasn't looking right in the pot. Flowers are beautiful and very nice in a vase after cutting.
Very pleased to see my Etoile du Hollande reaching the top of the trellis my side of the fence at last. Planted right back in 2013 it's taken a long time to climb this high, about 7ft the other side of the fence facing the neighbours. Plan is to now train it along the trellis so I can see the blooms from my kitchen window!
Just catching up here... Salvias - I have everywhere with roses, no noticable impact on blackspot. Sulphur rose is good when ive tried it (and its not bucketing down!) Tea vs aphids - I drink a LOT of tea, I save all the bags for a few days every few months, empty contents into a big jug and water it in (leaves) round the bases. Trying a new type of Tete tulip this year... very rose like as they open! Lots of rose growth!
Hi @TheRainyGarden, I got mine from Henry St Nursery but it sold out very quickly (Oliver who works there is very courteous and helpful and will tell you if they will be selling it again). It can also be imported from Tuincentrum Lottum in Holland (but I haven't used them).
Yes @newbie77 I read it gets tall! Mine will be planted out when its roots are ready in early summer, can't wait. Do you like the scent? I also read it is rain tolerant which looks like an increasingly useful trait this year. You were worried about watering your plants while away but seems it may not be a problem if it goes on like this!
what are the differences between lady of the lake and the generous gardener? The Mrs has got involved and has said she prefers the generous gardener!!!
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@Marlorena I was beginning to worry about some of my TCL purchases as they have just started to put out enough leaves.. seeing your pics, I am relieved.. they are just taking their time to get established...
Salvias - I have everywhere with roses, no noticable impact on blackspot. Sulphur rose is good when ive tried it (and its not bucketing down!)
Tea vs aphids - I drink a LOT of tea, I save all the bags for a few days every few months, empty contents into a big jug and water it in (leaves) round the bases.
Trying a new type of Tete tulip this year... very rose like as they open!
Lots of rose growth!
Yes @newbie77 I read it gets tall! Mine will be planted out when its roots are ready in early summer, can't wait. Do you like the scent? I also read it is rain tolerant which looks like an increasingly useful trait this year. You were worried about watering your plants while away but seems it may not be a problem if it goes on like this!
Seems no real benefit to using coffee grounds then! Best to leave as opposed to messing things up!
@Marlorena of course I will keep all updated!
what are the differences between lady of the lake and the generous gardener? The Mrs has got involved and has said she prefers the generous gardener!!!