I much prefer Malvern Hills to Ghislaine de Feligonde.
Maybe much prefer is a slight exaggerating. But I do lean more towards the former. Better all round package I think, and easier to look after. Nicer foliage, better spring colour, not as thorny and painful to train.
Prettier blooms in my opinion too. Cute button eyes.
Yesterday on the usual inspection round , I have noticed that Pink Cloud has again powdery mildew. 🫤 as last year. I really do not get it, because it has been fed,mulched , defoliated etc and absolutely not being thirsty.
I will start with milk spraying this weekend if it is nice weather 🌞. Other tips?
Same here, powdery mildew on Paul's Himalayan musk. I'm thinking of discarding this rose after this season. It flowered very nicely before, but last year was a washout. Hoping this year, it'll do better. Thankfully, no other rose has the mildew problem.
It's going to be raining today; hoping that tomorrow it doesn't rain so that I can spend some time in the garden looking at all the buds.
We had more rain yesterday evening and a few more downpours would be welcome before the roses properly get going!
First bloom on new Roald Dahl:
I took Crépuscule back inside the poly yesterday because of rain damage to the opening blooms the night before. Hope it gets more rain resistant with maturity (some do some don’t) otherwise this may not be a rose for me:
Mme. Alfred Carriere again - OH loves this and definitely wants me to find a place for it:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I am having to remove a dead rose and wondered if anyone could remind me of the procedure for planting a new rose in it's place please , tia.
I've recently done that. Dig out a big square hole a bit bigger than a cardboard box about 30cms wide and deep. I bought one from Peter Beales when I bought my new rose. Then use a mix of new topsoil and John Innes 3 or JI 2 to fill the box and the rest of the hole around the box, planting your rose in the box. Add some fish, blood and bone to the new soil. Mulch with compost or rotted manure. Put the old soil somewhere else in the garden if you can.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
@Marlorena lovely photos, in spite of the rain. I too have a similar clematis; however, last year I allowed it to set seed/left unpruned. This year, probably because of that, I'm having very few flowers.
Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth
@Eustace Oh that's a shame, I'm surprised as I wouldn't have thought it made a difference.. Mine is male so obviously doesn't set seed, just grows at a rate of knots..
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Maybe much prefer is a slight exaggerating. But I do lean more towards the former. Better all round package I think, and easier to look after. Nicer foliage, better spring colour, not as thorny and painful to train.
I do really like Ghislaine de Feligonde though.
I really do not get it, because it has been fed,mulched , defoliated etc and absolutely not being thirsty.
Other tips?
It's going to be raining today; hoping that tomorrow it doesn't rain so that I can spend some time in the garden looking at all the buds.
@Mr. Vine Eye as @Marlorena said, you grow both MH and GdeF beautifully.
First bloom on new Roald Dahl:
I took Crépuscule back inside the poly yesterday because of rain damage to the opening blooms the night before. Hope it gets more rain resistant with maturity (some do some don’t) otherwise this may not be a rose for me:
A few roses in bud plus some other things..
'Marie Nabonnand'..
'Wild Rover'..
'Desdemona'..
Clematis 'Avalanche'.. new to me..
Epimedium 'Frohnleiten'..
Iris, Pittosporum, Peony..
Rhodanthemum, Pittosporum, Narcissi..
Dalmatian Iris... foliage lasts all summer..
Oh that's a shame, I'm surprised as I wouldn't have thought it made a difference..
Mine is male so obviously doesn't set seed, just grows at a rate of knots..