@cooldoc@Mr. Vine Eye thank you, I will collect them and try to use them every few days, although good to know they can last, what a great stash to find!
@Nollie your roses look amazing, Indigo looks truly ferocious!
Thank you for the lovely welcome @Victoria Sponge and to everyone on this forum.
I have yet another question! I had two star jasmines positioned either side of my single pergola, however after the hot summer and then freezing winter they don’t seem to have survived. I have done the fingernail test and can’t get green until right at the bottom. So my question is, could I replace one of them with a rose or is the pergola not substantial enough for a rose to climb up? I could then try a rose/clematis combo, inspired by @Marlorena and @Alfie_?
Definite new growth on that penstemon Raven, wahoo
I think spring Astrantia growth is gorgeous
Some buds. Vanessa Bell, Desdemona, Eustacia Vye, Lady of Shalott
Beautiful crabapple blossom, covered in bees. Alpina Frank mingling too
Speaking of bees, this little miner bee had a tough day. I witnessed it making a dramatic escape from a nest of ants. It must have dug down in the wrong spot and upset them. I heard frantic buzzing, then suddenly saw it appear, trying desperately to climb up a stem with the ants in hot pursuit. I airlifted it to safety on my finger. Pretty thing. I hope it’s ok but it did seem injured and wasn’t able to fly.
@Mr. Vine Eye your roses all look so lush and healthy. Your GG is spectacular! Your astrantia and crabapple are looking lovely too, I have them both in my garden as well. Glad your penstemon is showing signs of life. Poor bee, I hope it survived.
A cautionary tale for you all, and a mistake I shouldn’t have made as I know better.
I decided to separate my Mary Delaney cuttings because they were showing good signs of growth. Despite thinking I should really leave them a bit longer until I could see root at the bottom of the pot.
Well 3 out of 4 had no root at all and the one that did, which had substantial top growth only had the smallest little wiggle of a root.
I’ve put them all back, and repotted the rooted one carefully in its own pot.
But I shouldn’t have moved them. Risked losing the successful one. I won’t touch my other cuttings now until I can actually see roots!
I learned that the hard way last year @Mr. Vine Eye They put on some nice growth but then it will be just callous at the base.. lovely pics.. noticed your window first and then the rose
I suppose you do not have any digital pics from your old garden, do you? @Marlorena would have been good to see those pics.. after all those years...
anyone else having problems with pictures uploaded by @Victoria Sponge I couldn't see it yesterday as well.. My Louis Odier is covered in buds.. started before any other roses in my garden.. so can imagine what you meant..
Someone else also posted Yolande last year and the flower shape was gorgeous @Nollie (or was it you who posted it) edit; missed the pics.. wow nollie.. showing off??
Mme Alfred Carriere, that's a big rose for a pot isn't it @Nollie? I considered and worried this issue over last year before finally planting a blush noisette in a Potter made planter of about 300 Lt, where I hope it will be OK. When it does come time to repot it, how will you do that? Hope it goes OK for you.
@agnasia, I do have a few thorny beasts, but Indigo is especially impressive! I think your pergola looks strong enough, maybe reinforce with a middle post or some trellis to start a rose off up the side. I would keep an eye on soil build up around the rear posts which may rot them - presumably it’s concreted in? Did you choose a rose for your pot yet?
Just the odd bloom here and there at the moment @cooldoc but it’s a start! I thought Marlorena would beat me to it this year after a rocky cold period. Yolande is new this year, so no not me, must’ve missed that last year. Not a great rebloomer by all accounts but I bought it for the famed fragrance.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@Nollie so beautiful, Mme Antoine Marie in particular. Love roses which are pink and cream at the same time.
@Alfie__ I tried to get rid of my Queen Elizabeth which was here when I moved in. It was over 8ft, a huge woody monstrosity, very old. Hacked away half the base with a pruning saw this winter and it's 50cm tall again already and has more basals so I suspect it has won and will outlive me. Anyway, a hedge could get pretty tall and the idea of pruning 35 of them makes my hair stand on end... but in fairness this had not been touched in decades. My big gripe with it is it doesn't have scent. Pretty colour though.
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@Nollie your roses look amazing, Indigo looks truly ferocious!
Thank you for the lovely welcome @Victoria Sponge and to everyone on this forum.
I have yet another question! I had two star jasmines positioned either side of my single pergola, however after the hot summer and then freezing winter they don’t seem to have survived. I have done the fingernail test and can’t get green until right at the bottom. So my question is, could I replace one of them with a rose or is the pergola not substantial enough for a rose to climb up? I could then try a rose/clematis combo, inspired by @Marlorena and @Alfie_?
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A cautionary tale for you all, and a mistake I shouldn’t have made as I know better.
I decided to separate my Mary Delaney cuttings because they were showing good signs of growth. Despite thinking I should really leave them a bit longer until I could see root at the bottom of the pot.
Well 3 out of 4 had no root at all and the one that did, which had substantial top growth only had the smallest little wiggle of a root.
*Slaps own wrist for my impatience*
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I suppose you do not have any digital pics from your old garden, do you? @Marlorena would have been good to see those pics.. after all those years...
anyone else having problems with pictures uploaded by @Victoria Sponge I couldn't see it yesterday as well.. My Louis Odier is covered in buds.. started before any other roses in my garden.. so can imagine what you meant..
Someone else also posted Yolande last year and the flower shape was gorgeous @Nollie (or was it you who posted it)
edit; missed the pics.. wow nollie.. showing off??
I considered and worried this issue over last year before finally planting a blush noisette in a Potter made planter of about 300 Lt, where I hope it will be OK.
When it does come time to repot it, how will you do that?
Hope it goes OK for you.
Just the odd bloom here and there at the moment @cooldoc but it’s a start! I thought Marlorena would beat me to it this year after a rocky cold period. Yolande is new this year, so no not me, must’ve missed that last year. Not a great rebloomer by all accounts but I bought it for the famed fragrance.
@Alfie__ I tried to get rid of my Queen Elizabeth which was here when I moved in. It was over 8ft, a huge woody monstrosity, very old. Hacked away half the base with a pruning saw this winter and it's 50cm tall again already and has more basals so I suspect it has won and will outlive me. Anyway, a hedge could get pretty tall and the idea of pruning 35 of them makes my hair stand on end... but in fairness this had not been touched in decades. My big gripe with it is it doesn't have scent. Pretty colour though.