Your BdN is doing much better than my new one @zugenie, mine’s got two wimpy canes and will need growing on for a while before it’s ready to plant out.
Had intermittent rain again today, all good for the parched land.
Munstead Wood with raindrops:
First bloom on Marie Nabonnand:
Hmm, Crépuscule is not looking good is it? Now sheltering in the poly but the blooms spoilt after only light rain, disappointingly insipid early colour and the foliage is the least healthy of my newbies. It needs much more time of course and it may well perk up 🤨
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Any thoughts on these climbers for my single pergola? Looking for flexible canes, some fragrance would be nice. It’s an open position and probably need it to grow to 10-12ft roughly.
Strawberry Hill Bathsheba James Galway Kathleen Harrop Blush Noisette Ginger Syllabub New Dawn Constance Spry (although I think this is too big) Lady of the Lake Claire Austin
@Nollie that’s a shame, I wasn’t sure how it was going to do as the bareroots last year were a mixed bag, hopefully yours catches up quickly! Beautiful blooms, I have to keep reminding myself you aren’t in the UK 😆
Yes, everything starts early here, zugenie. I’m very conscious of thread hogging at this time of year. My bare root haul was a mixed bag too - it always seems to be the ones you are most looking forward to that are the weakest!
My two most advanced, both doing well for April - I can see why you would really miss the first, Marlorena, I’m thrilled with how quickly mine has matured and love the blooms..
Mme. Antoine Mari:
Cramoisi Superieur, a very tough and easy going rose:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Anyone here grow hyacinths?, 1st time for me. I presume that I should treat these as with other bulbs and deadhead the flowers as they fade and leave foliage to die back naturally to feed the bulb? Do you then lift them and store to replant later in the year, or do you dispose of them as one shot annual bulbs?
@owd potter I grow hyacinths in pots beneath the roses, mostly so that the foxes don't dig in there. I pick the flowers for the vase as they're very fragrant. Then leave the leaves to die back. They come back nicely year after year.
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
@edhelka 'Paul Noel' romping away edhelka... and your flowering cherry is just right, that's quite lovely I think. Long time since I've had one of those..
@agnasia Most of those would do, maybe not 'Kathleen Harrop' .. 'James Galway' would probably be the quickest but I don't have it.. I like 'Bathsheba' although I've wrongly sited it twice. The colour varies a lot from pink/white, to yellow, apricot and orange depending on temps, and I enjoy the scent too, like freshly mown grass..
@Nollie Please hog, not much doing over here with too cold nights... another couple of weeks for me before I see anything.. 'CS' seems a good do-er for you too..
@zugenie We had a light frost last night, but sun rises early so it soon dissipates.. I shall be hardening off my annuals after tonight I think..
No Hyacinths here, .. I liked their fragrance best in the greenhouse when I grew them..
@Marlorena thank you so much. I’m interested to know which sites don’t suit Bathsheba as that may determine whether it’s an option. It’s hard to get a true read of the colour, but I do like that it’s changeable.
@Nollie it’s wonderful to see your roses and more than happy for you to hog!
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Had intermittent rain again today, all good for the parched land.
Munstead Wood with raindrops:
First bloom on Marie Nabonnand:
Hmm, Crépuscule is not looking good is it? Now sheltering in the poly but the blooms spoilt after only light rain, disappointingly insipid early colour and the foliage is the least healthy of my newbies. It needs much more time of course and it may well perk up 🤨
'Paul Noel', looking forward to it this year, the first time having flowers over the top of the pergola
Strawberry Hill
Bathsheba
James Galway
Kathleen Harrop
Blush Noisette
Ginger Syllabub
New Dawn
Constance Spry (although I think this is too big)
Lady of the Lake
Claire Austin
Thanks!
Did anyone else get a frost last night??
My two most advanced, both doing well for April - I can see why you would really miss the first, Marlorena, I’m thrilled with how quickly mine has matured and love the blooms..
Mme. Antoine Mari:
Cramoisi Superieur, a very tough and easy going rose:
I presume that I should treat these as with other bulbs and deadhead the flowers as they fade and leave foliage to die back naturally to feed the bulb?
Do you then lift them and store to replant later in the year, or do you dispose of them as one shot annual bulbs?
'Paul Noel' romping away edhelka... and your flowering cherry is just right, that's quite lovely I think. Long time since I've had one of those..
@agnasia
Most of those would do, maybe not 'Kathleen Harrop' .. 'James Galway' would probably be the quickest but I don't have it.. I like 'Bathsheba' although I've wrongly sited it twice. The colour varies a lot from pink/white, to yellow, apricot and orange depending on temps, and I enjoy the scent too, like freshly mown grass..
@Nollie
Please hog, not much doing over here with too cold nights... another couple of weeks for me before I see anything.. 'CS' seems a good do-er for you too..
@zugenie
We had a light frost last night, but sun rises early so it soon dissipates..
I shall be hardening off my annuals after tonight I think..
No Hyacinths here, .. I liked their fragrance best in the greenhouse when I grew them..
@Nollie it’s wonderful to see your roses and more than happy for you to hog!