@ElbFee lovely photos of Keukenhof. I shall be willing on your Astronomia, The Prince and Palais Biron (I call it that alternative name because it’s never been properly purple for me). Shame about your Louis IV. Anything with a good dose of China or Tea in the mix is borderline for me. I have lost two Mutabilis and a Duchesse d’Auerstädt to winter cold, they didn’t like the persistent freezes in my mountain location frost pocket! Cramoisi Superieur is a trooper though and Lady Hillingdon seems to have survived it’s first winter intact 🤞
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Still a bit early for me, for buds, but I check every day..
..this one is just peeping its head out on 'Surpassing Beauty'.. which I know is an early bloomer. I like to grow this perennial Tulip 'Lady Jane' with roses, as it comes back every year..
..this 'Tottering by Gently' rose was pruned at -3C, -8C overnight.. no ill effects from that.. ..nice red shoots on Peony 'Buckeye Belle'.. Rhodanthemum 'Casablanca' flowers most of the year..
With everyones wonderful pictures and posts, I thought it prudent to give you an update from the 'Frozen North' as we bask in a lovely sunny spring day.
Firstly, it has been a bad few days as Agatha went missing and it took me four hours to find her after she had 'gone to earth' probably chasing a baby bunny! It has taken 2 days to get her back to rude health and her normal self. But I digress (a bit). My last Fox Terrier was called Molly and when she passed in 2021 my sister-in-law bought me a rose called 'Our Molly' and here she is going into her second year:
Could anyone tell me anything about this rose - she has flowered last year lovely single flowers in red and white. DO NOT ask me to dig her up as she is planted over the ashes of Mollydog. I would just like to know what type of rose etc she is so I can look after her better. NB This is the one rose that I talk to, call me sentimental.
The two roses I planted last year seem to be doing well and like 'Our Molly' above they have all been fertilised, but are awaiting their Spring mulch. But it will let you see how more advanced your roses are down South in comparison:
Now for the update on the new border - nothing much to report as you will see from the picture, but work planting has been ongoing.
The three little white labels in the mid right show the planting of the Cardoons. The end pf the path branch next to the Cardoons has a Crocosmia Lucifer (planted within a bottomless bucket as is my way) and in the left top corner the Snowdops have been split and replanted along with a hellebore, two Heucheras (Obsidian) and two Foxglove Albas.
Some close ups of the other planting within the border:
This last picture is of the Hydrangea in the border. I think it got a blasting on the last freeze, but it seems to be pushing out basal shoots. Should I prune out the blackened frosted tips or just wait and take out later?
I am rather proud of the new terracotta pot (I got two of them in a 50% off sale at the GC) for the granite plinth. I will be planting one up with Agapanthus Black Buddhist, but would love to hear any thoughts on the other pot, so I can get some succession of colour.
And in answer to @Marlorena and her picture of 'Buckeye Belle', I give you my 'Bowl of Beauty' and a Spring Pot that only came into flower this week:
And finally, I promise, from the Iris bed the 'Allium Gladiators' are making a heroic push for the sky and it's still only March!
@PeterAberdeen, poor Agatha! I’m glad you found her, dogs are such a worry!
Here’s some details of Our Molly, a floribunda. Quite striking with that white centre and a lovely tribute. HelpMeFind is a great resource for looking up roses!
Oh no, poor Agatha! And especially poor you. Four hours must have felt a lifetime.
Rachel... I was fretting only ten days ago whether I had moved her too close to the rowan tree, as all her leaf buds seemed frozen in time, and suddenly, boom, covered in leaves! It's astonishing how fast everything moves now, isn't it?
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..this one is just peeping its head out on 'Surpassing Beauty'.. which I know is an early bloomer.
I like to grow this perennial Tulip 'Lady Jane' with roses, as it comes back every year..
..this 'Tottering by Gently' rose was pruned at -3C, -8C overnight.. no ill effects from that..
..nice red shoots on Peony 'Buckeye Belle'..
Rhodanthemum 'Casablanca' flowers most of the year..
Could anyone tell me anything about this rose - she has flowered last year lovely single flowers in red and white. DO NOT ask me to dig her up as she is planted over the ashes of Mollydog. I would just like to know what type of rose etc she is so I can look after her better. NB This is the one rose that I talk to, call me sentimental.
The three little white labels in the mid right show the planting of the Cardoons. The end pf the path branch next to the Cardoons has a Crocosmia Lucifer (planted within a bottomless bucket as is my way) and in the left top corner the Snowdops have been split and replanted along with a hellebore, two Heucheras (Obsidian) and two Foxglove Albas.
Some close ups of the other planting within the border:
This last picture is of the Hydrangea in the border. I think it got a blasting on the last freeze, but it seems to be pushing out basal shoots. Should I prune out the blackened frosted tips or just wait and take out later?
And finally, I promise, from the Iris bed the 'Allium Gladiators' are making a heroic push for the sky and it's still only March!
Here’s some details of Our Molly, a floribunda. Quite striking with that white centre and a lovely tribute. HelpMeFind is a great resource for looking up roses!
https://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.19961.1&tab=1
Rachel... I was fretting only ten days ago whether I had moved her too close to the rowan tree, as all her leaf buds seemed frozen in time, and suddenly, boom, covered in leaves! It's astonishing how fast everything moves now, isn't it?
Need I say any more! Three shampoos to get her clean