Not a rose bloom in sight yet here, but the Rhodi's, Azaleas, Alliums and Peony are filling in. contenders for 1st in bloom, oldie, Arthur Bell and newbie, Gruss an aachen
@WAMS thanks for sharing the new rose, not sure it would be for me.
It will be interesting to see the images from Chelsea, the gardens I like best are cottage gardens with lots of foxgloves and roses of course. I wonder how they will look with how the season has started later this year. Please post any pictures if anyone goes?
@edhelka thank you for the info on your clems. I think Montana would be too big. I’ll have a look at group 3, I did try a Comtesse de Bouchard but it didn’t grow loads and when I came to prune it back it was all dry and dead.
@WAMS I was keen on a PCdM but I’ve hopefully going to have an evelyn arriving soon.
Thanks for the spoilers on the new DA roses, will be interesting to see them. Jude has been on my list until it got discontinued so this one may be promising. I do struggle with some of the peach/apricots though even though I generally really like them. For example, I love the colour of my wollerton but I’m still on the fence about Roald Dahl. So we’ll see.
I was at my parents today and took a few photos.
Unknown rose, blooms are quite small.
A queen of something apparently!
And while these may be perennials, the rock roses looked lovely.
The rose Barkarole, which I bought just over a year ago as a newly potted bare root, did not grow at all and eventually died. This photo shows some of the root when I took it out of its pot. I don't know what the bluish 'granules' are. However, I disposed of it in the green bin. Now that my rose 'Wildfire', which was so beautiful last summer (its first summer after purchase as a bare root last year) has died, I have dug up the plant and find the same bluish 'granules' around its root. Does anyone know what they could be? They are softish, not very hard. Two other roses bought as bare root at the same time seem to be flourishing, though no buds yet. All three were planted in pots. Many thanks for any advice.
Fab gardens tonight, love the rock roses and of course Rhododendrons.. beautiful views.
Allotment coming on a treat Mr Vine.. those Geraniums as much as I like them, do get a bit weedy, I pull chunks out quite brutally where they invade.. they do have an infinite spread, as much as I love them though..
I feel I've missed out on the celebrity but that's par for the course.. imagine that rose in a downpour.. it would fall apart wouldn't it?..
Moss rose having a bad hair day... [aka foliaceous sepals]..
Seems a lot of people received this Dannahue rose instead of Elizabeth in 2022 because dozens of people are now going "Oh THIS is what I got sent last year!" Was @Oliya one of them?
Agree, Marlorena. I never wanted Jude and am quite relieved I don't want this either.
My lawyer friend noted these patents pending from DA in the USA. Hettie? Bessie?🤔
Owd your garden is so colourful... it almost looks spray painted. Love it!
Anyway, never mind about those... Trevor White will be adding to their potted roses tomorrow, Monday.. and their full quota of bare roots for autumn will be ready to order..
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contenders for 1st in bloom,
oldie, Arthur Bell
and newbie, Gruss an aachen
Looks like it may be a good show this year
@edhelka thank you for the info on your clems. I think Montana would be too big. I’ll have a look at group 3, I did try a Comtesse de Bouchard but it didn’t grow loads and when I came to prune it back it was all dry and dead.
@WAMS I was keen on a PCdM but I’ve hopefully going to have an evelyn arriving soon.
Thanks for the spoilers on the new DA roses, will be interesting to see them. Jude has been on my list until it got discontinued so this one may be promising. I do struggle with some of the peach/apricots though even though I generally really like them. For example, I love the colour of my wollerton but I’m still on the fence about Roald Dahl. So we’ll see.
I was at my parents today and took a few photos.
Unknown rose, blooms are quite small.
Now that my rose 'Wildfire', which was so beautiful last summer (its first summer after purchase as a bare root last year) has died, I have dug up the plant and find the same bluish 'granules' around its root.
Does anyone know what they could be? They are softish, not very hard. Two other roses bought as bare root at the same time seem to be flourishing, though no buds yet. All three were planted in pots.
Many thanks for any advice.
Allotment coming on a treat Mr Vine.. those Geraniums as much as I like them, do get a bit weedy, I pull chunks out quite brutally where they invade.. they do have an infinite spread, as much as I love them though..
I feel I've missed out on the celebrity but that's par for the course.. imagine that rose in a downpour.. it would fall apart wouldn't it?..
Moss rose having a bad hair day... [aka foliaceous sepals]..
Agree, Marlorena. I never wanted Jude and am quite relieved I don't want this either.
My lawyer friend noted these patents pending from DA in the USA.
Hettie? Bessie?🤔
Owd your garden is so colourful... it almost looks spray painted. Love it!
Bessie and Hettie, don't sound very English rose-y, to me.. [rhymes]..