@Marlorena I assume you're referring to the pruning? I tend to agree. And if the crossing stems are tied tight enough not to rub (although I am sure twine stretches a bit) then surely that can't be good for the rose?
I have just been for a walk round the garden and, although I didn't see any ladybirds, plenty of signs of life. Bulbs coming up all over the place (to be fair they've been coming up since October as they were planted very early), hellebores, buds on my mini potted cherry tree, and even a new shoot on Open Arms, bareroot planted in November. Now Christmas is out of the way I feel that I can start to look forward to next year in the garden with a glad heart.
Thank you for those articles @Fire, I found them very interesting. I couldn't open the links on my phone as I was at my son's for Christmas, but now I'm on my laptop at home.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I think, whether or not we would do rose scultpure ourselves, it good to know it's out there as a form. I don't how the tying would work either. I found it interesting, the idea that canes grown in circles might give more bloom.
Topiary isn't my thing at all, but I still like hearing about how they do it. The mystical garden in last week's GW was amazing. I've never seen anything like it - misty spires, vertiginous, elegant chess pieces, spirals, filigree. For me gardening is a vertical learning curve or nothing. It's not all about personal taste and boo/yeay thumbs up or down.
Sarah Raven have bare roots on sale. I caved & got a replacement koko loko and a gorgeous clematis Alionushka with some christmas money. Im now downed with a stinking cold AGAIN (!!) though so no gardening for me still.
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Hope everyone had a good one BTW.
Well Peter, you will live in the far north... in the subtropical south, we have Ladybirds already..
Now Christmas is out of the way I feel that I can start to look forward to next year in the garden with a glad heart.