Pauls Himalayan Musk is huge - much too big for a colonnade unless you live in a stately home, and even then it'd be better growing into a large tree - it'd fill your garden!
Have a look on this site http://www.classicroses.co.uk/products/roses/kathleen/ - I think Kathleen would look lovely on a colonnade, but there's a really good search facility down the left hand side of the site - you can spend many happy hours putting your requirements into it and seeing what it comes up with - and don't panic, this is the time of year for planning, not doing
And to be honest, I'd give Generous Gardener a little longer before moving it - a rose bush can take a year or two to get it's roots settled before it gets around to really performing well. A handful of Fish Blood and Bone around the roots next month will perk it up no end
And congratulations on your baby - what variety did you get?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks poly and dove, got a boy, got girl 2 years so perfect! dove i do like kathleen, and that was my nana's name so looks like a winner, thanks loads for suggestion,want to move generous gardener soon anyway,gets sun til fig in full leaf.i do lots of planning/dreaming,only get to get planting and digging in 20 minute slots til i get ' MUMMY!!!' we have 2 screens so whenever my daughter asks to watch something i look at plant sites! not stately home, lovely largeish victorian house but v small gardens, at least we're environmentally friendly, front garden 2 largeish triangular beds seperated by stone path-no parking but decent planting opportunities. previous owner was keen plantswoman but everything has got out of hand and lots in wrong place, hope to learn as i go along
Hi Louise, I have a small garden with more shade than I'd like but have found a quite a few of clematis which thrive in shade, I planted Pink Fantasy and Fuji-musume last spring and I've got my eye on several more. Taylors clematis are fabulous and you can search their website by aspect, height, colour or flowering time. I love my camelia but it's pretty boring when it's finished flowering I might grow a summer flowering clematis through that.
thanks Ashleigh, both clematis look nice, may try one through rhododendron in front garden, the albrighton rambler is lovely, i've added it to my wishlist!
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Pauls Himalayan Musk is huge - much too big for a colonnade unless you live in a stately home, and even then it'd be better growing into a large tree - it'd fill your garden!
Have a look on this site http://www.classicroses.co.uk/products/roses/kathleen/ - I think Kathleen would look lovely on a colonnade, but there's a really good search facility down the left hand side of the site - you can spend many happy hours putting your requirements into it and seeing what it comes up with - and don't panic, this is the time of year for planning, not doing
And to be honest, I'd give Generous Gardener a little longer before moving it - a rose bush can take a year or two to get it's roots settled before it gets around to really performing well. A handful of Fish Blood and Bone around the roots next month will perk it up no end
And congratulations on your baby - what variety did you get?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks poly and dove, got a boy, got girl 2 years so perfect! dove i do like kathleen, and that was my nana's name so looks like a winner, thanks loads for suggestion,want to move generous gardener soon anyway,gets sun til fig in full leaf.i do lots of planning/dreaming,only get to get planting and digging in 20 minute slots til i get ' MUMMY!!!' we have 2 screens so whenever my daughter asks to watch something i look at plant sites! not stately home, lovely largeish victorian house but v small gardens, at least we're environmentally friendly, front garden 2 largeish triangular beds seperated by stone path-no parking but decent planting opportunities. previous owner was keen plantswoman but everything has got out of hand and lots in wrong place, hope to learn as i go along
ooh ooh ooh! just seen eden rose 88 my idea of perfect rose to look at sadly little fragrance, anyone tried this? i'd find somewhere for this!!
Hi Louise, I have a small garden with more shade than I'd like but have found a quite a few of clematis which thrive in shade, I planted Pink Fantasy and Fuji-musume last spring and I've got my eye on several more. Taylors clematis are fabulous and you can search their website by aspect, height, colour or flowering time. I love my camelia but it's pretty boring when it's finished flowering I might grow a summer flowering clematis through that.
For some reason I can't upload C.Fuji-musume photo, it's my favourite, wedgewood blue.
Louise, I see what you mean about Eden rose 88, it's to die for, also love David Austins new repeat flowering 'Albrighton Rambler'
thanks Ashleigh, both clematis look nice, may try one through rhododendron in front garden, the albrighton rambler is lovely, i've added it to my wishlist!