Susie61, I have a climbing rose 'Malvern Hills' growing all round my sitting room window. I think it may be a David Austin one. It flowers more or less non stop and has a most exquisite perfume that carries a long way.
Since my initial post I've been to another garden that will be opening next week. Here the gardener has a much more laid back approach and I found it quite liberating. She allows things to self seed and says she initially used bark chippings to keep down the weeds before the clumps grew together - hardly any soil showing.
I've concluded that, more than I ever imagined, gardens reflect the personality of their owners. I'm definitely in the let it all hang out/devil may care category. I would be a nervous wreck if I thought I had to tackle every weed and would end up selling up and buying a flat
I have decided not to try to compete with the neat, trim, manicured lot and let my inner hippy come out. Chill woman!
Thanks for the advice about the rose, iy sounds exactly right,I shall try to find it.I just tell everyone the unkempt weedy bits of the garden are deliberately left for the wildlife, trouble is I think I'll soon be finding lions and tigers!
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Susie61, I have a climbing rose 'Malvern Hills' growing all round my sitting room window. I think it may be a David Austin one. It flowers more or less non stop and has a most exquisite perfume that carries a long way.
I have it on red brick and it looks really good.
http://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/english/Showrose.asp?Showr=3701
Since my initial post I've been to another garden that will be opening next week. Here the gardener has a much more laid back approach and I found it quite liberating. She allows things to self seed and says she initially used bark chippings to keep down the weeds before the clumps grew together - hardly any soil showing.
I've concluded that, more than I ever imagined, gardens reflect the personality of their owners. I'm definitely in the let it all hang out/devil may care category. I would be a nervous wreck if I thought I had to tackle every weed and would end up selling up and buying a flat
I have decided not to try to compete with the neat, trim, manicured lot and let my inner hippy come out. Chill woman!
Thanks for the advice about the rose, iy sounds exactly right,I shall try to find it.I just tell everyone the unkempt weedy bits of the garden are deliberately left for the wildlife, trouble is I think I'll soon be finding lions and tigers!
...don't forget the bears Susie