Sorry Red Robin I don't know about Brown Gold, have never heard of it. I think you may need to put a post on the main forum and someone will defo have an anwer for you. I must say I always just use a general mutli purpose compost for all my cuttings etc and so far have been lucky. I have never taken cuttings from Red Robin though. Not sure this is the right time to do it. I have just taken seeds from my agapanthus and have planted into modules and put into unheated greenhouse, never tried to grow these from seed before always split them so finger crossed. Carol Klein has a brilliant book called 'Grow your own Garden' which explains all propagation in simple terms which I have found really helpful.
Can you please tell me the names of your climbing roses are? and also the perenials you used in your garden. Also we also live in a modern house which overlooks neighbours. How can I create extra height onto my existing fence. It has no trellis at the moment.
My climbing roses are Madame Alfred Carriere - which is a beatiful cream/white rose which is growing on my brick wall to the side of the garden. It has a wonderful scent gets quite tall. I let it grow right above the trellis and it has strong stems which then grow to about another meter or so which gives excellent privacy. I cut it back early Jan/Feb to the top of my wall so that it can grow to the same height again. On my rose arch I have Paul Transon which is a pink rose (not very much scent) and this is a continuous flower, goes on and on most of the summer, (I do deadhead regularly). Rosa Noisette Carnee (blush Noisette) is on one side of the large pergola. This is over the area where we have our table and chairs and it has a beautiful musk scent which is lovely in the evenings. It is pretty small pink clusters of flowers and one of my favourites. James Galway is another pink very scented rose which is at the top of the garden in another area where we sit, although it only flowers twice a year. Veilchenblau is a purple rose on the small pergola and is a beautiful purple rose and has a lovely orange/vanilla scent. Swan Lake is a large shrub rose which I grow as a climber and grow up the side of the garage. I also have a rose from Peter Beales which I think is called Festival - it is also a large shrub rose which I grow up an obelisk and this is also a deep pink and has lovely scent. You will find that a lot of the large shrub roses can be grown as small climbers and are ideal for a small garden. If you go onto Peter Beales, David Austin websites and request a copy of their catalogues you can get a good look at the roses (something to do over the winter, curled up on the sofa). I am already looking to what I can buy for next year, don't know where to put them but I will find room. Mustead Wood is one that I will definately be buying. It is a lovely deep red/purple and has lovely scent. I rarely buy a rose without scent. We use our garden a lot in the evenings and it is full of scent. I have lots of perennials Rose Lady as I am always growing and buying plants. Lots of lavender, foxgloves, hardy geraniums, astrantia, veronicas (deep mauve and blues)echinops, euphorbia, hellebores, aster, lily of the valley. I could go on and on Rose Lady. They are all underplanted with bulbs, alliums are a real favourite of mine, Lady's mantle is another favourite it does self seed but it looks good with roses and pinks.
With regard to adding extra height to your fence we put trellis on the fence and then we added approx another 18 inches of trellis to the height of the fence. I have then grown pyracantha, climbing hydrangea, ivy, euonymus, roses, ceanosis. These provide the backbone of the climbers and most are everygreen. I have then grown more roses, honeysuckle, jasmine, clematis through these climbers and they give you the colour and scent in the summer. You will find that the plants grow to the top of the trellis and then keep supporting themselves another foot or so, especially the ivy and pyracantha and ceanosis.
I hope this has given you a few ideas Rose, It does take a good few years to get going, my garden is 12 years old now and I just keep adding more and more to it.
I will take a few pics of the garden now it is dying back so you can see the fence etc. It is raining here today but if a bit brighter tomorrow I will do it then.
Good luck with your planning, that is the exciting part I think. You could post a few pics so that I could have a look, I am always willing to give you any help,
Lavender Lady - I think you should have your own tv show! I'd love to follow you over a year to see how your garden changes and to pick your brains on how to get a lovely garden....and also to ask questions of Mr Lavender Lady as my other half needs tips on DIY in the garden. Such an inspiration. Thank you for sharing x
That did make me laugh Tootles. I would be no good on TV, I am quite shy and I hate to have my photo taken. Maybe we could get a Mr Lavender Lady DIY show instead.
Your garden is amazing. I love it. Whats tops it is - your cat in the acer pot - just gorgeous. It sayes to me - maybe one should bow and pray before it.
Thank you so much Lavender lady!! It sounds like we both have a love affair with Roses and lavender I have lots of David Austin climbers, and ramblers arriving soon, so i'm really excited about getting them in the ground, and watching them do their magic. Before and after pics also sound like a great idea. Im really pleased that you have chosen M. Alfred Carriere, Munstead wood, and Noisette, because my best friend has these in her garden too, and they are part of my collection yet to arrive. They are stunning. Your pics give such a different perspective to what I would like to achieve.
Tootles is right you should write a book!!!
Looks like Mr Rose man is going to be busy at the weekend putting up my Trellis
Can anyone also suggest any roses which would be good in a north east facing front garden...quite shady really. Ive chosen Zephrine Druhin, and Generous gardener...any ideas, i realise roses need at least 4-5 hrs of sunshine in summer, if not a rose, then a pretty shrub, or another climber that doesn't mind little sunshine.
I have been toying with the idea of giving up some of the lawn area to create something more interesting, but my wife is not so keen. I am pretty sure that if I show her what you have done here she will have me digging up turf by the weekend.
Here are a couple of pics I took today. They show the basic structure of the garden now a lot of the leaves have fallen and things have died back. Rose Lady you can see the trellis at the top of the fence and wall and how when it is covered in the summer months how much privacy it gives.
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Sorry Red Robin I don't know about Brown Gold, have never heard of it. I think you may need to put a post on the main forum and someone will defo have an anwer for you. I must say I always just use a general mutli purpose compost for all my cuttings etc and so far have been lucky. I have never taken cuttings from Red Robin though. Not sure this is the right time to do it. I have just taken seeds from my agapanthus and have planted into modules and put into unheated greenhouse, never tried to grow these from seed before always split them so finger crossed. Carol Klein has a brilliant book called 'Grow your own Garden' which explains all propagation in simple terms which I have found really helpful.
Good luck x
Thanks LL, I'll look into it in more detail before I go cutting.
Hello Lavender Lady.
Can you please tell me the names of your climbing roses are? and also the perenials you used in your garden. Also we also live in a modern house which overlooks neighbours. How can I create extra height onto my existing fence. It has no trellis at the moment.
Hi Rose Lady
My climbing roses are Madame Alfred Carriere - which is a beatiful cream/white rose which is growing on my brick wall to the side of the garden. It has a wonderful scent gets quite tall. I let it grow right above the trellis and it has strong stems which then grow to about another meter or so which gives excellent privacy. I cut it back early Jan/Feb to the top of my wall so that it can grow to the same height again. On my rose arch I have Paul Transon which is a pink rose (not very much scent) and this is a continuous flower, goes on and on most of the summer, (I do deadhead regularly). Rosa Noisette Carnee (blush Noisette) is on one side of the large pergola. This is over the area where we have our table and chairs and it has a beautiful musk scent which is lovely in the evenings. It is pretty small pink clusters of flowers and one of my favourites. James Galway is another pink very scented rose which is at the top of the garden in another area where we sit, although it only flowers twice a year. Veilchenblau is a purple rose on the small pergola and is a beautiful purple rose and has a lovely orange/vanilla scent. Swan Lake is a large shrub rose which I grow as a climber and grow up the side of the garage. I also have a rose from Peter Beales which I think is called Festival - it is also a large shrub rose which I grow up an obelisk and this is also a deep pink and has lovely scent. You will find that a lot of the large shrub roses can be grown as small climbers and are ideal for a small garden. If you go onto Peter Beales, David Austin websites and request a copy of their catalogues you can get a good look at the roses (something to do over the winter, curled up on the sofa). I am already looking to what I can buy for next year, don't know where to put them but I will find room. Mustead Wood is one that I will definately be buying. It is a lovely deep red/purple and has lovely scent. I rarely buy a rose without scent. We use our garden a lot in the evenings and it is full of scent. I have lots of perennials Rose Lady as I am always growing and buying plants. Lots of lavender, foxgloves, hardy geraniums, astrantia, veronicas (deep mauve and blues)echinops, euphorbia, hellebores, aster, lily of the valley. I could go on and on Rose Lady. They are all underplanted with bulbs, alliums are a real favourite of mine, Lady's mantle is another favourite it does self seed but it looks good with roses and pinks.
With regard to adding extra height to your fence we put trellis on the fence and then we added approx another 18 inches of trellis to the height of the fence. I have then grown pyracantha, climbing hydrangea, ivy, euonymus, roses, ceanosis. These provide the backbone of the climbers and most are everygreen. I have then grown more roses, honeysuckle, jasmine, clematis through these climbers and they give you the colour and scent in the summer. You will find that the plants grow to the top of the trellis and then keep supporting themselves another foot or so, especially the ivy and pyracantha and ceanosis.
I hope this has given you a few ideas Rose, It does take a good few years to get going, my garden is 12 years old now and I just keep adding more and more to it.
I will take a few pics of the garden now it is dying back so you can see the fence etc. It is raining here today but if a bit brighter tomorrow I will do it then.
Good luck with your planning, that is the exciting part I think. You could post a few pics so that I could have a look, I am always willing to give you any help,
That did make me laugh Tootles. I would be no good on TV, I am quite shy and I hate to have my photo taken. Maybe we could get a Mr Lavender Lady DIY show instead.
Thanks for your kind comments about the garden.
Your garden is amazing. I love it. Whats tops it is - your cat in the acer pot - just gorgeous. It sayes to me - maybe one should bow and pray before it.
Thank you so much Lavender lady!! It sounds like we both have a love affair with Roses and lavender
I have lots of David Austin climbers, and ramblers arriving soon, so i'm really excited about getting them in the ground, and watching them do their magic. Before and after pics also sound like a great idea. Im really pleased that you have chosen M. Alfred Carriere, Munstead wood, and Noisette, because my best friend has these in her garden too, and they are part of my collection yet to arrive. They are stunning. Your pics give such a different perspective to what I would like to achieve.
Tootles is right you should write a book!!!
Looks like Mr Rose man is going to be busy at the weekend putting up my Trellis
Can anyone also suggest any roses which would be good in a north east facing front garden...quite shady really. Ive chosen Zephrine Druhin, and Generous gardener...any ideas, i realise roses need at least 4-5 hrs of sunshine in summer, if not a rose, then a pretty shrub, or another climber that doesn't mind little sunshine.
Kel x
What a fantastic transformation!
I have been toying with the idea of giving up some of the lawn area to create something more interesting, but my wife is not so keen. I am pretty sure that if I show her what you have done here she will have me digging up turf by the weekend.
Very inspirational.
Duncan
Here are a couple of pics I took today. They show the basic structure of the garden now a lot of the leaves have fallen and things have died back. Rose Lady you can see the trellis at the top of the fence and wall and how when it is covered in the summer months how much privacy it gives.