I live in Cornwall and some of the most impressive, floriforous and large specimens are ones I see in gardens - I imagine they are quite an age though!
I enjoyed all the gardening programmes, even when I'm criticising them! Loved the roses and Rachel did visit David Austin too. I, too, had seen some of the gardens before. I said to OH that Joe Swift made a mistake about Virginia Creeper. The one he showed was the better behaved one. The true VC has divided leaves and here it is a pest. The No. 1 in best gardens, all weather, had too many evergreen shrubs clipped into neat shapes for my liking and not enough flowers. But people all have different tastes.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I have just moved my Gertrude, Yvie, so glad to see your's is doing well. Mine was planted too close to a lilac years ago, which is what I do when I get excited!
Agapanthus experts seem to differ over whether crowding is good or not. My oldest and most congested pots are beginning to lose their flower power, and if they don't do as well this year I may hack them out and start again. I may need and axe.
I will always grow them in pots though. I bring the evergreen ones inside in winter and cover the deciduous types to keep dryish.
I moved loads of roses last year Woody, in the middle of summer. But they are all doing fine, I'll just have to wait and see if they flower as well this year or whether they take a year to establish.
Agree about David Austin roses. I did not think that roses fitted in with my borders, but they seem to look much more natural, and their repeat flowering means they earn their keep a lot better.
Any gardening programme is better than none, gives me something to do on these wet miserable days.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
busy-Lizzie , that's what I disliked about the No 1 garden, Hubby said he liked to prune things to look natural, I find the opposite to be true, don't prune and then they always look natural. The " woodland" bit at the back was much nicer, but still a bit too cluttered
As has been said, any gardening programme is better than none. I've recorded last nights Revival to watch later.
I have watched and enjoyed both, mostly cos they're on in January when my garden high in the Pennines is usually either a sodden wasteland not safe to walk on, or a frozen arctic snowscape! I agree about the itchy fingers though and the repeat views of some places. I felt that they were a bit unsure of their purpose - we didn't get much specific information on the range of the plants or that many close up views but they had to tell us every time how to dig a hole or prune the thing, much less inspiring!
I reckon my garden, if not impossible is definitely challenging and I have to say I love the old roses. It is hard to grow roses here and I have tried and lost a good number of shrub roses and DA ones too but the old ones just keep on going, and because our summers up here are generally cool and shorter than down on the plain the flowering period doesn't seem that short either. I have rugosas, Maiden's Blush, Louise Odier and Rosa Mundi in the borders and rosa moyesii, Gypsy Boy (Zigeuner Knabe)and Dentelle de Malines growing in grass and they have all flowered for upwards of 20 years with the absolute minimum of attention, no sprays and without succumbing to blackspot. And the greenfinches come in flocks to eat the hips on the rugosas!
Watched Alan again last night. Again, two gardens I had seen elsewhere on TV before. The chap who had the organic veg garden (Monty inspected his tomatoes last year I believe) and the garden at the B&B (which was stunning) - also on GW programme in the last 18 months or so I think.
Am enjoying the programme but would have thought that, however fantastic the gardens they chose were, the researchers would have selected gardens which havent been shown on TV or in magazines before from the hundreds of entries they say they received. Have counted five previously featured gardens over two programmes so far!
... I have rugosas, Maiden's Blush, Louise Odier and Rosa Mundi in the borders and rosa moyesii, Gypsy Boy (Zigeuner Knabe)and Dentelle de Malines growing in grass and they have all flowered for upwards of 20 years with the absolute minimum of attention...
...difficult conditions for you.... I hope you will be able to share some photos with us, of these roses, come the summer.... I should very much like to see them...
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I live in Cornwall and some of the most impressive, floriforous and large specimens are ones I see in gardens - I imagine they are quite an age though!
I enjoyed all the gardening programmes, even when I'm criticising them! Loved the roses and Rachel did visit David Austin too. I, too, had seen some of the gardens before. I said to OH that Joe Swift made a mistake about Virginia Creeper. The one he showed was the better behaved one. The true VC has divided leaves and here it is a pest. The No. 1 in best gardens, all weather, had too many evergreen shrubs clipped into neat shapes for my liking and not enough flowers. But people all have different tastes.
I have just moved my Gertrude, Yvie, so glad to see your's is doing well. Mine was planted too close to a lilac years ago, which is what I do when I get excited!
Agapanthus experts seem to differ over whether crowding is good or not. My oldest and most congested pots are beginning to lose their flower power, and if they don't do as well this year I may hack them out and start again. I may need and axe.
I will always grow them in pots though. I bring the evergreen ones inside in winter and cover the deciduous types to keep dryish.
I moved loads of roses last year Woody, in the middle of summer
. But they are all doing fine, I'll just have to wait and see if they flower as well this year or whether they take a year to establish.
Agree about David Austin roses. I did not think that roses fitted in with my borders, but they seem to look much more natural, and their repeat flowering means they earn their keep a lot better.
Any gardening programme is better than none, gives me something to do on these wet miserable days.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
busy-Lizzie , that's what I disliked about the No 1 garden, Hubby said he liked to prune things to look natural, I find the opposite to be true, don't prune and then they always look natural. The " woodland" bit at the back was much nicer, but still a bit too cluttered
As has been said, any gardening programme is better than none. I've recorded last nights Revival to watch later.
I have watched and enjoyed both, mostly cos they're on in January when my garden high in the Pennines is usually either a sodden wasteland not safe to walk on, or a frozen arctic snowscape! I agree about the itchy fingers though and the repeat views of some places. I felt that they were a bit unsure of their purpose - we didn't get much specific information on the range of the plants or that many close up views but they had to tell us every time how to dig a hole or prune the thing, much less inspiring!
I reckon my garden, if not impossible is definitely challenging and I have to say I love the old roses. It is hard to grow roses here and I have tried and lost a good number of shrub roses and DA ones too but the old ones just keep on going, and because our summers up here are generally cool and shorter than down on the plain the flowering period doesn't seem that short either. I have rugosas, Maiden's Blush, Louise Odier and Rosa Mundi in the borders and rosa moyesii, Gypsy Boy (Zigeuner Knabe)and Dentelle de Malines growing in grass and they have all flowered for upwards of 20 years with the absolute minimum of attention, no sprays and without succumbing to blackspot. And the greenfinches come in flocks to eat the hips on the rugosas!
Watched Alan again last night. Again, two gardens I had seen elsewhere on TV before. The chap who had the organic veg garden (Monty inspected his tomatoes last year I believe) and the garden at the B&B (which was stunning) - also on GW programme in the last 18 months or so I think.
Am enjoying the programme but would have thought that, however fantastic the gardens they chose were, the researchers would have selected gardens which havent been shown on TV or in magazines before from the hundreds of entries they say they received. Have counted five previously featured gardens over two programmes so far!
Yes, I keep getting flashes of deja vu
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
...difficult conditions for you.... I hope you will be able to share some photos with us, of these roses, come the summer.... I should very much like to see them...
best wishes,...