Euphorbias. I don't get them. Nasty colours, invasive, harmful sap. What's to like?
I have about 35 roses spread around the garden, a mix or ramblers, climbers and shrubs. Doesn't take long to prune and feed them in spring or dead head when they need it. Bees love them. Flowers last ages. Great perfume and colours.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I Like roses I have about 6. No problems growing them on clay and at altitude. I do tend to agree with Verdun to a point. But the flowers are really beautiful that reason alone is why a keep them. There is lots of plant which don't flower for long and look a bit dull like one of my other favourites Lilys
I grow lilies in pots so they can be placed prominently when in flower and hidden away when they're over. Love the flowers and perfume but yes, all too short lived and not pretty afterwards.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I grew them in acid clay in Kent, won prizes in the village show, now they are in thin limestone in SW France. If they are well fed and watered they don't get too much disease.
I love roses, how could one not? Grasses are boring, I think most look like weeds, but roses are just gorgeous. My garden fills will the scent of them in May and June and they are coming out again now. I have about 80 of all sorts. I find the David Austin ones, even climbers, do well in pots as they need a bit of fussing over, extra food and water - but they are worth it for the scent and the colour. My roses must produce more flowers than any other plant in my garden, with possibly dahlias and clematis a close second. It's not garish as most of my plants are herbaceous perennials so not all out at once.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
If someone asked me to recommend a high maintenence shrub which was always getting some disease or other, would grow in any random direction other than what was wanted and had particularly sharp thorns, I could think of nothing more fitting than a rose.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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Euphorbias. I don't get them. Nasty colours, invasive, harmful sap. What's to like?
I have about 35 roses spread around the garden, a mix or ramblers, climbers and shrubs. Doesn't take long to prune and feed them in spring or dead head when they need it. Bees love them. Flowers last ages. Great perfume and colours.
I like Euphorbias as well, in fact how about Euphorbias underneath Roses?
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I Like roses I have about 6. No problems growing them on clay and at altitude. I do tend to agree with Verdun to a point. But the flowers are really beautiful that reason alone is why a keep them. There is lots of plant which don't flower for long and look a bit dull like one of my other favourites Lilys
Euphorbias though Yuck
I grow lilies in pots so they can be placed prominently when in flower and hidden away when they're over. Love the flowers and perfume but yes, all too short lived and not pretty afterwards.
if its not my altitude problem it must be they don't like acid soil.
I grew them in acid clay in Kent, won prizes in the village show, now they are in thin limestone in SW France. If they are well fed and watered they don't get too much disease.
I love roses, how could one not? Grasses are boring, I think most look like weeds, but roses are just gorgeous. My garden fills will the scent of them in May and June and they are coming out again now. I have about 80 of all sorts. I find the David Austin ones, even climbers, do well in pots as they need a bit of fussing over, extra food and water - but they are worth it for the scent and the colour. My roses must produce more flowers than any other plant in my garden, with possibly dahlias and clematis a close second. It's not garish as most of my plants are herbaceous perennials so not all out at once.
If someone asked me to recommend a high maintenence shrub which was always getting some disease or other, would grow in any random direction other than what was wanted and had particularly sharp thorns, I could think of nothing more fitting than a rose.
They don't have sharp thorns, and it's worth it.