I'm looking forward to it even more now! Only saw a picture of it at the GC but liked what I saw. I previously had a 'Leaping Salmon' rose on the opposite corner of the Pergola, it grew well but the flowers were always scrappy, petals going brown before the flowers had fully opened so I've disposed of it, planted a Wisteria in its place and the Pilgrim at the other end.
I've only just started growing roses.I need a few more yet. I've grown Rosa rugosa from seed this year and they're really growing away. I think theyll do well on the poorer soil.
What a beautiful rose that is John and I understand your frustrations with discovering bare roots in a pot-plant. I had a similar experience when I bought my white rose, that fell out of its much larger pot with the tiniest root system I have ever seen. I gave it two seasons worth of TLC in the pot before it went in the ground.
I have to admit that buying plants from my local DIY centre is not really the best choice or standard of plant. Sadly, nurseries (which I can't get to or even the regular and more expensive GC (which I rarely get to ) still produce a much higher quality plant in its correctly sized pot and raring to grow.
Wintersong, i find it is best to buy online and have my plants delivered as i have no transport and the only other alternative is buying on coach trips and risking having the plants put in the hold. But i do buy from specialists and the biggest plant i cam afford if it is not something i can grow from seed like a special rose. Cuttings are easy if you have a willing donor.
I have been feeling guilty about not taking time to enlarge on irises so TY Fairygirl. There are so many species of iris that there are whole books devoted to them, some beautifully illustrated, available at the library. My year starts with the bulbous ones which are very small with large heads -- Iris reticulata varieties mostly, Iris unguiculatis is a little igger and flowers in Bristol from months on end from November onwards, right through winter and spring. You probably know our native yellow Iris pseudocorus which resides in bogs and ponds all over the country and therelots of other species that like boggy conditions. The bearded irises love to bake in the sun and there are whole nurseries devoted to growing those in their many varieties. I saw a lovely Iris japonica in the Bristol botanic garden yesterday which has smaller flowers than the normal big ones. It is white so the sun being out the pic is not so good, but worth seening the difference. its strappy leaves are taller than the flower stems, a bit like Iris unguiculatis.
I bought this Clematis as a Vyvyan Pennell but whatever it is it sure isn't that! Can anyone ID it? Thought maybe happymarion might know at Bristol Botanics???
Ahh, John. We do not have many varieties of clematis at the Botanic garden as we have four specific lines of botanical education illustrated there - native and rare local plants, Plants that grow in Mediterranean type climates, useful plants and the evolution of plants. The garden is unique in that being the youngest University Botanic garden (built in 2005 from the plants in the old Brackenhill site) it was designed as a beautiful garden and as an amenity for the people of Bristol. It does have beautiful "Rooms" like the Pollination garden and the Bog Garden and lake but the clematis you would find would be climbing over the verandah in the Chinese Herbal garden (White flowered Clematis chinensis) or climbing the house walls. Try googling a specialist clematis grower and put the colour of your plant in the search engine.
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It is scented, but it's light and delicate.
I'm looking forward to it even more now! Only saw a picture of it at the GC but liked what I saw. I previously had a 'Leaping Salmon' rose on the opposite corner of the Pergola, it grew well but the flowers were always scrappy, petals going brown before the flowers had fully opened so I've disposed of it, planted a Wisteria in its place and the Pilgrim at the other end.
I've only just started growing roses.I need a few more yet. I've grown Rosa rugosa from seed this year and they're really growing away. I think theyll do well on the poorer soil.
In the sticks near Peterborough
What a beautiful rose that is John and I understand your frustrations with discovering bare roots in a pot-plant. I had a similar experience when I bought my white rose, that fell out of its much larger pot with the tiniest root system I have ever seen. I gave it two seasons worth of TLC in the pot before it went in the ground.
I have to admit that buying plants from my local DIY centre is not really the best choice or standard of plant. Sadly, nurseries (which I can't get to or even the regular and more expensive GC (which I rarely get to ) still produce a much higher quality plant in its correctly sized pot and raring to grow.
Wintersong, i find it is best to buy online and have my plants delivered as i have no transport and the only other alternative is buying on coach trips and risking having the plants put in the hold. But i do buy from specialists and the biggest plant i cam afford if it is not something i can grow from seed like a special rose. Cuttings are easy if you have a willing donor.
I have been feeling guilty about not taking time to enlarge on irises so TY Fairygirl. There are so many species of iris that there are whole books devoted to them, some beautifully illustrated, available at the library. My year starts with the bulbous ones which are very small with large heads -- Iris reticulata varieties mostly, Iris unguiculatis is a little igger and flowers in Bristol from months on end from November onwards, right through winter and spring. You probably know our native yellow Iris pseudocorus which resides in bogs and ponds all over the country and therelots of other species that like boggy conditions. The bearded irises love to bake in the sun and there are whole nurseries devoted to growing those in their many varieties. I saw a lovely Iris japonica in the Bristol botanic garden yesterday which has smaller flowers than the normal big ones. It is white so the sun being out the pic is not so good, but worth seening the difference. its strappy leaves are taller than the flower stems, a bit like Iris unguiculatis.
Hi all,
I bought this Clematis as a Vyvyan Pennell but whatever it is it sure isn't that! Can anyone ID it? Thought maybe happymarion might know at Bristol Botanics???
Possibly Lincoln Star?
John H
JH, gtreat photos
Ahh, John. We do not have many varieties of clematis at the Botanic garden as we have four specific lines of botanical education illustrated there - native and rare local plants, Plants that grow in Mediterranean type climates, useful plants and the evolution of plants. The garden is unique in that being the youngest University Botanic garden (built in 2005 from the plants in the old Brackenhill site) it was designed as a beautiful garden and as an amenity for the people of Bristol. It does have beautiful "Rooms" like the Pollination garden and the Bog Garden and lake but the clematis you would find would be climbing over the verandah in the Chinese Herbal garden (White flowered Clematis chinensis) or climbing the house walls. Try googling a specialist clematis grower and put the colour of your plant in the search engine.
I don't know what it is John, but it is beautiful
...have a look at Clematis 'Carnaby' and see if it's that one...