In Nov 2022, having given much consideration to numerous possible climbing & rambling roses with which to clothe the new lower pergola extension,...
Careful there @Golarne. It looks just like my front border, more than once I've rolled off it over the wall and into the street... Working on...
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Interesting overall views taken whilst netting top of pergola in September. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
First thing I would do is cut the lawn. Always help make the garden look much better and gives you a motivational lift. Next. Is your Dogwood...
And pergola during same period: May: Generous Gardener beginning to clothe the upper pergola [ATTACH][ATTACH] June: Toyah responding beautifully...
Rose bed established and filled out well in 2nd year in 2022. May: Roses heavily budded by mid May [ATTACH] First blooms beginning to break by...
My mental image of the rose garden redevelopment was loosely formed around an idea to create a floriferous enclosure surrounding the patio seating...
An early stage in my redevelopment was relocation of my grasses. This is what became of them. Sept 21 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Feb 22 [ATTACH] Mar 22...
April 22. Good strong new growth on roses. Pergola bed. In it's first year GG produced one 3m long main cane already trained over pergola roof...
Good morning @wiseowl, many thanks for that.
Over the autumn/winter of 21/22 I added 2 more David Austin bare roots into the rose bed border, Desdemona & Lady Emma Hamilton, and this existing...
Thank you @Sheal, It has.
Hello again @lizzie27, nice to see you here. The good stuff is coming, promise. It's taking a while to go through all my photo's and condense what...
Pergola bed 2021. May. Falstaff (Rhs); Generous Gardener (pergola centre post), An own root cutting from existing pink shrub rose ID unknown)...
During 2021 the roses established themselves well and produced a limited display of flowers. Within the main rose bed, to complement my chosen...
@Michael Hewett I do like that Loropetalum. Would work well in my red border. Does it retain that foliage colour all season?
Thank you @Golarne, for the kind compliment. It's an interesting exercise, to review and attempt to summarise changes that have been made over the...
As a complete rose novice (and only rudimentary gardening knowledge generally) the array of roses available, the different types, classifications...
Thanks @amancalledgeorge, @Sheal Hard work indeed. As the only access is via the one single gate between house and garage, it was all hand dug...
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