Contemplating my garden - Rose pics on Page 6

[Reinbeau]

Oh, Hattie, I had a lovely Louise Odier rose, but it was in that streetside garden and it succumbed to the road salt. I am doing a remove and replace of the soil out there where I'm planting roses, and plan on erecting protection for them from the road salt this coming winter. I will have roses out there, and they will flourish, or I will die trying - well, almost

What a lovely garden that is, thank you again for a wonderful link!

 

[vfem]

Can I see a close up of the mulch?! I'm not finding a photo of the stuff online... the brown looks awesome, I just want to see the texture better?! The artist in me coming out through landscaping!!!

 

[Reinbeau]

Can I see a close up of the mulch?! I'm not finding a photo of the stuff online... the brown looks awesome, I just want to see the texture better?! The artist in me coming out through landscaping!!!

How's this?

And just because I promised, here are the first Rosa Mundi blooms:

I do wish that wasn't a once-bloomer, it's so sweet!

 

[karanleaf]

Oh those are Soo Beautiful row I love them Thanks for sharing

:happy_flower Karan

 

[Hattie the Hen]

Hi Ann

I love" Rosa Mundi" -- I had it in my last garden but found it a bit feeble (lovely smell though! I see yours has problems on it's leaves -- do you know what caused it? I have "Ferdinand Pichard" now as a near substitute -- It's pink & crimson striped with a bit of white & smells heavenly. It is out now & embracing "Albertine", both of them are moving towards my "Maiden's Blush".

I have a long path which runs in a straight line from my kitchen door to my back gate & I have planted it with some of my favourite roses & clematis. It also divides my woodland garden from the area where my raised vegetable beds are. It's also the best path for the wheelbarrow & heavy loads as it's paved (the others are large pebbles). Along this I erected a series of tall, very simple arches, more like door-frames, made of 4"x 4"painted the same blue as the wooden barn. A lot of the roses etc make their way up these & over to the otherside. They are gradually moving into the woodland area. I tend to buy the climbing or rambling versions of the varieties I grow because I like that romping look -- to me it's like living in fairyland!

I'm lucky as roses seem to love my soil & of course we have the right weather (most of the time, anyway) for them. This last very cold winter seems to have done them a lot of good -- I've hardly seen an aphid on them -- just a couple of greenfly about a month ago -- which I flushed off with the hose while watering. Nothing since although my neighbours seem
to be constantly spraying with chemicals..........!

The only other nasties I've seen were a few blackfly on the tops of my broad-beans so I nipped the tops off & they haven't come back. The beans are delicious & still producing more pods. They seem to be much taller this year. I'm 5' 4" & they are topping me. I've been snacking on them in the garden --gardener's perks!!

I think your gardens are looking wonderful; everything looks so neat & tidy & so well thought out. You can see all the love & knowledge that has gone in to it -- CONGRATULATIONS :bouquet


:rose Hattie :rose

 

[Reinbeau]

Hattie, we have lots of problems with roses here. That rose hadn't been sprayed with the organically approved insecticidal soap I usually use, so the aphids had really gotten to it. If I keep up with spraying the damage is usually minimal. Just the other day I found a rose chafer on my Rose de Rescht, that was pinched dead! I have yet to see a single rose growing around here that is truly 'carefree' except for those lovely but scentless Knockout roses you see everywhere now. I just have to be vigilant and I use nothing harsh, but I do have to spray.

I'll have to look for Ferdinand, he looks nice, although he gets quite a bit bigger than Rosa Mundi.

Now, I have to ask, what's up with the camera? I thought you had one but hadn't learned to use it? If I win the lottery I'll fly over there and teach you! We need to see your gardens!! I love masses of rambling roses, they just don't do that around here, our winters are far too harsh...as I've said, I do so envy you your climate. I know what the gardens look like over there, many of us can only dream, the only thing that comes close is the Pacific Northwest, I think.

 

[Southern Gardener]

Now, I have to ask, what's up with the camera? I thought you had one but hadn't learned to use it? If I win the lottery I'll fly over there and teach you! We need to see your gardens!! I love masses of rambling roses, they just don't do that around here, our winters are far too harsh...as I've said, I do so envy you your climate. I know what the gardens look like over there, many of us can only dream, the only thing that comes close is the Pacific Northwest, I think.

YES! What Ann said - we must see pictures of Fairyland! I'd probably die of envy.

 

[Southern Gardener]

Ann, I love that mulch. I was reading up on it last night and unfortunately it said it toxic to dogs and my dufus lab eats everything she can wrap her lips around. I've never seen it sold here.

 

[Reinbeau]

Yea, it's toxic to dogs especially if they have a high chocolate reaction. I had one lab who could eat Hersey bars by the dozens, but it would have killed my basset hound. There's a leash law around here, and I have no dog, so I'm going with it. You usually have to ask for it, my nursery doesn't display it, but they have it. I could have gone with buckwheat hulls, they're lovely, too, but at $18.99 a 2 cubic foot bag it would have cost me $150 to mulch the garden, and I don't have that kind of cash!!

 

[Hattie the Hen]

Hi Ann

I thought you might enjoy this link by another woman who obviously enjoys contemplating her garden. It is the very essence of an English Garden.

http://myenglishcountrygarden.wordpress.com/


I thought your foxgloves are beautiful & I'm very jealous.......!!

:rose Hattie :rose