Well, it’s planted. Was a bit of trial and error to find a spot without a major root in the way but finally found. It’s has a good watering and...
We have several ants nest in or greenhouse. There seems to be more than usual in there this year, probably avoiding the rain like the rest of us....
I thought we might not get any flowers this year but it is smothered in buds with just a few open to tease us with the scent. I will make sure we...
I never spray them with anything. Some years they have little if any blackspot, some years it may be worse on one or another rose. It’s part of...
We’ve just had a beautiful rose Francis E Lester delivered from Peter Beales, Father’s Day present for OH. He wants to train it to grow into our...
Geranium macrorrhizum are good in shade as well. Also Liriope muscari, aster divariaticus, hellebores, Hakonechloa, Heuchera and Welsh poppies
Tottering by Gently is a lovely rose, lots of flowers constantly and a lovely gentle scent, also ver6 good large orange hips if you stop...
I think they’re on a city break visiting us @Jiffy :scratch:
I’ve also stopped worrying about blackspot. In my experience it fluctuates from one year to the next, regardless of whether I remove or clear away...
Prayer? There is a proper tool for getting weeds out from between slabs. I can’t recall what it’s called but if you Google patio weeding tool it...
We’ve had a run of chilly days and already had the heating on briefly each evening to take the chill off. We had about 8 days of glorious weather...
You could use wires maybe? but if metal the roof could get quite hot in sunny weather which could affect the rose
Artificial grass professionally installed is usually laid on a level base of sand (sometimes with a hardcore sub-base). Using just membrane can...
It does spread but I find it easy to pull up. I let it grow through my main border, it doesn’t seem to smother anything just pops up through the...
Is that years or, given the post just before yours, rats @On the Levels ?
I think @Punkdoc mentioned growing poppies in modules, I was trying to find it too as thought I would make a note to give it a go next year.
Nothing today as I need to do some work and some housework. Typically it’s a bright sunny day. I suspect the latter may as usual fall off the...
I absolutely love a copper beech tree but not a fan as hedging. It’s a marvellous colour but even a small expanse of it seems to absorb the light,...
Mot a problem here either, in fact they are quite reticent :dunno:
I had t thought of that :)
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