of the old roses, Mme Alfred Carrière may be a bit of a mouthful but is a beautiful climber!
Many thanks to you both!I will build several compost bins, shortly...Under my chestnut - where I think many years of grass had been...
Thasnk for your ideas.I agree it's a Gallica no doubt, but it's all pink, in various tones, verging on purple etc at times, but no white,...
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7161/6703003635_90b6d3ff7d_z.jpg - HPIM0419 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!This is my family rose, so to speak....
and if they don't want it - or if I don't have any (don't tell my daughter) - I'll compost it - can't rot any slower than my ample supply of oak...
well, they were in the garden when i bought it - one of them does look a bit misshapen and bare - I'll see how it looks in summer but it might be...
Good question!I don't know - one of the many things I haven't thought enough about so far.Probably at least partly to hay as I certainly...
Devon isn't up north obv. but the garden and in particular the plain green pittosporum is in quite a windy spot - 500 ft up - so that may explain...
My new garden in Devon is quite large and what goes under the name of lawn is in large parts more like a field - more buttercups than grass and...
MuckbootsJust bought a pair of Muckboots for winter gardening etc - Devon can be quite muddy.. - and am very happy witt them so far
ID shrubds - question markAgree on the species of cruse, and on the whole bow to your greater experience but must say that several of the...
ID Shrubs - thank youThank you all - also for the speedy reply
In my new garden - well previous owners haven't gardened much - there are several heaps of cut grass from lawn mowers that have not decomposed...
Can anyone help identify these three shrubs in my new garden - Devon! All photos taken on 2 January - but they are not evergreen, I think....
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