Tag Archives: #roses
Rose bed evolution over 2 years
Summer is trying to arrive!
Unseasonably cold still but in dinner gardens with warm microclimates the roses are out!
Thursday jobs
Resilience of plants
I hate that word “resilience” – it’s THE word of the noughties , from schools to government – used to justify hard times and “praising” people for their “resilience”. However when it comes to plants , that is where you see true resilience. I transplanted a very old rose bush (25 years old) as itContinue reading “Resilience of plants”
Roses
This is a branch of an old rose (over 20 years old) which has old bare branches with most of the new growth coming at the end of the branches. In February I cut a notch with a sharp knife just above a bud (swollen point on the branch) Now at the beginning of AprilContinue reading “Roses”
