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FiFi LaFeles

FiFi LaFeles

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The one along the back fence (behind the fountain) is Etoile de Hollande; highly scented, good disease resistance but a very prolific grower so needs a lot of pruning in Autumn to stop it taking over!

The rose bushes around my garden are pretty much the first things I planted when I moved here over 15 years ago so I'm afraid I can't remember the names of the others! But I always choose them to be highly scented and repeat flowering.

I "inherited" a Gertrude Jeykll which was in a bad way but a year of loving care paid off, it's always the first to bloom now. Although mine is prone to powdery mildew.

I'm a big fan of Roses, they're so easy to grow and care for and the scent and colour is priceless.
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02-Oct-2020 09:51:43

Megycal
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We have several roses and a climbing rose called Compassion. Imo a rose isn't worth planting if it doesn't have a scent. We've got 3 bushes that were here when we moved in and we planted the climber. The others I know the names of are Margaret Merrill ( sp? ) which is a creamy white with a delicate fragrance, Just Joey which is peachy orange with a medium scent and my favourite...William Shakespeare which is deep red, has many petals and smells lovely. For some reason they smell stronger when its warm and sunny.
Black Spot is a problem here, even "disease resistant" varieties get it. I tried underplanting with lavender to reduce soil splashing up ( contains black spot spores? ) when it rains but it hasn't helped much.

02-Oct-2020 11:27:19

FiFi LaFeles

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Spookily, I was listening to Jeremy Vine in the car on my way shopping and his guest was the Head guy who looks after all the trees at Kew Gardens. He was saying that since the Clean Air Act (and successive national and local pollution initiatives), the level of sulphur in the air has dramatically decreased.

That's good news for us but bad news for trees and plants apparently since sulphur has a restrictive effect on common plant diseases like mildew, black spot, rust etc. Who'd have thought it, eh?

I spray mine mid Spring and again mid Summer and it seems to avert the worst of it. I know spraying is frowned upon but I do get up at the crack of dawn (literally) so as to avoid bees and other pollinators.

@Megycal
I've got a Margaret Merril too, a lovely cool contrast to the flaming reds and oranges I tend to favour.
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02-Oct-2020 14:06:27

Megycal
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Black spot has been a problem ever since we moved in over 30 years ago! :O We were told by a local nursery that its due to the air being fairly clean here. Hubby used to spray them but hasn't bothered for a few years. The roses are the only plants in our garden that he recognises. Lol. I once took him to show him a new plant I'd put in because the leaves were similar to a weed. I said "this is a plant, not a weed!" A few weeks later I found he'd pulled it up anyway. O_o *sigh*

02-Oct-2020 18:45:33

Haukur

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Fifi, do you use neem oil on your roses? When I see the first sign of powdery mildew, they get treated with neem oil. Very very effective and eco friendly too. Don't ever think the reason I am peaceful is because I do not know how to be violent.
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02-Oct-2020 19:51:30

FiFi LaFeles

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I don't! I've only recently begun hearing about it and I'm oblivious to the oil to water ratio and/or how effective it is, how often to use it and so on. It's something I was going to look into over the course of this Winter as I do like to at least try and minimise the amount of chemicals I use.

It made me smile when I first heard the name - it made me think of the Neem Drupe we use in Runescape in the Polypore Dungeon .... I had no idea it was actually 'a thing' :)
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02-Oct-2020 22:26:22

Megycal
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FiFi LaFeles said :

It made me smile when I first heard the name - it made me think of the Neem Drupe we use in Runescape in the Polypore Dungeon .... I had no idea it was actually 'a thing' :)

Same here. I thought it was a made up name.

04-Oct-2020 11:01:51

Brigantia

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I had one of those when I was a kid, I had NO idea what to do with it and they did die not too awful long after we got it. It was a shame, they look really cool!

I've always enjoyed vegetable gardens, and I kept one a few times when I was growing up. I can't wait to do that again.

Currently, I have a mini forest with a few succulents and some other bits that I'm trying to grow. Fiance acquired a goodybox that included a habanero growing kit, so I decided to give that a go. So far, we've got a couple of sprouts and they're doing well.

Last week I finally managed to get ahold of a rosemary plant, and we got some pots that came with herb seeds so I'm attempting to grow thyme and some lemon seeds we got from a lemon.

I don't know if the lemon will sprout, I just wanted to try it lol

It's the next best thing considering we can't have pets rn. And now we can finally work on our rosemary tree!

Update: Thyme is already sprouting! AHHHH

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04-Oct-2020 11:44:10 - Last edited on 04-Oct-2020 12:56:34 by Brigantia

FiFi LaFeles

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Dry today so got out and did a few jobs - a bit of light pruning and some jet-washing but mainly dealing with the accursed Hedge Bindweed which has somehow infiltrated my garden over the last five years.

I've been battling it with hoeing, digging, poisoning (where possible) once a month all this time but it keeps re-appearing ..... grrr!

It's mega difficult to rid oneself of it once it appears *weeps*
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05-Oct-2020 16:36:35

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