I enjoy reading all the ideas and looking at the beautiful pictures that have been sent in over the years gone by.

Marion,

I am thinking of turfing out Apricot Nectar and Gold Bunny though I may have a go at grafting sea foam on those standards stems only trouble is they are 3ft and could be too short what do you think.

Jan your Garden sounds delightful as always good luck with the new ones.

Yes Michelle it is disapointing maybe people just cannot be bothered who knows, like you I dont post much now either especially on the Gallery but I do find that lots who post pics do not answer other posts, so I am doing the same and only reply to those that reply to mine now and maybe those others will get the message Cheers..MM.

MM it must be very tough with the bucket watering,
I think have a go at grafting...you are going to throw them out anyway and who knows..you may end up with a lovely standard!
Did you see my pic of First Prize on the gallery forum?
and yes ,I agree.If people post a pic and expect responses they should take the trouble to respond to others who post photos.
cheers
Michelle

I have ordered so far;
10 Europeanea to go along side either side of a stair way.
10 Golden Holsteins to go along a fence where I already have 4 climbing Sympathies.
20 assorted HT and FB for my cutting garden, mostly older types I am familiar with.

I am also getting ready to order 4 shrub type roses and a couple of climbers that Lozza has recommended.

Having fallen in love with the Red Pierre, I have redesigned things a little, will move a couple of roses and add an arbour as an entrance to my cutting garden and plant him there. Will have to wait for July to do this.

I have finished digging my holes and adding compost, so am ready for the roses when they come. This past week I have been adding a grass pathway, using plugs, between 2 long rows of roses.

I have a question.
I inherited a rose from a friend who could not remember what it was called. It has soft yellowish apricot flowers about 2" across old fashion looking (like an Austin), usually in small clusters. Growth is shrub like, to about 3 feet tall and around and is not weedy. It put on all this growth and bloom in spring and then has not bloomed again since nor has it grown at all. I thought it would go again this autumn but it has not. I dead headed only, feed/watered with all the other roses and it appears in good health.
Does this sound normal? Any ideas on how it should be pruned or perhaps should not be pruned? I am going to leave it where it is another year, but then will move it further out if it does not do more next year.
Deb

I recently got a lot of 8 foot tall log poles. I was considering sticking them straight up in the ground and growing roses up them, might look similar to what you are doing? Was not sure how it would look, do you have a picture of what you think yours will look like?

I also saw some old rusty garden gates, about 6 feet tall...was thinking of hanging them between two of the poles like a trellis and growing a rose up it. Maybe several in a row, to make sort of a wall of roses? Or perhaps a three sided box, with a bench inside? So many ideas...LOL

I got caught in the Big W rose section the day they were unpacking them, went in to buy some padlocks for our ports for the big trip and came out with 3 roses instead.
I bought a lovely New Dawn and hope it and the Graham Thomas and Leander like our climate up here, which can be a mite unforgiving to things that don't like it.

Sometimes I don't answer questions as I don't really know the answer but do enjoy reading the results from those who do answer, that is how we learn I guess.

Just think, this time next Saturday, at 5.45 a.m. our plane will have landed at Heathrow and we will be doing the "get out of there thing" and going to the B&B we are staying at and heading for the Chelsea flower show, 10 minutes walk away.

I must contact Lozza and order the Lamargue I want, to be here when I come back.

Marion

Marion do have a wonderful trip, got plenty of memory cards for that camera and I will for one be looking forward to seeing those pics on the Gallery and I WILL reply to them, Marion I don't think it is the questions so much that we mind not getting a answer too, its the time and effort put into cropping resizing uploading the photo's and no one answers. I never answer posts when I don't know either but I often reply saying I don't know and wish them luck that's better than seeing a post sit up on top with no reply for many weeks. Chelsea should be fantastic just hope you are not too tired to enjoy it...

Safe journey Marion for you and Henry;
And looking forward to hearing all about it when you come back... Cheers..MM.

Ashmeri...are you going to Chelsea? Oh....how wonderful.I hope you have a really fantastic time and it would be great if you could post some pics!
Going to Chelsea is on my wishlist...I doubt that I will ever get there,who knows, we may win Tatts and over I go.:))
cheers
Michelle

Bought 2 Double Delights at Big W and have ordered a Peter Frankenfeld... these are to go in my 'bright' bed.

Also ordered a Spirit of Peace and 2 Amoretto which will join Elena in my 'pale'bed.

I already have a Pierre de Ronsard in a pot that is to go against a wall and like some others on the forum I have also ordered a Red Pierre. Wonder if Treloars will run out of R.P. this year?

I expect someone will know approx when do Treloars send their roses? I'm abit worried because we are going away for most of July and would like to have everything in the ground by then.

I am in the middle of transplanting again yesterday I dug up my Gold Bunny and La Sevillana and put it in the new Garden bed and I am now removing and replanting the ground cover roses Red bassino has just gone in and and sea foam is sitting on the shovel (only came in for a drink of water) still got to do Pink bassino and My rosy carpet,

Tomorrow the ones in the pots are going into the ground and I am transplanting all the mini ones.....Cheers..MM.

Can someone tell me how to post a picture. I have read the instructions but still am confused.

Deb

Good luck with your cuttings,

Mine are still in bloom too but a girls gota do what a girls gota do and I wont wait for anything us Aries are like that this is the second time I have transplanted the two standards in 10 days. You see I make the new rose bed even longer so dug them up again and moved them further apart that way I have room for those four ground covers ones as they need so much room but I may have to remove more of the lawn so I can fit the mini's in. I am scratched to pieces though I often wonder why the most beautiful flowers have thorns it does not deter the caterpillars so what purpose do they serve..Cheers...MM.

Rosalie.... My goodness...I would be in rose heaven when they all bloom.Very nice selection there.

juliaf..... I have heard that DAs Golden Celebration is good for a hedging rose.Im not sure where I heard that so I could be wrong.

It seems I not alone..I havent bought any new ones for this season because I have no room.:((
Once we clear an area at the front ,I will have some more space but I have roses in containers all ready to go in there:)

MM.....I have finally seen the Parade roses I have been looking for for ages after you posted about them.They are a nice rose...I saw them in Kmart Garden centre.
My roses are so much in need of a prune...I cant wait to get in there and tidy them up.
I have some bulbs shooting already..I am really excited to see how they turn out.
cheers
Michelle

YIPPEE I will be very glad when it is finished as I am so weary the soil is that hard and compacted and I have to dig a litle bit then carry buckets of water to put in the holes when it soaks in I dig the soft soil out I put more water in then I dig more out and do it all over again and why all because I planted Renae and thought it would look better if it had more colour around it so another 16 roses I have moved this week.

I think I am getting too old for this I pictured myself as a lady of leisure with a flower basket in my hand full of beautiful blooms and someone else would do all the hard work *Dreams * It should look good in the late Spring though....Cheers..MM