Hello dear rose friends … hope you enjoyed a magnificent
AUSTRALIA DAY … we are all so very lucky to live in this great country where we enjoy peace and freedom; space in our gardens and the most glorious environment – let’s be happy with what we have!
The morning light has been magical for taking photos of the roses … here are a few…
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THE GOLDEN CHILD
– a most impressively healthy shrub which flowers continually with the brightest, most stunning yellow clusters of fragrant blooms
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JARDINS DE BAGATELLE
– almost certainly my most favourite Hybrid Tea rose … very free flowering and the most heavenly fragrance on a sturdy bush which, when continually pruned, produces an abundance of blooms for vases in our home
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APRICOT NECTAR
– should be planted as a group for a most stunning display of delightfully fragrant blooms in amazing abundance … if a mass planting of continual flowers from season start to end is your requirement, this is a beauty!
GRA’S GARBLE …
I’ve planted pumpkins, melons, corn, the tomatoes are almost fruiting and I’m loving the compost heap because it delivers all the fabulous nutrients those plants need to produce their ‘fruits’ – we’ve been harvesting apples which are suitable for Diana to produce ‘applemoes’ (Dutch for stewed apples) … yummy with ice-cream or yoghurt as dessert or any time of the day! Peaches and nectarines we are eating straight from the trees … too deliciously messy to bring into the house!
Because of regular deep soaking, my pear and nachi trees are producing abundant fruit which will be ripe in a few weeks – it’s most important that you water the garden CONSISTENTLY … yes, it is about quantity but very much more importantly, it is about regular and consistent!
Flowers and vegetables which are conditioned to regular deep watering will be highly productive, sweet and very edible!
Q. How many grandmas does it take to change a light bulb? A. TWO … one to change the bulb, one to go on about how much better bulbs were in the old days!
Enjoy your garden during this most delightfully beautiful summer – I’ll be doing seminars on ‘all about roses’ soon – stay posted for the dates … Gra
PLANNING A ROSE GARDEN …
Now is the time to get out and about with your camera and ‘sniffer’ to decide which roses you want to plant this coming winter … here’s a typical line up of roses during a recent consultancy for a new rose garden …
“Life can never be dull if you are prepared to think of others as they can always give you something that you will never be able to give yourself …”
Happy gardening as we plough through the last month of summer …
~ Cheers from Diana, Graham & Mooi who loves the chickens at Clonbinane
