UK Inherited an old overgrown rose garden
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Comments (7)It looks like someone cared a lot about the garden and then no one did anymore. It is really sad. The roses look pretty good despite the neglect. I hope some rosy gardeners find it again someday and bring it back to its former glory. Maybe if you posted the name of the town someone living nearby will be motivated to go and tend it?...See More*Favorite Rose Gardens in UK?*
Comments (4)I'm new to the forums too.Perhaps this is not too late for your next holiday. Go to The Abbey Gardens in Malmesbury in the west of England, on the edge of the Cotswolds. You will get the chance to visit a delightful small market town; the Abbey is a grand ruin, with some wonderful architectural features still preserved, and stands at the top of the hill. Right beside it and going down the back of the hillside, the new owners of the Manor, I forget their name but you may see them as they are passionate about their garden, have planted a huge number of roses as well as perennials, clematis, herbs etc. Most of the roses have name labels on them, which I like....See MoreRose Garden at the UK Arboretum (Lexington, KY)
Comments (5)This is the lovely view when entering from the Fragrant Garden. The plants in front of the split rail are various peonies. Click to enlarge. The roses bounded by this fencing and the stone walls are mainly modern Landscape roses such as Knock-outs and Red and Pink Drifts. On the far side is a Polyantha bed. It had robust if not BSy specimens of Yvonne Rabier and Cecile Brunner. ( I don't know why CB is so widely recommended for my general area as it Bs and defoliates terribly.) The best specimens were an unmarked pink and Mignonette and Marjorie Palmer. After researching, I'm on the lookout for these two. I think this is a pic of the NOID pink Poly or Mignonette. In what I can only guess is the Star Roses "test" bed were many Kordes varieties some of which were clearly mis-marked as I recognized them from my own garden. I suspect they were recently planted since the acquisition by Star Roses of the distribution rights for Kordes from Newflora. They had many I grow or recognized such as Summer Romance, First Crush, Dark Desire and Lavender Veranda, but they were even smaller than my plantings. Very fragrant, but BSy was Orchid Romance which surprised me as a Kentuckian had recently recommended this one. Maybe she sprays. It was a lovely flower in a wonderful hue. It will be interesting to revisit next year. Moving beyond this section are rows of HTs which all looked spent and very frail. I have none to recommend from that section. They are just visible in the RH corner of this pic and in that following....See MoreGardening in an old garden in an old neighborhood
Comments (12)The bloom of your lovely white 'rescue rose' also looks to me like Lamarque, with those subtle lemony undertones, but I can't recall what the foliage should be like. I'm glad one of your cuttings rooted and appears to be doing beautifully. I also like that style of rhododendron very much, it looks so nice and natural growing there in the dappled sunlight. I often prefer more modest, closer to wild looking plants to their 'improved' modern hybrids. Sometimes less is more. I don't know whether I should tell this silly story, but once upon a time, my ex and I were driving down to Cornwall (SW England) with his parents, who were over from Australia. We had fun pointing out the various beauty spots and landmarks to them, and they were suitably excited by everything. As we got further south on this particular trip, enormous rhododendrons began to appear by the roadside, and I turned excitedly to my mother-in-law and said 'Oh, look Ruth, ----' ; my mind went a total blank for the name, and out of my mouth came a new word, 'Glub-Glubs!!' Everyone fell about laughing of course, and ever since, rhododendrons were Glub-Glubs in my ex family......See Morerosefolly
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