And here's Windemere (my new garden continued)
Here's another of my new roses! (I hope I'm not boring you all silly - but I'm so excited about my new garden and it's so nice to have someone to share the photos with! :-) )
I don't generally like the pale-coloured roses, especially as I like to view my garden as a whole and pale blooms tend to look like white blurs from a distance (particularly in the very intense sunshine here in Oz)... but I decided I wanted at least 1 "white" rose and I loved the shape of the blooms on Windemere, plus the creamy white colour, in pictures I'd seen.
So... she was on my shopping list when I went out to the rose nursery last Nov and I brought her home!
And here she is planted in the garden. She's in the very narrow bed down the centre, between John Clare and The Fairy (and assorted other plants).
Like with John Clare, I was lucky to get her at the end of her 1st spring flush so she came with some blooms - and then she put on new growth soon after planting.
When she bloomed again, the flowers were much bigger (although they're still on the smaller side compared to my other Austins) - and they were just as beautiful as the pictures I'd seen. I think the shape is exquisite - perfectly cupped but with defined overlapping circles of petals (I don't really like the quartered / muddled middle kind of look)
I also like the way she produces these "candelabras" and the very round buds that look almost like pearls...
The colour is quite creamy yellow when the blooms first open or when viewed in bright sunshine - but then the blooms fade to a lovely ivory white, which I really love.
And for such delicate-looking blooms, I was surprised that they do really well in the heat, since she's planted in full all-day sun. They don't burn at all and they last for a couple of days. And the scent is delicious!
She does seem to be the least vigorous of my Austins so far - she's remained the smallest (about 2.5 feet tall) and although she's grown 3 new basals, they're all roughly the same height and not very long - no octopus arms. She also seems to be the slowest to rebloom and the buds seem to take ages to open.
To be fair, I wonder if she would grow/bloom better if I hadn't stupidly planted a daisy right next to her in an already tiny bed! Big newbie mistake! As you can see, the daisy went beserk in our summer heat and started smothering Windemere... poor thing. I wonder if it was stealing her moisture & nutrients.
Anyway, I'm planning to move the daisy once the weather cools down and then hopefully Windemere might grow better. Although to be honest, I don't want her to be TOO vigorous, either - it would be good if she remained compact in that very narrow bed!
And really, I don't mind her remaining dainty & small, just to have those beautiful blooms. Here is Windemere with some foxgloves...
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Comments (8)I'd start at the local nurseries to learn which plants are suitable for your new location. If you're new to gardening, there is a New To Gardening forum or something like that here on GardenWeb where you can learn the basics. I'd lurk awhile here, too, and absorb as much as you can about what landscape design is about. It's not quite like getting advice on what color to paint your living room, there is a lot more to it than that, as you will see if you hang around and read what goes on. You need to consider the light, soil, moisture conditions, as well as what you want to use this area for. Why is such a large area mulched? Are you going to use it to sit in or on, or do you just want plantings? If plantings, why do you want the plantings? This may sound like a silly question, but the reason for its existence will dictate what you use there and how you arrange it. A bit like saying you have a 10x10 empty room in your house, what should you do with it? Well, what do you plan on using it for? Sitting? Guest bedroom? Storage or hobby space? What's your decorating style or style of the house? See what I mean? Can't pick the wall color or furniture until you've answered these questions. Same with the landscape. Are you going to dabble in a newfound gardening hobby? Low maintenance suggests you're just looking to cover the mulch. If that's the case, maybe you need to seed it with lawn, or plant it with groundcover? What kind of plants are you thinking of? Shrubs, perennials, annuals? You first need to answer these questions for yourself, then you can explore the possibilities....See MoreNew and Continuing Projects for my 2nd year gardening!
Comments (15)It seems like I get an idea..and I have to brood and think about it for weeks. That is part of the fun. I have been thinking I really need to downscale my plans..and when I went outside and really looked at my new rose garden..I have lots of room to grow. Plus I can use pots for more. I have ordered a Mystic Beauty rose, Bolero (for a pot) 2 Double Delights from Roses Unlimited...and I have a Pickering order..I can't even remember what I ordered! I have a Glamis Castle, Parole, Gemini and a Golden Budda to plant. I believe Gemini and Golden Budda are going in pots. I have plans for 2 John Pauls..with maybe a climbing pink and white in between (havent decided yet) I also have a baby Darlow's Enigma that is going to the back of my property. Today I planted some Calla Lillies, and Oriental Lillies near my roses. I have nothing combined in the garden yet to go with the roses. I found a really cool orange Calla that I planted with my Vavoom..I don't know how this is all going to work..but that's the fun right? Oh yah..I bought 3 ceramic pots today for the Double Delights. Since they are so picky..I am putting them away from the other roses..so if I need to spray them alot I can. I am trying not to use to many chemicals. This was my way to get fragrance in my garden. I have to try and pick easier roses to grow..and I don't always get fragrance....See MoreNew here! Here is my NOID and my plan for it.
Comments (11)Hi, Kim, Welcome to the forum. Many of the experienced growers will give information about AV culture that is aimed at growing the best possible plant you can, using optimal growing medium, pots, fertilizer, lights, etc. There is not usually just one way, so you have to gather the information and pick what works for you. However, a lot of the wheel has been invented, and some 'standard' practices have developed over the years. You certainly want to remove the suckers, for they will distort the shape of the mother plant, which is very pretty, by the way. I find it much easier to do this after knocking the plant out of the pot. I use an x-acto knife on larger suckers, and large tweezers on smaller suckers. If there are no roots on the sucker, I remove enough leaves to give me a stub that I can put into my potting mix to root. I do cover them to increase the humidity. I do not use any rooting hormone. If necessary, I will 'stake' it using toothpicks to support it in position. About pots.....plastic is most frequently used for several reasons. They are cheap, come in an infinite variety of sizes, and they don't absorb fertilizer salts. A general rule of thumb for size is to have the diameter of the pot be 1/3 the diameter of the plant. Try not to get caught up in the idea of having the plant grow into the pot. AVs prefer to be rootbound to bloom their best, so if the pot is too big, they spend all their time trying to fill the pot with roots, instead of blooming. Also, since they are a shallow rooted plant, the use of a 'squatty' pot is better than taller pots. In a worst case scenario, the soil may stay too wet in an oversized pot, and the roots may rot. Clay pots can be tricky. They absorb water and fertilizer salts will build up on the rim, burning any leaves touching the rim. They can be hard to clean. As the water evaporates through the pores of the pot, cooling occurs and can affect the roots. Three ounce solo cups with drainage poked in the bottom work well for small plants, leaves, and suckers, and are used by many commercial AV growers too. A word about potting mix....a sdtandard mix consists of peat moss, perlite, and vermiculite, in equal portions. You will see this referred to as a 1-1-1 mix. There is no commercially available mix of these proportions, unless you buy it from an AV vendor such as Cape Cod Violetry. But, if you can find the ingredients, it's very easy to mix yourself. Or, if you have a mix such as Miracle-gro, add perlite and vermiculite to it, treating it as the peat ingredient. If it has fertilizer in it, don't add fertilizer for about 8-10 weeks. Good luck, and thanks for posting the pictures. Barbara...See Morenew here, and new to gardening
Comments (2)No such thing as silly questions. I started all of my seed for my moon garden by winter sowing. But you can start them in your flowerbeds according to thier planting directions. Do you already have flower beds? If so, you probably only need to work them and add some compost to be ready to plant. If not, I'd suggest you go over to the soil and compost forum and check out lasagna gardening. A really easy way to build new flower beds Betty...See MoreHY aka NewbieRoseLover
6 years agoHY aka NewbieRoseLover
6 years agoHi Marlorena,
My foxgloves are Foxy hyrbrids, so not the true, old fashioned ones. And I have to confess - I didn't grow them from seed - I bought them as advanced seedlings from the garden centre. They have managed to flower but I don't know if they "grow well" - actually, the one I stupidly planted in full sun next to the hot stone wall did terribly - its leaves turned yellow and crispy and it kept getting spider mites or something - it looked awful. It's since died. The other 2 are planted in partial shade and have done better - but they suffer terribly from aphids!! :-( Like horrible, horrible infestation. It's really put me off growing them again next year, even though I do love the flowers. Do you get terrible aphids on your foxgloves?
Oh, yes, my salvias have been brilliant for keeping constant colour in the garden! They're really drought-tolerant and love the heat & sun and just keep blooming non-stop with no attention from me. And they grow like mad. They've all quadrupled in size. I've got the common purple one which has clumps of narrow spires - and then this hot pink one which is more like little flowers on stalks. I'm not sure what it's called - I think it's from a series called "Heatwave" - and looking at their colour chart, I think mine is the hot pink one called "Sizzle"
https://www.pma.com.au/Plants/Plant.aspx?plant_id=462
I wasn't sure I liked it very much in the beginning - the colour is a bit strong and I like the pastel/soft pinks & purples more - but it's sort of won me over because it never stops blooming, so it's really good for always giving me some colour in the garden. I've got one in the middle bed, between Windemere and The Fairy, and one by the fence next to Pierre the Ronsard (Eden)...
Here it is, next to the purple salvia - and with Pierre in the background. The purple daisy is an osteospermum and that's been another one that's been fantastic for continuous blooms. Do you have those in your garden?
~ HY
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