It is a while since I posted on my gardening blog. Apart from things rotting, going bad, going mouldy, turning to slime and so forth in my garden, there has been nothing much to say. Except! Except the strawberries have botrytis and are producing mostly inedible fruit, the cucumber plants have drowned in their pots, the buds on David Austin's 'William Morris' rose are dropping off before opening because they are saturated, and this dreadful, consistant rainfall is driving me nuts.
Today I cheered myself up by buying another rose for my garden in the hope it will do well. It is another David Austin rose called Golden Showers, a fragrant, repeat flowering climber which is suitable for a north facing aspect. It is to replace the clematis 'Arctic Queen' which, although it is showing new shoots struggling out of the ground, is not happy where it is facing north. It should, by now, be covered in white flowers, however, it died back to the ground over winter and new shoots are only about 4 inches long. Last year, at this time, it was covered in big buds.
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| Golden Showers - a David Austin rose |
Arctic Queen will be dug up, potted into a largish container and if it survives, I will pot it elsewhere later on.
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| Arctic Queen, July 2011 |
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| William Morris - 2011 |
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| William Morris rose - 21 June 2012 - looking unhappy in the rain |
