This is the journal of my endeavours to grow a range of fruit, veg and flowers from seed, grow organically, and my attempts to create a personal paradise with 1/2 acre of maintained gardens and 1/2 acre wild meadows. Northern Ireland's average daily high temperatures are 18 °C (64 °F) in July and 6 °C (43 °F) in January. Soil type: Clay

Friday 15 October 2010

Roses blooming great

My roses have put on a good show all summer and they're still going strong. I love roses, they smell fab and look sensational. However I struggle with their care.... from pruning to dealing with blackspot. I like to garden organically but this year I sprayed them with a fungicide and it helped a bit. On the plus side, they still flower & I remove the blackened leaves to try and keep the disease under control.

I have my roses mixed with annuals and perennials although I try to give them a bit of breathing room & I give them a sprinkling of bonemeal in Spring. Traditionally in Ireland roses aren't planted with any underplanting. 
Floribunda Arthur Bell.

Rose Floribunda Valentine Heart.
Hybrid Tea Just Joey (5 Sept 2010).

Rose - unknown.

2 comments:

  1. Beautiful roses! The blooms are bigger than I get here in Florida. I have to fight black spot,too and aphids. The plus here is that roses do bloom all year.

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  2. Good for you that you know most of the names of your roses!
    It has been a good year for second flowering plants all round I think.

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