Above: View from the front door, looking due East: Isabella Sprunt, Sally Holmes, Crepuscule and Francesca.
Above: Sally Holmes and Crepuscule.
Above: In the foreground are two plants of Sally Holmes, planted last year, then Crepuscule, and then a double row of four of the hybrid musk rose 'Francesca'.
Above: Roberta the Garden Fairy wonkily leaning backwards into a sea of Cousin Essie. At her feet is a 12 month old specimen of Jean Ducher, with Celtic Blessing in the centre.
Above: The newest section of garden with roses planted mainly in the winter of 2011, with a couple banged in this year. They are a real mixture, with quite obscure ROR varieties such as Mrs Bushby's Bourbon and Rose From Tapio Station, joined by Mme Isaac Perriere, L'Ouche and a tea or two. I have had numerous breakages of canes, and worse, because this area is where the three dogs gallop up and down the fence line when a vehicle drives past. It is also where the dogs chase calves or cows that happen to stray into the garden, so it is amazing that anything survives in this bed!
Above: The rugosa seedling "nursery bed" in which the new little rugosa seedlings were planted over ten years ago. There are three different seedlings growing here, my favourite being the one on this end. The lighter obviously "non-rugosa" plant seen above the fence post in the corner of the photo is a Cottage Pink multiflora rambler.
Above: My babies again.
Above: Looking west from our front gate..the rows of Francesca, Crepuscule,Sally Holmes on the left, Wildflower on the right, and finishing off both sides with Isabella Sprunt.(and a rude red splodge of Dr Huey in the front left hand corner!)
Above: An oldie but a goodie...the beautiful Constance Spry, one of David Austin's first creations.
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