rosa seagull – GWENNIESGARDENWORLD

September 23, 2023

JUST A FEW PICTURES

I know it’s been a while since I posted something here but I have been busy making jam from the fruit in my garden. And lots of other things too as I finally am able to do my job after my operation. Also my camera broke down and I have a new one but I have to learn how to work with it. It is completely different from the other one. The manuel my husband printed for me is a 5 cm thick book on A4 format and printed on both sides……… I haven’t got very far yet !!

This was taken a few weeks ago, every thing was still green and lush.

My roses have done really well this year, most of them have rosebottles now and are turning orange but this tiny part of my rambler showed a few last roses. Rosa Seagull.

My Verbena bonariensis did well too this Summer, they are still in bloom.

Hibiscus siriacus flower.

Fuchsia magellanica, a winterhardy fuchsia, I have several bushes in my garden, they always bloom as if there is no tomorrow, such a gem in the garden.

My other fuchsia’s did well too, these ones go in the garage where it doesn’t freeze.

Have a great weekend !!

June 12, 2023June 12, 2023

DO YOU SMELL THE ROSES ???

My roses were a few weeks later in bloom than other years cos of the cold and wet Spring we had, but now they are in full bloom and my garden smells of roses at the moment.

Rambling rose, rosa Guirlande d’Amour, I have it in my garden for almost 25 years and each year it blooms like this, we do not feed it nor do we water it. What you see now is the first bloom, after we cut all the faded flowers, it starts blooming again but not with as many flowers as you can see here, but it blooms till the first heavy frost. This rambler doesn’t grow as tall as the other ramblers, and it’s thorns are not as sharp as those of the other ones.

Rambler rose Francis E.Lester, a lovely rose, we cut it back last Winter to a few inches and it has grown again to 5 or 6 meters now , you can see all the buds, so it blooms for a long time, in Autumn it gets lovely orange rose hips for the birds. You can’t see it here but the thorns on the stems are horribly sharp, you really need very strong gloves to handle it.

Rosa Francis E. Lester.

This is rambler rose Seagull, a close relative of the rose Francis E. Lester, this one has horrible thorns as well. Ramblers use their thorns to climb in trees and bushes, normal climbing roses need to be tied to a bow or something else, they have long flabby branches who need a bit of help to climb. This one gets orange rose hips too, their thorns are equally sharp as the one’s from Francis.

Mind you, if you don’t cut ramblers back each year they’ll grow 10 to 20 meters high in a tree or over bushes.

The birds love climbing roses as they use them to hide from predators and to nest in them and in Winter they provide food. The roses are buzzing with all sorts of bees at the moment.

How many roses do you have in the garden ?

Have a great week and enjoy your garden.

June 20, 2021

A PEEK IN MY GARDEN IN JUNE

**ROSA GUIRLANDE IN FULL BLOOM** (halve dubble rambler)

**ROSA SEAGULL CLIMBING IN IVY**(rambler)

As you can see June is a rose month. My whole garden is smelling of roses now !

Have a great week all ! And thanks for your visit !

January 9, 2021

FROZEN

Frost in the garden and a bit of sun, turns the garden into a Winter wonderland.

When I was taking these pictures in my garden my puppy fell through the thin ice cover on the pond, lucky she was able to come out quickly. I wrapped her dry with a big towel and kept her with me wrapped in a fleece blanket. I was shocked as she is tiny (mini Maltese).

Have a great weekend all.

June 20, 2020June 20, 2020

WHAT IS FLOWERING IN MY GARDEN

We had quite a bit of rain lately so my garden looks a bit tatty but everything is growing fast. I cannot believe we are going towards the end of June already.

I had a bit of a stroll in the garden today and I took some pictures for you to see.

**DAHLIA BISHOP OF LLANDAFF WITH A LOVELY CHOCOLATE LEAFCOLOUR.**

**MY GOATSBEARD IS BECOMMING HUGE BUT COS OF THE RAIN IT DIDN’T FLOWER LONG THIS YEAR**.

**ROSA SEAGULL, A RAMBLER WITH A VERY LONG FLOWERING PERIOD AND A SWEET SMELL, ATTRACTS A LOT OF BEES.**

The buzz of the bees in my garden is overwhelming at the moment. And I love it.

Have a great weekend all !!

June 14, 2020

SILENT SUNDAY

September 19, 2019

WHAT IS STILL BLOOMING IN MY GARDEN TODAY

It definitely is Autumn now, cos of the drought it is early this year. But there still is a lot in bloom right now although you can see the flowers are a bit tired and the leafs are getting brown and yellow here and there. On top of it they had to go without my tlc while I was on holiday in France.

**IT’S SEDUM SPECABILE TIME NOW AND I HAVE LOTS OF THEM**

**FUCHSIA MAGELLANICA BLOOMS FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS**

**THE ASTERS ARE JUST BEGINNING TO BLOOM**

**DAHLIA WILL BLOOM TILL THE FROSTS COME**

**ROSA GUIRLANDE D’AMOUR IS STILL GETTING NEW BUDS AND ALL**

**MY FUCHSIA’S IN POTS ARE ALL STILL IN BLOOM**

On the other hand some plants look tatty, like the ferns, the Amelanchier tree(shadbush or june berry), the lavenders…. But hey, I am not complaining !

I hope you are all well and happy, wherever you are.

May 24, 2019