A reader asked if I could show photos of the growth habit of the David Austin English roses ‘Lady Emma Hamilton’ and ‘Roald Dahl’. I thought I would go the whole hog and write a post about the growth habit of all my roses. I do favour David Austin English roses because: they have the…
Tag: Royal Jubilee
Getting to know you…
A rose is a long-term investment. There is a substantial layout initially. A good hole should be dug (I love digging holes), and timed so that they are just ready for your bare-root rose to arrive in November. When you see that magical brown-paper bag waiting by the door when you get home from work,…
Floriferous
If there is one rose in my garden that out-flowers them all, it is ‘Royal Jubilee’. Do you like its perfect globes of flowers? Are you tempted to stick your finger or nose into that hole? Do you like the scalloped petals that fold over so protectively? It can look up, but it likes to…
Macro
I indulged myself. I bought a macro lens. I’m not one to read instructions, and that’s good, because this camera came with NO instructions. Well, very basic instructions. So it is going to take a lot of button-pressing and dial-twiddling before I work out what I can do. This is what I did after work…
