Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
This long pergola with brick pillars and timber beams is clothed with some beautifully trained rambling and climbing roses. Beautiful monsters like Rosa filipes Kiftsgate ought to swamp the entire structure and much else besides but with the love and careful treatment these specimens are given, a multitude of flowers hug the cross beams and…
Another substantial gallery (the last from my Italian adventure) featuring the remarkable rose garden and nursery in Assisi, Umbria - Quando fioriranno le Rose - owned and managed by Paola and Fabio Bianchi - and where I attended a recent pruning course run by Richard Stubbs from David Austin roses. There are more than two…
Continue reading ➞ Quando Fioriranno Le Rose – Assisi
Already halfway through here - I began yesterday afternoon but didn't have my camera with me, so the full extent of the transformation will be a little understated. This rose, which we believe is Olivia Stone, a Harkness rose, was a towering thing, flowering at 8' to 10', more even, and a dense thicket of…
Continue reading ➞ Practical Classes in Rose Pruning
Here I am at my first rose workshop at Petersham Nurseries, a worldwide tour of the rose world, taking in several million years of history, paying particular attention to the glories of the Old Rose families. Now I'm looking forward to my next Workshop on Tuesday 14th October - more roses (of course) with a…
Continue reading ➞ Roses, naturally…
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