The garden is blooming with lupins, roses, paeonies, poppies and many many more. Some of the plants in here are still very immature, so there will be lots more to come next year. I'm very pleased with New Dawn, climbing all over the outside loo. It has done brilliantly considering it was only planted last year. I had about three years to decide which rose to plant here, and I'm glad to say the research paid off - the blooms are exquisite and they have a lovely delicate scent. More of New Dawn below.
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| New Dawn |
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| New Dawn |
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| Louise Odier |
After giving one of my monstrous lupins the chelsea chop, Louise Odier has been given space to breath, and is rewarding us with its gratitude. Beautiful "old rose" fragrance.
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| Compassion |
I was once advised that if you only have one rose in your garden, make it Compassion. I can see why - this is a real show stopper. This rose is bold and brassy and I love it.
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This rose was grown from a cutting from the one peering over the fence from next door at Mum and Dads. Beautiful small blooms starting off apricot and turning white. Beautiful and lovely scent.
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This was grown from a cutting from one actually growing in Mum and Dads garden. No idea what it is, similar to New Dawn but slightly smaller blooms with fewer petals.
Still to flower is Paul's Himalayan Musk, but you will have to wait for next year to see it as it looks like it might flower on old growth, and I only planted it in the autumn.
