Lots of lovely plants there Nik particularly the yellow Loosestrife and the shrimp plant. I may be wrong but the plant with the raindrops on could be a type of Rudbeckia. I watched an interesting video by Bunny Guinness today showing David Austin's son's garden. I was particularly impressed with the way he deadheads (around 23 mins on the video) as I've always removed a spent flower on my roses but he said he doesn't have time for that and waits for the whole clump of heads to die then makes his cut where the new shoot shows. Did your little bird survive? Birds sometimes fly into the glass of my patio doors and I'm surprised the glass hasn't broken as the thud is quite loud. The birds must wonder what they've hit.
Hi Wendy - yes, I had a look online and those flowers may well be Rudbeckia. I can see the advantage in time saved of just cutting off clumps after all the roses have faded, but I don't like having unsightly dead roses hanging about too long, so I will stick to the individual deadheading. I suppose I have the time. The jay disappeared around the corner of the house when I disturbed it with my watering, and when I looked for it a few hours later it wasn't there any more, so I am hoping he had justed needed time to recover and flew off. We have a couple of badgers in front of the kitchen window at dusk at the moment - they came because of the seeds and nuts I leave out for the birds, but I have now added badger biscuits (yes, that is a real thing!). Despite sticking up black bird outlines on windows and the greenhouse to deter the birds, we still get lots of hits. The scariest thing was when a pheasant flew inside the greenhouse - birds just don't seem able to see the open door to fly out and they fly into the dirty glass once they are inside. Hearing a pheasant banging against the glass repeatedly was scary!
HI Ken, Very interesting video today. Love the variety of plants you have. Dublin Bay rose. Interesting that one because it's a climber. How old are yours and are you expecting them to grow taller? I was tempted to get one but for some reason didn't. Do you like it? Verbena Bonnariensis are one of my real favourites - don't mind the dry and don't take up much room and self seed well. I have a couple of Leycesteria which is also called Himalayan Honeysuckle. Your pink rose with no name is beautiful. I will await it's name. Your garden is truly amazing and beautiful. Loved the walk about. Been pouring with rain down here in Kent today which is quite welcome although my Pink Flower Carpet rose wouldn't agree with me I'm sure - now looking very sad. Thanks, P.
Thanks Peter. The two Dublin Bays are at least 5 years old now and they seem to top out at somewhere between 6 and 8 feet each year - as I mentioned they are different shades of red but they are very similar and were bought as Dublin Bays (although that's not a guarantee these days). They do carry their flowers for a long time and repeat well, so I like them for the splashes of red in the bed which last a good while. Yes, I find the tall Verbenas add variety and texture to the bed. As I said, this is a difficult bed to keep in order since there are so many large shrubs and groups of various flowers packed in together, but I quite like the natural look. I'm afraid the nameless rose will probably remain nameless.
@@nikkonch Hi Nik, Interesting about the Dublin Bay, I wasn't sure how well they repeated. They're obviously a small climber; Peter Beales roses says approx. 8 feet. I did see one, years ago at D.A's Rose Garden but it wasn't looking at all good - not impressed. Yours look good. I love Verbeana Bon'sis. There are more nameless roses around than any other; they are very popular but rather frustrating too. Good luck with that one.
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You are one of the very few youtubers appreciating stripped roses. They seem so unloved but I love them. I highly recommend Marc Chagall.
Lots of lovely plants there Nik particularly the yellow Loosestrife and the shrimp plant. I may be wrong but the plant with the raindrops on could be a type of Rudbeckia. I watched an interesting video by Bunny Guinness today showing David Austin's son's garden. I was particularly impressed with the way he deadheads (around 23 mins on the video) as I've always removed a spent flower on my roses but he said he doesn't have time for that and waits for the whole clump of heads to die then makes his cut where the new shoot shows. Did your little bird survive? Birds sometimes fly into the glass of my patio doors and I'm surprised the glass hasn't broken as the thud is quite loud. The birds must wonder what they've hit.
Hi Wendy - yes, I had a look online and those flowers may well be Rudbeckia. I can see the advantage in time saved of just cutting off clumps after all the roses have faded, but I don't like having unsightly dead roses hanging about too long, so I will stick to the individual deadheading. I suppose I have the time. The jay disappeared around the corner of the house when I disturbed it with my watering, and when I looked for it a few hours later it wasn't there any more, so I am hoping he had justed needed time to recover and flew off. We have a couple of badgers in front of the kitchen window at dusk at the moment - they came because of the seeds and nuts I leave out for the birds, but I have now added badger biscuits (yes, that is a real thing!). Despite sticking up black bird outlines on windows and the greenhouse to deter the birds, we still get lots of hits. The scariest thing was when a pheasant flew inside the greenhouse - birds just don't seem able to see the open door to fly out and they fly into the dirty glass once they are inside. Hearing a pheasant banging against the glass repeatedly was scary!
HI Ken, Very interesting video today. Love the variety of plants you have. Dublin Bay rose. Interesting that one because it's a climber. How old are yours and are you expecting them to grow taller? I was tempted to get one but for some reason didn't. Do you like it? Verbena Bonnariensis are one of my real favourites - don't mind the dry and don't take up much room and self seed well. I have a couple of Leycesteria which is also called Himalayan Honeysuckle. Your pink rose with no name is beautiful. I will await it's name. Your garden is truly amazing and beautiful. Loved the walk about. Been pouring with rain down here in Kent today which is quite welcome although my Pink Flower Carpet rose wouldn't agree with me I'm sure - now looking very sad. Thanks, P.
Thanks Peter. The two Dublin Bays are at least 5 years old now and they seem to top out at somewhere between 6 and 8 feet each year - as I mentioned they are different shades of red but they are very similar and were bought as Dublin Bays (although that's not a guarantee these days). They do carry their flowers for a long time and repeat well, so I like them for the splashes of red in the bed which last a good while. Yes, I find the tall Verbenas add variety and texture to the bed. As I said, this is a difficult bed to keep in order since there are so many large shrubs and groups of various flowers packed in together, but I quite like the natural look. I'm afraid the nameless rose will probably remain nameless.
@@nikkonch Hi Nik, Interesting about the Dublin Bay, I wasn't sure how well they repeated. They're obviously a small climber; Peter Beales roses says approx. 8 feet. I did see one, years ago at D.A's Rose Garden but it wasn't looking at all good - not impressed. Yours look good. I love Verbeana Bon'sis. There are more nameless roses around than any other; they are very popular but rather frustrating too. Good luck with that one.