The War of the Roses breaks out in my Lewes garden again.
Last week I showed you my first red, red rose and now I can unveil the second rose to flower in my Lewes, UK garden and, yes, folks, it’s white. The red rose is the solitary bloom at one…
Last week I showed you my first red, red rose and now I can unveil the second rose to flower in my Lewes, UK garden and, yes, folks, it’s white. The red rose is the solitary bloom at one…
Here is the first rose to flower in my Lewes garden this year caught in the early morning sun. There is something special about this moment and every year I celebrate it with a slight leap in my heart-rate. …
After a week of rain and miserable low temperatures, I just love it when the sun comes out and never more when it knows to shine on my roses. The rose Danse de Feu knows how to find the spot…
This is Danse de Feu (Fire Dance), one of my David Austen roses. It has burst into flame this week in its unlikely place at the darkest part of my small Lewes garden on the mostly shadowy North facing flint…
Yesterday I wrote about my tulips reaching their season’s end so it’s only fair to announce the arrival of my roses – various varieties of old rose type climbers and all from David Austin. This one, Benjamin Britten, has a…
There’s a welcome mood change in my Lewes, UK, garden when July turns into August. As this hot sunny weather continues, my roses have mostly gone for a little rest and their thrusting stems have been cut back in that…
I’ve been summer pruning my roses after this year’s spectacular display in my little Lewes town garden. Sad though it is to see the roses go after their glorious first flush, I’m an enthusiastic pruner who delights in retaining control…
I have been in Italy for two weeks and very good it was to be there. I’ll tell you about it later this week but, for now, just believe me that it is exceedingly pleasant to sit outside your own…
It’s an island of roses illuminated by the September sun against the dark green foliage of the Bronze Age mound at the bottom of my Lewes garden. I’m told we live on a ley line here in this quirky little…
It’s been a dreadful summer here in Lewes, UK but before I dispair at the weather forecast that predicts even more rain on its way, I’m going to enjoy a brief moment of summer pleasure out there in my garden.…