Weighed down by the raindrops this pretty rose has been budding up for another brief showing before I start with the pruners. Time to think about checking all my pruning equipment - mid-June and I'll begin the long haul peppered with wet days spent indoors (to give my back & arms a rest). It usually takes me 6 weeks for the actual pruning and the big heap of prunings will rise to a mammoth size by the end of the job!

Clair Matin is a climbing rose that can be trained into a large shrub.