01-NOV-2015
Under the Gazebo
The roses we so harshly pruned so the gazebo could get some repairs made to it
are flowering and doing well. You can see part of a massive display of roses on
the north side of the gazebo...there are 3 times as many roses on the south side.
"Elmshorn" & "Sadler's Wells" are the dark pink and the pale clusters
of blooms hanging on the rails of the gazebo are "Frances E. Lester" a climber
often grown on swags, it is so easy to train.
23-OCT-2015
The gazebo up close
One of my favourite spots for a coffee or breakfast, the fragrance is divine. Quite a
few more roses to begin flowering yet, it must be climate change because this stage
of growth used to be mid November and now it is 3 weeks earlier for reaching this
level of blooms. We had to cut back the climbers very hard
so the gazebo could be repaired, if you look at yesterday's photo
and see the archway to the left, this is what the gazebo used
to look like before we did the big trim up.
23-OCT-2015
The repaired gazebo
Rose rose garden is gradually exploding with colour... here are the surrounding
areas to the gazebo showing splashes from the alstroemaria on the edges of the
pathway - we had to cut back the climbers on the gazebo to make the repairs, but
I think you can see a little of what is left. Tomorrow I'll add a photo
taken up close to the gazebo where you can see "Pinkie" in bloom and the colourful
pots on the little table. I used some filters to try and get a misty appearance
and left that out of focus rose in situ to hide blue-bells that are dying off
and looking unsightly.
17-OCT-2015
From the horse paddock
A small section as the garden grows down the hillside. Dick told me that
I could get a good view from the paddock - he'd been over there with a mower
cutting grass around a pile of cuttings waiting to be burned. I hope you
like seeing this small section of the garden in early spring.
Best viewed in original format.
