I ordered two bare roots roses from David Austin (great service), they arrived a few days later in good condition, although the way they had been trained left us a little puzzled.
We hope we have planted them correctly! The two branches would have been completely against the soil (if not actually under it, if planting the spot where they begin growing several centimetres under, if we understood the French booklet correctly - so helpfully unhelpful, not all of Belgium speaks French! - so we planted the root horizontally, with the branches sticking somewhat upwards.
The picture is a week later, when some signs of life are already visible:
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| Rosa Mulliganii |
These are ramblers, and they're meant to go up a large arch, eventually. We thought we could as well already plant them to give them some time to grow. Likely the wrong way to do things!
I chose them because they're white, scented, attractive to pollinators (the flowers are small, single and fragant), produce lots of flowers and then rosehips, and apparently very vigorous. I hope the locations are sunny enough!
I also planted seeds for sweet peas (from Ikea! I actually think I planted these around the end of March), ornamental gourds, pumpkin and courgette. A lot of Curcubita!
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