tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post7207489361710384274..comments2023-12-22T11:51:38.762+01:00Comments on The story of our life returning to England from Braye-sous-Faye: Garden Additions...Colin and Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15990185210945021818noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-60725348154089469852014-03-17T11:35:53.325+01:002014-03-17T11:35:53.325+01:00That's a good lead for roses, thanks. I get th...That's a good lead for roses, thanks. I get the David Austin catalogue each year and I'm always on the lookout for new "favourites".Colin and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990185210945021818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-584796494866414112014-03-14T15:28:26.387+01:002014-03-14T15:28:26.387+01:00One of the problem with the big "hypermarkets...One of the problem with the big "hypermarkets" etc for plants is that they are generally not well looked after, and b, the choice is terrible. Jardiland in Chattelerault is better, but for roses you need to go here: http://cailleau.patrick.free.fr<br />Call and turn up. We spent ages looking for a rose we had in our garden in England, couldn't find it anywhere, We did found it here.Paul Beachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01887777727779537695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-35730256981956467272014-03-08T10:08:11.281+01:002014-03-08T10:08:11.281+01:00Nice old rose variety, should have plenty of scent...Nice old rose variety, should have plenty of scent. No scent - may as well plant cabbages.<br />My parents bought a pair of dwarf conifers in 1950. The trees were twenty feet tall in 1975 when Dad cut one down and took the top off the other. "Dwarf" just means "slow growing"! P.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-40164737096033642552014-03-08T10:01:40.889+01:002014-03-08T10:01:40.889+01:00All from the middle row...
Obviously the one with ...All from the middle row...<br />Obviously the one with the spade....<br />he or she* can be moved to each newly planted area.<br /><br />For the potager...<br />the one holding a couple of very large beafsteak tomatoes!<br />Or is that a female dwarf?<br /><br />And for sheer stupidity...<br />the one that is missing its right leg and appears to be watering the left one!!<br /><br />*Both sexes of dwarf have beards...<br />you can only tell the difference by the cut of the armour....<br />information from T. Pratchet Esq.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.com