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‘… A curse is on her, if she stay
Her weaving, either night or day,To look down to Camelot.
She knows not what the curse may be;
Therefore she weaveth steadily,
Therefore no other care hath she,The Lady of Shalott.’
Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Rose of the same name, David Austin Roses.
#roses 🌱
Her weaving, either night or day,To look down to Camelot.
She knows not what the curse may be;
Therefore she weaveth steadily,
Therefore no other care hath she,The Lady of Shalott.’
Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Rose of the same name, David Austin Roses.
#roses 🌱
December 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
‘… A curse is on her, if she stay
Her weaving, either night or day,To look down to Camelot.
She knows not what the curse may be;
Therefore she weaveth steadily,
Therefore no other care hath she,The Lady of Shalott.’
Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Rose of the same name, David Austin Roses.
#roses 🌱
Her weaving, either night or day,To look down to Camelot.
She knows not what the curse may be;
Therefore she weaveth steadily,
Therefore no other care hath she,The Lady of Shalott.’
Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Rose of the same name, David Austin Roses.
#roses 🌱
‘Rosa Mundi’ and ‘Rosa Centifolia Christata’ for #PinkFriday
Have a good day everyone, take care. #roses 🌱
Have a good day everyone, take care. #roses 🌱
December 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM
‘Rosa Mundi’ and ‘Rosa Centifolia Christata’ for #PinkFriday
Have a good day everyone, take care. #roses 🌱
Have a good day everyone, take care. #roses 🌱
Chawton Cottage’ scented, climbing #rose bred by Harkness and named after the Hampshire home of novelist #JaneAusten
Today marks the 250th anniversary of her birth.
#JaneAusten250
Have a good day everyone, take care. 🌱
Today marks the 250th anniversary of her birth.
#JaneAusten250
Have a good day everyone, take care. 🌱
December 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Chawton Cottage’ scented, climbing #rose bred by Harkness and named after the Hampshire home of novelist #JaneAusten
Today marks the 250th anniversary of her birth.
#JaneAusten250
Have a good day everyone, take care. 🌱
Today marks the 250th anniversary of her birth.
#JaneAusten250
Have a good day everyone, take care. 🌱
Blush Noisette, Crepuscule and Cornelia valiantly flowering on a damp December morning, soft sunlight breaking through the clouds.
Have a good day everyone, take care, stay safe. #roses 🌱
Have a good day everyone, take care, stay safe. #roses 🌱
December 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Blush Noisette, Crepuscule and Cornelia valiantly flowering on a damp December morning, soft sunlight breaking through the clouds.
Have a good day everyone, take care, stay safe. #roses 🌱
Have a good day everyone, take care, stay safe. #roses 🌱
Pantone have announced #colouroftheyear 2026:
Pantone 11-4201 Cloud Dancer. Described as ‘billowing white imbued with a sense of serenity’ & other baffling phrases. Confused? Me too! In the spirit of serenity here’s Rosa ‘Iceberg’ with mandevilla & agapanthus (varieties unknown). #RoseWednesday 🌱
Pantone 11-4201 Cloud Dancer. Described as ‘billowing white imbued with a sense of serenity’ & other baffling phrases. Confused? Me too! In the spirit of serenity here’s Rosa ‘Iceberg’ with mandevilla & agapanthus (varieties unknown). #RoseWednesday 🌱
December 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Pantone have announced #colouroftheyear 2026:
Pantone 11-4201 Cloud Dancer. Described as ‘billowing white imbued with a sense of serenity’ & other baffling phrases. Confused? Me too! In the spirit of serenity here’s Rosa ‘Iceberg’ with mandevilla & agapanthus (varieties unknown). #RoseWednesday 🌱
Pantone 11-4201 Cloud Dancer. Described as ‘billowing white imbued with a sense of serenity’ & other baffling phrases. Confused? Me too! In the spirit of serenity here’s Rosa ‘Iceberg’ with mandevilla & agapanthus (varieties unknown). #RoseWednesday 🌱
Calming white #roses for #CheeringUpMondays.
Rambler ‘Gardenia’, Floribunda ‘Diamond Days for Ever’, Hybrid Musk ‘Prosperity’, English Rose ‘Desdemona’.
For many of us, the weather forecast over the next couple of days is anything but calm. Please take care. 🌱
Rambler ‘Gardenia’, Floribunda ‘Diamond Days for Ever’, Hybrid Musk ‘Prosperity’, English Rose ‘Desdemona’.
For many of us, the weather forecast over the next couple of days is anything but calm. Please take care. 🌱
December 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Calming white #roses for #CheeringUpMondays.
Rambler ‘Gardenia’, Floribunda ‘Diamond Days for Ever’, Hybrid Musk ‘Prosperity’, English Rose ‘Desdemona’.
For many of us, the weather forecast over the next couple of days is anything but calm. Please take care. 🌱
Rambler ‘Gardenia’, Floribunda ‘Diamond Days for Ever’, Hybrid Musk ‘Prosperity’, English Rose ‘Desdemona’.
For many of us, the weather forecast over the next couple of days is anything but calm. Please take care. 🌱
It’s grey and drizzly so let’s have some #SundayYellow #roses
Golden Celebration, Honey, Bee Mine, Abbeyfield Gold, The Poet’s Wife.
Hope your day is going well, take care. 🌱
Golden Celebration, Honey, Bee Mine, Abbeyfield Gold, The Poet’s Wife.
Hope your day is going well, take care. 🌱
December 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
It’s grey and drizzly so let’s have some #SundayYellow #roses
Golden Celebration, Honey, Bee Mine, Abbeyfield Gold, The Poet’s Wife.
Hope your day is going well, take care. 🌱
Golden Celebration, Honey, Bee Mine, Abbeyfield Gold, The Poet’s Wife.
Hope your day is going well, take care. 🌱
Probably the last rosebud of the season: ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’.
We have a brief respite from the rain and the wind has veered to the west, so not quite so chilly.
Whatever your weather, have a good day, take care. 🌱
We have a brief respite from the rain and the wind has veered to the west, so not quite so chilly.
Whatever your weather, have a good day, take care. 🌱
December 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Probably the last rosebud of the season: ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’.
We have a brief respite from the rain and the wind has veered to the west, so not quite so chilly.
Whatever your weather, have a good day, take care. 🌱
We have a brief respite from the rain and the wind has veered to the west, so not quite so chilly.
Whatever your weather, have a good day, take care. 🌱
Moments and Memories, Persica Hybrid and You’re My Everything, Rose of the Year 2025.
A chilly and bright morning - which is lovely. Rain later - not so lovely!
Have a good day everyone, take care. #roses 🌱
A chilly and bright morning - which is lovely. Rain later - not so lovely!
Have a good day everyone, take care. #roses 🌱
December 5, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Moments and Memories, Persica Hybrid and You’re My Everything, Rose of the Year 2025.
A chilly and bright morning - which is lovely. Rain later - not so lovely!
Have a good day everyone, take care. #roses 🌱
A chilly and bright morning - which is lovely. Rain later - not so lovely!
Have a good day everyone, take care. #roses 🌱
Autumn Delight, Lyda & Pax planted bare root last weekend. Ground was soft, while tottering about on my painted-purple walking boards (recycled from panto scenery), felt I was in danger of toppling into the planting holes. The perils of #rose planting!
Have a good #RoseWednesday take care! 🌱
Have a good #RoseWednesday take care! 🌱
December 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Autumn Delight, Lyda & Pax planted bare root last weekend. Ground was soft, while tottering about on my painted-purple walking boards (recycled from panto scenery), felt I was in danger of toppling into the planting holes. The perils of #rose planting!
Have a good #RoseWednesday take care! 🌱
Have a good #RoseWednesday take care! 🌱
You are My Sunshine, bred by Fryer, and Golden Beauty, bred by Kordes. Both seen at @RHSWisley in June.
Have a good day everyone, take care. #roses 🌱
Have a good day everyone, take care. #roses 🌱
December 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
You are My Sunshine, bred by Fryer, and Golden Beauty, bred by Kordes. Both seen at @RHSWisley in June.
Have a good day everyone, take care. #roses 🌱
Have a good day everyone, take care. #roses 🌱
First day of meteorological winter and it’s wild, windy and wet.
Not the best pic, but had to record hybrid musk #rose Cornelia’s last hurrah of the season. She’s a trooper!
Have a good week everyone, take care.
#cheeringupmondays 🌱
Not the best pic, but had to record hybrid musk #rose Cornelia’s last hurrah of the season. She’s a trooper!
Have a good week everyone, take care.
#cheeringupmondays 🌱
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
First day of meteorological winter and it’s wild, windy and wet.
Not the best pic, but had to record hybrid musk #rose Cornelia’s last hurrah of the season. She’s a trooper!
Have a good week everyone, take care.
#cheeringupmondays 🌱
Not the best pic, but had to record hybrid musk #rose Cornelia’s last hurrah of the season. She’s a trooper!
Have a good week everyone, take care.
#cheeringupmondays 🌱
Last day of November & meteorological Autumn, which has galloped by. Last blooms of the season from Clementina Carbonieri, Vanessa Bell & Lady of Shalott, all grown in pots. Will cut them back today to encourage them to hibernate for winter.
Have a good day. #roses 🌱
Have a good day. #roses 🌱
November 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Last day of November & meteorological Autumn, which has galloped by. Last blooms of the season from Clementina Carbonieri, Vanessa Bell & Lady of Shalott, all grown in pots. Will cut them back today to encourage them to hibernate for winter.
Have a good day. #roses 🌱
Have a good day. #roses 🌱
#ThrowbackThursday A rummage through the pic archive, reminds me that my own garden is at its very best in early June. What about yours?
Hybrid musk roses: Felicia, Cornelia, Ballerina. Erigeron.
Have a good day everyone, take care. #roses 🌱
Hybrid musk roses: Felicia, Cornelia, Ballerina. Erigeron.
Have a good day everyone, take care. #roses 🌱
November 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
#ThrowbackThursday A rummage through the pic archive, reminds me that my own garden is at its very best in early June. What about yours?
Hybrid musk roses: Felicia, Cornelia, Ballerina. Erigeron.
Have a good day everyone, take care. #roses 🌱
Hybrid musk roses: Felicia, Cornelia, Ballerina. Erigeron.
Have a good day everyone, take care. #roses 🌱
It’s that time of year when we need to dive into the archives for #RoseWednesday inspiration.
It’s A Wonderful Life, Peach Melba, Burgundy Ice, The King’s Rose.
Have a good day everyone, take care, stay warm. 🌱
It’s A Wonderful Life, Peach Melba, Burgundy Ice, The King’s Rose.
Have a good day everyone, take care, stay warm. 🌱
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
It’s that time of year when we need to dive into the archives for #RoseWednesday inspiration.
It’s A Wonderful Life, Peach Melba, Burgundy Ice, The King’s Rose.
Have a good day everyone, take care, stay warm. 🌱
It’s A Wonderful Life, Peach Melba, Burgundy Ice, The King’s Rose.
Have a good day everyone, take care, stay warm. 🌱
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I have used C&K Jones. Good strong plants each time and always good for a chat at a show.
November 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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It’s a tough market for traditional magazine publishing. We’re long-term fans of professional editing, photography & print, hence our sponsorship of the GMG Features Photographer Award.
Delighted to present the award to Marianne, have long been an admirer of her work. #gmgawards 🌱
Delighted to present the award to Marianne, have long been an admirer of her work. #gmgawards 🌱
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It’s a tough market for traditional magazine publishing. We’re long-term fans of professional editing, photography & print, hence our sponsorship of the GMG Features Photographer Award.
Delighted to present the award to Marianne, have long been an admirer of her work. #gmgawards 🌱
Delighted to present the award to Marianne, have long been an admirer of her work. #gmgawards 🌱
#barerootrose season has begun!
We are pleased to support & promote British Rose Growers, particularly indie nurseries: Trevor White, C&K Jones, Pococks, Eastcroft, Cottage Memories, to name a few.
Use them - don’t lose them! 🌱
We are pleased to support & promote British Rose Growers, particularly indie nurseries: Trevor White, C&K Jones, Pococks, Eastcroft, Cottage Memories, to name a few.
Use them - don’t lose them! 🌱
November 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
#barerootrose season has begun!
We are pleased to support & promote British Rose Growers, particularly indie nurseries: Trevor White, C&K Jones, Pococks, Eastcroft, Cottage Memories, to name a few.
Use them - don’t lose them! 🌱
We are pleased to support & promote British Rose Growers, particularly indie nurseries: Trevor White, C&K Jones, Pococks, Eastcroft, Cottage Memories, to name a few.
Use them - don’t lose them! 🌱
We love browsing images & stories on social media, but we’re big fans of traditional print media too, so it’s a pleasure to again sponsor the Garden Media Guild ‘Features Photographer of the Year’ award.
Good luck to the finalists, hope we get to meet at The Savoy next Friday! 🌱
Good luck to the finalists, hope we get to meet at The Savoy next Friday! 🌱
November 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We love browsing images & stories on social media, but we’re big fans of traditional print media too, so it’s a pleasure to again sponsor the Garden Media Guild ‘Features Photographer of the Year’ award.
Good luck to the finalists, hope we get to meet at The Savoy next Friday! 🌱
Good luck to the finalists, hope we get to meet at The Savoy next Friday! 🌱
Persica hybrid #rose ‘Eye of the Storm’. Seems an appropriate choice as #StormClaudia makes her presence felt.
Take care everyone. #roses 🌱
Take care everyone. #roses 🌱
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Persica hybrid #rose ‘Eye of the Storm’. Seems an appropriate choice as #StormClaudia makes her presence felt.
Take care everyone. #roses 🌱
Take care everyone. #roses 🌱