blog/ May 15, 2009/

Clean as a rose

Their heads are hanging low with raindrops, but my ‘Ena Harkness’ rose is flowering. I planted it in the raised bed in the autumn, and gave it a jolly good dollop of well-rotted horse manure. This is a climbing rose, so I am gently training it up the trellis, encouraging the more vigorous shoots by tying them in with string. This rose really lends itself to being trained up a high wall, so you can gaze at the neat blooms without having to scoop them up in your hands. Dead-head to encourage a small second wave of flowers. And have a good drink of the old-world scent.