Isn’t she lovely …

Hi there everyone 😀

Our David Austin Generous Gardener pillared rose really has surpassed our expectations so far this year and she’s only really just started to bloom.

She is looking so spectacular that I felt she deserved a post all of her own.

It’s the third year she has been in and this year she really seems to be loving where she is and is absolutely thriving.

You can see her here before she started blooming … but looking very green and healthy on 12 May …

… and here again, on 20 May, behind the foxglove … with lots of buds developing well …

With all the sunshine last week this is how she was looking on 26 May … just started to open up …

… and this was her the following day … another day of bright sunshine and looking absolutely stunning …

She is definitely looking a bit of a deeper pink than she did last year and I am just a little bit in love 💕💕💕

She smells sooooooo good too.

After the thunderstorms that very night we did wake to a lawn full of rose petals and she was looking a little less bright … but still lovely all the same …

I feel the next day or so I will be doing some serious deadheading, hoping to keep her going and looking fabulous for the next few weeks.

I’ve never really been that big on roses but over the last few years we’ve added three or four and all are doing really well.

I definitely need to find the space for a few more. I would really like one of these thornless ramblers that we saw at Erddig … 

… or Powys Castle but not sure where I would fit one of those …

One final photo … my initial inspiration for trying a pillar for a climbing rose … also at Powys Castle …

These both do look quite slim … maybe next year I need to wind and tuck some of my stems in 🤔

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