The Parsley Patch

We decided to give the David Austin rose, Anne Boleyn a try this year and thought she would be perfect for in a large pot. Nearby, the first delphinium of the season is blooming.

The blooms are varying shades of pink and very lovely with the most delightful fragrance. Very Tudor-ish and appropriately named!

Buff Beauty is a hybrid musk rose that is rambling along the front fence line. Its bloom was spectacular this year with lots of creamy yellowish blooms with delightful fragrance.

Quite a versatile rose, it can be grown as a shrub, trained to climb or left to ramble along a fence line. We’ve tried all three and finally have found that letting it ramble along a fence line is best as it does tend to want to be low to the ground and sprawl sideways.