**ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST**

wow, your roses are ginormous. The wisteria looks fab against the blue sky. Nice job.

Bathgate.......I wish the rose pics are from David Austins web site, I am hoping ours will look as good lol

It's certainly a lovely variety. I hope it does well.

Shropshire Lad is a wonderful rose. Its ever so healthy and trouble free and the scent is excellent. The blooms are huge as well. I think you will absolutely love it. You gave the grape a good run..time for a change. Love that pergola in summer. I got out yesterday and cleared up the herb bed. With all this sunshine my greenhouse looks ever so dirty, so that will need to be cleaned soon. But for January, things are looking very good! :)

Thanks Feverfew....... Karen thank you, I am pleased to hear that you rate it so highly.....I won't miss the grapes, they were a lot of work, for very little reward, was rather nice sitting under the vines on a hot summer day though, still good to have a change....
We have started a new herb bed, in front of the bay tree in the big pot, have bought some concrete sleepers to use,as the wood rots so quickly here...we are behind by at least a month here in the garden, was looking back at last year's photographs......we had such a mild winter last year, hardly any frost's! but very wet!

That Rose will look splendid on the pergola. I love the colour. I dread to think what plants have succumbed outside to all our winter wet. Hope yours are ok.

Thanks Sue, we have had four severe frost's, most of the tender plants have been fleeced,. but the larger ones it is impossible to cover, I cannot believe how the climate has changed since we moved here 17 years ago, never saw a frost, for the first twelve years!!, or any snow..........the Camellia are going to struggle, they are so exposed.......still!! nothing you can do about it.........

All looks great. Love the Wisteria and the Clematis.

that's a beautiful rose and lets face it if the grape wasn't doing it for you why not get rid. we got rid of ours when the girls decided eating grapes with pips wasn't on. after 3 yrs of just me eating them we chucked it. more space for peppers.

look forward to seeing him in flower :o)

Good luck, Dotty with your new plans.
I've added to GoYpedia.

Dd I liked seeing your winter storage area's, not scruffy at all, we all have to store things somewhere. Thats a beautiful rose I hope it does well for you....

The 'Shropshire Lad' Rose is a beauty and it will look a real picture on your pergola.
Remember to show us please.

Wildrose I will, although it usually takes a couple of years for roses to settle down.... Thanks Lincs the problem with having a small garden, and no garage, and just three small sheds, we have nowhere to store anything large...... Thanks TT, looking forward to getting it planted!
Seaburn, you can only eat so many pippy grapes, and they were small ones too, so more pips than grape! pepper's any day!
Linda I am keeping my fingers crossed for the Wisteria, we had our other variety up and die, for no apparent reason last year!! would be so upset to lose another ......

Shropshire Lad a name to remember , your rose with the wisteria makes for a beautiful combination, picture perfect :o)

Thanks Amy, Peters favourite poems written by A E Housman also another reason to include this rose!

Shropshire lad looks wonderful.I hope he grows well for you with no disease problems. l love climbing and rambling roses.
The Wisteria and Clematis look stunning sprawling over the pergola, DottyD

Thanks Paul I hope it will do well too........can never tell, not all roses !Ike coastal conditions!!

I love David Austin roses, they are all lovely. Hope your new one does well for you, it's another gorgeous one.

Iour garden looks beautiful, I really envy you all the colour from such gigantic blooms. Looking forward to seeing your progress.

The wisteria I planted two years ago is really struggling and I suspect that this year it will "bite the dust". The problem is that there is little real soil around the narrow edge of our triangular pergola, most of it is rubble which is extremely difficult to remove. It doesn't get much sun there either so a rose won't be happy. It's a lovely design but I wish the previous owners had given it a bit more thought.

Hi Angela, I hope you'll be as happy with your Shropshire Lad as I am with mine. I've got one planted on my rose arch on an East facing border. It's a shadier spot but flowers beautifully, from bottom to top, lovely scent too. David Austin say it's slow growing but mines already at the top of the arch after 2 years that's on a light soil as well.

Sam I am really happy to read your comments regarding A Shropshire Lad, looking forward to seeing it grow, please to hear it has a nice scent too..... roll on the Summer!!
Arbuthnot sorry to hear about your Wisteria, we lost a beautiful one last year, we were both quite upset!
Greenfinger thank you, roses do struggle here at the coast, but we keep on trying!!