The bed by the paved area - see a previous blog - has a border of forgetmenots (now clipped as they got mildew) and shrub roses. Amongst them grows a giant catmint, its flowers and foliage a lovely foil for the roses.
They include GJ as above, Lady Emma Hamilton, Winchester Cathedral (white), Jude the Obscure, William Morris and Rhapsody in Blue (not blue but more purple - smells wonderful but cuts poorly).
There are other roses in the garden, from Rambling Rector up a tree or over an old well, to Rosa rubifolia.
The latter came from the ancient garden at Wormleighton Manor where it was given to me by my Aunt P after Uncle D died. It had come with me from garden to garden since. Reputedly was said to be the red rose Lancaster by I am not sure of that. Certainly the garden at The Manor was the ancient home of the Spencer family and would date back to the right time. The rose freely seeded itself there.
There is the start of a Rosa rugosa hedge next to the field.
In the wood there are wild dog roses - Rosa canina (briars) - tumbling out of the shrubbery. The flowers are short lived and seem fragile compared the the garden roses.
I decided to have a day off from the garden today but a little dead heading is not really big gardening - is it?
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