Thank-you all for your ideas.
Jills and David. Falstaff has exactly the sort of blooms I love most!
Luckily, there is no black spot here in Crete. At least, not until the damp weather starts in the winter.
So hopefully it should do well.
I don't have TMG no 42. Is it the answer to life, the universe and everything? I can get a back copy though.
Oron. Oklahoma is a rose I don't know. I have found lots of photos of it on the web and it looks lovely. I even managed to find some photos of the whole bush and it appears to have a good shape, and, has foliage down to the ground.
The colour is hard to tell from the photos. Some of them look a deep wine red and some look more orange. Not that it matters. It just determines where I put it.
Which do you think it is? Or does it vary, dependent on the weather or season?
I have never heard of rose jam. I am the worlds worst cook and have given up trying.
My husband luckily loves cooking, and does all of it.
However, rose jam sounds intriguing. If you post the recipe I will have to try it
David. Last autumn, the paving and steps were finally finished. So, this coming season, barring any disasters, the garden should look more presentable.
I will take some more photos and see how they turn out.
The members garden on the main site, is a good idea.
Is your's there? There are some lovely gardens shown in the Languedoc. Is your's one of them?
I have also recently been admiring Umbrian's garden on that page.
Also Michel Gautier's garden, which I have been visiting via his link, I would love to see there.
Daisy
For those who never read the book, heard the radio programme, or watched the television series,
No. 42 was the answer to life, the universe and everything, in Douglas Adam's The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.