Garden Shed Roses

When the garden area by the wood shed was newly developing I trained some climbing roses along the fence. They were a Gerbe rose, and a Bantry Bay rose, both of which were beautiful in their early blooming season.

bantry bay and gerbe rose - from the archives

Things have changed since this photograph was taken. Now you'll have to look much higher in the sky to see these two climbing roses in flower! And I'm cross with the Gerbe rose - it's rather forgettable, and has a tendency to black spot. I've refused to give it a rose page of its own.