Rose Garden in Summer

Roses, roses, roses - climbing over archways, and growing sedately surrounded by perennials. This is the Septic Tank Garden in all its summer glory. Pity about the name!

Roses roses roses

The pink rose on the first archway is Bantry Bay. Then the white roses in the side garden are the beautiful hybrid musk Prosperity (tall) and the smaller White Flower Carpet.

On the next archway there is a mystery rose to the left, and the cherry red Bloomfield Courage to the right. There's a second arch up the back (partly obscured) which supports Phyllis Bide.

White Garden Roses

Prosperity roses are hybrid musks, and have two distinct flowering periods. I believe they should be grown more often - the white rose Iceberg usually gets all the votes.

The edging perennials you can see in this picture are Golden Marjoram, a variegated Sedum, pink flowering Campion and the blue-green variety of Stachys. In the middle of all this rosy-ness is some beautiful green foliage provided by Euphorbias.

house-side garden in early summer 2004

The path through the house-side arches gets quite interesting in late summer when the yellow Heleniums have burst into flower and flopped over everything. Below is a late summer picture from the Archives - everything looks really low to the ground!

house-side garden in late summer 1999

The Septic Tank border to the left is more restrained, with the late blooms of the roses Prosperity and White Flower Carpet keeping order.