This was a new variety when bought and is not as strong as the classic but reappears nonetheless and is very cute.

This is a lovely rose and well scented but was too close to both R. 'Scentsation' and R. 'Pretty Lady'. It was the weakest of the three, not as floriferous and more prone to black spot so was taken out. RIP.

I have two of these and they have put on a strong performance from the second year. Lovely, very strong fragrance. The flowers last well and are deep pink. I've pulled/curved her onto swing seat from back of bed to generate more upright stems and flowers. She is pretty big! 2013 has seen them flowering profusely - over 60 flowers in bloom plus lots more buds to open in the first flush.

I've recently put one up the swing seat from the Pink bed. Beautifully shaped flowers. Scented. Quite tall, ie 4m so I'll have to make sure I bend it round properly to keep it flowering low down as well as at the top.

I've always wanted one so I bought the Loire arch in order to grow one up it. It is beautiful and fabulously scented. It repeats and has beautiful, red edge tinted young foliage too. The flowers are quite short-lived though. However, I am happy with it so far.

This is a short, repeating rambler (1.8 m) with small double flowers. I've put this up the Loire arch with the Generous Gardener which is scented - we'll see how it performs. Fairy is a nice, small, double rose and it will be interesting to see how it works as a rambler.

A small ground cover rose 30cm x 90 cms. Sweet. It's new so we'll see how it spreads out over the next few years. Looking good in 2013.

Eglantyne is a very pretty, beautifully scented, light pink rose. She has rosette blooms and is a repeater. She doesn't carry many blooms at a time but they are worth waiting for. The whole effect is quite delicate until you smell her and then you are whacked by her sweet, secret weapon.

The red and yellow alstroemerias in the red bed have been fantastic for colour throughout the year and I was hoping to achieve the same in the pink bed but neither this blue one or the white Avanti showed, much to my great disappointment.

The red and yellow alstroemerias in the red bed have been fantastic for colour throughout the year and I was hoping to achieve the same in the pink bed but neither this white one or the blue Perfect Blue showed, much to my great disappointment.