by the way, thanks for the banana peel tip; I started mine straight away.

Get the cake ready. I'm on my way over!

After all these years, you have immensely educated us about planting tips, ideas, and how to grow chemical-free roses. I was so intrigued when I witnessed all these beauties right before my eyes when I visited you recently. This is heaven on earth. I am also so happy about how much your KZfaq has grown within these years. Thank you for yet another wonderful sharing from Merseyside, Rainhill.

10:24 "... not that great of a gardener..??" Ha! Your plants all look great to me. Plus, not only roses, but delphiniums, lupines, spring blooming bulbs, you have all of the bases covered.💚💚 Two green hearts for you! 12:14 photosynthesis, too many sibilants in the word LOL! 13:14 Oh! Nicely cupped! I love that old vintage form. I think that the cupped form derives from gallica ancestors. 13:50 Off for a David Austin rose to not posess fragrance because David Austin demanded fragrance, lots of it. Perhaps the plant's "perfume factory" has not yet come online? Or perhaps those remaining at Austin are loding David's vision? Stuffed to the gills with petals, just they way that I like. I think that we are growing glorious freaks that never existed in nature, recessive genetics coaxed out out more rugged dominant genetics? Cornus, so it is a dogwood species! So it should be a good neighbor and not become so large as to crowd all else out of existence. 16:50 Lime green, the color of springtime before the leaves on trees become opaque, they are thin and our half mile long road gos through a tunnel of 50 feet tall trees, springtime, when the leaves are thin and lime green, the very air/atmosphere radiates green. Springtime, my absolute favorite time of year, beauty and frgrance everywhere, wild growing Russian olives with their essential oil of bay leaf scent that carries long distance, honeysuckle, apple blossoms, all exhaling their own beautiful, ethereal, scents. I hope that in heaven it is perpetual springtime, and happt songbirds by the millions. Your lime green comment was the first domino that set off many memories. Forever springtime in my mind, even while trudging through arctic cold snowdrifts, snow creaking underfoot, in my mind's eye , in my olefactory memory it is springtime. 17:16 I prefer the lime green, it radiates youth, vigor, springtime, yellow leaves suggest autumn, diminishing strength and vigor. 18:09 Here in Ohio, I have never seen ground elder, we have other afflictions that you likely do not, like "japanese" beetles that descend on the roses en mass and in one afternoon totally shred the blooms. Well, alas, I have rambled on to create another chapter in a book. Past 11:30 at night here in Ohio. Signing off, back tomorrow. Torrential rain drove me out of the garden late afternoon, so my cabbages etc. are swelling up!

Bought two of them years ago. After two years, they also didn’t look as exceptional as before. They have grown bigger. Should be stronger actually but not. After 2,5 years, one was dead… It was my true love… the fragrance… the nice compact schrieb/neat growing habit, the beautiful flowers…. Everything… just not strong enough…

I love your garden Darren but more so ,like me,you are so passionate about your plants and roses. I thought it was only me that spoke to them like they’re human ☺️x. Love love love seeing your roses. Beautiful ❤

Hello from South Wales GB! Mine grows taller than I’d like making it susceptible to wind breakage. Thinking about putting it in an obelisk (it is in a large pot). What do you think?

You have a lovely garden, I always look forward to your garden tours. I also love that you are gardening organically, I do the same! Thank you for sharing with us, a bright spot in my day for sure 🙂

Thanks for the tip of putting cardboards to prevent the weeds, I will have to do that in my garden as well to control the weeds!

❤ I am in awe of your garden. You have everything I love. I want my yard to be like yours. How far apart do you plant your roses.

Hi Darren.Lovely to watch your video.I also have Jude The Obscure in my garden.I totally agree it beautifull scented.xxTake care.From Liz.

Also Darren, please can you tell me the name of the orange rose growing tall on the other side of the arch where you have the white rose Starlight Symphony?

Thanks for your time with your inspired video Darren. A couple of suggestions to help you along the merry way. With regard to that disfiguring blackspot which is rampant up and down the land in this era of wet seasons (and the more roses you grow cheek-by-jowl, the more you will see BS over time sadly) why not try the tip from that highly respected gardener, Sarah Raven of Perch Hill, and underplant (if you can generate space) your infected roses with small-leaved Salvias which release puffs of anti-fungal aroma as you brush by. The video is: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q7KWrbJexMqncqM.html With regard to your stunning Liquidambar, do crush a leaf or two as the season progresses before the spectacular leaf fall. Imbibe the resinous parfuma! Can you smell her? (Not so sure about the gender, but I don't think plants have caught up with the current PC climate.) If you have room for another fragrantly-leaved tree with superb Autumn colour, look out for a fastigiate Cercidiphyllum japonicum (aka The Candy Floss Tree, or The Toffee Apple Tree). One for a big deep pot with acidic compost on your patio, close to where you chill out with your caramel latte. For luminescent dahlias - do check out two award-winning stunners from the Hillcrest Series - 'Hillcrest Royal' & 'Hillcrest Candy'. You won't be disappointed. Enjoy the day, your beautiful garden, and its scent. Best wishes from East Yorkshire.

Hi Darren You have a lovely garden. I love roses too. One of my favourites is Gertrude Jekyll. What is the name of the rose that you save with the banana peel mix?

Darren, you are the one who inspired me to buy Jude the Obscure Rose a few years ago. I got her in the USA the last year she was available! Until I watched your review on her, I knew nothing about David Austin English roses. And now I have at least 25 varieties in my garden. Thank you for spreading your knowledge and love of roses to us! You brighten this world!!

😂 spider on me , you’re a wonderful gardener! Amazing flowers. I purchased two Florentina and planted last night . I can’t wait! Such an inspirational gardener Thank you for sharing your garden 🤍💜💗❤️✨🌹

4:13 Dianthus Scented Memories, I shall try to get seeds immediately because the summer solstice has just passed, I have been contemplating what biennials/perennials to plant in pots this summer in order to bloom next summer. So, Thank you for the informarion about Scented Memories. I was looking at various dianthus types, undecided, so I think that Scented Memories and some type of bicolor pink will be a good look/scent for next summer. A proper garden must be thought out and action taken a year in advance, failure to do so leaves us with commercial mediocrities to plant here in Ohio. Yes, wonderful clove scent. Also, I spent a lot of time searching for the perfect tri color pansy seeds to plant. Hmmm, fascinating, banana peels, high in potassium, not in salt form, but in bio available form. LONG video, I shall have to watch it over several evenings. 6:33 Your "weed", it looks like wormseed, a potent anti parasite herb. drag the leaves through your hand, if it has a pungent, strange "mawkish" odor , then it is wormseed and should be cut when it begins to form it's inconspicuous flowers, dried and used as an herb. I know it as Chenopodium ambrosioides but the name has changed, it really looks exactly like wormseed. Perhaps Scented Memories will not come true from seeds because I can find none available. I see many plants but no seeds. 10:00 I myself garden on a grand scale, but remember many apartment bound people watch you videos longing to be able to do what you do. So your experiences with roses in pots may be encouraging to that sort of viewer. We must every day attempt to see the other person's point of view and not our own point of view.💚💚💚 Enough for tonight, back in 24 hours!

I just discovered your channel Darren and subscribed. I garden in the US in Frankfort, Kentucky which is US growing zone 6B. Your garden is absolutely stunning. I grow David Austin roses in the border and in pots. I'm dealing with blackspot issues as well. We have been in a heatwave/drought in my state. However, we are expecting some much-needed rain over the next two days. I am going to try your suggestion of using banana peels in water to try and help my roses that suffered some during our recent heatwave. Take care and happy gardening, James

Darren, the name of the mysterious plant at 6.26 is Eryngium foetidum, a tropical perennial herb in the family Apiaceae. Common names include culantro (or), recao, chadon beni (pronounced shadow benny), Mexican coriander, bhandhania, long coriander, sawtooth coriander, and ngò gai. It is native to Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America, but is cultivated worldwide, mostly in the tropics as a perennial, but sometimes in temperate climates as an annual. In the United States, the common name culantro sometimes causes confusion with cilantro, a common name for the leaves of Coriandrum sativum.

Fabulous Darren. I'm currently on the first day of our family summer holiday. Yesterday I had to do the heart breaking, yearly😮 task of dead heading every rose (as well as annual and perennials) even those at perfection. So that when I get home in a couple of weeks, all will be good and not look like an explosion in a confetti factory.

Hi Darren your garden is beautiful as ever! Two plants I have with a lovely fragrance are "heliotropium" or the cherry pie plant which smells just like freshly baked cherry pie! And "nemesia 'Wisley vanilla' which when the sun shines on it...well you can smell its gorgeous vanilla scent from meters away. You can get em both in most garden centres & if not online. Love your videos, your enthusiasm for gardening for a young man is amazing. Keep up the great work! 👍

Wonderful! All your hard work shows. Been waiting for the tour. Thank you ! Nice to see Miss Ava too. All the best - Nina

Waiting for another tipsy garden tour 😂

Your garden looks really beautiful. I love your new Emma Bridgewater rose!

51:14 Deiner Rosen garten, Darren, ist Grossartigig!!! So viele wunderschöne Blumen die Helle und Zarte Rosen die ,die Seele beruhigt !!!Die Babys Ahorne sind schon größer und schöner geworden!!! Ich liebe deinen Rosen Garten, sie ist wirklich in meinen Herzen und auch im Leben sind Blumen in meinem Herzen ❤️ Danke sehr für die Tolle Video !!!

Have you ever grown a vintage rose called The Fairy. It has a small shrub growing pattern and has many shades of pink. Very sweet. I just learned about it. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l5h4hJin2dacooU.html

Hi I must say been looking forward to your vids find them excellent full of interesting facts, I,ll Keep enjoying them as I do all reddy. .

10:14: The most authentic way of saying thank you that I have heard far and wide! Love your DA rose collection.

Liquid Amber trees grow very large. You may regret growing one. The one in our garden is 50 feet tall.

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

Your garden is looking very full and lovely. What a beautiful job you've done with your planting combinations. ❤ Love the variety! Jude the Obscure is breathtaking. I wish I could sniff with you!!! I'm so happy you are organic and don't spray. I do the same and love our pollinators. 🐝

Incredibĺe flower power.

Stop saying gall-a-way. It's gawl-way.

I’ve recently discovered Lavender-I enjoy its fragrance but never thought I could grow it. Your video gives me hope! Any chance you can show the progress your featured potted Lavender is doing a year later? Thank you! Excellent video.

Stunning

which weather zone are you in?

This is in a pot? 4:49

Very underwhelming David Austin rose, but, lovely video. She is not joining my 80 strong rose collection.

Wunderschöne Strauß 💐 zauberhaft schöne Blüten und Fantastische Farben ❤❤❤

this bloody rain his year, did so much damage to my garden too, Black spots all over, and the buds were rotting without even blooming, I was almost crying. But the thing about roses is that even when they look terrible, they are so strong, they just rise up from their ashes. I love your garden Darren, and I love the mixed coloring, just like it is in nature too, Really nice.!

Your gardens are absolutely gorgeous! I actually watched your video twice 😁. I laughed when you talked about your color schemes and how you mixed them however they wanted to grow- many of my gardens are the same, I just love mixing colors and contrasts. Thank you so much for the lovely relaxing garden tour- I look forward to more. Michele from Northern NY

Hello Darren, thank you for your comment about the size of the pots! I have several roses in very big pots and to be honest they are not doing the best, on another side I have planted two roses in much smaller pots and they are growing much much better. From now on I will just use smaller ones.

41:20 this is weed :) have a lot of them

Like👍 for not spraying with chemicals!

My James Galway is glorious in its second year. I didn't expect scent, but this year it's a lovely medium old rose. Has yours developed more scent?

What a lovely Flowers Like 106 My friend thank you for good sharing. Have a good relationship 😊

Great video! Leaving it in the pot to premeasure hole is genius. Thank you! 👍🇺🇸

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Darren, your armchair!!!!!!!!!!!!