A Good Weekend

Yes, that's what you call a sunny and warm weekend when nothing stops you from spending two full days in the garden, catching up with all the stuff that didn't get done during the long rainy months of Summer 2010.
We planted Bouquet Tout Fait in the south facing border opposite the agapanthus bed. We carried out jungle-clearance by the new garden and have made a spot to plant Scharlachglut tomorrow. William Lobb has a home close to the Blush Noisette.  Alain Blanchard is moved to a big pot till flowering time next year, when we can see where he will look best.  We found a spot for Gloire de Dijon (£3 from Morrison's, but another session of jungle clearance will be needed.  This is all the result of that rose trip in June, where we let heart rule head and bought those mostly once-flowering but gorgeous old roses.

On the to-do list: repot Magenta and give lots of tlc. Move James Mason and Cardinal Hume to places where they will be happy. Pink Surprise (av 6 flowers per year) will have to find a new home. Also, where are the rooted cuttings of Tour de Malakoff and Andre Devoust going to go?
We potted up the Cretan rose cuttings (double pink climber/rambler) which were well rooted and put cuttings of the China from Pensychant into rooting compost.

We took tip cuttings of Arctotis 'Flame', Coreopsis 'Pink Lady' and Pelargonium 'Lord Bute' in plug trays of low-nutrient peat.

The dahlias by the shed have started. White Ballerina is hugely floriferous, and huge. Keith's Choice, it turns out, wouldn't be our choice.  We love Hillcrest Royal, an exciting purple cactus type. Eagerly awaiting Star's Favourite, a pink/gold/white cactus. The later-planted dahlias by the big hydrangea are budding up, so there's more excitement to come.
It was warm enough to eat out in new woodland garden - pork shoulder with Stovies (Anya and Annabelle).