Another flush?

Our roses looked absolutely gorgeous during the early weeks of summer, creating vibrant bursts of colour all around. Rose scent lingering in the air welcomed you into the garden.

But beauty fades, even though the plants hang on to the last vestiges. So today we needed to take some time to dead head the roses and prune out some of the old dead wood to help encourage another flush of blooms.

There are a lot of mature roses, so it was quite a task, but the climbers are already looking stronger with a little mid-season tlc.