If you’re looking for a thornless climber, and you love roses, here’s one to check out: Yellow Lady Bank’s Climbing Rose (Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea’).
This early blooming rose won’t disappoint, AND, having almost no thorns, won’t shred you, family or friends if it grows a wee bit rambunctious in the summer. 🙂
For me, the cheery yellow flowers of ‘Lutea’ is a favorite! There is also a white variety (Rosa banksiae var. banksiae) which is another great option. For both, color is the over-all deciding factor, as they share the same thornless, rambler rose habit with the sweet, subtle fragrance of violets! [Read more]
There is always an opportunity to create a vignette in the garden, including a lovely winter vignette!
If you’re looking for some flowering filler ground covers that can take part shade to maybe even well I won’t say SHADE but hmm, yep, sometimes we want to push the envelope… and if you do, try the likes of Campanula poscharskyana (photo below) which is virtually pest and disease free.
Cupheas, otherwise known as firecracker plants or cigar plants constantly surprise me with their ease of care and unique gangbuster flowers. Their flowers are tiny, but so abundant you see bright, cheery color at a distance. I would say for the Mediterranean climate garden, Cupheas, with their tiny tubular hummingbird happy flowers, are an excellent addition to the garden or a container.
Hi there and Happy Fall to you! Hopefully, you’re still finding time to garden. Here in the San Francisco Bay Area gardening and planting is year round with mild winter temperatures making this possible. Today is October 12, 2020 and our business is off to plenty of planting especially in the next few months of Indian Summer, where particularly in SF, we get some of our warmest temps. In this post I hope you enjoy seven statement 
