{"id":25595,"date":"2018-06-26T18:06:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T18:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=25595"},"modified":"2018-06-26T18:09:19","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T18:09:19","slug":"garden-delights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=25595","title":{"rendered":"Garden delights"},"content":{"rendered":"

The standard rose that I was gifted on my fiftieth birthday has grown to an enormous size. I am not sure that standards are meant to get to this size. The beauty of this rose is that it flowers through to the first frosts usually in October or beginning of November.<\/p>\n

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My birthday standard rose<\/p><\/div>\n

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The rose and shrub almost hide the fence<\/p><\/div>\n

Before we had new fence here, last year, we used to let this rose go wild as a screen between ourselves and the neighbours. Now that there is a good fence in place we have tamed this rose. I love the way the shrub has grown up to meet it and the fence has almost disappeared. I also love the two tones of pink together.<\/p>\n

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Lavender grows through the variegated lilies<\/p><\/div>\n

Sometimes by happy accident plants will grow through each other quite happily. I love this lavender growing through the lilies.<\/p>\n

We love to see the garden full so that there is no bare soil and little space for weeds to come through. It makes the garden not only look natural but keeps it low maintenance.<\/p>\n

We are very pleased with how the garden is at the moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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