I appreciate the willingness of the garden to mix all the plants and color. The results is really a showcase of just how outstanding roses are in the whole scheme.🤙
I lived in Vancouver many years ago and the Quarry Garden at Queen Elizabeth park was my favourite place to bring visitors. Thank you for the wonderful tour
Thank you for this. It's a pity the roses are not individually labeled, since I also use these visits to find roses I want to grow, but I loved the mix of roses and lilies and albums and perennials. I plant that way.
Jason Croutch, the Legolas to Tony Santoro’s Gimli in the world of POV-botany! It’s a pleasure watching a maestro move through a space, thinking and reacting and analyzing out loud like this. The passion is contagious. Picked up my first rose a month ago after years of being inspired 😊
I didnt realize how far behind i am in Newport, Washington. Just got my first blooms last week! Makes me want to move. Nice walk and thanks for the video.
Thank you for sharing the tour. We are in the depths of winter here in the Western Cape, South Africa, and seeing so many blooms is rather uplifting. I also found it inspiring as I plan a new informal rose & perennial bed. There will be bronze fennel: it does not self-seed promiscuously where I live so seems a safe but beautiful bet.
This is awesome!! Jason I hope you can do a rose garden tour at the Butchart Gardens too. I'm in ON and have always been thinking about visting the garden when its in bloom
Hi Jason, I loved the tour of your visit and your commentary. 😊 Shame about some of the roses not having ID. I am not very good at labelling my plants, but I do always make sure I keep the IDs for the roses I have.
Thanks for taking us along through your rose garden tour. Love seeing all the roses, but I’m not a fan of seeing all the fennel mixed in. A little mix is okay, but they have aboard. Thinking cutbacks being the cause. Again, Thanks. 👍❤️😊
Thanks. I'm with you - little touches here and there were at first charming, but it seems out of control to me and in places it's smothering all other plants.
I love the variety of plants in that park. It's a beautiful place, thanks for the tour. Did you figure out what rose that is at 9:42? Is that the habit of a rambler, or a specific type of rose? I have a rose on my property with a similar habit but different flower, and am not sure where to start to identify it yet. I think I need to learn morphology of the different common rose species, are there any good videos about that?
Thanks Christine. That low suckering habit is classic gallica and I'll stick with my tentative ID of R. gallica officinalis (the apothecary rose). You'll see some rugosa roses form a thicket like this too (though usually taller)
I like mixed plantings but to ensure that it doesn't look messy, the layering has 2B carefully curated. High specimen bushes w. other plants only 1/2 height or less. e.g. in1 bed I've a 7 foot tall & wide pale pink Weigela followed a meter away (on a diagonal close to each other) are 2 cherry red Quince kept knee high, then at other end of the oval a huge 5 foot tall & wider Bridal Veil Spirea. Around each bush are hosta, only seen in early Spring, & around the Quince are short blue/white irises & bright yellows & low type variegated sedum & pansies fill in the spaces to tie it all together. So the focal bushes, all bloom one after another so long season for that bed. Have 6 others done similarly but focus on huge Deutzia in 1 surrounded by hot pink roses, or 5 colours of lilacs in another w. much shorter Forsythia; Mock Orange & in another... (Trees that produce no blooms can be in amongst or behind in taller forms but spaced so that groundcover of forget- me- nots or low growing herbs creates a blanket around the birch, willow, wild pear or other tall plant to create an open space that is visually not busy. That way the rose or young Rhodie have no direct competition to the leaf or bloom colours. And always good air circulation in our damp climate. I loved that pink rose w. the dark lovely rootstock in the center!!! So glad that it was not overcrowded with anything. Same w. the striped pink, slowly reverting. Those I'd cherish.
Rewatching this video drinking coffee and warming up next to the pellet stove out in the shop. I’ve have a couple queen Elizabeth roses I bought on a whim from Costco that have been sitting on the front porch and they are starting to leaf out. Will they take part shade? Will it look good with Dahlias?
That used to be a great rose garden, but in recent years the Vancouver Park Board "gardeners" in charge have been getting lazy. Indeed, they do not seem to be rose enthusiasts at all - they're more like landscapers now, like those crews who manage the green strips in front of malls and parking lots. The roses used to be varied, organised and labeled - now they're grouped in large mono-varietal groups. Many rose beds have been destroyed - replaced with lawns and benches. Most beds are filled with interplanted lilies. Indeed, they spend more time reseeding the lilly bulbs etc, than taking care of the roses. When they prune the roses, they just leave all the cutting lying around under the rose bushes. It really seems like there used to be a master gardener and lover of roses in charge of that garden, who then retired to be replaced by some union crew of landscapers that's just putting in a token effort. Zero inspiration, zero exploration. At least I rescued a bunch of the cool roses that used to grow there - took cuttings and they now grow in my own yard, down the hill!! ha!
That's unfortunate. I kind of got that feeling from how the place looks. The original gardener did a very impressive job, though, and I'm glad they're not just letting it revert back to an overgrown field. It's still a beautiful place.
Thanks for your insights. I didn't go out of my way to show any beds that were poorly maintained, but there were a few for sure - and the self-seeding "weedy" plants were okay in moderation, but I'm afraid they may have tipped over the balance. Overall the "bones" are nice, but it could use some TLC.
@@quitlife9279 In a highly maintained garden filled with rare plants and none of them need pruning, it might actually be a bad idea for somebody to take cuttings. In this case, though, taking cuttings from those rose bushes affects nothing, and it could even help the plant out by opening it up so it gets more airflow if the cutting was taken strategically. Not only that, it's also a great way to continue the genetics of a plant that's overgrown and sickly, or to remember a place after things change over time and the original plants are gone.
so beautiful 🌸🫰🥰
I appreciate the willingness of the garden to mix all the plants and color. The results is really a showcase of just how outstanding roses are in the whole scheme.🤙
I lived in Vancouver many years ago and the Quarry Garden at Queen Elizabeth park was my favourite place to bring visitors. Thank you for the wonderful tour
I enjoy garden tours so thank you for sharing!
Thank you for this. It's a pity the roses are not individually labeled, since I also use these visits to find roses I want to grow, but I loved the mix of roses and lilies and albums and perennials. I plant that way.
Jason Croutch, the Legolas to Tony Santoro’s Gimli in the world of POV-botany!
It’s a pleasure watching a maestro move through a space, thinking and reacting and analyzing out loud like this. The passion is contagious. Picked up my first rose a month ago after years of being inspired 😊
Thank you for showing us around, Jason. The pink rose at mark 2:00 looks like Felicia. It is, like Buff Beauty, such a great garden rose.
Thanks!
❤ I love your garden.🎉
Beautiful garden 😊
Nice
I didnt realize how far behind i am in Newport, Washington. Just got my first blooms last week! Makes me want to move. Nice walk and thanks for the video.
Thank you for sharing the tour. We are in the depths of winter here in the Western Cape, South Africa, and seeing so many blooms is rather uplifting. I also found it inspiring as I plan a new informal rose & perennial bed. There will be bronze fennel: it does not self-seed promiscuously where I live so seems a safe but beautiful bet.
Wow, so beautiful !! Thanks for sharing.
You're so welcome. Thanks for watching
This is awesome!! Jason I hope you can do a rose garden tour at the Butchart Gardens too. I'm in ON and have always been thinking about visting the garden when its in bloom
I'll see if I can get out there - but it would likely be next year!
Hi Jason, I loved the tour of your visit and your commentary. 😊 Shame about some of the roses not having ID. I am not very good at labelling my plants, but I do always make sure I keep the IDs for the roses I have.
Thanks Pauline
Thanks for taking us along through your rose garden tour. Love seeing all the roses, but I’m not a fan of seeing all the fennel mixed in. A little mix is okay, but they have aboard. Thinking cutbacks being the cause. Again, Thanks. 👍❤️😊
Thanks. I'm with you - little touches here and there were at first charming, but it seems out of control to me and in places it's smothering all other plants.
it’s very nice.
Hi ! very near our house
I love the variety of plants in that park. It's a beautiful place, thanks for the tour. Did you figure out what rose that is at 9:42? Is that the habit of a rambler, or a specific type of rose? I have a rose on my property with a similar habit but different flower, and am not sure where to start to identify it yet. I think I need to learn morphology of the different common rose species, are there any good videos about that?
Thanks Christine. That low suckering habit is classic gallica and I'll stick with my tentative ID of R. gallica officinalis (the apothecary rose). You'll see some rugosa roses form a thicket like this too (though usually taller)
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I like mixed plantings but to ensure that it doesn't look messy, the layering has 2B carefully curated. High specimen bushes w. other plants only 1/2 height or less. e.g. in1 bed I've a 7 foot tall & wide pale pink Weigela followed a meter away (on a diagonal close to each other) are 2 cherry red Quince kept knee high, then at other end of the oval a huge 5 foot tall & wider Bridal Veil Spirea. Around each bush are hosta, only seen in early Spring, & around the Quince are short blue/white irises & bright yellows & low type variegated sedum & pansies fill in the spaces to tie it all together. So the focal bushes, all bloom one after another so long season for that bed. Have 6 others done similarly but focus on huge Deutzia in 1 surrounded by hot pink roses, or 5 colours of lilacs in another w. much shorter Forsythia; Mock Orange & in another... (Trees that produce no blooms can be in amongst or behind in taller forms but spaced so that groundcover of forget- me- nots or low growing herbs creates a blanket around the birch, willow, wild pear or other tall plant to create an open space that is visually not busy. That way the rose or young Rhodie have no direct competition to the leaf or bloom colours. And always good air circulation in our damp climate. I loved that pink rose w. the dark lovely rootstock in the center!!! So glad that it was not overcrowded with anything. Same w. the striped pink, slowly reverting. Those I'd cherish.
Rewatching this video drinking coffee and warming up next to the pellet stove out in the shop. I’ve have a couple queen Elizabeth roses I bought on a whim from Costco that have been sitting on the front porch and they are starting to leaf out.
Will they take part shade?
Will it look good with Dahlias?
It depends on what you mean by part shade. 6+ hours for best performance. Everything looks good with dahlias
do parks in BC spray?
It would vary by the community regulations, but the City of Vancouver is pesticide free
"Rose gardens" in the Uk don't generally mix perennials in and I think it's a great shame.
That used to be a great rose garden, but in recent years the Vancouver Park Board "gardeners" in charge have been getting lazy.
Indeed, they do not seem to be rose enthusiasts at all - they're more like landscapers now, like those crews who manage the green strips in front of malls and parking lots.
The roses used to be varied, organised and labeled - now they're grouped in large mono-varietal groups.
Many rose beds have been destroyed - replaced with lawns and benches.
Most beds are filled with interplanted lilies. Indeed, they spend more time reseeding the lilly bulbs etc, than taking care of the roses.
When they prune the roses, they just leave all the cutting lying around under the rose bushes.
It really seems like there used to be a master gardener and lover of roses in charge of that garden, who then retired to be replaced by some union crew of landscapers that's just putting in a token effort. Zero inspiration, zero exploration.
At least I rescued a bunch of the cool roses that used to grow there - took cuttings and they now grow in my own yard, down the hill!! ha!
That's unfortunate. I kind of got that feeling from how the place looks. The original gardener did a very impressive job, though, and I'm glad they're not just letting it revert back to an overgrown field. It's still a beautiful place.
I can not condone taking cuttings from public gardens...
Thanks for your insights. I didn't go out of my way to show any beds that were poorly maintained, but there were a few for sure - and the self-seeding "weedy" plants were okay in moderation, but I'm afraid they may have tipped over the balance. Overall the "bones" are nice, but it could use some TLC.
@@quitlife9279 In a highly maintained garden filled with rare plants and none of them need pruning, it might actually be a bad idea for somebody to take cuttings. In this case, though, taking cuttings from those rose bushes affects nothing, and it could even help the plant out by opening it up so it gets more airflow if the cutting was taken strategically. Not only that, it's also a great way to continue the genetics of a plant that's overgrown and sickly, or to remember a place after things change over time and the original plants are gone.
how to deal with possum, they always eat my roses.
I'll leave it open for advice from other gardeners - I don't deal with possum here