Your autumn garden may still contain Ice Plants but how many Icebergs have you grown. Before global warming addles everyone’s brains why not grow roses and lettuce that even the kids will think are cool.

Global warming has not made my Iceberg Rose melt or disappear. On the contrary it is doing very well despite the rain.

Amongst the top picks for many rose enthusiast this is one shrub that can look after itself. Any floribunda rose should have lots of buds and blossom and Iceberg doesn’t disappoint. These buds are slightly pink, opening regularly through summer and autumn to display classic white roses.

Compared to other roses this plant is disease resistant, feeds some aphids and has sharp thorns but all is forgiven in lieu of its great display.

Tips

• Icebergs bloom on new wood so prune before Easter to get good growth.
• Encourage your Iceberg to grow tall (4 foot) in a ‘White Garden’ – you can also get Iceberg as a climber sport

Iceberg Two
Vegetable gardeners will think of the Iceberg lettuce before roses.
To me they are not big on taste but great on texture. Crisp and juiciest of the many Lettuce varieties the Iceberg is a household favourite.
Due to the high water content Iceberg lettuce are not much good once the frost arrives.

Photo credits

miniature iceberg lettuce by MuffetCC BY 2.0
iceberg lettuce 2 by wintersoul 1 CC BY-NC-ND 2.0