David Beckham is best known for his soccer skills, but his gardening chops are not to be discounted. The athlete frequently spends time in his backyard tending to his vegetables, chickens, and flowers. This week, Beckham added a new plant to his outdoor space, and its benefits go far beyond aesthetics.
Wife and fashion designer Victoria Beckham shared an adorable video of her husband in their digging a hole to plant a Queen of Sweden rose bush. He is placing the plant against their wooden fence to act as part of the border for their yard. It contrasts perfectly with the idyllic English countryside behind, the stone path, and the fence.
Rachel Bull, head of gardens at says of Beckham's : 'The Queen of Sweden is a David Austin English shrub rose in a classically romantic shade of pale pink. It is glorious, and has a gentle fragrance. These roses can grow up to five ft tall and 3ft wide, so once established will create the most beautiful rose bush.
It’s an ideal rose variety for creating a hedge or border, and as David Beckham has done here, a clever way to mark a boundary between different zones in your garden.' A photo posted by on Rachel is a gardening writer, flower grower and floral designer. Her journalism career began 15 years ago on magazine, sparking a love of container gardening and wild planting.
After more than a decade writing for and editing a range of consumer, business and special interest titles, Rachel became editor of floral art magazine . She then trained a.
