Roses

Sounds like you have some great ideasGardening is addictiveI personally would NOT put a rose in that small space where the other climber is growingBear in mind, there are many types of roses and if you are keen on getting a beautiful rose, then you can get roses that are compact enough to...

Just thought I’d update on the war with the black spot! So I cut the roses back hard and sprayed the hydrogen peroxide mix (I think about 4 sprays in total) to kill any lurking spores. I’m now spraying weekly with a milk/bacarb soda/garlic water mix to hopefully try to prevent an outbreak. The...

Hello and thank you @Victoria! Sorry I missed your post before. I've replied to you properly in the intro thread I started last year. I haven't moved the earth - but I think I've made some decent progress.

Hi all, Sorry,this is a long shot. I’m not a gardener but I am after some advice concerning a “Monte Carlo red rose” bush. Like I said I’m not a gardener but this is on behalf of my farther in law whose wife passed recently. He had the rose display via a florist for his wife’s funeral and would...

You're more than welcome, Shy

The big pluses with Chateau de clos Vougeot are the scent and the vigour. It also withstands the sun without fading, which some reds don't. If you're going to plant a potted rose, Chris, you can do that whenever suits you. You might get away with bare-root planting still...(David Austin just for...

Just want to say thanks again to everyone who has given me advice with this. The bricklayer has been round today and said that I can get away with only having the top half of the wall rebuilt and if I can rope the roses and pull them away then he can work around that with the minimum of fuss.

I tried grafting last year, I got 2 suckers growing from my hybrid teas so I potted them up to grow some roots and they did. So i grafted them and one of them took, grew one stem and flowered. Never tried cuttings because I always thought that they grow better grafted.

The hybrid tea roses that I've got hav6 a good scent to them, so they're not all of the same.

What's your Rose for this year?

Chopped!

I'm quite fortunate that cuttings from her favourite fucshia have taken, actually I've got about 20 pots now (taking no chances) As for the rose, that's much more sentimental, as it's a Woolies rose, she planted in the 60s and I remember that day vividly for some reason. She didn't like it to...

Hi Weedaway, well, perhaps for that particular Rose but I hope you can find space for in the garden somewhere as it will give you much more flowers and pleasure if it's happy where it is growing. But, for other Roses, they can keep flowering sometimes up to December!!

Thanks everyone, I'll cut this shoot and try bending down the next one that is about to grow too tall. Then we'll see what works best for this particular plant. I'm a bit rose shy as there seems to be just one correct thing to do and everything else is doomed, but apparently roses are in real...

If i ran a nursery I'd consider giving a 5 year warranty on the 15 ltr pots, but i wouldn't give any warranty on the actual plants. Some people would go home shoving their new purchase into a patch of virtual sub soil and then turn up six months later when the poor wretched plant/rose has given...

Thank you all for your recommendations.

Thank you. I will try to use your advice.

I believe that Noisette's advice is spot on, Tabbee. Could I ask if you have been feeding the Rose at all Roses are notoriously hungry feeders and will respond rapidly to a weekly feed of a high Potash fertiliser, say, something like Tomato Feed. I have a 40 year old Rose "King's Ransom"...

Thank you. More new roses for you to enjoy.

Good morning @ricky101 my friend the only other time that I have seen this is with thrips, This damage is generally characterised by deformed buds that may only partially open, or even fall from the plant before full bloom.ps.and this is another reason not to water from above as sometimes the...