Roses

I think it's OK for the moment but when it grows new canes then tie them where you want while they are still flexible.

Oh dear. Another thing to worry about

I've had a good look. It definitely has plenty of room - for this year anyway. Then I'll do what @infradig suggests. I don't want to waste a good container on it.

Most roses will cope with as little as three hours of sunshine a day (when it shines ) but prefer much more.In a previous garden I dug out a new rose bed and planted nine bare root roses in early Spring. I didn't expect them to bloom the first year but they all produced some flowers late in...

No advantage that I can see.

I don't really care for "The King's Rose", it looks too feminine for the king. Rosa Mundi is OK because of it's wonderful scent. The main difference between the two is that Rosa Mundi is only summer flowering and The King's Rose repeat flowers.

Good evening thank you for that information I shall have a search on my database and get back to you at some point

I love her but do find the scent erratic. Sometimes strong and gorgeous, other times/blooms negligible. Ours took a couple of years to settle and really get going, before then they flowered well but always looked a bit spindly

I brutally pruned some climbers two years ago. No flowers last year but they're back in force now.Arthur Bell Dublin Bay Albertine

Good luck. I have several rose cuttings on the go myself after taking loads at various times thru the season. The ones that have worked are the early autumn cuttings but only with 3 varieties which is frustrating.I'll try again tho.

Thanks everyone for your input. I think I'm going to get it in the ground and get myself an obelisk. Don't think I've any other practical options.. I considered the front of my house, but it bears the brunt of the NW offshore gales, and as a consequence I don't think it will do too well there...

Is it a rose?

Thanks very much

Hard to see in this photo, but I have been very pleased with how Lilac Bouquet has done on my arch. Repeats well, but does not have much of a scent.

I'd cut it back fairly hard, if it doesn't come back from that you have not really lost anything as it sounds like its far too tall and always will be if you dont try.

@Bear1 I was in the garden yesterday and looked at a number of hawthorn cuttings, taken last autumn, all had got buds swelling and even bursting. I pulled a couple up and not a sign of roots, stuck them back in with the 10 or so. They can sit there until next spring.

It looks very old to me and if those 2 thick stems are producing small white flowers instead of the original flowers I think it has been taken over by the wild rose rootstock.I would dig it up, change the earth it is planted in, to prevent rose sickness, and plant a new rose. However, first...

Do you know what sort of rose it is? Climber, shrub etc? Do you know how old it is? Does it only flower once in summer or does it repeat flower? Without knowing I would just cut off any dead bits, very spindly stems and bits that rub each other and cut off all the bits that flowered last year...

This is a photo from David Austin of the Generous Gardener.

Ooh interesting, I didn’t know that. It’s a pretty thick stem but if I cut it shorter I might be able to pull it off.