Roses

Good morning @Sheal you know I always agree with you my friend

Good evening Loli my friend and thank you,I'm looking forward to seeing them bloom as well

Hi spruce, thanks for your help, your advice worked for me. I now have strong healthy plants to add to my collection

Yes, if I cannot succeed in loosening it, I will saw it off close to the ground. Already there are red valerian growing around it (as can be seen from the photo). I may place a large potted plant on the sawn off base (until the roots disintegrate enough to be lifted). I can't wait for a...

Thanks Sheal...sounds like good advice!

I agree, it should be fine and might even kickstart it into flowering even more.

It's really rewarding to see those new shoots coming when taking your own Rose cuttings,I'm sure they'll do well Husseycopper

Getting our standards mixed up ! I took it as a bog standard rose as well !

Hi @Nigalius The height of your roses is really your own personal preference but(English Roses)Charlotte Rose will be 3 to 5 ft so anywhere between the two(English Rose)Falstaff Rose I am given to understand that you can either grow this as a shrub Rose or a climber 4 ft x 3.5 or 6 ft-8 ft...

Well, if it ever ends up looking anything like this in a few years time then it most certainly would have been.

Hi Fern if you are going to get this one let me know first as the my friends Rose Farm is a stones throw from me(just a short walk) and I can always get it for you a little cheaper and post it to you,at the moment he is offering 25% discount on all Roses which means it s only £6.37 and I could...

Noisette's pretty much got it ^ Hourly rate plus materials plus mark up on materials.I only have one commercial contract which works out at £30 p/h and everyone I know is in the region of £25-£30 commercially. Residential slightly lower. I'd imagine the South East to be similar.

Good evening ian its a good choice Monty Dons favourite he has one in his garden and raves about its scarlet flowers, ShrubRosa omeiensis pteracantha yes I'm almost sure this is the one with the spectacular thorns that appear translucent ,white flower,ShrubRosa helenae lovely white...

You're welcome.

here is one Dorothy, but it is more yellow than white...

Good morning Sheal and Silu and thank you for your lovely comments my friends they are always very much appreciated

Good morning Charliebot you are most welcome my friend

Thank you everyone for your valued contributions. To update both roses are doing fine. The G de F particularly looks like it had always been there and I expect a great show next year. Iceberg is still settling but no issues to report. Hopefully they'll be a few stems long enough to cut in the...

Good evening Mondo why change the habit of a lifetimeYou are quite right Mondo I just offered the translation Joie de Vivre; I never check my friends Rose names unless I am asked,in any case my friend its definitely a Rose