Roses

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I think I'll try growing Fuchsias next year,

Hi JJ, As insurance, you could use some of the top growth to make cuttings about 12-15" long, pencil thickness, take off leaves and stick in the ground where you want the rose to grow.

You can get one bare root from www.davidaustinroses.com

Most are just labelled with a number as it's supposed to be an anonymous trial. There are also a few beds of previous winners Brass Band Honey Dijon

Where you are 100% right WOO is at amateur shows. I have always thought that judges tend to favour certain varieties or colours or types. That shouldn't be the case but . . . . We're in California at the moment, where wwe'll be attending and or judging at three rose shows and it's the same...

R V Roger of Pickering sells a huge range of rosess C&K Jones of Tarvin in Cheshire are very good too Both do mail order

I have Teasing Georgia climbing up an obelisk with a Clematis - although the fragrance isn't nearly as strong as some of my other DA roses.Also bought Golden Celebration this year which is stunning and very fragrant and the flowers are a lovely buttery yellow(Pics shown are of my Roses)....

You're right Music, roses do take a lot of looking after, but they're worth it!

All I do is give them some banananana skins

Thank you Mondo1. The Rose Gardens look wonderful and I bet they smell just as good too.

Sorry to be a bit late on this this thread but . . . . . . . . . . . rose cuttings are easy! Any rose can be rooted but some are undoubtedly easier (or harder) than others. Old Garden shrub roses are very easy. Ramblers are a cinch (is that how you spell it?) Climbers are OK but not perhaps...

Thanks noisette, I`ve already threaded one shoot to lie horizontal and I`ll try the others as well to see what happens. It`s late in the season now so perhaps I wont see any favourable results this year. Next year after a severe prune all should start again except that next year I won`t allow...

Oh dear very sad to hear Woo, a certain loss to the Rose World.. So young too..Yes it is very difficult to bear sometimes when you lose close family members in such quick succession Jiffy.. Life can be very cruel it seems sometimes..

Have a look through this thread Sian and see if anything takes your fancy. I bought all my roses bare root last year as they work out a lot cheaper, you can order now but they won't be delivered until November when they are dormant. Floribundas are probably the hardiest of the shrub roses,...

I agree with Sheal, apart from the use of Tomato Feed which is rich in Potash and could encourage the Rose to waste energy by trying to produce flowers again even late in the year but Miracle Grow General Purpose would be ideal. If you make sure that the plant is watered regularly for a month...

Thanks val i will do this just with my huge rose pots

Welcome to Gardeners Corner Andy. I'd just like to point out this thread is over five years old and Cookie Monster hasn't posted for over a year.

It's lovely Jen. They used to keep these in the pens.

Maigold is really thorny!!! Val