Roses

thanks Liz, i will keep your advice in mind when i cut it back. Mine is also in the shade but dosent seem to mind as it has grown very tall.

I've just inherited my Grandma's garden. Unfortunately because she'd been ill for some time her garden hasn't been too well cared for in recent times. I can do pretty much what I like; BUT I have to maintain the daffodils and the roses, especially the roses! At present I have roses in 3...

That last rose is so pretty Armandii.

Okay thanks Owl for your help I'll put them in containers as they are and when I come to pot them on in a couple of years, will have another think about it then.

Hi Gretzky no worries it was my pleasure. I will send some more once I have sorted some out my friend,Cobham Hall yes I still occasionally pop back there,its only 10 minutes from me,a trip down memory lane

Definitely, I take dozens of different cuttings throughout a year and sow hundreds of seeds, you just can't beat it , especially when like with the rose its supposed to difficult to root roses from cut flowers as they're not fresh, especially when they've been in a vase for a week too...

Heartiest congratulations on the arrival of your new babies merleworld. A wonderful collection indeed. They will reward you with their beauty for a long, long time.

I've been quite happy with my first attempt at growing roses BUT, though I have some nice blooms, an awful lot have been lost to the non stop rain. You can wring the water out of the flowers ! gazania

Ooh just beautiful Scotkat, what we need id some sunshine.!

Big enough to allow the roots space to spread, plenty deep enough too.

Haven't done it intentionally but did have something similar happen after a storm one year. I was away in June but my neighbour told me that some of my rose branches had broken off in high winds so she tidied them up by taking the secateurs to all of the damaged branches (most of them). She also...

Hi Aesculus only to pleased that I could help,great choice

I wouldn't recommend it for the scent as you can only smell it if you stick your nose in it (unlike a white rambler/climber down in the centre of the village which you can smell from across the street, I'm trying to find out what that one is too, so I can get one for us!) and it's growing in...

Good morning ,if it is below the bud union it is its a sucker/runner,its best to pull it off not cut it,hope this helps

Wow, nice shaped bloom, and a lovely fruity colour gazania

After our windy night, and now looking at the roses in the wind today, I will definately use a supporting system with these 2 roses next year. A few of the branches are on the floor and so the roses are getting knocked about a bit. Or, as with the crocus roses that are planted in a group of 3, I...

I'm saying nothing, gcc, but you know what I'm thinking

The British Isles Rose Society will hold an enormous 'Festival of Flowers' competition at the upcoming Lincolnshire Garden Show June 29-1 July at the showground. Attracting many of the very best National exhibitors one of the highlights of the Festival will be a presentation of a new rose...

I think everybody's happy you're back, Woo, they been missing out on advice about roses from a person who's advice they trust.

I see the link goes on about good preparation. Are roses acid lovers and can they be dosed with coffee grinds, the same as Azaleas and rhoddies?