Roses

Wish I was having this problem. Mine are as bad as ever!

Did someone mention St Geoff, you`ll get me all misty again. That man was the single most important inspiration to get me off my backside and in my garden. And he loved sweetpeas too. I think anyone who tries them once, does them forever more.

Queen Elizabeth is a strong plant usually, often used for hedging so would suit what you are looking for. Some others which may suit includeCorvedale reaches 5x4 they claim, mine is about 6', growing conditions...

Yeah but it's a much better class of Seaweed at Sandbanks.

Thanks for your advise, wiseoldowl. Ok, I'll collect the dead leaves from underneath (I have done it before, but I probably overlook some!), and I'll keep spraying, even though it looks as though it is not helping much. The plant's so big I use up half a bottle every time I treat it (which is...

so just cut those 3 long stems NOW - and the rest in March then?x

I have a new 'Wisley' Rose and it has the same problem. It has double blooms and they are too heavy for the stems as yet. Next year I'll prune it earlier and see if it improves it's strength.

I'm with Dorset Mike - whilst happy to buy plants on line - not roses. I like to see the stems and foliage before buying if buying container grown. Bare root I still like to see the strength of the pruned stems. If you get a strong plant at the start, then your much more likely to grow it on...

Healthy roots equals a stonger plant which can grow better. For a lot of the more tender plants i am keen to get the roots well established before they push out top growth. For things like palms it does help them get though winter.I would have thought that all plants beneft from a better...

I suppose it could be Pam, but I really don't know.But never in all my years of growing rosemary have I seen one die so quickly?

OK thanks for the reply much appreciated.

OK thanks for the reply much appreciated.

Hi, flower. Never heard of them attacking patio roses. I don't think it'll do them any harm to sparay them, at least it'll keep the Aphids away!!

Hi JB, how about Fred Loads for your orange hot bed (see pic above), may be a bit rampant, mine often reaches 9' tall although the book says 6' - 7', maybe Fred likes the farm muck I give him, just prune heavily if you need to keep it in check or try training it fan or espalier shape like a...

Thanks for the link Mike,Its a cracking read just a shame about the fruit and veg store not getting a mention m8:thumb:

I bought two of these roses a couple of years back from the dead and dying section of the woolworths store near me. Does anyone know what the cultivar is? and also how would i go about taking cuttings?Thanks in advance

From this I would suspect it may be avauilable in Holland and possibly in UK; I checked Peter Beales and David Austin, neither of them list it, try googling for rose growers and then search each growers site.Helpmefind.com also lists a Grand Prix florists rose, which may be what you are...

Remember that when you replant a rose in the same place of an old rose you should replace a good amount of the ground too, or the new rose will have problems.

Definatly a peony Tay problem is it will not flower to long then it will confirm it.