Roses

Looks like the frost may have nipped them Paradise they will be ok new buds will form.

I just like roses ... bought a yellow today, Forever? .. never heard of it but may have a touch of pink on the edge like Peace.dendro, the ramblers here are to die for ...

If you want a nicely scented one you should go for Ena Harkness, a vivid red. David.

When planting I use a general slow release fertiliser, but with roses I also feed with a rose fertiliser every month or so.

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You lot have given me real hope! I like the chicken sh.... (oops mustn't say that) idea. The hedge trimmer sounds good too. Many thanks for ALL of the advice. I will let you know later in the year. I have five Granpa Dixon that excelled the first year before joining the rest in gangling.

Fingers crossed, Celia!

Hi Lol Yes they are mating now ,Very noisy relations Owls are always in Puppy love,it goes with our Puppy Fat :D Cats definitely enjoy Puppy love.

some advice...http://www.bakker.co.uk/Garden/Article.aspx?article=488

Oh Yes! Looks like another Rose bed,Not much lawn left now.Thanks Walnut,Compostee :D [ 08. February 2007, 06:00 PM: Message edited by: wiseoldowl ]

BrianJ -- Please don't spray. All you are doing is wasting money and soaking your plant and soil with poison.Nothing is eating your roses. It is winter and all roses are deciduous and lose their leaves in the autumn. This mild autumn/winter has made the leaves last longer than...

AllThanks for the replies - the ones for mum were not an xmas present just paying her back for the amount of plants I have got from her over the past few years!!

Hi,Thanks dendrobium,I think I will give it a go next weekend.Happy xmas Nigel

Hi, wiseoldowl, and thank you for that input.I love my Oranges and Lemons (I think ID'd for me by Liz?) such a heady scent, more beautiful in bud than full bloom and it is a "blousy" flower.Sunseeker has a lovely bud but opens fully to an open flower. Sweetly scented. Another from B&Q, as...

Yes be patient. I got Iceberg, and so has my neighbour. It will need a couple of seasons to get going, and will continue to get better each year.As I recall, this is Iceberg in Sissinghursts White Garden, though I could be wrong.

I do have deep secret. It is a deep read colour with a classic scent and it is my favourite of the roses I grow. I'm growing on heavy clay soil and feeding teice yearly with Toprose. The bush coped very well with the drought this year and is still producing new flowers. With a bit of judicious...

Ours gets stuffed into a 10 gallon screw-top polythene container. No pong. Until one takes the cap off, that is! A one metre square bed of comfrey and water from the water butt draining the GH roof has kept me going in liquid feed for roses, flowers and veg nearly all summer.

Could well be - I had that happen in one flower, but the different flowers were totally different, and had no scent, whereas the originals had a lovely strong scent...I was advised to try to take cuttings of the possible sport - why don't you try that? And have your very own rose, and name it...

Here's what the RHS has to say...http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0804/lavenderrosemarycuttings.aspenjoy!!! :DIf your plant is in the sort of condition they describe, I'd give it a try. It can only fail... :rolleyes:

well i would of said yes to them being dyed but i have had 3 buds and each were peach its these last 4 that have flowered to this green shade.