Roses

Plenty of air flow and there was plenty of flowers , just rust now - but I have pulled off all those leavesbrand new leaves with rust even stemsI appreciate it’s had it this year, but what can I do to stop the spores next year

Ah, the collecting bug has bitten you. Seconds to order, days to receive, yrs to care for.

Thanks, I’ll do that. Not sure where I’m going to plant them yet. Would be nice to have them not too far from the house, so I can pop out and sniff them!

Thanks I've tied a couple of the long canes into the wires on the fence so there in a bit of a fan shape and cut out some dead twigs and spindley bits with no leaves. I'll leave it be now till Feb / March like you say thanks.

yes the current roses that are blooming look like typical Alexandra of Kent roses now. so it was probably weather related

I'm pleased to hear the old bloke focused on in-transit moisture rather than natural fertiliser.

The advice given was to soak your rose, not just "water" it. What do you mean by "water heavily"?

I agree with If it's a climber I wouldn't prune the tallest strongest stems down in February but I would remove the skinny straggly stems and prune the side shoots on the main stems to a few inches. Feed it in March and keep it moist.Roses often look a bit the worse for wear at this time of...

Invaluable advice, thank you. I also have a very old rambling rose, which attacks me if I get anywhere close, I will make a determined effort to cut it well down.Protective gloves at the ready.

Yeah give them a good heavy watering if you are worried.

I agree with Busy-Lizzie, dig it out, it's too old and oddly shaped now to ever look very attractive and personally I would never plant a red rose against a red brick wall - cream or white would look so much better as a contrast.Most modern roses have better disease resistance than the old...

Thanks @Tidemark .

I agree that the pot isn't big enough. It should be at least 60cm tall.Did you feel into the compost to find out if it was moist lower down? Roses in pots need quite a lot of watering. Better a can full every 2 days in summer than a sprinkle every day. This also washes out nutrients so they...

The other problem with that idea is getting a rose established where there is already one growing. Rose re-plant disease is a pain, meaning that new roses sicken and die when planted into soil where roses have grown previously (or still are growing). The answer really is to chop one or more of...

Thank you

No It has a lid in case of flies and smells and is only there for a week at a time.

Perhaps one should plant with 1" above the soil to permit a 3/4" mulch of well rotted FYM , thus satisfying all camps. ?

Thanks @Busy-Lizzie, hope you're feeling better.The first rose was my favourite, Gertrude Jekyll, pinks don't seem to come out true to colour on photos somehow. I'd have liked to name them all but don't know how to do it on my phone. Garden's been a bit neglected lately, the weather's been...

Thank you so much! That’s all really informative and helpful…I shall get started in a couple of weeks

To a large extent it will depend on the weather over the past couple of years, you haven't mentioned whether you had drought, a lot of rain, a wet winter, a cold spring/summer. I've had all of these and I can see that some of the roses are struggling in my garden; not the two species roses...