Roses

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

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.

Fingers crossed, Celia!

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.

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

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

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 ...

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

Kandy I think Its ok now.Thanks for letting me know

Thank you, I'm glad you liked them - I was slow to like roses, but they "grewed" on me :D and I now have a fair number, including some of the "rescued" roses from Pal. I grow them amongst other plants in the main - because of course they are thoroughly boring over winter and early spring....

what a nice photo wf, nice colour pink

The saying is 1st year sleep, 2nd year creep, 3rd year leap. Having said that however we planted Calypso in Nov 2005 it's now flowering at about 7'6" (2.25M) So you pays your money and takes your chance.Cheers MIKE

That looks good there Dorsetmike! The New Forest is my very favourite place in the world! I am in S Somerset so not too far from you - we come to Poole and Bournmouth quite often Thanks for the link

Hi ggnom, your "pigs" sound like "suckers". Follow them down to the base of the plant, they will be shooting from below the graft level, twist them off from there. If you cut them, they'll just throw off more shoots. I prune the same as BM but the last prune is mid March. I did that thie year...

Thanks. I have this rose ready to plant but it says a north wall is best and this is in full sun. Will that matter. Also do you let them mingle togoether or keep them seperate?

I agree. I think one of the reasons is that Warminster is several hundred feet above sea level. Also the ones mentioned were only planted last Spring.

Got it in one!

Evening, Cothey.We bought there in 1999 I think it was, sold this past December. We had a wonderful apartment in Westfield Mansion (King William IV and Queen Adelaide's summer home). We had a verandah one looking over the lawns to the sea on the cliff edge. Exquisite. I'll always miss...

This one might be of some use - it has a section on Rose Varietieshttp://www.rosegardeningsuccess.com/Take carePaul