Roses

Hopefully you'll get more birds coming in over time @RoisinMcGuire , once you get the garden going, but it's not an instant thing. It can also depend on the type of food you're using, and the quality of it. Having a good range of plants will also help to get a balance over time, and not...

Not really a programme, but this is what I do. My roses are in clay, but I imagine adding organic matter will still be useful with your sandy soil. Of course it helps to choose the more disease resistant varieties — mine are David Austins (with a ‘best for health’ tick), a Pheno Geno and a...

Yeah. I'm really quite fond of it. And it's as tough as old boots. Thanks for the ID

Thanks @lizzie27, I might just try rearranging it and re-tying in after it’s flowered this year. It flowers so prolifically and the scent is fabulous. I’ve been a bit tentative at the moment as I didn’t want to risk breaking any stems and losing the flowersAm reassured that yours seems to...

Ah, yeah, that doesn't sound like my garden is the best place for it. Maybe I'll brave it if I ever move to a slightly sunnier plot a little further south.Nice to see a local-ish here!

Wow!

I've researched it a lot over the years and it's a toss-up between Guinée and Etoile de Hollande

I always bury roses a bit when I plant them so that the graft is below the soil level, not as much as 6 inches though. I think also that it's too late to dig them up so I would leave them where they are.

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Yes, that's why I was shocked.

That's good to know @Mrs Hilliard, I've got one in my cold frame at the moment!

Thanks Anni D, looks like I can order for delivery after my return from vacation which is perfect. Thanks for the link to the website they have a huge choice.

I certainly will. I have another 3 climbing roses which have problems that I will be posting about at some point. The garden is pretty small but there were 6 climbing roses, 4 trees and several shrubs mostly in pots as well as a dozen troughs, couple of dozen other smaller pots and several...

I'm a big believer in plenty of mulch around Roses to smother any nasties getting splashed back up onto the plants

Thanks everybody, you lot are such a good help - I think I'll just haul it out and bin it. I got it in a hurry as it was a big fast-growing rose, to cover an ugly fence, but then we put up the trellis & don't need it now. And I'll read the bumf carefully when I replace it. But I could live with...

Mine get shortened in Sept/Oct to reduce wind rock and then a proper prune between Dec and Mar on a dry, frost free and sunny day. Any later occurring frost/salt wind damage can be tidied up in spring. Christmas day is a good one if conditions are right, I also tend to do the soft fruit at the...

Good luck @Marlton with your search my friend I have exausted all my search contacts apart from USA/Australia/New Zealand

If I remember correctly, rosa canina does come true, but there might be a slight bleaching of the flowers(more white than pink on some seedlings). Besides that, they're fairly easy.