Roses

Thanks frogesque I will download Irfanview now and see how I get on.... I am afraid I am not very good at computer lanquage and havn.t a clue what plugins or Raw files are. I am still trying to get my avatar on since last August. More snow here today but has now turned to rain.

We had it here, S - have you seen the doggy pic in the snow in the photo competition??

If it were me, I'd choose a colour, decide what sort of rose I wanted,(climber, rambler, bush, patio, etc), whether I wanted a scent or not, then google roses, and check all the sites to see what suited me best! There are so many roses, you can't possibly know them all!! The Peter Beales site...

Hi Collette, Welcome.. You could try putting it on a cool window sill as it is probably suffering from shock. They usually do as they are not used to the central heating. Keep it cool & moist & in a position where it is in natural daylight. Try that & see if it stops looking like it wants...

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many thanks for supportive replies! Will follow the wait, watch and deal with policy!

Nope, roses love clay - its nutrient rich and hold water. As Michaelmas daisy says this is likely to be mildew. As they are newly planted chances are that its lack of water, they take time to get roots established - so spray them as against mildew fast, and give them a drink;/feed every two...

Right will do that in the spring then and guard against root rock now. Thats me sorted,thanks a lot Fran.

Rhapsody in Blue is also available at Wisley garden Centre, which is located within the grounds of Wisley gardens. The rose itself is also a feature they have in their rose garden. And has a lovely fragrant to it.

Thanks for taking the time to reply.I was under the impression that black spot was a bad thing in a garden but I shall save it from the chop and continue training it along the fence. I'm going to keep it sprayed, and I'm going to give the seeds a go now.Thanks for bringing me up to speedRob

Hi Shell. Like you i planted two new climbing roses in the spring. One has grown three qaurters up the rose arch and hasn'nt flowered.The other has hardley reached the second rung of the arch, and bore three huge roses, but only one at a time.

there is a good article in gardeners world magazine about propagating roses it seems easy to do, good luck

Cheers Fran - I will probably post a pic tomorrow but at the base of my plant just above the root, there are three main stems so to speak shooting up and all are of an equal size really. Should two of them have been torn off when they started growing months ago?And can you recommend any...

Hi gypangel, Moving well established roses can be difficult work. How big are they? What type? I moved one a couple of years ago, an old floribunda. I pruned it back first, not too hard at this time of year. It was very hard as it turned out as they have the most fantastic roots. Ended up with...

Depends kinda how "established". Roses tend to have long tap roots, but its doable, witness planting bare root roses, but as I haven't tried it!!! can' t vouch for it, - but as long as its late in the season you take as much root ball as possible and plant in a well prepared hole with as little...

Does it look anything like this?

thanks a lot for the info Bayleaf,

hi Paladin ...you can just cut an odd stem, just above a notch, to encourage branching out and you will get more flowers later, just do an odd one and more later, you can get continous flowers right to frost from each stem, but feed on rosefood all Summer.. ----------- Ladybird

Rosietu, one of the reasons I would not want the sandy loam my father gardened on. Clay may be a swine to cultivate, and condition - but it is great for growing.Well done you, for getting blooms from October planted roses - give em a few years, and I betcha they find meatier ground below the...

This is a good site for help with pests Charliehttp://www.garden-care.org.uk/GardenCare/default.asp